Parliamentary questions

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Michael Lowry

301. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Tipperary who are still awaiting payments of their student grant through the Student Universal Support Ireland system; the reason for the backlog in same; the current turnover time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

John O'Mahony

302. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal for their Student Universal Suport Ireland grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1327/13]

School Placement

Simon Harris

303. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in a locality (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he has met with local stakeholders in an effort to address this shortage; the action he plans to take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Simon Harris

304. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school building project will commence at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

305. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the eligibility for a fee grant from Student Universal Support Ireland does not extend to undergraduate courses outside the State or within another jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1360/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Tom Fleming

306. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1386/13]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

307. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

308. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1394/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

309. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the funding options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Charles Flanagan

310. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the appeals process for students in County Laois who have been refused an education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1418/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Barry Cowen

311. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1421/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Barry Cowen

312. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1422/13]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

313. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children from certain areas in County Donegal are being asked to travel a greater distance to further their education (details supplied) when there is a school closer to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1426/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

314. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a reader on behalf of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due to sit the leaving certificate in June 2013. [1434/13]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Denis Naughten

315. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to commence section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001, making it compulsory for all teachers to be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from State funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1445/13]

School Curriculum

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have contacted his Department regarding the impact of cutbacks on their schools each year between 2006 and 2011; the number of schools which had to cut subjects from their timetables during each of these years and which subjects were cut; if any of these schools have offered those subjects after school hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1476/13]

School Staffing

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

317. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the way schools are surviving without middle management support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1477/13]

Croke Park Agreement Implementation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

318. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the impact of the Croke Park agreement on schools across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1478/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Tom Hayes

319. Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Tipperary was approved for a higher education maintenance in November 2012, and was subsequently informed that they do not qualify for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1527/13]

Student Assistance Fund Issues

Ann Phelan

320. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills following his recent announcement that an additional €3m is being allocated to the student assistance fund, if he will outline if this is being administered by the Higher Education Authority; if so, the way funding is being allocated per college/university as part of the SAF and the way a college will apply for funding for SAF if their current student assistance fund is being subsidised by fees and not by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1530/13]

School Staffing

Michael McCarthy

321. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired secondary school teachers who are currently hired as substitutes in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1536/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Thomas P. Broughan

322. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report on the current difficulties in the operation of Student Universal Support Ireland; when these difficulties will be fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1537/13]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Gerry Adams

323. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, of the numbers of students on a county basis that have received from Student Universal Support Ireland payment of their third level grant or notification of when it is to be paid; the number that have actually received payment; the number of applications that have been received from County Louth in total; the number that have been rejected; and the number that have yet to be processed. [1540/13]

School Curriculum

Terence Flanagan

324. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1542/13]

Third Level Staff Issues

Peter Mathews

325. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons in each university at professor grade, by university, in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; where professors have retired, resigned or otherwise left universities, if they have been replaced and if so, at what grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1543/13]

School Transport Provision

Róisín Shortall

326. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding or a subsidy is available within the school transport scheme for a family (details supplied) who do not have the financial means to pay school transport costs; and if he will advise on the assistance available in this regard. [1620/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Emmet Stagg

327. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor has been appointed to complete a school project (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the contractor will be on site; and the expected completion date for the required work. [1637/13]

Third Level Staff Issues

Niall Collins

328. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who works in a full time permanent post of caretaker at an Institute of Technology has to retire upon their 65th birthday; if he will remain on in the post and the way they would go about securing this formally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1685/13]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Regina Doherty

329. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the mandatory inclusion of defibrillator equipment in all secondary schools and their facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1696/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Tom Fleming

330. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1701/13]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

331. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1703/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

332. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recognise Irish sign language as an official language; the efforts he has or will take to ensure that there are sufficient support services and a level and quality of education appropriate to meeting the needs and abilities of deaf persons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1705/13]

Home Tuition Scheme Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

333. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1713/13]

School Transport Provision

Tom Fleming

334. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills If he will assist with the cooperative initiative by both St. Michael's College and the Presentation Secondary School, Listowel, County Kerry which is in compliance with his Department's Directive, these schools are 2.5km apart and the imposition of full transport costs on the students and their families would be detrimental to the progress of this scheme and based on and information (details supplied) if he will examine this viable proposition with a view to subsidising the ongoing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1725/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

335. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 18 December 2012, the reason the special education unit at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare was not equipped in any way at the time of opening and the reason, to date, only limited funding has been approved by his Department to enable the partial equipping of the unit; if the situation at the school will be addressed as a matter of urgency; if he will indicate with certainty that, in terms of equipment/furnishing, all special education units in PPP delivered post primary schools have been facilitated in a consistent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1740/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

336. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the approval of a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1741/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Bernard Durkan

337. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare following the removal of a subsidy for Gaeltacht placement as part of the Bachelors of Education degree at St Patrick's College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1745/13]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Ciaran Lynch

338. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans under the school building programme to provide additional infant and junior infant classes at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm that the school has applied for extra accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1747/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Dara Calleary

339. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a higher education grant application in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Mayo will be processed; the reason this application has been delayed; and if he will expedite the application in view of the delay experienced to date. [1755/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

340. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a higher education grant application in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Mayo will be processed; the reason this application has been delayed; and if he will expedite the application in view of the delay experienced to date. [1756/13]

School Accommodation

Brian Walsh

341. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1757/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

342. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if 2012 rate for maintenance grants will apply to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1800/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Nicky McFadden

343. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when a decision may be expected on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Nicky McFadden

344. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when a decision on the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1813/13]

Teachers' Remuneration

Bernard Durkan

345. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent decision taken at the Teacher's Conciliation Council to honour qualifications of teachers whose further courses of study had commenced prior to 1 February 2012, the proposed timeframe to honour such payments; when the first payments will issue in respect of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1820/13]

National Educational Psychological Service Staff

Finian McGrath

346. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a psyhological assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1855/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

347. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2012 rate for maintenance grants will apply in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1880/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Charles Flanagan

348. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1886/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Joe Higgins

349. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a right to education in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1889/13]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Kevin Humphreys

350. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were fully funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1903/13]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Jonathan O'Brien

351. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, from 11 January 2013, the number of students on a county basis who have received from Student Universal Support Ireland payment of their third level grant or notification of when it is to be paid and the numbers of students on a county basis who have still to have their grant application approved. [2011/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Jonathan O'Brien

352. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of students on a county basis who are awaiting to have their original grant applications reassessed or a decision made on their appeal by Student Universal Support Ireland. [2012/13]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Kevin Humphreys

353. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were partially funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2034/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

354. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether employers who have outstanding Labour Court decisions against them should be eligible for Government procurement contracts. [57830/12]

Freedom of Information Requests

Martin Ferris

355. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that Coillte becomes subject to freedom of information requests in line with his commitment to introducing greater transparency. [57985/12]

Departmental Offices

Gerry Adams

356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if her Department has a 20 year lease on a floor or part of a premises in Athy, County Kildare; the annual cost of the lease to the State; when the lease agreement was entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58172/12]

Mobile Telephony

Michelle Mulherin

357. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the income earned by the State from the mobile phone mast at a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Brian Stanley

358. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on rent and leasing property in County Laois for Government Departments and agencies for 2011 and 2012 to facilitate the de-centralising of central Government. [1137/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Michael Healy-Rae

359. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the centralised buying of goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1266/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

James Bannon

360. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the procurement legislation which prohibits smaller construction companies from tendering for projects in view of the fact that the criteria for tendering for the majority of contracts are based on each company's previous year's turnover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Pearse Doherty

361. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail expenditure on health care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012 [1890/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Pearse Doherty

362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail State expenditure on education care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1891/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Pearse Doherty

363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail Government expenditure on social protection care as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1892/13]

State Bodies Expenditure

Kevin Humphreys

364. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the dividend received from each semi-State company from 2006 to 2012; if he will indicate in his reply which companies have not returned a dividend in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1913/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Kevin Humphreys

365. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the projected dividends he expects to be remitted to the Exchequer from semi-State companies in 2013 and further to the budgetary documentation if he will indicate where the increased €100 million of dividends will come from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1914/13]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Numbers

Niall Collins

366. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of regulatory impact assessments that have been carried out by his Department in the past twelve months and the list of regulatory impact assessments carried out within his Department in the past twelve months. [57765/12]

Public Procurement Contracts Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

367. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recipients of Government contracts that are not in compliance with Labour Court judgements. [57826/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

368. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts and value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) as part of Government procurement contracts. [57827/12]

Public Procurement Contracts Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

369. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps taken to ensure that all contractors and suppliers to Government procurement contracts are fully compliant with Labour Court judgements and employee rights legislation. [57828/12]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick O'Donovan

370. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of agencies, bodies, boards, quangos or other entities, which are financed from, answerable to or established by his Department that have been abolished, merged or re-organised since this Government took office; the savings that have been realised since the changes were made; the level of staff reduction that has been achieved; if he will provide details of further agency reductions that he intends to pursue in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57883/12]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

371. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current length of time that any Senior Minister needs to be in office in order to qualify for a Ministerial pension; and if the same time schedule applies to Junior Ministers. [57903/12]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Terence Flanagan

372. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding public sector pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57977/12]

Rural Social Scheme Applications

Michelle Mulherin

373. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the review of the rural social schemes that he has undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58010/12]

Energy Usage

Dominic Hannigan

374. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if energy audits are carried out on public buildings; if so, the frequency of same; the way in which inefficiencies are remediated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58041/12]

State Visits

Kevin Humphreys

375. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the Office of Public Works on refurbishment work on Dublin Castle in 2011 in preparation for the State visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth; if he will specify the nature of the works, where they occurred in the Castle, and the amount spent in each area; if any of this work had to be redone or changed during the 2012 refurbishment of the printworks; and if he will outline the specifics of the refurbishment work carried out in 2012 on the printworks conference facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58141/12]

Pension Provisions

Joanna Tuffy

376. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the pension scheme in place for current Oireachtas members; the amount of contributions deducted from Members salaries for the scheme; the situation in relation to pension entitlements for former Oireachtas members who may, in the future, be re-elected to Dáil Éireann and who have built up pension benefits under the older pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/13]

Action Plan for Jobs

Dara Calleary

377. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the 2012 targets set for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason targets were not met; the steps he is taking within his Department to create new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1287/13]

Water Levels

James Bannon

378. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to open Lough Ree Sluice Gates, to bring about better management of water levels on the River Shannon and prevent serious flooding in the parishes along the Shannon in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/13]

Water Levels

James Bannon

379. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that there is better co-operation and co-ordination between the bodies responsible for the maintenance of levels on the Shannon OPW, ESB and Waterways Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/13]

Expenditure Reviews

Pearse Doherty

380. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he wil detail total Government expenditure as a percentage of total tax revenue and per capita from 1992 to 2012. [1893/13]

State Bodies Expenditure

Kevin Humphreys

381. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were fully funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1910/13]

State Bodies Expenditure

Kevin Humphreys

382. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were partially funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2041/13]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Numbers

Niall Collins

383. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of regulatory impact assessments that have been carried out by his Department in the past twelve months and the list of regulatory impact assessments carried out within his Department in the past twelve months. [57763/12]

Industrial Development

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

384. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial units and warehouses that are vacant in a town (details supplied) in County Offaly that are the responsibility of the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland or Shannon Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57771/12]

Departmental Agencies Issues

Patrick O'Donovan

385. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of agencies, bodies, boards, quangos or other entities, which are financed from, answerable to or established by his Department that have been abolished, merged or re-organised since this Government took office; the savings that have been realised since the changes were made; the level of staff reduction that has been achieved; if he will provide details of further agency reductions that he intends to pursue in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57881/12]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

386. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a derogation from the working time directive 48 hours is in place, on what specific grounds is that derogation in place and when will such derogation from the working time directive expire. [57902/12]

Job Initiatives

Arthur Spring

387. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any initiatives or actions are planned to help revitalise the economy of County Kerry in 2013 and if he will detail such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57953/12]

Employment Rights Issues

Willie O'Dea

388. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Home and Community Care Ireland have been in touch with him concerning the issue of the status of live-in carer's under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 and the Working Time Act 1997 and the policing of that legislation by the National Employment Rights Authority; and the action he proposes to take to resolve this issue. [58124/12]

Job Losses

Peadar Tóibín

389. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in the Industrial Development Agency supported companies for each year from and including 2007 to 2011. [58147/12]

EU Funding

Eoghan Murphy

390. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he is investigating the use of the Common Strategic Framework Funds that is the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in developing co-investment funds specifically targeting angel investors, as is being promoted by the European Commission and European Investment Bank. [58161/12]

EU Funding

Eoghan Murphy

391. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering developing co-investment funds, as in the UK and other countries, to address the seed/early stage financing gap and help develop the angel investment market. [58162/12]

Pension Provisions

Michelle Mulherin

392. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Shannon Development's and of Shannon Airport's respective pension liabilities and whether or not same will be transferring to the new company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/13]

Emigration Data

Michael Healy-Rae

393. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding emigration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1263/13]

Job Initiatives

Dara Calleary

394. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2012 targets set for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason targets were not met; the steps he is taking within his Department to create new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1285/13]

Regional Aid

Patrick O'Donovan

395. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications per county in tabular form that have been received for micro-finance funding in 2012 and the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants per county. [1335/13]

Industrial Development

Dara Calleary

396. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular form the number of prospective client visits by the Industrial Development Agency to each county in the country and in the case of Dublin to each local authority area in 2011 and in 2012; the number of IDA supported jobs in each county and in the case of Dublin in each local authority area in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1351/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Finian McGrath

397. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support increased credit available to small and medium enterprise and financing facilities to support expansion and improve cash flow as well as no added costs relating to taking on staff as a major job creation strategy. [1495/13]

Job Protection

Peadar Tóibín

398. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps taken by him to secure the jobs under threat with the issuing of protective redundancy notices by the operator of Tara mines. [1525/13]

Job Protection

Peadar Tóibín

399. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will meet with the workers, trade unions and owners of Tara Mines to safeguard employment at the site. [1526/13]

Job Creation Issues

Pearse Doherty

400. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the launch of the Succeed in Ireland programme as part of the Jobs Action Plan 2012, the total number of jobs created by the reward scheme; the number of referrals submitted by applicants for the reward; the number of jobs subject to the referrals; the total amount paid to date to referrers and the number of referrers to which that total relates. [1553/13]