Parliamentary questions

School Patronage

Joanna Tuffy

228. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the procedure for an application for a school to change its status (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6504/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Joanna Tuffy

178. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on funding for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6250/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Provision

Joanna Tuffy

59. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her Department's proposals regarding landlords who, when advertising properties to let, state in the advertisements that rent allowance is not accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5259/15]

Community Development Projects

Joanna Tuffy

262. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the funding of community based women’s networks which does valuable work in supporting disadvantaged women at national and local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

424. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3258/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Joanna Tuffy

160. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will review the decision not to grant a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

198. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2972/15]

National Internship Scheme Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

37. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on categories of social welfare recipients and persons who are signing on and are eligible to apply for JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48911/14]

Tax Data

Joanna Tuffy

79. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the publishing of data on income distribution from tax data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48914/14]

Programme for Government Implementation

Joanna Tuffy

465. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the steps being taken to carry out the commitment in the programme for Government regarding use of Irish airspace and the need to ensure Irish airspace and related facilities are not used for any purposes not in line with international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49219/14]

Consular Services Representations

Joanna Tuffy

466. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the steps taken regarding a person (details supplied) held by the authorities in Egypt; if reassurances have been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49220/14]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Joanna Tuffy

155. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary health care centre (details supplied) in Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre, Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48522/14]

Maternity Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

157. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of national maternity services; his views on the recent reports on deaths that occurred in hospitals and the figures contained in the 2014 report of the United Nations Population Fund that placed Ireland with a relatively high rate of maternal mortality in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47593/14]

EU Directives

Joanna Tuffy

185. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the European Union water directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47566/14]

Local Authority Housing Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

188. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the rules that apply to separated persons applying for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47592/14]

Environmental Policy

Joanna Tuffy

189. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on Ireland's obligations under the Kyoto protocol including any purchase of carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47594/14]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Joanna Tuffy

68. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on all tax reliefs on income tax either eliminated or being phased out from budget 2012 onwards; the estimated savings to date for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46580/14]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

73. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the amount in capital taxes that have been raised and the amount of DIRT tax since March 2011; the amount of this, in tabular form, that is due to budgetary changes brought in by the current Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45675/14]

Tax Code

Joanna Tuffy

75. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on Ireland's placing compared with other OECD countries in respect of the progressiveness of the income tax system; Ireland's place for each of the past ten years in terms of which countries had the most progressive systems; if budget 2015 will ensure that Ireland continues to have a highly progressive income tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45730/14]

Public Sector Pensions Levy

Joanna Tuffy

78. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been raised by the levy on public service pensions since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45676/14]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Joanna Tuffy

108. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 24 September 2014, when application forms will be published (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45627/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joanna Tuffy

160. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on representations that have been made in respect of Asia Bibi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45731/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

193. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45748/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

194. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45749/14]

Dental Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

386. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to provide alternative facilities to cater for children in the Dublin area requiring multiple dental extractions under general anaesthetic; his views on whether young children are being put at risk because of the closure of the dental clinic at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, which provided care for 3,000 children each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Joanna Tuffy

404. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their medical scientist training allowance considering that the Health Service Executive has in the past confirmed to all health sector employers that student medical scientists on placement must be paid the monthly training allowance as set out in the Department of Health's consolidated salary scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43160/14]

Hospital Charges

Joanna Tuffy

140. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider carrying out a review of respite charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40746/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joanna Tuffy

157. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) where the Superior Court in Pakistan recently dismissed their appeal and upheld the death sentence which was passed on them four years ago for blasphemy; and if we, as a country, may intercede on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/14]

Library Services Funding

Joanna Tuffy

210. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year to the public lending remuneration scheme (details supplied), which is a form of payment to authors for the loan of their books to public libraries; if, in the future, the amount of funding allocated each year may be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39570/14]

Building Regulations Amendments

Joanna Tuffy

222. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to make compulsory, as part of future housing construction requirements, the installation of greywater or wastewater treatment systems (details supplied) in new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39717/14]

Child Benefit Payments

Joanna Tuffy

38. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding child benefit payments when parents separate but equally share parenting, that is when children spend half of their time in the care of each of their parents; if in a situation like this, both parents are considered eligible for 50% of the child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38702/14]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Joanna Tuffy

91. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the amounts invoiced, allocated or assigned by her Department to other public bodies and agencies, including the National Museum, National Disability Authority, Equality Authority and Office of the Director of Equality Investigations, for information communication and technology services for each year from 2010 to date in 2014; the factors which determine those costs, such as the number of users or storage capacity used or similar; the amounts paid by public bodies and agencies either to her Department or to ICT providers each year for these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38701/14]

Medicinal Products Prices

Joanna Tuffy

142. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the reason there is such a discrepancy in the price of drugs here compared to other European countries (details supplied); his plans to give cancer patients access to free medication during the course of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38700/14]

Health Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

128. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health his policy regarding integrative health otherwise known as integrative medicine; if the practice has been recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38418/14]

Banking Sector Redundancies

Joanna Tuffy

160. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the outsourcing of customer services employment by Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/14]

Water Charges Exemptions

Joanna Tuffy

565. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on families who will have to pay water charges for children in the household who are still in second and third level education; his further views on granting extra allowances for full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Joanna Tuffy

188. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks that does valuable work in supporting disadvantaged women at national and local level; if he will ensure that the current level of funding allocated to NCCWN is guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/14]

Irish Sign Language

Joanna Tuffy

84. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish Deaf Society to have the Irish Sign Language recognised to ensure equality for deaf persons in Irish society; if the Government has plans to recognise the Irish Sign Language as an official language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37328/14]

School Accommodation

Joanna Tuffy

149. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient secondary school places in Lucan, County Dublin, to cater for all the pupils finishing primary school education each year for the next five years; the provision that has been made for the shortfall; the secondary schools outside of Lucan where parents may send their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Joanna Tuffy

579. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding for the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks which does valuable work in supporting disadvantaged women at national and local level; if he will ensure that the current level of funding allocated to NCCWN is guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/14]

Financial Services Regulation

Joanna Tuffy

70. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce regulations to prevent vulture fund activity here; if he will be seeking capital gains tax or any other revenue from these unregulated operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/14]

Student Visas Applications

Joanna Tuffy

121. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the probationary extension visa (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36132/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Joanna Tuffy

180. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of time it is taking to deal with medical card reviews; when he expects a decision to be reached in relation to a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin who submitted application for review together with all the supporting documentation more than five months ago; the reason for the delay in making a decision in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34911/14]

National Debt Servicing

Joanna Tuffy

237. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of servicing the national debt; the total amount owed and the interest rate paid each year from 2010 to 2014, inclusive; the amount of interest he anticipates will be paid in the year 2015; the details of the source of funds used to pay the debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33596/14]

Direct Provision Data

Joanna Tuffy

636. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding direct provision; the number of persons in direct provision in 2014; the number who are children; the way in which these numbers compare with the numbers in the previous nine years; if she will provide a breakdown for the past ten years of the number of persons in direct provision who have been granted asylum, given permission to remain or been returned to their country of origin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33901/14]

Joanna Tuffy

637. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to improve conditions and waiting times for those seeking a decision from immigration services while in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33902/14]

Joanna Tuffy

638. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to protect children in direct provision as well as those who might be vulnerable adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33903/14]

Immigration Policy

Joanna Tuffy

639. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding policies to do with integration and multiculturalism; if there is a framework for dialogue with leaders of new communities in Ireland so that issues of concern can be discussed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33905/14]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Joanna Tuffy

894. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in Dublin west; that due to the number of referrals received and the very limited resources there is presently a long delay in reviewing referrals; the steps he will take to resolve the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33387/14]

HSE Properties

Joanna Tuffy

1006. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish a health centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/14]