Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

117. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person currently receiving jobseeker's allowance is permitted to carry out minor work for a family member, in the family members home, where no money is exchanged. [53400/12]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

32. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an gcaidreamh idir an IDA agus Údarás na Gaeltachta, chun míniú a thabhairt ar an tslí ina gcomhoibríonn siad chun infheistíocht eachtrannach dhíreach a mhealladh isteach sa Ghaeltacht agus chun an líon cuairteanna atá tugtha ag infheisteoirí eachtrannacha féideartha ar an nGaeltacht le cúig bliana anuas a chur in iúl. [52973/12]

Wards of Court

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

185. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the families of those whose funds are administered to by the office of wards of court in the Courts Service regarding the types of investments being made; if he has considered establishing an insurance scheme to protect these funds; if he has considered this issue in the context of the drafting of the Mental Capacity Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53184/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

221. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when he will appoint a full time paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist to be based at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in line with the Health Service Executive's Diabetes Expert Advisory Group policy of having one paediatric diabetic CNS for every 100 children, in view of the fact that Letterkenny General Hospital has approximately 138 children with diabetes attending the service [53136/12]

Pilot Training Colleges

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

137. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is doing to see that the full details of the closing of the Waterford Pilot Training College are investigated and that no company will be able to operate in such a manner again, leaving students with debts. [52669/12]

Sport and Recreational Development

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

140. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being done in the prisons by the street leagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52693/12]

Universal Social Charge Payments

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the reason that since 1 January 2012, workers in this State, who are resident in the north of Ireland and who hold medical cards there are no longer exempt from paying the health levy component of the universal social charge; and his plans to rectify this. [52511/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

293. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is a mature student, had their student grant cut due to assessment of their 81 year old parents pension; the action he will take to ensure that cases like this in which adults are clearly not dependent on their parents, do not have their grants cut like this again. [52373/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

504. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by staff in the relevant pay brackets. [52461/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

505. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose annual salaries were in excess of €200,000 at that date; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52462/12]

Criminal Prosecutions Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for fraud and the number of convictions for fraud during each of the past ten years broken down by categories of offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52815/12]

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

525. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí attached to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52816/12]

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

526. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians employed in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52817/12]

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

527. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of forensic accountants employed in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations and in the Criminal Assets Bureau. [52818/12]

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

528. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outsourced or temporary staff employed by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52819/12]

Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

529. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of jobbridge staff employed by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52820/12]

Proposed Legislation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

530. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce new legislation regarding white collar crime. [52821/12]

Recidivism Rate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

531. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report by the Central Statistics Office on criminal re-offending in Ireland. [52822/12]

Recidivism Rate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

532. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that studies on recidivism consistently show that offenders who go through restorative processes are less likely to reoffend that those who proceed through criminal courts. [52823/12]

Youth Unemployment Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

48. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by his Department to create employment for young people who are not in employment, education or training. [51882/12]