Written answers

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methods that are in place within the education system to ensure that international best practice is being implemented for children with...
    • Momentum Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a travel allowance for participants of the Momentum scheme, in view of the fact that the lack of an allowance is creating...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource teaching hours for children with Down syndrome who have a mild general learning disability; and if she will...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current procedure for schools that have concerns regarding pupils in need of psychological services and referral to child and adolescent...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Apprenticeship Bill; if she is reviewing the educational content that currently exists for apprentices in...
    • Third Level Facilities
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for student accommodation; her discussions with third level institutions on the issue of student accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department, by instructing schools to collect and hold personal data relating to primary school students and their...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that adequate resource support hours are provided for children with Down syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which she is satisfied that there is no religious discrimination in the admissions policy of national schools; and if she will...
    • Industrial Disputes
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the latest engagement with the teachers' trade unions on junior cycle reform; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the successes of the reading and mathematics recovery programmes in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if she will extend...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the school building programme at primary and secondary level is adequate to meet requirements over the next two years...
    • Preschool Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a comprehensive preschool education system, linked and integrated to national schools here; the research that has been...
    • Industrial Disputes
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on developments in the dispute between bricklayers and builders and a construction company (details supplied) at a school site...
    • School Enrolments
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on removing the cap for enrolment at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for the next three years until construction of new...
    • Special Education Review
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new special needs model will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8772/15]
    • Physical Education
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the report, Schools Fitness Challenge 2015, that shows that a high number of 15 to 16 year old boys show early...
    • Institutes of Technology
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposal to merge Cork Institute of Technology, County Cork, and Tralee Institute of Technology, County...
    • School Curriculum
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the revised set of compromise measures on junior cycle reform submitted to teachers' unions for consideration; and...
    • Special Education Review
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she will address concerns that have been expressed regarding the proposed new special needs model; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commissions of Investigation
      141. To ask the Taoiseach if the Fennelly report will be published independently of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8820/15]
    • Unemployment Levels
      142. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of electoral districts, and the unemployment rate in each, ranked in order, highest to lowest. [8576/15]
    • EU Issues
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have studied the growth of euroscepticism throughout each country in the European Union, with particular...
    • Unemployment Levels
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons currently on the live register in Tuam, County Galway, or the next smallest applicable area; the number on the live register in Tuam on 1 March of...
    • Emigration Data
      145. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of Irish citizens who have emigrated since 2011. [8560/15]
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January 2014, specifically in...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      147. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors each year...
    • Enterprise Statistics
      148. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office currently records e-commerce sales of indigenous and foreign direct investment companies based here, or the leakage of e-commerce sales...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the draft report of the interdepartmental working group to examine and report on the current operation and future development of the free...
    • Pension Provisions
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 12 February 2015, the different situations whereby referral to the High Court on a point of law, as...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a review of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all the relevant information...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons (details supplied) in County Kerry are eligible for hearing aid grants, under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Maternity Benefit
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress, to date, in respect of an appeal for maternity benefit, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against a refusal to grant a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed an investigation into the revised contract for all meter readers for the Electricity Supply Board with effect from 1...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons from County Clare who have participated in the JobBridge scheme since its inception; the number of those participants who have...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider examining, and introducing, changes to the legislation for the contributory State pension, whereby persons who have substantial...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have acquired work in the EmployAbility service, under the employers' wage subsidy scheme, the workplace...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determining an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can qualify for family income supplement, in view of that person's contributions...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments made from her Department to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo, from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013, inclusive; the exact...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide for access to illness benefit payments by the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9232/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a disability allowance will be made, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she reserves the legal right to overule the decision of her Department, in the case of individual social protection issues, such as cases of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect a decision from the social welfare appeals office, further to an oral hearing...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rent supplement payment amounts vary across the country; if she will provide a breakdown of the current maximum payment, by county;...
    • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
      178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9359/15]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9381/15]
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a proper banning of illegal cigarettes sales in streets, markets, and fairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the introduction of a substantial minimum fine/sentence on conviction for smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the State backed Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, the percentage of lending that will be stock lending; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a mortgage insurance scheme; and his views on the Central Bank of Ireland's comments on the issue. [8729/15]
    • Tax Collection
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners, as administrators of the pay related social insurance system on behalf of the Department of Social Protection, will provide the...
    • Tax Yield
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total annual amount paid, or expected to be paid, per year to the Irish Exchequer in taxation in respect of Ireland’s producing...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied), which charges exorbitant rates of interest, is allowed to continue to trade in the State; the steps the Central Bank...
    • Public Sector Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will justify the fact that 110 staff in the Revenue Commissioners will be let go on 27 March 2015, despite the fact that they have successfully worked...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the value added tax on bottled water products, currently charged at the standard rate, will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason nicotine replacement patches are subject to the standard 23% rate of value added tax; if it will be reduced; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions held with a company (details supplied), regarding the purchase of non-performing Permanent TSB home loans; and if he will...
    • Corporation Tax
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal in the Northern Ireland Assembly, to introduce a 10% corporate taxation rate. [8806/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by county ,of the number of persons that availed of tax relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/15]
    • Mortgage Lending
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of a media report (details supplied), if he will provide the findings of research carried out by his Department on the impact on the rental market of...
    • European Financial Stability Facility
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Eurogroup's agreement with Greece on 20 February 2015; the position taken by him at this meeting, and related meetings, dealing with Greek...
    • Tax Code
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the European Commission's investigation into the favourable tax treatment provided by Belgium to multinational companies (details supplied), if his...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the considerations that were taken by the Revenue Commissioners in their decision to settle the tax liability for the 350 Irish nationals with off-shore Swiss...
    • Tax Code
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will complete an appeal by contract meter readers in the Electricity Supply Board, for a claim for relief under the provision...
    • Betting Legislation
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Betting Bill 2015 will allow for the Irish Harness Racing Association to apply for a tote licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/15]
    • Tax Code
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/15]
    • Property Tax Assessments
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to link the rate of local property tax to a household's earnings and ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/15]
    • Living City Initiative
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance when the living city initiative will be introduced in Dublin; the criteria that will be used to assess properties; if projects that commence in early 2015...
    • Tax Credits
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has had his tax credit reduced, so that he is actually paying more tax in 2015 than he did in 2014;...
    • Tax Rebates
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9050/15]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate cost of allowing persons whose personal circumstances require them to rent out their principal private residence and rent another home for...
    • Tax Code
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered benchmarking the income tax rate paid by returning emigrants against typical rates they had been paying prior to returning to Ireland;...
    • Fiscal Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the agreed deficit targets that Ireland must reach in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/15]
    • Budget Targets
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the date by which Ireland must achieve a balanced budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Household Credit Market Report, published by the Central Bank of Ireland on 25 February 2015, if he will arrange for the county data on...
    • Government Deficit
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the nominal deficit, and the general Government deficit, of growth in gross domestic product exceeding projected levels in 2015 by 1%; and if he...
    • Banking Sector
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the introduction of public banking, which operates on commercial principles, with the aim of maximising sustainable lending and not...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors...
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce capital gains tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9220/15]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the rate of employer universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9229/15]
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary dwelling homes in mortgage arrears, and in mortgage arrears for over 90 days, by county. [9239/15]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, given the view of the Ombudsman that the criteria of the scheme may be...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects legislation to protect all mortgage holders, including those of unregulated entities, or so-called vulture funds, to be brought forward; if...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding mortgage-to-rent arrangements currently being dealt with by the financial institutions, if he will raise the valuation level from €220,000 to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Protection
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to protect the road and coastline from storm damage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Heritage Sites
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the lease in place between the Office of Public Works and the Arts for Peace Foundation relative to Durrow Abbey, County Offaly; the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has inspected the works carried out at Killaan, Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to determine if they...
    • Departmental Properties
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a full and comprehensive reply will issue to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will have the bridge at Barrack Street, Castleisland, County Kerry, over the river Maine investigated, as there is an impediment...
    • Pension Provisions
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will have a pension entitlement processed; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8978/15]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, who was successful in obtaining a position via the Public Appointments Service,...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Freedom of Information Acts will apply to EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/15]
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation regarding the revised sick leave arrangements for public servants, and the consequences for a person...
    • Departmental Properties
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide a copy of an agreement signed between persons (details supplied) and the office, in the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount...
    • Climate Change Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency has conceded that Ireland will fail to achieve its binding EU 2020...
    • Sale of Aer Lingus
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if existing Irish and European Union fiscal rules, such as the expenditure benchmark or fiscal treaty debt, and deficit rules, or any...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works progress on flood relief and defences at a location (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding initiatives available from his Department for distilleries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8813/15]
    • Farm Safety
      243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the installation of safety seats will be considered as acceptable for younger passengers on farm vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      244. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget, and job creation targets, for the local enterprise office in County Longford for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the...
    • Job Creation
      245. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create manufacturing jobs in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8774/15]
    • IDA Site Visits
      246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits that took place in Ballinasloe, County Galway, between 2011 and 2014; the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new Action Plan for Jobs: Regional will specifically target towns like Ballinasloe, County Galway, in need of urgent...
    • Trade Missions
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Government, during Ministers' trade missions over Saint Patrick's weekend, will be promoting the north-west region as a...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent extension of the credit guarantee scheme to allow businesses, whose banks are exiting the Irish market, avail of...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount...
    • Company Law
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) regarding the imposition of an audit requirement, as a penalty on companies, which...
    • Legislative Programme
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Bill will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9241/15]
    • Low Pay Commission Remit
      253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the terms of reference, and guidelines, to the recently announced Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Rights
      255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to abolish zero hour contracts. [9284/15]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to assist Irish small and medium enterprises in their bids for procurement contracts, at home and abroad, in view of the...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedures to protect persons who are taking part in an internship; their rights regarding changes to their working hours; if they...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the organic farming scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the method he will apply to include young farmers in the national reserve, if this is oversubscribed; if he plans on cutting the...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the price being paid at present for reactor cattle by his Department; the way this relates to the price in 2014; the method by which...
    • EU Directives
      262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualification that is required for persons to provide training under the new mandatory training courses for persons wishing to...
    • Farm Inspections
      263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cross-compliance and rural environment protection scheme or agri-environment options scheme inspections carried out by...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is applying land eligibility penalties, in cases of under-utilisation of agricultural land, instead of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who is currently subject to a contract under the rural environment protection scheme transfers ownership of land to a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the rural environment protection scheme and the single payment will issue in respect of a person (details...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the contents of an open letter to him, dated 19 February 2015, from the Irish Natura and Hill...
    • Organic Farming
      270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to providing a grant for a fodder growing system for organic farmers; the grants available to organic...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if under the European Union legislation on the agri-environment options scheme or single payment scheme, whereby payments are split,...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme; the reason for the delay;...
    • Organic Farming
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a submission concerning organic farming; his plans to address the issues...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments under the agri-environment options scheme 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Organic Farming
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve a grant for a new fodder growing system, using organic barley, that can produce feed on organic farms (details...
    • Milk Supply
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to regulate for the production, sale and consumption of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/15]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive payment under the bovine viral diarrhoea compensation scheme...
    • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to roll out the social farming initiative under the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas budget; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting will be arranged for a herdowner (details supplied) in County Mayo with the officials in his Department administering...
    • Organic Farming
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a new fodder growing system for organic farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/15]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive farm payments under the agri-environment options scheme 2. [9169/15]
    • GLAS Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme and the green low-carbon...
    • Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current total and annual cost of State supports, and direct payments from the Exchequer, for farming households. [9181/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when area based payments for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number, and name, of all semi-State companies, statutory agencies, monitoring and advisory committees under...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9224/15]
    • Organic Farming
      292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives, or schemes, his Department plans to enact to ensure the sustainability of Irish organic farming, with respect to the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Exports
      294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding Irish companies exporting beef to jurisdictions (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a yellow card caution system will be considered as part of a more farmer-friendly inspection regime; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend existing deadlines for applications for any of the various farm schemes, in order to alleviate the workload of...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from a farmers' association (details supplied) regarding its concerns about how departmental...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive approximately €2,000 for the grassland sheep scheme; and if he will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks Closures
      299. To ask the Minister for Defence if unused portacabins, from either the Fermoy or Kilworth Army camps, could be donated to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      300. To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in relation to the pay and conditions for contract soldiers; if the term of service will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      301. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors...
    • Overseas Missions
      302. To ask the Minister for Defence if it is possible for the military authorities to organise the delivery of light goods or materials sent by families to members of the Defence Forces serving...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Property Registration Authority policy of non-representation and non-attendance in section 19 appeals of the Registration of...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as soon as possible; if she will ensure that the...
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the judicial council will be placed on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8749/15]
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources and facilities available to the chair designate (details supplied) of the proposed Garda authority to facilitate and support the...
    • Community Policing
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on community policing in the Dublin Bay north area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with Justice4All to discuss the proposed establishment of a criminal justice inspectorate in view of the unique knowledge...
    • Garda Operations
      309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the protocol by which persons may gain recourse to compensation for losses, or the payment of costs, arising from damage caused to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect a decision on an application for Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Operations
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a proposed protest against the Love Ulster parade, planned for 28 March 2015, by the Seán Heuston Dublin...
    • Policing Authority Establishment
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Garda authority will be fully functional; if all internal competitions for Garda promotions will now be conducted by this authority;...
    • Garda Deployment
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the way Garda resources have been re-allocated from crime fighting measures to police water protests; and if she will make a statement...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if new security protocols have been agreed with An Garda Síochána relating to the protection of Ministers and other Government...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the new measures that have been taken to improve the policing of Dublin city centre; if she will provide an update to her...
    • Prisoner Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the total prison population; the number of prisoners, in tabular form, broken down by prison; the capacity of each prison within the...
    • Temporary Release of Prisoners
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of prisoners currently on temporary release, broken down by prison; the type of offence of which...
    • Crime Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of persons who breached bail in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8847/15]
    • Garda Recruitment
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form details of the allocation of new Garda recruits due to be sworn in during May 2015 on a district basis; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of road traffic accidents reported to the Garda on the road formerly known as the N32 in the years 2012, 2013, and 2014;...
    • Garda Recruitment
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the protocol to be followed by persons who wish to join An Garda Síochána; and the protocol and procedures they must follow...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the two upcoming internal promotions in her Department whether the application forms have been vetted, and whether any applications...
    • Prisoner Releases
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that prisoners in Mountjoy prison, or Wheatfield prison, were released prematurely to make room for the four community...
    • Garda Reserve
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda Reserves will be allowed to carry out the new powers and procedures that they have been trained for, and have been waiting to be...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9060/15]
    • Legislative Programme
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 to be fully functional; the rationale for including a provision...
    • Garda Investigations
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 17 February 2015, if she has received a report on the matter from the Garda Commissioner; and if...
    • Coroners Service
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 17 February 2015, if she has received a report on the matter from the Garda authorities; and if not,...
    • Garda Reserve
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications currently outstanding to join the Garda Síochána Reserve; the waiting time for a decision on an application;...
    • Family Reunification
      330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has made a decision on an application for family reunification (details supplied). [9136/15]
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      331. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the report by the Garda of some 1,700 firearms reported stolen, in the years 2010 to 2014, which includes 17 handguns and 40 air...
    • Garda Promotions
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make senior appointments to An Garda Síochána on a time contractual basis in view of a recent resignation from a senior...
    • Prisoner Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current annual cost per prisoner in the Irish Prison Service; and the way these costs changed each year from 2008 to 2015. [9178/15]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost per person per year of non-custodial sentences and rehabilitation programmes; and the way these costs changed each year from 2008 to...
    • Witness Protection Programme
      346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda witness protection programme in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. [9180/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to...
    • Crime Prevention
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on introducing a task force across the island to combat Border crime (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an increasing level of violent crime against taxi drivers, including a high incidence of theft; the measures...
    • Firearms Licences
      351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding plans to review firearms licensing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9286/15]
    • Residency Permits
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining a request for a change of status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Child Care Education
      353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a clear timeframe for an early years strategy that will move Ireland from an investment position of 0.2% to 7% of gross...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate could be reissued in view of financial circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/15]
    • Health Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason support is not available in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8723/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for admittance to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2012 national emergency medicine programme are being put in place. [8744/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a full medical card is granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow, in view of the fact that this person is on a...
    • Health Services Staff
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the Health Service Executive health care workers who despite being on contracts for a certain number of hours per week will...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the Health Service Executive, in relation to a refusal to pay the rural practice...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who is awaiting an appointment in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8,...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of patients, broken down by status as either voluntary or involuntary patients, that have been subjected to...
    • Health Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each local health area, the number of early intervention teams for children; the total number on each team; the numbers...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to Dublin hospitals in 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of referral letters not yet responded to by hospitals;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Clare, aged six to 18 years, in receipt of occupational therapy from the Clare early intervention team, in the years 2010 to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each child and adolescent mental health service for each service area, for each year from 2011 to 2014, the number of...
    • Health Services Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8796/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be decided on, as this person is currently undergoing...
    • Suicide Prevention
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the perilous funding situation of an organisation (details supplied) which conducts vital suicide prevention work in the...
    • Primary Care Centre Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on primary care centres to date; the spend that is yet to be made; the international examples upon which the roll-out of primary care centres was...
    • Hospital Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address the overcrowding issue at Midlands Regional Hospital, including the recruitment of 90 nurses; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the numbers waiting for their first appointment for counselling within each local service area of the mental health...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the total mental health budget that has been spent on child and adolescent mental health services in each year from 2008 to 2014; the total...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist peri-natal mother and child psychiatric units; if he will identify each one; in the absence of such units, the way the serious issue...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the total, from the amount allocated to the mental health budget, that has been spent on promoting positive mental health and/or resilience training in primary...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      384. To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the long-term illness scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the subsistence being paid to those medically treated outside the State and to the family members accompanying them; if this will be reinstated in view of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding applications for medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will be expedited; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for nursing registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Reports
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not implemented a recommendation made by the rights commissioner (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists working for the Health Service Executive in north Dublin on 1 January 2013 and on 1 January 2015; the number of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is appropriate to refuse medical cards to children with Down syndrome on the basis of their parents' income (details supplied). [8938/15]
    • Hospital Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases referred by general practitioners in Dublin 5, 13, and 17 to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be considered for the home help scheme; if all appropriate documentation will be sent to that person;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8952/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the funding announcement for the Grove site in Tuam, County Galway, if he will confirm if it is the Health Service Executive's intention to move the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if a reimbursement, applied for under the drugs payment scheme, will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [8963/15]
    • Health Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, if the dental, ophthalmic and aural services will be equivalent to those set...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if there is or will be provision made for all ambulance drivers to have satellite navigation devices installed in all ambulances in the future so as to avoid...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the most appropriate accommodation requirements to meet the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who is deemed not suitable for independent...
    • Prescription Charges
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/15]
    • HSE Investigations
      402. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin, and the review of their case at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, if he will...
    • Hospital Investigations
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his views and actions regarding a submission in relation to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9021/15]
    • General Practitioner Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a doctor will be appointed to a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/15]
    • HSE Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health how the Health Service Executive can justifiably impose value-for-money part-year cuts for 2014, of up to 3%, and full-year cuts in 2015, of up to 6%, on the...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      407. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his meeting with mothers from County Donegal of children with life-limiting conditions, his plans to look into cross-Border access to medical...
    • Hospital Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the end of cutbacks in the health service, if he will address the accumulated effects of cutbacks to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal,...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      409. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the increasing isolation felt by elderly residents in remote locations in County Donegal, his plans to promote social inclusion for persons living...
    • Legislative Measures
      410. To ask the Minister for Health his views on amendment of the public health Bill 2015 to include a ban on alcohol sponsorship for sporting events; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) has been prevented from installing telephone charging stations and Internet kiosks at a hospital, at no charge to the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive showed a net current deficit, against profile, at the end of January 2015; if so, the details of same; the net expenditure...
    • Health Services Staff
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of speech and language therapist for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo has been advertised, to fill a vacancy in existence since November...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9164/15]
    • Health Services Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurse posts currently vacant in community care area 8; the measures he is taking to fill these posts as soon as possible. [9183/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at Mallow General Hospital, County Cork, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person in County Kerry (details supplied) receives adequate care hours, as those being recommended at present are insufficient. [9204/15]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has always contributed fully to pay as you earn, pay related social insurance and the universal social charge, and who is...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9246/15]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of existing frameworks for consultancy services entered into by his Department and the Health Service Executive, including the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9254/15]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the funding difficulties affecting Camphill Communities of Ireland; his views that Camphill Communities of Ireland has been...
    • Dental Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the extent of the school dental service in County Kildare; the centres from which the service is delivered; if full staffing of...
    • Medical Card Administration
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person in County Kildare (details supplied) who incurred hospital charges while awaiting a medical card renewal. [9264/15]
    • Hospital Facilities
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will itemise the public car parks at each acute Health Service Executive hospital and voluntary hospital in the State; the private companies which...
    • Departmental Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if grants are available from his Department for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9278/15]
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9283/15]
    • Hospital Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1097 of 17 September 2014, the reason these figures cannot be provided in view of the fact that Beaumont Hospital, Dublin...
    • Organ Donation
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding organ donation here; the stage legislation for a soft opt-out system is at; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on redeveloping a health centre (details supplied) in County Galway. [9330/15]
    • Pharmacy Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lead or lend support to a public information campaign to make persons aware of the range of services available at their local pharmacies, which...
    • Hospital Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a person's treatment in a hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9340/15]
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to amend legislation to allow the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate individual complaints within residential care...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there was an underspend, as against the original allocation of circa €6 million, in mental health services in the...
    • Health Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the current supports available in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/15]
    • Health Services Access
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person who requires transport to a hospital appointment and cannot make contact with the Health Service Executive transport section may arrange...
    • Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction of services provided by an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years; if he envisages that the use of the...
    • Respite Care Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reduction of available respite care beds for persons with disabilities; the action he is taking to rectify this matter; and if he will make a...
    • Health Insurance Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that the equivalent data for 2013 was available at the end of February 2014, he will provide details of the number of persons availing of private...
    • HSE Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive made in 2013, and in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act...
    • Tax Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive received in 2013, and in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility)...
    • HSE Investigations
      456. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 29 January 2015 if he will provide details of the appropriate actions taken, as referred to in the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting lists for consultant neurological review in Cavan hospital; the current allocation of consultant neurologists; the...
    • HSE Funding
      458. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding under-funding issues in respect of an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9379/15]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the progress, to date, in determining a review in respect of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      460. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will accede to this Deputy's request for a meeting on behalf of this Deputy and on behalf of other Teachtaí Dála and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      463. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if resolution is close to hand, for the release of a person (details supplied), who is currently incarcerated in Cairo, Egypt; and if he...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      464. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Child Care Qualifications
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement her Department should have in setting the training, educational and professional development requirements and standards preschool...
    • School Patronage
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, in Dublin alone, there are approximately 9,000 children attending national schools who have...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for removing the waivers for those with dyslexia from the junior certificate to leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a grant will be increased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding the 375 post-primary students (details supplied), categorised as autism spectrum disorder, at the end of the 2013-14...
    • School Staffing
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding island status in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on promoting positive mental health and-or resilience training in primary and secondary level schools, detailed...
    • Schools Establishment
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and timeframe for establishing a school in Greystones, County Wicklow, in September 2015, including details of patronage and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding redundancy payments for an external school supervisor (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was made redundant as a...
    • Pension Provisions
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full teaching service records of visiting teachers, who are fully qualified teachers and registered with the Teaching Council as such,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be allowed job-share a special needs assistant position, based on the person working 15...
    • School Accommodation
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval for schools to build additional classrooms, to cater for planned increases in teacher numbers, in September 2015 has been notified to...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow permanent teachers to make a permanent teacher exchange move, pending approval by the board of management of both schools; and...
    • Primary Online Database
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the requirements for collection and transfer of personal data under the pupil online database; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding needed to reduce the current teacher-student ratio in the Irish university sector, from 1:23 to 1:20; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the staffing levels in national schools (details supplied) in County Donegal will be affected by the recent changes announced by...
    • School Accommodation
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/15]
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider appointing an ombudsman for education. [8961/15]
    • Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the minor works grant for national schools, the reason for the variance in the rate for special needs pupils in special needs...
    • School Accommodation
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to a submission from a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; if a departmental inspector has...
    • State Examinations
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no actual certificates were issued by her Department for those sitting junior and leaving certificate examinations; and if the fee...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) for additional works - following approval for one mainstream classroom - as...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on extending the retirement period in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in exceptional circumstances;...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate five hours learning support in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be relocating to a new school building in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse cuts to supports for children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9150/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to assign school resource hours to children, by disorder, which discriminates against some children with Down...
    • Early Child Care Education
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that preschool educators, such as Montessori teachers, should have income support from the State during school holiday times, as is the...
    • Preschool Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that Ireland's current investment in preschool education and care, at 0.2% of gross domestic product, is sufficient; the level it...
    • School Curriculum
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may apply for an exemption from Irish in secondary school. [9154/15]
    • Teaching Contracts
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the expert group report on the level of fixed-term and part-time...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department, use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to...
    • School Enrolments Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently attending second level education aged 18 years and over. [9225/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special education needs organisers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/15]
    • Proposed Legislation
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will publish the Education (School Admissions) Bill 2015. [9235/15]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Down syndrome has been added to the list of disabilities for which individual resource teaching hours is automatically provided; if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the development of new second level schools and the programme of school amalgamation that is happening across the country, if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to make necessary improvements to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects class sizes to improve in the course of the next 12 months at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has managed to achieve a resolution in respect of issues associated with junior certificate reform; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to be in a position to maintain adequate mainstream classes, at primary and secondary level, to meet the needs...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has received submissions from the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the extent of the extra...
    • School Enrolments
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to monitor issues arising from difficulties experienced by parents in obtaining school places at primary and...
    • School Accommodation
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of children at primary and second level currently accommodated in prefabricated or other forms of temporary buildings; and if...
    • Gaelscoileanna Issues
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of the provision of a gaelcholáiste in north Kildare, the requirement for which has been set out by local support...
    • Bullying in Schools
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidents of school bullying reported, or identified, in the past 12 months; the extent to which a reduction has been achieved in...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Remit
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which child psychiatric services have been called upon at primary and secondary level schools, annually, over the past six years;...
    • School Management
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a meeting between the various primary school authorities in Kilcock, County Kildare, including the patron, with a view to...
    • School Accommodation
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has received requests for extra second level school accommodation at Clane, County Kildare; when she expects to be in a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to ensure adequate places in secondary level school throughout County Kildare for children...
    • Grant Aid
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) qualified for the Per Cent for Art scheme; when the application was made; the nature of the project and the cost...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to extending the time required to be spent in the Gaeltacht improving language skills, as part of teacher...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the rules regarding the distance from a third level college for students to receive a higher level of maintenance grant,...
    • Child Protection
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/15]
    • Departmental Reports
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 14 January 2015, when she will publish the report on the configuration and development of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the cost of ensuring that schools do not lose any special educational needs resources by introducing a rule...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the rules in relation to the situation whereby a person in a part-time job may receive a third level maintenance grant but a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Migraine Association of Ireland will be funded by the SSNO; if a decision has been made on their appeal; when this...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding support is available to adapt houses to meet the urgent medical needs in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, arising from a query raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of a vehicle...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are in receipt of invalidity pension or illness benefit and previously purchased a commercial vehicle in a...
    • Departmental Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if extension of funding for the 12 neurological charities will issue; if any other decision has been made; when this will...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the movement of farm yard manure, including paper based dung, is exempt from waste collection permits under current...
    • Irish Water Remit
      543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the extra cost to the State due to the late transfer of water treatment plants from the local authorities to...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Cavan County Council has submitted an application to his Department regarding the release of funding and the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families currently in emergency accommodation, that is, hotels or hostels; and the number that have been...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the vacant 655 units that were identified in the homelessness summit, held December 2014, that have been...
    • Departmental Functions
      548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role his Department will have in the forthcoming referendum on voting age in May 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Charges Administration
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made contact with the European Commission since its comments on water rates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,046 vacant properties under the National Asset Management Agency's remit that have been brought into...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of agencies dealing with homelessness; the number of persons employed by these agencies; and the amount of...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless; and the number of persons sleeping rough. [8927/15]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application (details supplied) to the Mayo North East Leader Partnership; if it will be...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of housing assistance payments in local authorities; if he will report on...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed changes to the seniors alert scheme; if these will remove some of the decision-making functions from local...
    • Planning Issues
      559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibilities that exist for local authorities to ensure houses are built in full compliance with the planning...
    • Building Regulations Qualifications
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposal to introduce a register for technologists to enable them to work under the...
    • Local Government Reform
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recently announced review of the boundaries of Cork and Galway cities and the possibility of amalgamating...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers employed in the maintenance section of Fingal County Council in 2008; and in 2014; his...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Review
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the extension of the slurry and fertiliser spreading dates; his plans to introduce a more practical...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of individual landlords registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the number that own one...
    • Irish Water Remit
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of days that elapsed between the coming into operation of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, generally, and...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the construction regulations for one-off houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/15]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors' firms (details...
    • Planning Issues
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations that are on local authorities to ensure that developers meet all future taking-in-charge requirements when...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the rationale for the absence of greenhouse gas reduction targets in the Climate Action and Low...
    • Register of Electors
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding voting by proxy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/15]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will accept instalment payments of back tax due on a vehicle in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rights of Way Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position whereby a lake or river of national importance is surrounded or bordered by land in private ownership and in...
    • Local Authority Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding housing estates where management companies have gone into receivership and the power for public...
    • Irish Water Remit
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify where the Water Services Act 2013 states that Irish Water is legally permitted to install meters in...
    • Housing Regeneration
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a funding programme through grants or tax relief will be considered to support persons who purchase derelict or...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the conditions applied by the Housing Agency with regard to consideration for acquiring properties under...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Natural Gas Grid
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to his reply to this Deputy on 29 January 2015 regarding the extension of the natural gas grid, whether Gaslink...
    • Fisheries Protection
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has requested Inland Fisheries Ireland to provide a full report on the incident in April 2014 in which more than...
    • National Digital Strategy Implementation
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 27 January 2015, if assistance will be provided to the organisation...
    • Fisheries Protection
      585. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the publication of photographs and postings on Facebook and other social media, which seems to...
    • EU Directives
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources recalling paragraph 2 of the European Union renewables directive, 2001/77/EC: paragraph 2 and with the likelihood that...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when consistent, high-quality broadband will be available in a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when EirGrid will announce its preferred route for the Grid Link project; and when announced, if there will be public...
    • Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the strategic environmental and appropriate assessments, including public consultation,...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he envisages the national broadband plan affecting Connemara, County Galway; the plans in place for enhancing the...
    • Post Office Network
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remit and operational plan of the newly established post office network development group; if it will specifically...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors' firms (details...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that motor insurance companies are refusing to insure motor cars over 15 years old that have...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Luas project Lucan, line F1, was part of Government plans since the publication of A Platform for Change in...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide detailed feedback on the reason an application from Lough Lene Gaels, Collinstown, County Westmeath, for funding under...
    • Public Transport
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to active, and public, transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/15]
    • Rail Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Irish Rail has spent a number of million euro on the construction of Kishogue railway station, as part of the...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the community involvement scheme; his plans to operate the scheme in 2015; his views on the introduction...
    • Departmental Funding
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the Lough Derg stimulus fund in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the funds allocated to local authorities in...
    • Tourism Promotion
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State agency, or agencies, responsible for promoting Ireland as a tourist angling destination; the level of funding the agency or...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was briefed by Bus Éireann regarding route closures before they were announced; his current engagement with Bus Éireann...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the operation by Dublin Bus of a limited Nitelink service on either Thursday or Sunday nights; and if he will make...
    • Ports Policy
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the borrowings that Drogheda Port Company currently has, when the port is transferred to Louth County Council as...
    • Road Safety
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the ongoing debate about provision for reduced speed limits within residential housing estates, if consideration will...
    • Road Projects
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure for selection of the route for the new N6 Galway transport project; the legislation under which power has been given to the...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding changes for vehicle testing for vintage tractors and old tractors that are used solely for display at vintage rallies...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding budget provided by his Department to Bus Éireann in each of the past five years; the percentage of such funding in...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9034/15]
    • Sporting Events
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a ban on alcohol sponsorship for sporting events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/15]
    • Road Projects
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the original route for the Galway city outer bypass cannot be considered again; if he will provide details of the European...
    • Driver Licences
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a lost or stolen licence can be reported to the national driver licence service from abroad; the reason there is no telephone...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid...
    • Road Projects
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9230/15]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding modified cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9238/15]
    • Taxi Regulations
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support changes in regulations and-or legislation to permit the introduction of new specialist tourism vehicles in Dublin...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a mechanism for supporting the transport co-ordination units in extending their services for specific purposes, such as...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who received compensation in the Barroughter, Cloonmoylan and Ardgraigue bog complexes; the number that are...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      624. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, under the terms of the turf cutting compensation scheme, an applicant may continue to cut turf until 2017 or must cease...
    • Arts Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to consider the provision of additional funding to that already granted, but not drawn down, to a project under Access 11...

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