Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Michael Colreavy

30. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the position of supervisor of the North Leitrim Men's Group will be advertised and filled in view of the fact that the current incumbent retires within the next month. [14097/15]

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Michael Colreavy

838. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the decision was made for Inland Fisheries Ireland to open a research centre in Dublin 24; what is the rationale for this decision. [14315/15]

Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration

Michael Colreavy

685. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 1 October 2014, the start and end dates of the validation exercise to which he refers in his reply. [12722/15]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Michael Colreavy

686. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding rebates for persons or businesses selling electricity back to the grid using photovoltaic solar panels. [12848/15]

Departmental Contracts

Michael Colreavy

61. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he provided his consent under section 66 of to the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 in respect of a contract with Capita for the development of a system of postcodes; the factors which he considered when granting such consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/15]

Postal Codes

Michael Colreavy

197. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the contract entered into with Capita for the development of a system of postcodes, if he will disclose the details specified in section 66(3) of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12280/15]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Colreavy

303. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public liability insurance coverage for Parkes Castle, Dromahair, County Leitrim, would cover a special event in the castle organised by Leitrim Tourism Network on 24 March 2015. [11711/15]

Trade Agreements

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is at risk of hydraulic fracturing being introduced if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, agreement is introduced, especially from the investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, aspect of the proposed agreement. [10730/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael Colreavy

6. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an apprenticeship initiative will be rolled out across other semi-State companies and State bodies similar to the one launched by ESB recently. [10505/15]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

8. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a projected cost to the Exchequer for the roll-out of fibre broadband under the national broadband plan and a projection of the number of jobs that could potentially be created. [10503/15]

Energy Efficiency

Michael Colreavy

21. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the 5% charge on energy efficiency obligation is to be transferred on to customers. [10502/15]

Legislative Measures

Michael Colreavy

23. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for legislation to remove surcharges on top-ups for pay-as-you-go meters for electricity and gas, considering those who avail of them are those who are most at risk of fuel poverty. [10501/15]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Michael Colreavy

276. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if European funding will be made available to semi-State companies for the development of renewable energy here. [10731/15]

School Staff

Michael Colreavy

479. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will be permitted to retain two teachers. [10319/15]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Michael Colreavy

86. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse open to the owner of a small, rural business whose enterprise is at imminent risk of closure because their appeal against an unfair rateable valuation was unsuccessful. [8327/15]

Animal Feedstuffs

Michael Colreavy

97. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remedies available to farmers who purchased feeding meals with less than the minimum protein content and value. [8325/15]

Forestry Sector

Michael Colreavy

98. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse available to home owners adjoining forestry land, who express an interest in purchasing a section of the land prior to planting, but are met with completely unrealistic prices. [8326/15]

International Bodies Membership

Michael Colreavy

273. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has been any movement towards Ireland joining the CERN project; and the amount this would cost the Exchequer. [8212/15]

HSE Properties

Michael Colreavy

467. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the overall cost of converting hospitals and community care databases to accommodate Eircode. [8090/15]

Psychological Assessments

Michael Colreavy

131. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) can be expedited for north Lee early intervention team assessment as their parent and health professionals involved are concerned that early detection of potential autistic spectrum disorder symptoms are critical to planning the best possible care plans. [7318/15]

HIQA Investigations

Michael Colreavy

169. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 29 January 2015, if he will provide details of the appropriate actions taken, as referred to in the reply, and stated to be in compliance with the regulations and national standards; if he will provide details of the said regulations and national standards, and highlight the relevant points of compliance, vis-à-vis the actions taken; the date on which he referred the matter, addressed in the parliamentary questions, to the Health Service Executive for investigation, under the terms of the national policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse; the designated reporting person in this case; when, and to whom, that reporting person will report; if the report will be made available to the siblings and next of kin of the person in question; the reason the next of kin were neither contacted nor consulted, regarding their vulnerable relatives' experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7310/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

172. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Taoiseach the projected cost to his Department of converting to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7637/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

207. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected cost to her Department to convert to using Eircode; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7610/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

235. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

239. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode. [6656/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

254. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7609/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

289. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Defence the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7604/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

407. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7608/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

422. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7607/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

472. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost to her Department to convert to using Eircode; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7605/15]

National Postcode System Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

524. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projected cost to his Department to convert to using Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7603/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

555. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projected cost to her Department to convert to using Eircode; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7602/15]

Household Benefits Scheme

Michael Colreavy

167. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to outline her views on providing free television licences for pensioners from the North who have homes here and contribute positively to the economy here, in line with pensioners from here, who are currently exempt from paying for the licence. [5627/15]

VAT Rate Application

Michael Colreavy

217. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue is collected from VAT on public service obligation levies in energy bills; and if it is possible to remove this VAT. [5709/15]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Michael Colreavy

563. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the sources of CO2 emissions here. [5710/15]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Michael Colreavy

612. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a guarantee for the extension of the fibre optic cable (details supplied) from Ballinaboy, County Roscommon to Belmullet, County Mayo. [5956/15]

Waste Management Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

578. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that have been taken to tackle the increasing cost of waste disposal in County Sligo; and his views on restoring power over waste disposal back to Sligo County Council. [4872/15]

Renewable Energy Generation

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the falling price of oil will affect renewable energy development. [3934/15]

National Postcode System Implementation

Michael Colreavy

24. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the overall projected cost of implementing Eircode; and his views that this is the best value for money option available. [3933/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Michael Colreavy

29. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the precautions in place to prevent industrial wind turbines collapsing. [3931/15]

Electricity Transmission Network

Michael Colreavy

31. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed plans to build an interconnector between Ireland and France; the discussions held with energy companies to produce energy for the French market. [3930/15]

HIQA Investigations

Michael Colreavy

138. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the reason allegations of psychological and financial abuse of a vulnerable resident (details supplied) in a Health Services Executive residential unit were not passed by the designated reporting person in the unit to the appropriate authorities, including the Health Information and Quality Authority. [4129/15]

HIQA Investigations

Michael Colreavy

139. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the reason allegations of psychological and financial abuse of a vulnerable resident (details supplied) in County Sligo in a Health Services Executive residential unit were not investigated by the Health Information and Quality Authority; if the allegations were investigated, the reason HIQA did not meet and discuss details with the person. [4130/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Michael Colreavy

563. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the residents of the Geesala and Bangor Erris area, County Mayo will receive access to adequate broadband as they have had inadequate service since August 2014. [3296/15]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Michael Colreavy

581. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the promotion of the broadband mapping consultation process that has been embarked on with local community groups and vested interest organisations. [3935/15]

Direct Provision Data

Michael Colreavy

139. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have died while residing in direct provision during the years 2002 to 2014 inclusive; if she will provide a breakdown of cause of death, location of death (that is hospital), age and gender of deceased. [2927/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Michael Colreavy

560. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a self-monitoring system in place to detect noise and shadow flicker from wind turbines. [2545/15]

Climate Change Negotiations

Michael Colreavy

253. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussion he had on hydraulic fracturing at the recent climate change conference in Peru. [48638/14]

Residential Institutions

Michael Colreavy

527. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if it is Government policy that any written allegation of psychological and-or financial abuse of a resident in a Health Service Executive residential unit for persons with disabilities should be recorded and reported as a statistic in the Health Information and Quality Authority report arising from the next HIQA inspection following the making of the written allegation. [48445/14]

Energy Policy Review

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the White Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland will outline a funding mechanism for renewable energy. [47494/14]

Post Office Network

Michael Colreavy

11. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a composite plan between his Department and other relevant Departments on the future of the post office network is in place. [47314/14]

Broadband Service Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

16. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has projected costs for the State in the rolling out of broadband infrastructure as outlined in the recent mapping process; and the person who will be the long-term operator and owner of infrastructure. [47312/14]

Wind Energy Generation

Michael Colreavy

18. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are currently plans for the development of wind farms here which will export energy. [47315/14]

Energy Policy

Michael Colreavy

34. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the White Paper on energy policy in Ireland will ensure that energy supply companies buy energy from microgeneration units. [47313/14]

Intestate Estates

Michael Colreavy

119. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to meet the funeral-burial costs of a person who dies intestate and who does not have any family members with the means to meet the costs involved. [46749/14]

Teaching Contracts

Michael Colreavy

458. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time teachers employed in the 16 ETBs. [46154/14]

Departmental Funding

Michael Colreavy

459. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]

Departmental Funding

Michael Colreavy

460. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of IVEA in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46156/14]

Departmental Funding

Michael Colreavy

461. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of NAPD in the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [46157/14]

State Examinations

Michael Colreavy

462. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an Irish Independent Millward Brown opinion poll of 19 May 2014 which revealed that parents have overwhelmingly backed teachers in their opposition to proposals to have them marking their own pupils' junior certificate papers and that 60% of those polled also said that teachers should not assess their own pupils; her further views that this opposition is highest among women and young persons between the ages of 18 and 24, who have just emerged from the secondary school system. [46158/14]

Ministerial Correspondence

Michael Colreavy

543. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 November 2014, the position regarding correspondence received by him from Sligo County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/14]

Broadcasting Sector Regulation

Michael Colreavy

579. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the obligation for broadcasters to use the Irish language in their services. [46148/14]

Rail Services

Michael Colreavy

182. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the future of Dromod railway station on the Sligo-Dublin Connolly inter-city service. [44443/14]

Land Parcel Identification System

Michael Colreavy

248. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a delay in work being carried out by a private mapping company that his Department has assigned to do its work. [44283/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Michael Colreavy

249. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment. [44284/14]

Child Protection

Michael Colreavy

252. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure all Internet service providers block websites containing child sexual abuse. [43778/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Colreavy

354. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will undergo hip replacement surgery. [43777/14]

Respite Care Services

Michael Colreavy

436. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Sligo and Leitrim. [44282/14]

Broadband Service Speeds

Michael Colreavy

546. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise blackspots for broadband roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/14]

Energy Efficiency

Michael Colreavy

553. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commercial buildings that have applied for retrofitting grants from the State; and this number as a percentage of the total number of commercial buildings in the State. [43115/14]

Peace and Reconciliation Programme

Michael Colreavy

830. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all funding awards provided to groups and organisations in Northern Ireland since 2005 for reconciliation. [41089/14]

Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider ending Tamboran's licensing option for hydraulic fracturing considering similar moves in the Six Counties. [40556/14]

Geological Survey of Ireland

Michael Colreavy

9. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional scope of the Tellus project following an increase in funding in this year’s budget. [40391/14]

Postcode Implementation

Michael Colreavy

11. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the Eircode postcode system. [40393/14]

Broadband Service Expenditure

Michael Colreavy

18. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the €500 million promised in April 2014 for rural broadband will be forthcoming. [40390/14]

Security of the Elderly

Michael Colreavy

28. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact he has had with Eircom regarding their plans to remove the functionality of the fixed SMS system which supports house alarms, especially used by elderly persons. [40389/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Michael Colreavy

138. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ring-fence funding to support the national collective of community-based women's networks to deliver the only programme specifically targeted at women for disadvantaged communities; the way he intends providing support for this most marginalised group who are not named under the social inclusion and community activation programme. [39360/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Michael Colreavy

139. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to engage with the national collective of community-based women's networks to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme which now precludes them from securing funding past 2014 under the new social inclusion and community activation programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that NCCWN engaged with 35,580 marginalised women across 17 communities throughout Ireland in 2013 alone. [39361/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Michael Colreavy

140. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to support the voluntary board of the national collective of community-based women's networks with their responsibilities to 17 local women's projects 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff. [39362/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Michael Colreavy

141. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that marginalised women are not a target group of the new SICAP programme; in view of this, if he will provide reassurance to the national collective of community-based women's networks that an alternative funding stream will be made available to continue this valuable work. [39363/14]

Water Quality

Michael Colreavy

105. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated for adding fluoride to water for public consumption each year; the persons who receive this funding to insert the fluoride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Applications

Michael Colreavy

534. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application (details supplied) made by Sligo County Council for an extension to a family home. [37815/14]

Wind Energy Generation

Michael Colreavy

192. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 19 November 2013, the role that was played by the ESB and Bord na Móna project management team for the proposed Oweninny wind farm, County Mayo, in the preparation of the new Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland wind atlas; if the new wind atlas has been made available to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37296/14]

Wind Energy Generation

Michael Colreavy

193. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 2 November 2010, the latest figures by county, based on the new Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland wind atlas, together with the percentage change in the annual mean wind speed between the current SEAI wind atlas and the new one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37297/14]

Wind Energy Generation

Michael Colreavy

194. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the values of the mean power density of the wind at 50 m, 75 m, 100 m and 125 m above ground at Oweninny and Cluddaun, County Mayo, based on the data in both the current, and the new, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland wind atlas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/14]

Departmental Investigations

Michael Colreavy

140. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the ESB continues to treat meter readers as self-employed, with all the consequent loss of employment rights despite its loss in a High Court appeal on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36601/14]

National Car Test

Michael Colreavy

209. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is a requirement for NCT centres to have CCTV cameras installed in their carpark and workshop areas. [35967/14]

Broadband Service Provision

Michael Colreavy

527. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the planned budget for broadband roll-out for each of the next three years. [35629/14]

Broadband Service Provision

Michael Colreavy

529. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of State investment he estimates will be needed to deliver 30 Mbps broadband speeds to every home in the country. [35708/14]

School Transport Provision

Michael Colreavy

1240. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update the guidelines concerning school transport runs to allow discretion where changes to routes can be made where there would not be significant additional expenditure and where the changed routes would be more convenient for the travelling students-parents and would have safer collection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34280/14]

Exploration Industry

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the approach he will take regarding subterranean drilling and any conflict that could arise with property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31949/14]

Hydraulic Fracturing

Michael Colreavy

7. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has an official definition of the hydraulic fracturing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31642/14]

Energy Resources

Michael Colreavy

13. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions that will be made for local authorities to buy energy for electricity and heat from local micro-generation units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/14]

Exploration Licences

Michael Colreavy

19. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any petroleum companies have made contact with his Department following the opening of the 2015 Atlantic Margin Oil and Gas Licensing Round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/14]

State Bodies Funding

Michael Colreavy

22. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from where funding for payment of those who sit on the board of RTÉ comes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31643/14]

Alternative Energy Projects

Michael Colreavy

32. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources what the scope of bioenergy Ireland will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31645/14]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Michael Colreavy

320. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the avenue left open to a student living 45.9 km from the college they attend in cases where an appeal hearing has determined they are living less than 45 km and is consequently awarded the adjacent rate of grant only. [31555/14]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Michael Colreavy

321. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any additional supports to students who live 45 km from the college they attend; are approved only for the adjacent rate of the higher education grant and whose parents income is so limited as to put third level education totally beyond their means unless an amount equivalent to the full, non-adjacent rate of grant is paid. [31556/14]

Energy Prices

Michael Colreavy

114. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage increases in domestic electricity costs over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30447/14]

Energy Prices

Michael Colreavy

115. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the power he has to implement a price freeze on the cost of electricity; if he has ever considered introducing one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30448/14]