Parliamentary questions

Animal Welfare Issues

Clare Daly

529. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that protection is given to feral cats by removing the distinction between owned cats and animals living in a wild state in the animal health and welfare Bill. [12842/13]

Animal Welfare Issues

Clare Daly

594. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of times his Department authorised concussion and-or percussive blow to the head as a permitted method of euthanasia for new-born puppies, kitten, fox cubs and or ferret kits, between 2002 and 1 January 2013; if it occurred without explicit authorisation, and the number of young animals that were killed by this method. [12491/13]

Animal Welfare Issues

Clare Daly

595. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his position in relation to concussion and or percussive blow to the head as a humane method of killing new-born puppies, kitten, fox cubs and or ferret kits; his policy and or that of the Irish Medicines Board on the use of this killing method under SI 543 European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scinetific Purposes) Regulations 2012. [12492/13]

Driving Licence Issues

Clare Daly

685. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that scanned photographs will be allowed as an option in the provision of new driving licences in order to protect jobs in the photo ID professional industry and avoid a monopoly situation in capturing images. [12910/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Clare Daly

175. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents in which the intoxilyzer 6000 has been deemed to be faulty in relation to prosecutions for drink driving. [12036/13]

Garda Investigations

Clare Daly

34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the final report of the Assistant Garda Commissioner into allegations that fixed charge notices mainly for speeding have been inappropriately cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11602/13]

Road Safety

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to outsource existing Garda road safety tasks beyond the current Go Safe contract; and the rationale for same. [11603/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/13]

Public Sector Pensions

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconsider the proposed pension cuts and if he will confirm the constitutionality of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 and the new legislation that will be required to implement the current proposed pension cut. [11221/13]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year at the age of 65 years will have to wait a full year before they are eligible for their pensions; and the action she will take regarding same. [11018/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Clare Daly

270. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year are only entitled to nine months jobseeker's benefit while waiting a year to become eligible for their pensions. [11019/13]

NAMA Portfolio

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the National Assets Management Agency release funds for an estate (details supplied) to ensure that requisite building and fire safety standards are implemented for all dwellings. [11035/13]

Water Meters Installation

Clare Daly

355. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any contracts that have been awarded for the installation of domestic water meters. [11459/13]

Fire Safety Regulations

Clare Daly

454. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that fire safety regulations are adhered to in all hospitals here (details supplied). [11014/13]

Industrial Relations

Clare Daly

455. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding State bodies' refusing to use the State's industrial relations machinery (details supplied). [11015/13]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

470. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason St. James Hospital management believe that it is appropriate for non-electrical staff to be able to access fuse boards in the hospital ward areas. [11013/13]

Industrial Disputes

Clare Daly

471. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the electricians suspended by the management of St. James Hospital, County Dublin, are reinstated in their positions and that the hospital immediately engages in dialogue with them through the auspices of the Labour Court or other vehicles of the States industrial relations machinery. [11016/13]

Drugs Payment Scheme Administration

Clare Daly

472. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the safeguards that are in place to ensure that claims under the drug payment scheme are legitimate and authorised and that the medication has actually been received by the person in question. [11020/13]

Wildlife Conservation

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will introduce a system for investigating the deaths of seals, dolphins and porpoises. [10857/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the application by Fingal County Council for funding for phase two of the Rush, County Dublin, sewerage upgrade, as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that raw sewerage is being pumped into the sea at Rush. [10855/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012, as per draft available on his Department's website, will allow one person to design, construct and certify a building and his views on whether this is reasonable to ensure public safety. [10856/13]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that there are no further pay cuts imposed on low and middle income public sector workers. [10303/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

148. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11061/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

194. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11065/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

210. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11062/13]

Financial Services Regulation

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the statute of limitations so that claims can be made against financial institutions that misssold financial products. [10722/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11060/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

262. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11058/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

280. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11064/13]

Electromagnetic Fields Studies

Clare Daly

122. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the east west interconnector electromagnetic field emission measurements under assessment by the independent expert panel and a schedule of dates when the panel's report will be published. [9984/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if significant public funds of €3 million are to be paid to a contractor who did not complete the East West Inter Connector project on time and would appear not to be contractually entitled to such payments; and if these payments are to be made, the reason for same. [9985/13]

Passport Controls

Clare Daly

156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that have been issued to persons who have changed their legally registered names more than once. [10147/13]

Passport Controls

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that have been issued to nationals who list their place of residence as Israel. [10148/13]

Passport Controls

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that have been issued to persons who have changed their legally registered names more than once while also living in Israel. [10149/13]

Passport Controls

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the controls in place to monitor the abuse of legally issued Irish passports by foreign intelligence services. [10150/13]

Economic Growth Rate

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report the share of GDP going to labour in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2012, unit labour costs here annually since 2006, with 2005 equal to 100 and industrial capacity utilisation in the economy here in each year since 2005. [9168/13]

Departmental Bodies

Clare Daly

30. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on waiting times for cases to be heard and staffing levels in the Rights Commissioner and Labour Court in the past three years. [9169/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the administrative costs of the mortgage arrears resolution process; the number of persons that have applied to the scheme; the number that have been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/13]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the statue of limitations in order that claims can be made against financial institutions that mis-sold financial products. [9309/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

250. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will document the public moneys spent on fluoridation of the water supply between 2006 and 2012 inclusive. [9426/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

251. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the company or companies that supply fluoride to the State; where the fluoride, natural and synthetic, is added to the water and sourced. [9427/13]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Dublin Airport Authority and express his concern in relation to new contracts of employment being issued on significantly lower terms and conditions, in breach of all existing agreements with the trade unions and to insist that this immediately ceases. [9424/13]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Clare Daly

21. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Globalising Torture Report regarding the use of Shannon Airport by the US CIA for extraordinary rendition flights; his further views on the information provided in the past by the US authorities on their use of Shannon Airport; and the actions, if any, he will take on foot of the report. [8879/13]

Redundancy Payments

Clare Daly

102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to ensure that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation employees receive the four weeks salary for each year of service in redundancy payments as they were promised and that service accrued while working for the liquidator would count as reckonable service for redundancy purposes. [9211/13]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the FÁS apprentice budgets for 2013 have not been approved. [9176/13]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) may complete their apprenticeship. [9177/13]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason FÁS apprentice budgets have not been approved which is leaving many apprentices in a very vulnerable position. [9197/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will defer the signing of new building control regulations until he receives the paper from the Oireachtas Environment Committee. [9174/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission from the Architects' Alliance, on 14 February 2013, regarding self certification; and if so, if he will give consideration to same. [9175/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the monies paid to date to public private partnerships and toll operators on the Limerick Tunnel and M3 Motorway due to an underestimate of traffic flow; and the expected payments during the next five years. [8381/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the moneys already paid for the acquisition of the West Link Toll Bridge by the State and monies due to be paid annually to 2020. [8380/13]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of foreign aid that has been paid to Uganda and Syria and if there are any plans to alter these arrangements. [8242/13]

Same-sex Marriage

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to enable marriages between same sex couples. [8302/13]

Patient Redress Scheme

Clare Daly

664. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the victims of former consultant Michael Neary as a matter of urgency in order to deal with his commitment to resolve their outstanding issues and quest for justice. [8102/13]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

733. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the increased number of medical school graduates this year it is anticipated that in July 2013 there will be a shortage of intern places for both EU and non-EU graduates of Irish medical schools; and the action he will take regarding same. [8743/13]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the excessive hours worked by junior doctors, with particular reference to addressing 36 hour shifts as a critical issue of health and safety. [7440/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not met the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society, despite repeated requests and promises that he would do so, with particular reference to the urgent need to implement a proposed care plan to meet their particular needs. [7441/13]

Adoption Records Provision

Clare Daly

14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 15 May 2012 if she will report on the progress of the Health Service Executive's search for birth related and other documents in the possession of the HSE and previous organisations now within the HSE organisation relating to persons identifying as Adopted and for whom no adoption record exists. [7274/13]

Departmental Strategies

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop strategies that improve self-esteem and promote positive body imaging among young adolescents. [7273/13]

Schools Extra Curricular Activities

Clare Daly

76. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to promote volunteerism and collective activities outside school hours in view of the fact that all the evidence shows that involvement in these activities improves confidence and academic achievements. [7621/13]

School Curriculum

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends to take to develop a more targeted approach to the way self-esteem and confidence building can be promoted within the curriculum. [7622/13]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any changes to patronage of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [7624/13]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is acceptable to create a category of homes that does not comply with the building regulations for which he is responsible because they contain infill material that is unfit for purpose. [7625/13]

Youth Services Provision

Clare Daly

202. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline any initiatives she is undertaking to promote collective activities for young people of a social and recreational nature to reduce isolation and encourage social inter action and confidence building. [7620/13]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

141. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Peter Bacon report, showing that it will actually cost the State money to sell the Coillte harvesting rights, if he will place the terms and conditions, that have been agreed to impose on any proposed sale agreements, into the public domain. [6910/13]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

164. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to the Coillte review that was a separate component of the forestry review, being conducted by his Department in 2010, in relation to informing and drafting the new forestry Bill. [6911/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Clare Daly

525. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards that exist for somebody to challenge the soft evidence permitted in the 2012 Vetting Act, whereby gardaí or the national vetting unit could make a disclosure which bypasses the courts; and the redress an individual has to challenge these assertions. [7202/13]

Adoption Records Provision

Clare Daly

615. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the State has not funded Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency, in accordance with Hague conditions that such organisations should be state funded, in order to avoid profiteering from adoptions. [7200/13]

Hospital Facilities

Clare Daly

705. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to sanction all necessary recruitment of nurses, and EEG technologists to allow the epilepsy monitoring units in Cork and Beaumont hospitals to open without further delay. [7197/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

706. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to investigate the role played by consultant psychiatrists and medical staff in having people incarcerated into mental institutions for deviant behaviour in the 1950s and 1960s, when medically there was nothing wrong with them; and the way redress and an apology can be delivered to these victims and their families. [7198/13]

HSE Funding

Clare Daly

707. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive did not fund Helping Hands Mediation Agency, as agreed, when it was re accredited last October; and his plans he has to deal with this situation. [7199/13]

Penalty Points System

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of fixed charge penalty notices that were issued as a result of images captured by GoSafe operators and the numbers that were terminated. [6013/13]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that the Office of the Garda Confidential Recipient is operating in a manner that facilitates and protects gardaí who wish to come forward with complaints of malpractice. [6012/13]

Pyrite Resolution Board Membership

Clare Daly

149. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his response to questions regarding the proposed role for HomeBond on the Pyrite Resolution Board; and if he will detail HomeBond's experience, if any, in remediating houses with structural damage caused by heave-inducing pyrite and in the insurance loss adjusting. [5565/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 16 January 2013, in relation to possible time limits on remediation of houses experiencing damage by heave inducing pyrites and that such a time limit is of immediate concern to thousands of families living in estates known to have heave-inducing levels of pyrite in the underfloor fill and whose houses are damaged but not yet sufficiently damaged to trigger remediation under the proposed traffic light categories and that his response states that houses in the Amber category may be considered, if he will outline the circumstances whereby these houses would not be remediated. [5566/13]

Priory Hall Development

Clare Daly

575. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the prospect of a resolution for Priory Hall residents, Dublin; and the location at which they can secure safe homes in which to live. [5612/13]

Water Quality

Clare Daly

592. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government noting his response to questions on the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 on 16 January 2013, where he claims that desludging a septic tank more regularly may be all that is required to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency requirements, if he will explain the reduction in polluting strength of effluent that can be acheived by desludging the entry chamber to a septic tank and the way such minimal action can further the attempt to comply with the EU Water Services Directive. [5798/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

593. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 72 and 718 of 16 January 2013 regarding the proposed pyrite resolution board, if he will confirm that an estate known to have heave-inducing levels of pyrite in the underfloor fill, a house which in the opinion of a chartered engineer, has physical damage associated with proven heave-inducing levels of pyrite, will be remediated if the initial ten-year HomeBond structural guarantee has lapsed. [5799/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

594. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 16 January 2013, if he will explain what is meant by Homebond will provide indirect funding for the remediation process by making technical and administrative services available at lower than market cost, in particular what is meant by market cost. [5800/13]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the Government is promoting Internet and ICT and with the large number of persons contacting emigrants via Skype, if he will instruct ComReg to investigate the blocking of the Skype service by a leading Irish mobile phone company (details supplied). [4593/13]

Dispensing Fees

Clare Daly

219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a pensioner on eight different types of medication was paying €3 per month before Budget 2013 and is now paying €12 per month for the same medication; and his views on same. [4971/13]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a facility to provide bilateral cochlear implants for children under four years is to be included by the Health Service Executive under its 2013 service plan. [4972/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

221. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting 18 months for an urgent surgical procedure in the Mater hospital, Dublin; and his views on same. [4973/13]

Medicinal Products Supply

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if Pradaxa is covered under the medical card scheme [4974/13]

Driving Licence Renewals

Clare Daly

236. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will justify the cost anomalies where a person aged 65 years or over may only apply for a driving licence for a three year period, at ages 67 to 69, at a cost of €35 or a five year period, at 65 to 70, at a cost of €55, when a ten year licence costs €55; and the action he will take to deal with this pricing structure. [4970/13]

Abbey Theatre

Clare Daly

16. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of State funding paid to the Abbey Theatre over the past five years. [4510/13]

Abbey Theatre

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will explain the relationship between the Abbey Theatre and the State in terms of ownership structures and status and financial oversight. [4509/13]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding Fingal County Council have sought under the coastal protection scheme; and the likely timeline for consideration of these applications. [4669/13]

Immigration Policy

Clare Daly

155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider altering the criteria for non-EEA citizens to join the workforce here with regard to considering work permits in the de facto visa status. [4694/13]

Social Welfare Code

Clare Daly

162. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the savings from cuts to pensioners for fuel and electricity and the number affected. [3915/13]

Tax Collection

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures or criteria she intends to use to ensure that basic living standards of social welfare are protected from any deductions in relation to the new property tax. [3914/13]

Environmental Protection Agency Staff

Clare Daly

507. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek the removal of a person (details supplied) from the Director General's Office of the Environmenal Protection Agency. [3705/13]

Equality Tribunal Cases

Clare Daly

583. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2012 figures for the number of complaints lodged with the Equality Tribunal under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2011; the number of complaints withdrawn; the number of complaints referred to mediation; the number of complaints settled at mediation; the number of complaints referred to investigation, hearing and decision; the number of decisions reached. [4401/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

659. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cutbacks in relation to St. Michael's House with particular reference to access to swimming pool facilities at weekends [3803/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

660. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to implement a statuary agreement to assist the survivors of thalidomide. [3811/13]