Parliamentary questions

IBRC Investigations

Lucinda Creighton

290. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance further to a person's statement (details supplied) at the Committee of Public Accounts on 14 May 2015, when the scoping of the size of the special liquidator investigation shall be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/15]

IBRC Investigations

Lucinda Creighton

291. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance further to a person's statement that the special liquidator may use outside help in reviewing individual transactions identified as being within the scope, the firms that are being considered by the special liquidator; the tendering process that shall be adopted in identifying those firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Lucinda Creighton

363. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost incurred by his Department in holding the two recent referenda and the by-election in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency; if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the costs, including costs for staffing both the polling stations and the count centres, as well as all additional costs surrounding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21341/15]

Health Services Data

Lucinda Creighton

648. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the reporting system for deaths of babies in Irish hospitals is upgraded and streamlined to ensure that the national perinatal epidemiology centre may provide accurate figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/15]

State Claims Agency

Lucinda Creighton

649. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the number of claims to the State Claims Agency against individual maternity units for the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; if he will provide the information, in tabular form, for each individual maternity unit, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21332/15]

HIQA Reports

Lucinda Creighton

650. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge that there is a conflict of interest in the Health Service Executive drawing up the terms of reference into the independent report of all levels of its management following the publication of the Health Information and Quality Authority report into maternity services in Portlaoise hospital, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Lucinda Creighton

651. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the problem the Health Service Executive is having hiring obstetricians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/15]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Lucinda Creighton

652. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive's compliance unit will spend hiring forensic accountancy services to assess work that some hospital consultants are doing in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21338/15]

Medicinal Products Prices

Lucinda Creighton

653. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide Dáil Éireann with an update on his work in reducing drug prices; the reason his Department has not entered negotiations with the pharmaceutical sector; his views that legislation will now be required to reduce the cost of medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/15]

Patient Data

Lucinda Creighton

654. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the amount the establishment of the new patient identity numbers system within the Health Service Executive will cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/15]

Air Quality

Lucinda Creighton

1027. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of air quality monitoring sites; their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/15]

Air Quality

Lucinda Creighton

1028. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of air quality monitoring sites that have the capability of detecting Particulate Matter 2.5 and Particulate Matter 10; their locations; the number doing so at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/15]

Air Quality

Lucinda Creighton

1029. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason not all air quality monitoring sites are detecting Particulate Matter 2.5 and Particulate Matter 10; if he will inform Dáil Éireann if this was always the case; if not, the reason this policy change came about; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21337/15]

Wrongful Convictions

Lucinda Creighton

124. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the wrongful conviction of a person (details supplied) was a result of deliberate steps taken by the prosecution to withhold information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19363/15]

Departmental Reports

Lucinda Creighton

136. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will release the report conducted by Mr. Shane Murphy, senior counsel, into the conviction of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19362/15]

IBRC Operations

Lucinda Creighton

273. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 71 and 72 of 13 May 2015, the reason the scope of the transaction review conducted by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is limited at €10 million; the way he arrived at the figure €10 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20141/15]

IBRC Operations

Lucinda Creighton

71. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department were ever informed of, or made aware of, any allegations concerning write-downs being provided on debt for personal borrowings in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will provide the nature of these allegations, if they occurred, and the subsequent action that was taken by him or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/15]

IBRC Operations

Lucinda Creighton

72. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 30 April 2015, if he will ensure that as part of the directions issued to the Special Liquidator to perform a review and produce a report concerning activities and management decisions, this will include a review into any write-downs on debt for personal borrowings; if he will confirm that, irrespective of the impact on ultimate returns to the taxpayer, any decision which resulted in a borrower receiving a write-down on personal borrowings will also be reviewed; if he accepts that all write-downs on personal borrowings by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation would give rise to public concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/15]

Aftercare Services Provision

Lucinda Creighton

256. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 15 April 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of cases where young persons leaving care received payment of deposits and rent in advance, for each quarter from 2012 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18602/15]

Miscarriages of Justice

Lucinda Creighton

415. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make a public statement on the wrongful conviction and posthumous pardon of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18603/15]