Parliamentary questions

Road Projects Issues

Noel Grealish

738. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the motorway from Gort to Tuam, which is due to go to construction shortly, under PPP will not be a toll road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22512/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Noel Grealish

53. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the way deferral of local property tax and the subsequent 4% charge will be of any benefit to those qualifying persons already in debt distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21930/13]

Charity Clothes Bank Thefts

Noel Grealish

298. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the penalties that apply for those convicted of theft from charity bring banks; if he is considering strengthening the laws in this area, in view of the significant loss of revenue this theft causes to charities; if he intends to regulate charity collectors who call door to door to collect for charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/13]

Sea Lice Controls

Noel Grealish

323. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the years that the lice control protocols have been in place for salmon cage installations, the number of cases in which there has been legal action or financial penalties brought against salmon cage operators that repeatedly fail to keep to the required levels; the penalties that can be imposed by his Department for such breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/13]

Sea Lice Controls

Noel Grealish

324. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason data of lice levels relating to salmon cage installations is only available from the Marine Institute two to three years after the event; if the data can be made publicly available within a month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/13]

Sea Lice Controls

Noel Grealish

325. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if treatment levels are set at 0.5 lice per salmon in salmon cage installations, regardless of numbers of salmon in cages; in view of the fact that there will be at least 7.2m salmon in the proposed cages in Galway Bay, will the same treatment level take account of this number of fish and that consequently the levels of lice from these salmon breeding and proliferating, will be catastrophic to any wild salmon or sea trout traversing the bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21110/13]

Broadcasting Legislation

Noel Grealish

361. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the proposed public broadcasting household charge will be levied on users in the case of a rental property; if it is expected that the owner or tenant of a rental property will be the liable person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20134/13]

Aquaculture Licences Numbers

Noel Grealish

477. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current valid licences that are in issue from his Department for salmon cage installations in counties Mayo, Galway and Clare; if all of these licences are being actively used; the person responsible for the maintenance of salmon cages; if these cages-installations are inspected by his Department's officials on a regular basis; if he will provide a copy of the conditions of these licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20132/13]

Offshore Islands

Noel Grealish

408. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will indicate the amount spent on the two airports, Cleggan and Inishbofin, County Galway, by the Exchequer since they were created; if he has plans to provide funding to finish these two airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19083/13]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Noel Grealish

420. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the restrictions that exist for membership of the State funded Inishbofin Development Company Limited (details supplied); if he is satisfied to allow this situation to exist despite several islanders feeling excluded by the criteria that has been imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19082/13]

Aquaculture Development

Noel Grealish

1066. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the effect that there have been disease outbreaks in a number of salmon cage installations along the west coast, one of which is amoebic gill disease; if he will give details of the locations of these outbreaks and whether the disease has caused high mortalities and the closure of open salmon cage installations; if the treatment of the disease prevents the management of lice levels, in view of the fact that the fish will not feed and be able to take medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/13]

Bus Éireann Services

Noel Grealish

1374. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the report and recommendations by the National Transport Authority on public service obligations which was carried out in summer 2012; if he will make the recommendations of the National Transport Authority available to the public; if and when he intends to make decisions based on these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16386/13]

Property Taxation Application

Noel Grealish

110. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a statement he made that the liability date for local property tax from 2014 will be 1 November in the preceding year; if that means persons who sell their property between 1 November 2013 and 31 December 2013 will be liable for the 2014 liability even though they will not own the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15500/13]

IBRC Account Holders

Noel Grealish

111. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has an apparently unintended consequence for up to five personal deposit account holders (details supplied); if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that some holders of IBRC deposit accounts received a letter in 2011 stating that their deposit accounts were moving to Allied Irish Banks but the affected accounts were not transferred and may therefore be outside the scope of the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme which covers amounts over €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Noel Grealish

169. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection if any precedent of civil liability has attached to her Department or the community welfare service, for loss or damages arising from tenancy contracts as a result of rent supplement issues; if any legal advice has been provided to her Department suggesting or indicating that direct payment to landlords should cease, barring very extreme and extenuating circumstances; if any legal advice was given that direct payments to landlords should not be a routine practice; if she will define what could be considered as very extreme or extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15498/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Noel Grealish

170. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection if circulars issued by her Department regarding payment of rent supplement direct to a landlord, where the tenant so requests, can be described as merely internal guidelines; the status of such guidelines in regard to decisions of the community welfare service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15499/13]

Garda Transport

Noel Grealish

87. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars that have been taken off the road in the past three years; the number of these that have been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13484/13]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Noel Grealish

148. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the proposals regarding anti-social behaviour by tenants which include landlords being prosecuted by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in cases when tenants misbehave inside or outside the property; if such proposals are to be handled as civil or criminal cases; if will confirm the authority of the Garda in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13389/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Noel Grealish

187. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri-environment options scheme 2 payment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Noel Grealish

155. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance when he expects local property tax to be deductible from rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/13]