Parliamentary questions

Employment Rights Issues

Clare Daly

10. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take regarding companies (details supplied) closing down and leaving workers without pay and redundancies. [3192/13]

Sale of State Assets

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to privatise semi-State companies in the course of 2013. [3055/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Clare Daly

45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the security and leasing costs of vacant Office of Public Works' properties throughout the State; and his plans to make such premises available for community and civic groups. [3054/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Clare Daly

162. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications that remain unprocessed; the number of students who have had to drop out of college because of delays in awarding the grants; and the steps he intends to take to overcome the problems with Student Universal Support Ireland. [2602/13]

National Educational Psychological Service Staff

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills since the withdrawal of the NEPS psychologists from carrying out testing in relation tot he awarding of readers to leaving certificate students, the process that is undertaken to ensure that anomalies in equity does not exist; if he has received any reports of serious anomalies in the system; the steps he will take to address this; and the role played by psychological assessment in the review process. [2603/13]

Third Level Fees

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increases in third level registration fees, the plans he has to safe guard university access programmes for those socioeconomic groups who have traditionally been excluded from such institutions. [2614/13]

Household Charge Cost

Clare Daly

442. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the numbers of properties which have registered for the household tax per local authority administrative area, the number of waivers granted per local authority area and the number of cases where more than one property was registered. [2512/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Clare Daly

488. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the value of the GoSafe contract and the services for which that operator is contracted to provide. [2513/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Clare Daly

489. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the amount of moneys paid to GoSafe by his Department last year and the basis for the various payments. [2514/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Clare Daly

490. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems with the equipment and technology utilised by the GoSafe Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2515/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Clare Daly

582. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason generic drugs here are substantially more expensive than in many other countries; the position regarding the implementation of a scheme similar to the pharmac system which operates in New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/13]

Tourism Promotion

Clare Daly

674. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to seize advantage of Ireland's upcoming soccer fixtures with Sweden to expand our tourist potential and develop job creation opportunities. [2274/13]

Unemployment Levels

Clare Daly

34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that according to his own projections that there will a 0% increase in the net level of unemployment by the end of 2013 and that even if his projections are realised unemployment will drop by in the region of 2% by the end of 2015; if he will respond to the projections of the Nevin institute that unemployment may even rise over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/13]

NAMA Bonds

Clare Daly

48. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recent bond sales by the National Treasury Management Agecny will, in fact, increase by a significant amount the annual debt interest payments required to be paid by the state on its borrowings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1988/13]

Garda Powers

Clare Daly

147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative basis for the writing off of fixed charge penalty notices; the type of fixed charge penalty notices that are permitted to be written off and by whom. [2103/13]

Penalty Point System

Clare Daly

148. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not requested the Garda Ombudsman to conduct an inquiry, under the direction of a judge, as provided in the 2005 Garda Síochána Act, into allegations of the writing off of tens of thousands of fixed charge penalty notices. [2104/13]

Nuclear Proliferation

Clare Daly

21. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his position in the EU to ensure that the US sponsored sanctions against Iran currently supported by the EU, and having an adverse impact on the Iranian economy and people, are lifted, rather than intensified. [1602/13]

Nuclear Proliferation

Clare Daly

64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will withdraw diplomatic support for the US/EU sanctions against Iran. [1630/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 11 December 2012; the date of the change in his Departments attitude towards Rush and Lusk Educate Togethers permanent building and the reason it was de-selected vis-a-vie the other schools on that list. [57853/12]

Capitation Grants

Clare Daly

235. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that can be given to school (details supplied) to assist in meeting the running costs of the school in view of the size of the building which is not yet fully occupied by the full number of classes which would secure an adequate capitation grant. [57856/12]

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]

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

Clare Daly

540. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that where a host company has not complied with the criteria required for JobBridge schemes which results in termination of the scheme, that the intern would not be penalised in terms of applications for future internships. [1828/13]

Air Pollution

Clare Daly

615. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the damage caused to human health by industries namely the ESB and a multi national alumina industry named in the European Environmental Agency report in November 2011, revealing the cost of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe [57847/12]

Water Pollution

Clare Daly

639. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any public body is being fined for discharging raw sewerage into the sea at Rush, County Dublin. [58163/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

693. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline if fines are being paid to the EU in relation to the pumping of raw sewerage into the sea at Rush, County Dublin, or has extra time being granted to deal with the matter in advance of financial penalties being applied. [1825/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

694. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that phase two of the Rush sewerage treatment pipeline project, County Dublin, has been spilt into two contracts; the justification for this decision; and its impact in terms of the timescale for delivery of the overall necessary upgrade to the system in the area. [1826/13]

Pyrite Issues

Clare Daly

718. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role he envisages for Homebond in relation to the pyrite resolution board, noting that in 2011 HomeBond walked away from its responsibilities to householders and if he will confirm the amount which HomeBond has agreed to provide for the remediation works. [1964/13]

Pyrite Issues

Clare Daly

719. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his officials submitted a substantial number of amendments to a draft of the new NSAI standard for condition survey and testing of underfloor fill in houses damaged by pyrite induced heave, which they had participated in preparing and signed off on and the reason these amendments were submitted. [1965/13]

Pyrite Issues

Clare Daly

720. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if following testing for pyrite under the resolution process, houses are placed in the amber category with a potential for swelling, if there will be a time limit on the commitment to remediate damage which may occur. [1966/13]

Pyrite Issues

Clare Daly

721. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government noting that petrographic testing of underfloor fill in houses damaged by pyrite induced heave, has in general been completed in the UK testing costing up to 1,000 per house, if he will consider establishing facilities for such tests as part of the state laboratory facilities. [1967/13]

Septic Tank Registration Scheme

Clare Daly

722. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the more than 300,000 legacy septic tanks installed prior to 1990 his officials estimate will require upgrading and the moneys that have been set aside for the grant scheme in this years Departmental budget. [1968/13]

Septic Tank Registration Scheme

Clare Daly

723. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the assurances he can give that his proposed risk based assessment of on-site waste water treatment plants will satisfy the EU water quality directive. [1969/13]

Water Supply

Clare Daly

724. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the most recent figures for unaccounted for water for each of the local authority administrative areas. [1970/13]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

828. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the applications for funding that were made by Fingal County Council for coastal protection schemes when this brief was under his Department's remit. [1758/13]

Air Pollution

Clare Daly

836. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the damage caused to animal and crops by industries namely the ESB and a multi national alumina industry named in the European Environmental Agency report, in November 2011 revealing the cost of air pollution from industrial facilites in Europe. [57849/12]

Air Pollution

Clare Daly

837. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the cost involved to the agriculture sector in general following the European Environmental Agency findings against the ESB and a multi national alumina industry. [57850/12]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

838. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the applications made by Fingal County Council for funding in relation to coastal protection schemes when that brief was under his Department's remit. [57854/12]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Clare Daly

916. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a bilateral arrangement with Russia in relation to adoption. [1002/13]

Adoption Records Provision

Clare Daly

917. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason resources of the Health Service Executive are being expended in assessing persons suitability and eligibility for adoption, at considerable emotional pressure for the couples involved, only to have the Adoption Authority state that those who get the declaration of suitability, over 650 couples at present, are unlikely to complete an adoption. [1003/13]

Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold

Clare Daly

931. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a family which reaches the drug refund scheme limit of €132 per month in 2012, but has one family member on a medical card paying a separate prescription charge of 50 cent an item, is prevented from claiming any moneys paid beyond the €132 per month, even though they can demonstrate that more was paid. [1004/13]

Animal Experimentation

Clare Daly

938. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the permitted humane methods of killing for different species of animals bred for or used in laboratory experiments at different stages of their development and or different body weights, under SI 566/2002, operable until 1 January 2013 [2072/13]

Environmental Regulations

Clare Daly

952. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the cost involved to his Department and the health system in general following the European Environmental Agency findings against the ESB and a multi national alumina industry [57848/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Clare Daly

958. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that two junior doctors at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, took their own lives in the past six months, the time limitation on hours worked by junior doctors working in hospitals, and his plans to alter same. [57901/12]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

968. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been 44 months waiting for an appointment for orthodontic treatment and the action he will take regarding same. [57984/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Clare Daly

1107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact Limerick Maternity Hospital is recruiting new graduates and bypassing nurses and midwives already on the Health Service Executive panel and the actions that he intends to take to address same. [1823/13]

Hospital Staff Issues

Clare Daly

1108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health with the announcement by the Health Service Executive that 1,000 nurses and midwives are to be given two year contracts to replace agency staff, the reason these positions are only open to new graduates and not staff already on the panel. [1824/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

1109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has to wait eleven months to a year for an MRI scan at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and the actions that he intends to take regarding same [1827/13]

Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in view of the age profile and growing stress of the women involved, the reason for the delay in delivering on the commitment for redress of the victims of Dr. Michael Neary, and when the promised redress may be expected [56892/12]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Clare Daly

72. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Purchase Treatment Fund scheme to remove faulty PIP implants has not been implemented; the reason the Harley Medical Group has not fulfilled their obligations to provide an appropriate care package to the women affected therefore increasing the threat of cancer and serious health problems [56893/12]

Building Regulations Compliance

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the way the safety of residents will be protected in Temple Court, Santry, Dublin, in view of the fact that serious fire safety concerns were made to Fingal County Council in early October, which were passed on to Fire Prevention Services, however, no investigation has taken place due to insufficient staff resources. [57357/12]

Adoption Legislation

Clare Daly

97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in relation to the promised Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill and access to records by adult victims of illegal adoptions, she will ensure that the rights of the person, against whom a crime has been committed, to establish their identity shall supersede any claimed constitutional right to privacy of any other person. [56669/12]

Adoption Legislation

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish a list of the known location of adoption records and ensure that these records are immediately protected and secured. [56668/12]

Student Grant Scheme Expenditure

Clare Daly

214. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the change over to Student Universal Support Ireland, the amount by which the costs will exceed the savings for year one and two. [56475/12]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Clare Daly

215. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in comparison to last year's figures the number of new or first time grant applications have been received this year. [56476/12]

Student Grant Scheme Expenditure

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in future years will there be an overall reduction in the moneys allocated for student grants and the proposed figures for same. [56477/12]

Student Grant Scheme Expenditure

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in future years will access to grant aid and third level places for the children of low wage families and persons be withdrawn. [56478/12]

Climate Change Policy

Clare Daly

421. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government noting that the Kyoto extension negotiated in Doha will only cover 15% of the world's greenhouse emissions, the current expected compensation costs from 2020 that Ireland has signed up to. [56284/12]

Maternal Mortality

Clare Daly

651. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in relation to recent statements he has made in the press about Ireland having one of the lowest rates of maternal mortality in the world, if he will confirm that the recently published first Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in Ireland Report for the Triennium 2009 – 2011 records that the maternal death rate in Ireland is at best average in comparison with other EU countries and that data on maternal mortality figures are incomplete due to ongoing deficiencies in data collection systems. [56899/12]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

652. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive commissioned KPMG Independent Review of Maternity and Gynaecology Services in the greater Dublin area, published in 2008, found a 30% shortfall in necessary obstetric, midwifery, neonatal and theatre staff to meet international standards for safe care; and if in view of recorded recent maternal deaths in hospitals in the greater Dublin area, those staff shortages have been dealt with in full [56900/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the fact that almost two thirds of the raw sewerage pumped into the sea 50 yards from the coast at Rush, County Dublin, is untreated in view of the fact that this is in breach of EU and Environmental Protection Agency regulations. [56092/12]

Citizenship Applications

Clare Daly

135. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review cases similar to Mallak v. the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, following the decision of the Supreme Court in relation to the lack of transparency and fairness in the process of applying for Irish citizenship. [56090/12]

Citizenship Applications

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to progress with the introduction of an independent review mechanism for those whose applications for Irish citizenship were turned down, following the highlighting of the lack of transparency and fairness in the process by the Supreme Court Mallak v. the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [56091/12]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any warning or input from the school. [55228/12]

School Accommodation

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children have had to be moved to the PE hall, denying that facility to the entire school. [55286/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was the decision made; and the reason for same. [55297/12]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding applied for by Fingal County Council in relation to coastal protection works in its administrative area, broken down by geographical location; and amount sought and awarded per annum since 2000. [55291/12]

Building Regulations Application

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 27 November 2012, the reason he believes that the National Standards Authority of Ireland has no role in the ongoing monitoring of the unit (details supplied); and the remedy available to those who purchased and installed the units. [55292/12]

National Internship Scheme Numbers

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the way an organisation (details supplied) was able to employ a number of jobbridge workers while at the same time moving to dismiss nine full time workers; and the action she will take regarding same. [55238/12]

Arts Funding

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht while protecting funding to the arts in general, if he will ensure that no taxpayers' money is made available to circuses which use animals. [55289/12]

Electricity Transmission Network

Clare Daly

280. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department has assumed responsibility for a non-ionising radiation monitoring programme in relation to the monitoring programme for the east west interconnector magnetic field [55293/12]

Electricity Transmission Network

Clare Daly

281. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria for independence applied to the formation of the independent monitoring programme for Eirgrid's east west interconnector's magnetic field and its members, including when and where the positions were advertised; the person who appointed them; their names and their terms of reference. [55294/12]

Air Pollution

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will take following the revelations by the European Environmental Agency of the substantial cost of air pollution from a number of industrial facilities particularly ESB power plants amounting to the sum of €1 billion for 2009 [55235/12]

Property Services Regulation

Clare Daly

327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact details of the Property Service Appeals Board; and the procedure that must be adopted to make an appeal. [55288/12]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

391. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can protect existing open access and recreational amenities on Coillte lands if he intends to sell the forest assets and have private operators manage the estates; his views on whether it is preferable to ensure that the resource is maintained for the benefit of the people. [55290/12]

Food Prices

Clare Daly

411. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest data on agriculture inflation and the measures that are being put in place to stabilise food input and output prices after global crop failures during 2012. [55502/12]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

480. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns raised by his Department and the Health Service Executive working group [55295/12]

Site Acquisitions

Clare Daly

25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the criteria used for the donation of a school site from Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin, to his Department; and the rationale for the development. [54891/12]

Student Grant Scheme Reform

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the selection panel criteria the reason Student Universal Support Ireland was specifically chosen; the cost saving the State has incurred to date by centralising the student grant award and payments function through SUSI; and the persons who were on the independent selection panel and the way they were chosen. [54892/12]

Coastal Erosion

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prohibit hydraulic dredging for shellfish in the Portrane area, County Dublin, in view of the concerns that the impact of this activity so close to the shore is a factor in recent coastal erosion. [54980/12]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken with regard to the fluoridation of water, and in the context of the banning of this practise in other countries, the reason it is continuing here [54893/12]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the draft NSAI pyrite testing and categorisation protocol will increase the cost of inspections; and if this will lead to categorisation of more damaged houses as amber and delay the necessary remedial works at a time when the structural guarantee liability period is running out for money of the home owners. [54250/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specification and to which cost was the revamped etenders.gov.ie website built. [53999/12]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Clare Daly

295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for their application for an invalidity pension to be processed by the appeals office and the measures she will take to rectify this. [53998/12]

Regeneration Projects Status

Clare Daly

381. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the operation of Ballymun Regeneration Limited; if he is satisfied with the level of engagement that the company has with the local community, and the way that involvement is monitored [53996/12]

Election Management System

Clare Daly

382. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the Dublin County Sheriff operated a fair and transparent method of recruitment for polling station operatives in view of his suggestion that preference should be given to unemployed persons. [54000/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

394. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the villages/towns with a public foul sewer network discharging to a public effluent treatment plant; and the level of treatment, whether primary, secondary or tertiary treatment. [54272/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

395. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the public sewer networks discharging directly to rivers, lakes of sea outfall. [54273/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

396. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list for each county, the villages/towns without a public foul sewer network. [54274/12]

Housing Statistics

Clare Daly

397. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed housing units that have been completed here since 1992. [54275/12]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

451. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve accountability of the legal profession in view of the lack of independent procedures and penalties operated by the Law Society of Ireland. [53995/12]

Equality Issues

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation of the Ombudsman in ensuring that the motorised transport grant scheme is operated in accordance with the requirements of the Equal Status Act [53720/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

615. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no independent inspections of private or voluntary intellectual disability services here [53997/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

616. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied), who is extremely ill, has to wait nine months for an operation in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [54001/12]

Telecommunications Services Expenditure

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will agree that with regard to the 4G spectrum licences which run until 2030, much shorter licence periods would better suit Ireland's best interests. [53326/12]

Broadcasting Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the digital switch over/analogue switch off is complete, his plan for reuse of what are known as white spaces in the broadcast spectrum in and around the new digital transmission and across the part of the spectrum used previously by analogue; and if he will ensure that the spectrum is put to best use for citizens and not sold off to private telecommunications companies in long licences. [53121/12]

Industrial Relations Issues

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider introducing a Trade Union Ombudsman, which could be funded through union contributions. [53614/12]

Fire Service Issues

Clare Daly

167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that proposals by the National Directorate and Fire Emergency Management Body if adopted would reduce manning levels for Dublin to below the agreed minimum; and if he will assure the public that those proposals will not be accepted and minimum levels will be maintained. [53464/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of insurance issues, recommendations 21 and 22 of the Pyrite Panel, will commence, in view of comments (details supplied). [53616/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the scope of the review of structural guarantee policies beyond exclusions and limits of cover to ensure that warranty providers are independent of the entities who built the insured dwellings. [53617/12]