Parliamentary questions

Defence Forces Recruitment

Áine Collins

480. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Defence if colour blindness debars applications for the Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces; the criteria used in debarring members having regard to the fact that colour blindness does not debar admission for application to An Garda Síochána and other military forces such as the British Army and United States Army. [41571/14]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Áine Collins

481. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Defence if the military authorities will accept medical tests for colour blindness other than the Ishihara test plates such as the Holmes-Wright lantern and City University vision test, having regard to the fact that An Garda Síochána accepts applicants who have failed the Ishihara test plates but passed the City University vision test. [41572/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Áine Collins

102. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39673/14]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Áine Collins

8. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a community employment supervisor who is funded by her Department is forced to retire when he or she reaches the age of 66; the reason this is the case when, under Irish law, there is no mandatory retirement age. [39404/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Áine Collins

45. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a disadvantaged area payment. [39410/14]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility

Áine Collins

39. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been refused back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [38385/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Áine Collins

236. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of their headage payment, single farm payment or calf premium payment. [37893/14]

Wildlife Protection

Áine Collins

215. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a hen harrier payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [36146/14]

Thatching Grants Eligibility

Áine Collins

555. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wishes to re-roof and maintain a thatched cottage; her views on the level of funding under the built heritage job leverage scheme and the thatching grant administered by her Department. [35598/14]

Rural Transport Programme

Áine Collins

742. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the restructuring of the rural transport programme into the 18 transport co-ordination units, if he anticipates that there will be job losses; and if so, the redundancy that will be put in place. [31048/14]

Medical Card Delays

Áine Collins

168. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing an emergency medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [26163/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Áine Collins

173. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a discretionary medical card was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied). [21624/14]

School Accommodation

Áine Collins

193. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for extra accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19219/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Áine Collins

464. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether a person who has received notification from a building society that the mortgage is unsustainable and the home must be sold is entitled to apply for inclusion on the council social housing list. [18939/14]

Building Regulations Application

Áine Collins

511. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to new building regulations, the process in place to allow existing long term practitioners to be certified by his Department in order that they can comply with new regulations. [19633/14]

Tax Code

Áine Collins

660. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any tax incentives available to landowners leasing-renting their land for conacre. [19220/14]

Forestry Grants

Áine Collins

146. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing some form of grant aid for reconstitution of forestation (details supplied). [18210/14]

Public Transport

Áine Collins

179. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a response to a query regarding a hackney vehicle licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18230/14]

Property Tax Exemptions

Áine Collins

156. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person who received a serious brain injury and did not receive compensation because the accident happened on his own property is not exempt from local property tax in the same way as someone who received a serious brain injury in an accident in which they received compensation. [15021/14]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

Áine Collins

776. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a charge is stuck out, if no reference to it will appear on a Garda vetting report (details supplied). [13606/14]