Parliamentary questions

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Patrick Nulty

374. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of instances recorded, either through the relevant form or on the integrated short-term schemes system, in 2011 by area and the number of instances in 2012 by area in which a community welfare officer has noted Article 38 of S.I. 412 of 2007 in the reason for an increased payment of rent supplement; the number of these that makes any reference to homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25319/13]

House Purchase Schemes

Patrick Nulty

473. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who hold affordable housing mortgages with local authorities are allowed apply to transfer their mortgage to a larger home, if their current home no longer meets their family needs due to overcrowding, or due to them having children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/13]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Nulty

500. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine if it will be appropriate or possible to amend the legislation that established the Property Services Regulatory Authority to allow existing property managers who are in business to retain their licence to operate if they have at least 120 ECTS credits and are working to get the 240 credits required by the legislation in order to maintain employment in the economy. [25576/13]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Nulty

501. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to amend the legislation that established the Property Services Regulatory Authority to allow existing businesses which are in operation and have been registered for at least two years between 2007 and 2012 to continue to operate provided they are tax compliant. [25577/13]

Health Services Staff Data

Patrick Nulty

622. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time and full-time equivalent environmental health officers covering the Dublin region employed by the Health Service Executive for each year from 2006 to 2013, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/13]

Disability Services Funding

Patrick Nulty

651. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form funding for intellectual disability services in Dublin for 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [25421/13]

Disability Services Funding

Patrick Nulty

652. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for respite care in respect of families with intellectual disability services has been reduced in Dublin; and the reason respite care was suspended in the Daughters of Charity service in St. Vincent's on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. [25422/13]

Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists

Patrick Nulty

691. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged under 18 years waiting for the fitting of dental braces by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 15; if he will outline in tabular form, each treatment waiting list category, including a written explanation and definition for each category; the number of persons awaiting treatment in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25889/13]

Third Level Fees

Patrick Nulty

97. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 5 February 2013, if a matter raised in correspondence in respect of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 15 regarding their registration fees will be examined; if the student's concerns can be addressed in detail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/13]

International Labour Standards

Patrick Nulty

133. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join the call for brands and retailers active in the Irish and single European markets to accede to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/13]

Health Services

Patrick Nulty

603. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will examine ways in which continuous positive airway pressure machines could be purchased by those who need them as an alternative to long-term renting of these machines; if he will put in place a scheme by which these machines can be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/13]

Health Services Provision

Patrick Nulty

622. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cuts to chiropody treatments offered by HSE north west Dublin: his view on whether three visits to a chiropodist per medical card holder is insufficient; if he will intervene to change the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/13]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Patrick Nulty

688. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of Sativex medication for the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European mutual recognition procedure has been ratified in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24360/13]

European Union Accession

Patrick Nulty

6. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the urgent need for the European Union to conduct a strategic re-assessment of its approach in Bosnia in view of the serious concerns raised by leading civil society activists in the country and the Bosnian community here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

126. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 45% was introduced on incomes over €80,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

127. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 50% was introduced on incomes over €125,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Patrick Nulty

150. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if we will reclassify Down's syndrome as a disability in all cases so as to ensure that all children with this condition are provided with resource teaching hours which was the pre-2005 position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/13]

Invalidity Pension Application Numbers

Patrick Nulty

179. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these the number that were granted on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23332/13]

Child Benefit Rates

Patrick Nulty

180. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if the present rates of child benefit will be maintained in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/13]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria

Patrick Nulty

189. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will reduce eligibility for the rental accommodation scheme from 18 months in receipt of rent supplement to six months as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/13]