Parliamentary questions

Company Data

Pearse Doherty

120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of redomiciled public limited companies operating here; and the number that have been established in each of the past ten years. [25968/13]

Company Law

Pearse Doherty

121. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether, following a 1998 report on Irish registered non-resident companies, changes need to be made to IRNR companies, including an activity test for all companies applying for registration that would see a precondition of applying for registration being required to demonstrate that it intends to carry on a business or economic activity in the State. [26065/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Derek Nolan

122. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconsider the nature of Government contracts relating to stipulations, particularly pertaining to pension schemes, which must be utilised in order to satisfy the requirements of that contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26030/13]

European Council Meetings

Éamon Ó Cuív

123. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26216/13]

Parliamentary Questions Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

124. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date of the question in each case; the date on which the information was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Niall Collins

126. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regardinging an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25971/13]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a carer's allowance application took 15 months to process and was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25977/13]

Gender Recognition

Dominic Hannigan

128. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the heads of bill on the rights of transgender persons in order that it can go before the Oireachtas Education and Social Protection Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25991/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michelle Mulherin

129. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/13]

National Internship Scheme Eligibility

Derek Nolan

130. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the JobBridge scheme to the not-for-profit sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26032/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Billy Timmins

131. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidly pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26057/13]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

132. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 16 May 2013, if she considers it acceptable and fair that the person received a once off payment of €100 for the duration of the 12 weeks that they were hospitalised (details supplied); and if she will provide financial assistance considering the exceptional needs of this particular case. [26074/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Willie O'Dea

134. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Chief Appeals Officer will confirm the processing time for appeals of carer's allowance, family income supplement, invalidity pension and disability allowance schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26091/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

James Bannon

135. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused jobseeker's allowance, which they are seeking to enable them to take up an apprenticeship in Germany, having regard to the fact that it is a precondition of his apprenticeship that he must be on jobseeker's allowance and despite the fact that he is eligible for both. [26171/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Bernard Durkan

140. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she hopes to be in a position to address the issue of youth unemployment in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26263/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Bernard Durkan

141. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the context of alleviation of the levels of youth unemployment, she has identified more ambitious targets in respect of the provision of training, upskilling or temporary employment positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26264/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Bernard Durkan

143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time taken to determine appeals in respect of each category of payment provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26267/13]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Bernard Durkan

145. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which overpayments have been monitored by her Department in each of the past five years to date; the number of such overpayments identified in each year; if this was caused by oversight on the part of the applicant or her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26269/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Bernard Durkan

146. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to have available the necessary staffing levels to meet the ongoing requirements in the course of the on-going economic situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/13]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Payments

Bernard Durkan

147. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects mortgage interest support to remain in place in support of qualifying applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26271/13]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

148. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which previously the self-employed continue to be eligible for social welfare payment and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26272/13]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

149. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if separate medical examinations in respect of various forms of health-related payments such as disability allowance, invalidity pension and disability benefit are necessary in respect of the same applicant in view of the fact that the health condition qualifications remain the same and that only the expected duration can affect qualification for payment. [26273/13]

Community Services Programme

Dara Murphy

150. Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans for a person (details supplied) in County Cork with impaired mobility who uses the services of Cork Accessible Transport when these will cease operation on 30 June; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26278/13]

Commemorative Events

John Deasy

151. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money being set aside to fund commemorations of World War 1, the War of Independence, the 1916 Easter Rising and the Civil War. [26088/13]

European Council Meetings

Éamon Ó Cuív

152. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26207/13]

Parliamentary Questions Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

153. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date of the question in each case; the date on which the information was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26222/13]

Broadband Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

154. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has for the type of broadband for the Tullyallen area, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26006/13]

Inland Fisheries

Ciara Conway

155. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there appears to be no representation for commercial fishermen on the board of the IFI; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a perception amongst commercial fishermen that the board is weighted towards anglers; his views on the process of appointments to the board; if he will provide an update on any plans to redress this perceived imbalance by appointing a specific representative for Commercial Fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26028/13]

Natural Gas Grid

Derek Nolan

156. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to connect a town (details supplied) in County Galway to the natural gas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/13]

Exploration Industry Data

Finian McGrath

157. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the gas field off the County Mayo coast is worth €13 million, Barryroe Oil Field is worth €85 billion and Dalkey Oil Field is worth €60 billion; and if he will clarify the amount of revenue in tax under the 25% profit tax regime and estimates that these gas/oil fields would bring in. [26039/13]

Broadband Service Speeds

Joe McHugh

158. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on broadband speeds that may be observed when 48 people or more are on line at once via a service that is part of the national broadband scheme, where there is a download of minimum of 3.6mb with a contention of 48:1; if he will address this matter generally with the management of the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26043/13]

Exploration Licences Approvals

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

159. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on which he has granted prospecting licences to a company (details supplied) in a wide range of townlands across County Donegal; and the reassurance he can provide to those local communities who will have a range of concerns including environmental, regarding the issuing of this licence. [26047/13]

European Council Meetings

Éamon Ó Cuív

160. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/13]

Parliamentary Questions Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

161. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date of the question in each case; the date on which the information was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26224/13]

Property Tax Exemptions

Michael Lowry

162. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary is not an exempted estate for the purposes of the local property tax despite the fact that it was exempt from the household charge; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no improvement works have been undertaken on this estate since the introduction of the household charge; his views on whether this is fair and equitable on the residents in this estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25992/13]

Air Pollution

Andrew Doyle

163. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the regulations that enable local authorities to regulate and control the type of coal supplied in the State; the additional powers that are provided to local authorities in this regard and the type of fuel permitted for use in both residential and commercial premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/13]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Arthur Spring

164. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 7 May 2013, in relation to the shared ownership scheme and concerning transactions that commenced on or after 1 January 2003, if the local authority equity in the property is revalued annually; and if the value of the property can be valued downwards or if the value of the property used in the calculation of the rent is determined only once at the commencement of the transaction and set as the base value for all further rent calculations. [25972/13]

Household Charge Collection

John O'Mahony

165. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who paid their household charge have not received official receipts from the household charge bureau; when their receipts of payment will issue to persons who have paid their charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Derek Nolan

166. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of a support local business clause being inserted in a percentage of business transactions or dealings undertaken by local authorities and or the municipal authorities to be set up. [26033/13]

Planning Issues

Maureen O'Sullivan

167. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers that, in circumstances where he and his Department have no function with regard to individual planning decisions, he will provide a look-back mechanism in the Planning and Development Bill 2013, whereby instances of questionable planning since the 1963 Act can be referred to the regulator for adjudication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26042/13]

Local Government Fund

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures relating to the total sum allocated to the local government fund in each year from its establishment to date in 2013; and the total sum transferred to local authorities in the form of general purpose grants from the LGF for each such year. [26048/13]

Water Services Provision

Billy Timmins

169. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the ongoing problem affecting the output of water from the Roundwood reservoir (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/13]

Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report

Andrew Doyle

170. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the boundary committee regarding the local election boundaries that are to be used in next year's local elections in May 2014; when he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26156/13]

Local Authority Staff Data

Niall Collins

171. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of county managers in the country; the number of director of services per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26168/13]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Niall Collins

172. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies that have occurred in the county manager positions county by county since 2000; if the positions were advertised publicly; the number of internal applications from within the local authority system for each position; the number of external applications for each position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26169/13]

Departmental Funding

Robert Dowds

173. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the State money that was given to the Simon Community in relation to an organisation purchasing and occupying a building (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [26179/13]

Departmental Funding

Robert Dowds

174. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any conditions were placed on the Simon Community in relation to the moneys it was granted in terms of the way a building (details supplied) in Dublin 20 was to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26180/13]

European Council Meetings

Éamon Ó Cuív

175. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26212/13]

Motor Tax Collection

Barry Cowen

176. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing pre-2008 motor vehicles that have been retrofitted with devices to reduce their CO2 emissions to qualify for the relevant post 2008 tax band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26275/13]

Garda Station Closures

Robert Troy

177. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm his commitment to retain the current service at Rochfortbridge Garda Station, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26038/13]