Parliamentary questions

Oireachtas Banking Inquiry

Peadar Tóibín

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter, dated 19 November 2010, of Jean Claude Trichet or give a firm commitment that it will be available to the banking inquiry; and if he will detail the communication he has with the ECB on this issue. [23122/14]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Peadar Tóibín

324. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide year on year in tabular form the amount of public moneys spent on capital construction projects between 2011 and 2013 inclusive. [22737/14]

Legislative Programme

Peadar Tóibín

333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will publish the draft scheme and the regulatory impact assessment of the workplace relations Bill. [22266/14]

Third Level Funding

Peadar Tóibín

474. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's funding of the range of specialised third level courses referred to in his reply. [22664/14]

Company Sale

Peadar Tóibín

476. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the tendering process put in place prior to the sale of Arramara Teo. [22765/14]

Company Sale

Peadar Tóibín

477. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the names of the companies that tendered for Arramara Teo and of the successful bidder. [22766/14]

Company Sale

Peadar Tóibín

478. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the tendering process or sale of Arramara Teo was advertised and were potential partners for the company approached by Údarás for a declaration of interest. [22767/14]

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Peadar Tóibín

509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when will the west of Ireland harvesting licence for seaweed be granted. [22768/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

951. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 12% increase in financial aid applications to the Irish Cancer Society in the first quarter of 2014 and that contrary to the Health Service Executive guidelines which state that if a person, applying for a medical card, has an income in excess of the relevant guidelines, the HSE must consider if refusing eligibility would result in undue hardship to that person and his or her dependants, hardship is being experienced by cancer patients whose discretionary medical cards have been withdrawn or applications have been refused due to cuts to the medical and general practitioner card budget for 2014 as overseen by his Department. [23345/14]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

972. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will implement Conradh na Gaeilge's recommendations regarding road signs on which the text in Irish is as prominent and large as that in English on a trial basis. [22447/14]

Regional Development

Peadar Tóibín

95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has received and assessed the recommendations of the OECD Regional Development Working Paper 2013/20, The Case of Ireland - Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) - Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders; and the actions to be taken by his Department to implement the reports recommendations. [21904/14]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Peadar Tóibín

110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been refused unemployment assistance on the basis that their parents income has been repeatedly incorrectly assessed and on that basis the application has been rejected, the waiting time for an appeal of this decision could take up to a full year; if his attention has been drawn to such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21928/14]

Legislative Process

Peadar Tóibín

96. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish draft heads of the workplace relations Bill. [21740/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Peadar Tóibín

325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 30 April 2014, if he will provide a management chart for his Department that includes managements names as provided for by all other Departments. [21374/14]

Pension Provisions

Peadar Tóibín

399. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the LCR 19293 judgement and provide for pension entitlements for former community employment supervisors now retired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/14]

Employment Data

Peadar Tóibín

132. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual year on year figure for the number of workers commuting from the South to work in the north of Ireland and the number of workers commuting from the North to work in the south of Ireland since 2004-5. [18382/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare while on the urgent list for surgery in Crumlin children's hospital is unable to obtain a surgery date, the impact of which has the potential to create secondary long term effects; when will the child be provided with a surgery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/14]

Passport Applications Fees

Peadar Tóibín

36. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reduce the price of the passport express service when delivery is not made within the specified timeframe; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that passport express applicants are not being guaranteed delivery within the advertised timeframe. [19042/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has personally met with representatives of the TEEU to discuss the introduction of apprenticeship fees. [19518/14]

Departmental Management Structures

Peadar Tóibín

271. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a management chart for his Department. [19379/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

272. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all offices currently under the aegis of his Department. [19380/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

273. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all bodies and-or agencies currently under the aegis of his Department. [19381/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all offices, bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department that are to be abolished or merged. [19382/14]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

409. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that by lifting the European Council derogation on Irish in Europe between 183 and 188 jobs would be created for Irish citizens in translating-interpretation and related work; and if he will give an undertaking to lift the derogation on the Irish language at the earliest opportunity or at the European Council review in 2015 at the latest. [19224/14]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

842. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of seven to eight weeks for the results of X-rays to be given to patients in County Meath. [19227/14]

Cruthú Fostaíochta

Peadar Tóibín

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén sprioc cruthaithe fostaíochta atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do 2014 agus cé mhéad post a chruthaigh siad sa chéad cheathrú. [18229/14]

Foras na Gaeilge

Peadar Tóibín

28. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndeimhneoidh sé go n-íocfar íocaíochtaí iomarcaíochta reachtúla leo siúd ar fad a chaillfidh a bpoist de bharr chur i bhfeidhm an mhúnla nua mhaoinithe agus mura bhfuil na hacmhainní cuí ag na heagrais chun na híocaíochtaí sin a dhéanamh, an gcinnteoidh an tAire go dtacóidh Foras na Gaeilge leis na híocaíochtaí seo. [18043/14]

Foras na Gaeilge

Peadar Tóibín

29. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad chuige a bhfuil deireadh á chur le seirbhísí nuachta agus eolais Gaelport.com nuair nach bhfuil aon chinneadh déanta maidir lena dtiocfaidh i gcomharbas air; an eol dó go bhfuil an-rath ar sheirbhísí Gaelport.com agus go bhfuil an t-éileamh ar an tseirbhís ag dul ó neart go neart, gur breis agus 1,000,000 amas sa bhliain a fhaigheann an láithreán gréasáin, go bhfuil 7,000 síntiúsóir cláraithe lena ríomhirisí, agus gurb iomaí duais agus gradam atá bainte amach ag Gaelport le blianta anuas. [18044/14]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Peadar Tóibín

112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the annual year-on-year figure for the number of PPS applications from persons domiciled in the North of Ireland and the number of PPS allocations made to persons domiciled in the North of Ireland for each year of the most recent consecutive five years for which data are available. [18383/14]

Company Law

Peadar Tóibín

99. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it is acceptable for employers to reduce staff hours, place staff on temporary lay-off or make them redundant while at the same time establishing an identical company under a different name to employ workers on lower wages to provide the same services as their existing company, such as in the case of a company (details supplied) in Dublin and Wexford; and his views on whether the law needs to be changed to prevent employers from operating in this manner. [17739/14]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation what is the euro per jobs ratio with regard to the Government’s research and development and innovation budgets for each of the past five years; the way this compares with other EU countries for the same years; and if he will detail the level of research and development and innovation spend per county for the past five years. [17716/14]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Peadar Tóibín

130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the increased number of small and medium enterprises which are dissatisfied with the Government's enterprise policy. [17715/14]

Foreign Direct Investment

Peadar Tóibín

131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for each region of the State the percentage of inputs that are sourced in Ireland for each of the past five years by foreign direct investment firms operating here. [17717/14]

Trade Union Movement

Peadar Tóibín

132. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support in law the right of union leaders to articulate on behalf of their union members the likelihood of industrial action without fear of legal action. [17718/14]

Medical Card Applications

Peadar Tóibín

666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [17994/14]

Broadband Service Provision

Peadar Tóibín

109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband roll out for rural areas of Navan, County Meath, where persons have been informed it may take ten years to reach their area, some of whom are forced to travel considerable distances to gain Internet access at libraries around their county, some of whom are unable to avail of this service at all. [16830/14]

Local Authority Funding

Peadar Tóibín

115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be released to Meath County Council to enable it to begin urgent renovation work to council properties affected by pyrite in Cherry Court, Summerhill, County Meath. [16851/14]

Gaelscoileanna Issues

Peadar Tóibín

234. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a Gaelscoil in the Celbridge area of County Kildare in view of the fact that parents in this area cannot access places in the surrounding areas, especially for those children born in 2009 and in 2010. [16713/14]

Gaelscoileanna Issues

Peadar Tóibín

235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with demand for Gaelscoil education in Kells and Oldcastle, County Meath; and his plans to deal with extra demand in Navan, County Meath. [16714/14]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Peadar Tóibín

161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available and the plans in place for grants to be given to citizens who purchase and install wood stoves and wood boilers for central heating for domestic use. [15563/14]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Peadar Tóibín

239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount of time and money that was spent by the Health Service Executive on architects, solicitors and so on to have a property (details supplied) designed to its specifications; if a contract was entered into for the property; the reason the decision was made not to proceed; if an alternative site has been selected to service the needs of the local population; and the length of time it will take to bring the new site to patient-ready completion. [15609/14]

Driving Test Regulations

Peadar Tóibín

652. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will detail the questions which were answered correctly and incorrectly by a person (details supplied) in their last taxi test. [15359/14]

Foreign Direct Investment

Peadar Tóibín

98. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the supply side, the level of FDI integration with the domestic economy for each of the past five years; and the way this compare to the EU average (details supplied). [14257/14]

Bank Branch Closures

Peadar Tóibín

273. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of bank retail outlets that have been closed in the State in the past three years; the locations of these banks; the amount it would cost the State to take ownership of these premises; and the estimated annual running costs. [14165/14]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

445. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek to convert a number of bank retail units that have no other immediate viable retail opportunity into enterprise centres for start-up businesses for a nominal rent. [14165/14]

Private Rented Accommodation Provision

Peadar Tóibín

536. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being put in place to deal with the rent allowance shortfall and the fact that many hard-pressed tenants are forced to make additional monthly top up payments to secure the rental property in the first instance; and the way this impromtu solution leads to a distortion of actual rent figures and the allowances needed by social welfare recipients to secure a home. [13768/14]

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if citizens' applications for welfare and pensions and their associated files are sent via e-mail or post, the processing times for all forms of applications to her Department; and the associated postage costs. [14054/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

1042. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on two matters related to waiting lists for hospital care; if he will provide a breakdown of figures regarding waiting times for a consultant visit in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in all the regional hospitals; and if he will provide a similar itemisation for waiting times for treatment for the same years again in the same hospitals. [13283/14]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Peadar Tóibín

1051. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a night consultant will be employed at Navan Hospital emergency department. [13128/14]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Peadar Tóibín

1057. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the two consultant physicians who will be lost to Navan hospital in the next two months will be replaced by two permanent consultant physicians based in Navan. [13135/14]