Parliamentary questions

School Transport Provision

Gerry Adams

130. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application for an individual transport grant from a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45279/12]

Nursing Home Services

Gerry Adams

284. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place to ensure Saorview will be available in all Health Service Executive residences and public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45071/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he held with the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on 21 September 2012. [41268/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the issues he plans to place on the agenda for the European Council meeting in Brussels on 18-19 October 2012. [41489/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will circulate any position papers to other European leaders in advance of the European Council summit meeting in October 2012. [41490/12]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Gerry Adams

60. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated the reason for the high drop-out rate from jobbridge by persons who have not secured employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44552/12]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Gerry Adams

93. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the decision to limit participation on community employment schemes to one year as the general rule in view of (details supplied) [44551/12]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

115. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the occasions on which he has raised the issues of the Ballymurphy massacre, the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings and the need for an inquiry in the killing of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane with the British Prime Minister David Cameron; in each instance, if he will clarify whether the issue was raised in writing, by way of a document or orally with the British Prime Minister. [44087/12]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Gerry Adams

121. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the membership of the Cabinet sub committee dealing with mortgage arrears. [44480/12]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Gerry Adams

122. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub committee dealing with mortgage arrears has met in 2012; if he will provide a list of the dates on which the committee met [44481/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Gerry Adams

123. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the salaries paid to staff in the office of the Attorney General. [44716/12]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Gerry Adams

150. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the administrative arrangements that have been put in place within his Department to prepare for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the Presidency of the European Union [42809/12]

EU Presidency Expenditure

Gerry Adams

151. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to prepare for Ireland's presidency of the Council of the European Union. [42808/12]

School Transport Provision

Gerry Adams

233. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [44198/12]

School Transport Provision

Gerry Adams

234. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a transport provider operating the school transport scheme on behalf of his Department requires any specialist training in dealing with any incidents which may arise when transporting school children, in particular school children with special needs. [44199/12]

School Transport Provision

Gerry Adams

235. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current procedures set out by his Department with regard to school transport scheme service providers for reporting an incident which arises; the protocol that exists for the withdrawal of the services to a particular child who was eligible for the scheme; if the parents are notified; if the school is notified; the alternative transports that are put in place by his Department with regard to children with special educational needs. [44200/12]

School Transport Provision

Gerry Adams

236. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any incidents whereby parents are being forced to transport children with special educational needs, as a result of the school transport scheme provider withdrawing its services. [44201/12]

School Staffing

Gerry Adams

256. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if cuts of legacy posts for DEIS schools which were postponed following a public outcry in the aftermath of Budget 2012 will continue to be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44697/12]

School Staffing

Gerry Adams

257. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if concessionary legacy posts for DEIS Band 2 Urban schools will be protected into 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44698/12]

School Staffing

Gerry Adams

258. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his decision in February 2012 to retain 235 of the planned 428 cuts to DEIS legacy posts; if these posts be reviewed again in the context of Budget 2012; or if the posts continue to be protected. [44699/12]

Public Sector Reform Review

Gerry Adams

267. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his televised address to the nation on 4 December 2011 when he said this week's budget will go further, 50 quangos will be abolished or merged, and the public sector will be downsized by 23,000 persons by 2015, if he will set out in tabular form the names of the quangos that have since been abolished or merged and the date on which they were abolished or merged. [44296/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Gerry Adams

577. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the projected cost over run for the health services will be in 2012. [44113/12]

Universal Health Insurance Provision

Gerry Adams

578. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when the White Paper on Financing Universal Health Insurance will be published. [44114/12]

General Practitioner Services

Gerry Adams

579. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when he intends to provide free general practitioner care for claimants under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44115/12]

General Practitioner Services

Gerry Adams

580. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he is in talks with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Competition Authority in relation to the issue of free general practitioner care; when such talks are likely to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44116/12]

Mental Health Services Funding

Gerry Adams

581. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €35 million announced in the budget for mental health services that has been spent on mental health services; if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which this money has been spent; the number of staff promised to be employed under this scheme that are now in place [44117/12]

Care of the Elderly

Gerry Adams

582. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the Special Delivery Unit request for a fund to provide intermediate options for older people to allow them to receive care in their own homes was put in place; the amount of this fund that was put in place; the new initiatives the SDU have brought forward on the basis of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

583. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of adult patients waiting for six months or longer for a procedure and the comparable figure for when he took office. [44119/12]

Drugs Payment Scheme Administration

Gerry Adams

584. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made in attempting to reduce the health services pay bill for medicines; the amount of the planned €124 million savings in this area will actually be realised. [44120/12]

Hospital Charges

Gerry Adams

585. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made in his plans to charge health insurers for the cost of beds they use in public hospitals ; the amount of the planned €143 million in savings will actually be realised in 2012. [44121/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Gerry Adams

586. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health in view of his recent claims that 70% of his Department's budget goes on pay, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of how much of his Departments Budget does goes on pay and if he will provide percentage figures for same. [44122/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

587. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 26 September 2012, if he will provide in tabular form the comparable figures for when he took office [44123/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Gerry Adams

588. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts in the State currently vacant; the reasons these posts are vacant; the location of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44124/12]

Digital Television Service Provision

Gerry Adams

599. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he plans to install Saorview compatible equipment in public nursing homes; if it will be financed by his Department; if so from which funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44158/12]

Digital Television Service Provision

Gerry Adams

600. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tender process and negotiations with digital receiver set-top boxes manufacturers and licensed installers, undertaken to ensure a quality of service but also to ensure that citizens received value for money in the context of plans to install Saorview compatible equipment in public nursing homes [44159/12]

Digital Television Service Provision

Gerry Adams

601. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if only a single Saorview box will be allocated for use within the communal area of public nursing homes; the arrangements that will be put in place for patients who are confined to their own rooms [44160/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

615. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Louth is currently on a waiting list for an insulin pump at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; their position on the list; the length of time they may expect to wait to be fitted with a pump; the average waiting time for children in the County Louth area to wait to be fitted with an insulin pump and the comparable statewide average waiting time [44202/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Gerry Adams

703. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home help services in County Louth; the total number of home help hours the persons in these specified areas currently receive; the number of hours that will be lost to the persons in these specified areas as a result of the planned €130 million cut to home help services; the number of persons in these specified areas who will be affected by these cuts; the savings to the Health Service Executive that will accrue from the cuts of these specified areas; the number of persons in these areas who will be left with no home help services as a result of the cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44801/12]

Sporting Events

Gerry Adams

714. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Irish Rugby Football Union or other organisations in relation to plans for Ireland to bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44125/12]

Garda Investigations

Gerry Adams

148. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Pilot Training College in County Waterford which has recently been placed into liquidation leaving many Irish students with losses both in terms of college fees and legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43848/12]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Gerry Adams

159. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Defence if applicants for Defence Forces Cadetships are entitled to receive a reason from the Defence Forces or from his Department on the reason their applications are rejected; if he or his Department received complaints in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43873/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Gerry Adams

184. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of primary care centres that are being developed by leasehold and if Dundalk, County Louth is one of the sites to be developed by leasehold [43837/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

188. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43849/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

193. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the cut backs that have been implemented in the Louth Meath Hospital group from 1 October in relation to the use of agency staff; if he will set out in detail the reductions in staff in the various hospitals and in each of the staff disciplines; if he will provide a comparative to the staffing levels in each of the hospitals in 2011; if risk assessments have been carried out in relation to the impact of these reductions; and if he will, detail the findings of the risk assessments [43866/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Gerry Adams

194. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that were cut from County Louth as a result of the cutbacks announced in Budget 2012; how many further hours in County Louth as a result of the decision to cut a further €8 million in spending on home help hours between now and the end of the year [43867/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Gerry Adams

136. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection when will a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43591/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Gerry Adams

243. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position that Dundalk, County Louth, held on the list of 200 centres which were identified for proposed primary care centres by officials based on a scoring system based on deprivation levels, their assessment of service priorities in an area and on assessment of available accommodation; the reason Dundalk was not one of the 35 sites announced for primary care centres by him in July 2012; his reason for removing Dundalk from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43609/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Gerry Adams

248. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of 200 sites that were identified for proposed primary care centres in order of the priority determined by officials based on a scoring system based on deprivation levels, their assessment of service priorities in an area and an assessment of available accommodation [43621/12]

Constitutional Convention Membership

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress he has made towards the establishment of the Constitutional Convention. [40452/12]

Constitutional Convention Membership

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the first meeting of the Constitutional Convention will be held. [41486/12]

Constitutional Amendments

Gerry Adams

11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to abolish Seanad Éireann. [40453/12]

Third Level Staff Remuneration

Gerry Adams

72. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether senior academics here earn on average 30% higher salaries than their counterparts in Britain; and if this is an aspect of the higher education budget that he is examining in order to protect frontline education services. [43092/12]

Third Level Fees

Gerry Adams

100. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is paving the way for the introduction of student loans by introducing changes to the student contribution fee; and if this will act as a barrier for students from low and middle income families wishing to access higher education. [43093/12]

Departmental Staff Data

Gerry Adams

126. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel; the number that were employed in that office in each year since 2007; if he is satisfied that the office is working effectively and efficiency; if any reviews have been undertaken to assess any capacity constraints in the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/12]

Mortgage Interest Relief Application

Gerry Adams

166. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if the 30% rate of mortgage interest relief has been passed onto all mortgage holders who bought houses between 2004 and 2008; if he will ensure that homeowners have benefitted from this relief or is their a requirement on homeowners to claim this relief themselves. [43168/12]

NAMA Loans Sale

Gerry Adams

187. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if the properties at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin on which the Health Service Executive has confirmed that a new lease has been signed for a new primary care centre are under the control of the National Asset Management Agency; if the property is currently for sale; the person who will benefit from the sale; and if money from the sale will be used to reduce the debt of the property's current owner [43357/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

618. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he intends to close the laundry department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth and outsource that work to a private contract company [42933/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

619. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if any reports have been carried out in relation to the operation of the laundry service within the Health Service Executive North East region; and if any of these reports recommended the contracting out of this service [42934/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

620. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the savings to be made by contracting out the laundry service in Drogheda Hospital, County Louth, and if any effort was made to engage with staff to streamline services or reduce costs rather than privatising the service [42935/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

621. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situations in the UK in which hospitals have re introduced a laundry service as a result of their dissatisfaction regarding the service provided by subcontractors and by the increased cost of the service; if any of these case studies were considered before a decision was taken to close the laundry department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth [42936/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

622. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the total cost of preparing the options appraisal report in relation to the future of the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth [42937/12]

Ministerial Adviser Appointments

Gerry Adams

625. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list in tabular form of the advisors he has employed in his Department; the salary of each and the start date of each advisor. [42961/12]

Mental Health Services Report

Gerry Adams

636. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the development of community-based mental health services since he came to office; with respect to the promised 370 staff for adult child and adolescent community mental health teams, 34 staff for suicide prevention and 10 staff for primary healthcare counselling services, the number of these posts that have been filled and are now in position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43010/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Gerry Adams

637. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in operation across the State; if he will provide a list of these sites and the locations of same; if he will provide information on the services available at each site and the staffing based at each site [43011/12]

Tax Collection

Gerry Adams

21. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the way he plans to achieve a broadening of personal income tax base as promised to the international monetary fund in the letter of intent he signed in August 2011. [42260/12]

Banking Sector Staff Issues

Gerry Adams

29. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for the appointment of a person (details supplied) as a director of AIB; if he was consulted on this appointment and if the Government consented to the appointment. [42259/12]

Road Network

Gerry Adams

263. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress made on plans to build a bridge linking North County Louth and South County Down at Narrow Water; the steps he has taken to progress this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/12]

Heritage Council Expenditure

Gerry Adams

29. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the walled towns capital conservation project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42026/12]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections

Gerry Adams

38. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Gerry Adams den Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le hionadaithe nua Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus maidir leis na daoine a roghnaítear mar ionadaithe Údarás na Gaeltachta, an gá dóibh bheith ina gComhairleoirí Contae. [41967/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Gerry Adams

190. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the 2011 utilisation of agency figures for the Louth Meath Hospital Group on which the reduction of 50% will be implemented from the 1 October 2012. [42085/12]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Gerry Adams

200. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per bed in each of the public nursing home units in County Louth; if the cost of beds in St. Joseph's in Ardee, County Louth has increased or decreased since the Health Service Executive decided to withdraw respite care from St. Joseph's and close a ward [42167/12]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Gerry Adams

202. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the plans being put in place to ensure SaorView will be available in all Health Service Executive residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42172/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

204. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42188/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to London during the Olympic Games. [37962/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any bilateral meetings he held with political or business leaders during his visit to London during the Olympic Games. [37963/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet the British Prime Minister David Cameron. [41487/12]

Employment Support Services

Gerry Adams

60. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to tackle the rise in underemployment as reported in the latest house quarterly survey. [41595/12]

Labour Market Issues

Gerry Adams

86. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he intends to take to tackle the increasing casualisation of the labour market. [41596/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Gerry Adams

262. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41297/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Gerry Adams

263. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification on the requirements which must be met in order to qualify for qualified child dependent, with specific regard to whether or not the applicant must be in receipt of child benefit payment to qualify; if so, the steps that must be undertaken by an applicant to transfer payment of same from one parent to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41299/12]

Electoral Divisions Report

Gerry Adams

381. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when he expects the review of local election boundaries to commence; when he expects the review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41878/12]

Gaisce Awards

Gerry Adams

494. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is possible for youth groups in Belfast to register directly with the Presidents award Gaisce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41493/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Gerry Adams

59. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive have carried out an impact assessment of the effect on patient care of the further restrictions on overtime and use of agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/12]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

60. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a senior clinician at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth has written to the Health Service Executive stating that proposed cuts to intensive care and operating theatres could lead to increased morbidity and mortality of critically ill patients; if he will immediately instruct the HSE not to proceed with these and other threatened cuts at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40997/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Gerry Adams

19. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant social worker posts within the Health Service Executive; and the date on which these will be filled. [40712/12]

Child and Family Support Agency Funding

Gerry Adams

31. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funds that will be granted to the new Child and Family Support Agency; the rates of pay that will be allocated to the management team including the Chief Operations Officer, the Head of Corporate and Human Resources, the Head of Finance, the Head of Policy and Planning and the Head of Quality Assurance. [40713/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

191. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of patients from County Louth currently waiting to be seen at an outpatient clinic for the first time [40859/12]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has plans to meet political leaders in the North. [37881/12]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with political leaders in the North since the Dáil recess. [37882/12]

Northern Ireland Issues

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet with the new Northern Secretary of State Theresa Villiers. [40451/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Economic Management Council has met since the summer recess. [37960/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council has met with the Irish banks since the summer recess. [37961/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub Committee on Health has met since the beginning of July. [38359/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the membership of the Cabinet sub Committee on Health. [38360/12]

Invalidity Pension Eligibility

Gerry Adams

239. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection the initial refusal rates for applications for invalidly pension in County Louth; or whatever geographical breakdown is available. [40515/12]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Gerry Adams

270. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 18 September 2012, when the formal national mapping exercise to determine the exact position in relation to commercial service providers existing and planned broadband service throughout the State will be completed. [40531/12]

NAMA Debtors

Gerry Adams

33. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers in the National Asset Management Agency who have one or more performing assets in NAMA; if these NAMA borrowers are allowed recoup income from the performing NAMA asset as well as the salary which the borrower is receiving from NAMA in accordance with their business plans with NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/12]

NAMA Debtor Agreements

Gerry Adams

34. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers in the National Assets Management Agency who have one or more assets in NAMA that receives rental income from the State, a State owned entity or semi-State entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39691/12]

NAMA Loan Book

Gerry Adams

35. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the current estimated value of the National Asset Management Agency’s loan book; if he will provide a breakdown of the value of the US loan book, the British loan book, the European loan book and the Irish loan book, respectively; and if he will provide an update on NAMA plans for the sale of these loan books. [39692/12]

NAMA Debtor Agreements

Gerry Adams

36. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the National Assets Management Agency allows its debtors to retain part of the income from their income-producing assets to pay overheads including salaries to the debtors themselves; the number of cases in which debtors are receiving salaries; if he will provide a breakdown of the salaries received by these debtors; the number that are less than €50,000; the number that are between €50,001 and €100,000; the number between €100,001 and €150,000; the number between €150,001 and €200,000; and the number over €200,0001; the total cost to NAMA of paying these salaries in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [39693/12]