Parliamentary questions

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

95. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if previously self-employed persons who paid an annual PRSI contribution, and who are now unemployed, can sign for PRSI credits in order to not break their entitlement to contributory old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56088/12]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Dara Calleary

67. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when students (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their higher education grant applications processed; the reason for the delay in making a decision in respect of their applications; if he will now expedite these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55733/12]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Dara Calleary

76. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been awarded and paid the higher education grant has yet to receive the confirmation letter that they require for their college from Student Universal Support Ireland stating that their tuition fees are covered. [55822/12]

Computerisation Programme Expenditure

Dara Calleary

80. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available for computer upgrading or replacement to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55842/12]

Court Accommodation Provision

Dara Calleary

65. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the closures of court buildings across the country; the total number of buildings closed by location since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55470/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Dara Calleary

195. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify that the future of the Bachelor of Education in Home Economics provided at a college (details supplied) in County Sligo is secure and that no decision will be made to relocate the programme. [55590/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals

Dara Calleary

389. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55280/12]

Tax Code

Dara Calleary

390. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tax implications, if any that exist in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55285/12]

Registration of Title

Dara Calleary

418. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for registration as owners on site transferred subject of a Land Commission re-arrangement (details supplied). [55535/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals

Dara Calleary

429. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outcome of an appeal on disadvantaged area scheme refusal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if the appeal will prove successful. [55616/12]

Forestry Grants

Dara Calleary

108. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a forestry grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54951/12]

Turbary Rights

Dara Calleary

109. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 941 of 25 January 2006 if a scheme for the allotment of turbary rights proceeded; if so, the reason the owner of bog (details supplied) was not contacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54955/12]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Dara Calleary

172. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the names of the sports clubs and organisations in County Mayo which applied for the 2012 sports capital fund; the number of these organisations whose applications were deemed ineligible; the reasons these organisations applications were deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54963/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

84. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm and area based payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54611/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

85. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm and area based payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54612/12]

Security of the Elderly

Dara Calleary

68. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent in each of the last five years on the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/12]

Household Charge Cost

Dara Calleary

71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons who have paid the household charge to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54181/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals

Dara Calleary

489. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [53732/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

500. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the top 100 beneficiaries of the single farm payment who tested fewer than 50 cattle in their annual herd test in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54012/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

501. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of single farm payment who tested fewer than 200 cattle in their annual herd test in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54013/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

502. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have no entitlement to the single farm payment; the number of cattle these farmers tested in their annual herd test in 2011; the number of sheep these farmers declared on their annual sheep census 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54014/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

503. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers whose single farm payment was less than €5,000 in 2011; the number of cattle these farmers tested in their annual herd test 2011; the number of sheep these farmers declared on their annual sheep census 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54015/12]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

532. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm and disadvantaged area payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54422/12]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Dara Calleary

6. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that service providers for the new 4G network will deliver sufficient coverage for rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53247/12]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Dara Calleary

7. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an méid atá bainte amach sna réimsí difriúla go dtí seo mar gheall ar an Straitéis Fiche Bliain; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [52999/12]

Vehicle Clamping

Dara Calleary

126. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to regulate vehicle clamping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52646/12]

Departmental Agencies Expenditure

Dara Calleary

342. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he and the agencies under the remit of his Department are taking to ensure that the shift in the technology market away from PCs towards mobile devices has no adverse effect on employment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52543/12]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dara Calleary

491. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available to voluntary organisations who wish to build social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52877/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

562. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the disadvantaged area based payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [52331/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Dara Calleary

594. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the 10 posts of social care leader as advertised and interviewed for in 2011 have been filled; where the 10 posts have been filled; if they have not all been filled, if she will explain the reason; when same will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/12]

National Car Test

Dara Calleary

715. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if ABS breaking system lights and airbag lights are excluded from examination in a national car retest; if so, the reason this decision was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52305/12]

Industrial Development

Dara Calleary

1. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy regarding the manufacturing industry and the way it can be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52080/12]

Job Protection

Dara Calleary

4. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to help the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52079/12]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Dara Calleary

14. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to assist the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51836/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

171. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [51972/12]

Expenditure Reviews

Dara Calleary

8. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with the Department of Health and the Department of Social Protection in respect of current expenditure overruns in 2012; the processes he will be put in place to prevent a recurrence in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51625/12]

Vocational Education Committees Staff

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a vocational education committee (details supplied) is not tendering for heating oil and instead is extending its contract with the previous supplier whose contract expired in April 2012; his views on whether this represents the best option for the taxpayer. [51683/12]

Industrial Development

Dara Calleary

108. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has the capacity to develop additive manufacturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51656/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Dara Calleary

187. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross compliance FÁS training, post 2013, will be funded under CAP Pillar 2; the steps he will take to ensure such funding will be in place. [51681/12]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions

Dara Calleary

188. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason applicants under the agri-environment options scheme 3 cannot apply for funding to undertake different work within the same LIPIS parcel number. [51682/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

197. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51873/12]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Dara Calleary

205. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to a hospital (details supplied) to provide a paediatric diabetic clinic nurse specialist; his views on whether the current lack of an adequate service is acceptable in view of the expert advisory group on paediatric diabetic services recommendations. [51684/12]

Work Permit Applications

Dara Calleary

314. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a working visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/12]

Defence Forces Retirement Scheme

Dara Calleary

493. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposal to provide an early retirement scheme for border troops and FCA members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51382/12]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

504. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were presented for test at the annual herd test in 2011 of the top 100 earners under the single farm payment; the number of sheep that were declared in their annual sheep census for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51097/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Dara Calleary

505. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy in encouraging new entrants into farming who take over a herd number or flock number which had entitlements in 2011; if such new entrants who take over directly from a retiring person will also inherit the entitlements under the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51098/12]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

506. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares a company (details supplied) declared on their single farm payment in 2011. [51099/12]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

553. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme payment for 2011 and 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [51488/12]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Dara Calleary

563. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two schools for special needs students (details supplied) in County Mayo have been without a speech and language therapist since the 2012/2013 school year commenced in August; if he will acknowledge that this situation is not acceptable for the students, parents and staff affected; if he will immediately sanction the appointment of a substitute speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51400/12]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Dara Calleary

35. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the banks to make information on options available to customers in financial distress in an easily accessible manner on their websites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50485/12]