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Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Social Welfare Rates
Patrick Nulty
118. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate of fuel allowance on 1 November 2008; 1 November 2011; and 1 November 2013 in tabular form. [3052/14]
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Social Welfare Rates
Patrick Nulty
119. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate of jobseeker's benefit and allowance for each age group category of recipient on 1 November 2008; 1 November 2011; and 1 November 2013 in tabular form. [3053/14]
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Social Welfare Rates
Patrick Nulty
120. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate for the following payments: disability allowance, carer's allowance, one-parent family payment, blind person's pension, State contributory and non-contributory pension, illness benefit, supplementary welfare allowance, invalidity pension and widow's pension on 1 November 2008; 1 November 2011 and 1 November 2013, in tabular form. [3054/14]
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Water Charges Exemptions
Patrick Nulty
148. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an exemption from water charges for households where an occupant has Crohn’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/14]
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Legal Services Regulation
Patrick Nulty
161. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider bringing an amendment to the Legal Services Regulation Bill to allow for the transfer of staff from the Law Society to the new authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2976/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Departmental Contracts Data
Patrick Nulty
170. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 November 2013, if he will list the manufacturers of the State gifts listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2258/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Proposed Legislation
Patrick Nulty
238. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the education (admissions to schools) Bill; the provision the Bill will make to ensure that all children have appropriate access to State-funded schools; his views on the practice whereby some schools ask for the baptismal certificates of pupils before enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Appointments to State Boards
Patrick Nulty
284. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that all vacancies of the board of the Standards in Public Office Commission are filled, as a matter of urgency; if he will outline the reason for the delay; if he is aware that SIPO requires its full complement of six board members to investigate allegations under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Departmental Meetings
Patrick Nulty
314. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings, both official and private, between representatives from the Consumer Association of Ireland including the chair, vice-chair, CEO and so on and his Department from September 2012 to January 2014; the issues that were discussed; if there are plans for a follow up meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2298/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Patrick Nulty
345. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2498/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
350. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will have their mortgage interest supplement restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2542/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
351. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; when same will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2543/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Social Welfare Appeals
Patrick Nulty
352. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be granted an oral hearing in relation to their appeal for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2544/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patrick Nulty
353. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a clothing grant will be accepted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2545/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
354. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the eligibility for community employment schemes to allow persons aged 18-22 years to participate in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2546/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Patrick Nulty
355. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow persons who have successfully undertaken a year on the Tús scheme to be able to do a second year if the organisation in which they are based wants them to continue. [2547/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
Patrick Nulty
414. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is not willing to undertake wall insulation works at an address (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2883/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
Patrick Nulty
477. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budgetary allocation for the housing adaption grant for persons with a disability for 2009 up to 2014, inclusive, broken down in tabular form by local authority. [2833/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
Patrick Nulty
478. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budgetary allocation for the housing aid for older persons grant for 2009 up to 2014, inclusive, broken down in tabular form by local authority. [2834/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
Patrick Nulty
479. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budgetary allocation for mobility aid grants for 2009 up to 2014, inclusive, broken down in tabular form by local authority. [2835/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Patrick Nulty
621. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied). [2548/14]
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
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Services for People with Disabilities
Patrick Nulty
314. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of disability services with Beechpark for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1961/14]
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
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Home Help Service Provision
Patrick Nulty
315. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 3 December 2013, if he will outline in detail the reason an increase of only two hours per week was provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and not the additional hour a day home help which is required; if this matter will be urgently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1963/14]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Tax Reliefs Application
Patrick Nulty
134. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance in relation to the foreign earnings reduction tax relief scheme, if he will outline the rationale and criteria which were used to select the new countries which will become part of the scheme for 2013 and 2014 that is, Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1175/14]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Standards in Public Office Commission
Patrick Nulty
279. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that all vacancies of the board of the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, are filled as a matter of urgency; the reason for the delay; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that SIPO requires its full complement of six board members to investigate allegations under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1450/14]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Community Welfare Services
Patrick Nulty
347. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure her Department facilitates rent supplement applicants who need to meet with a community welfare officer to discuss an application in cases where complicated circumstances may be involved; her views on whether applicants should be granted a face-to-face meeting with a community welfare officer when they request same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55423/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Patrick Nulty
354. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; if the attached correspondence will be considered; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55487/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
Patrick Nulty
355. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that young persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance who manage to get a few weeks work over Christmas will not be put on the lower rate of jobseeker's allowance when they are forced to sign on again after the period of Christmas work runs out; her views that it would be unjust and discriminatory to put young persons, previously in receipt of the higher personal rate, on a lower rate of payment after they had managed to secure limited Christmas employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55489/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Direct Provision System
Patrick Nulty
554. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to introducing a single procedure to decide on protection claims as a matter of urgency in order to reduce the amount of time persons will be obliged to spend in the direct provision system; if he will ensure that the new legislation in this regard complies with various human rights instruments, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which forbids discrimination against children on the basis of the status, including immigration status, of their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55347/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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EU Funding
Patrick Nulty
555. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of all migrant-led organisations which applied for moneys from the European Refugee Fund and European Integration Fund; the number of organisations that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55425/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Immigration Status
Patrick Nulty
559. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status or eligibility to apply for naturalisation or both in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55467/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Primary Care Centre Provision
Patrick Nulty
772. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if following the publication of the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan funding remains in place for the construction of a care centre (details suppplied) in Dublin 15 primary care centre which is a specific commitment from Government. [55473/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Hospice Services
Patrick Nulty
773. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when the opening of beds at a hospice (details supplied) in Dublin 15 outlined in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan will commence. [55474/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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HSE Savings
Patrick Nulty
774. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €108 million in unspecified pay savings in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan will be found. [55475/13]
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
339. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if any hospital has recouped money from hospital consultants who have exceeded the permitted 20:30 private practice ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54809/13]
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
340. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that have recouped money from hospital consultants who have exceeded the permitted 20:30 private practice ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54810/13]
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
341. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the amount of money each hospital has recouped from consultants who have exceeded the permitted 20:30 private practice ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54811/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Patrick Nulty
236. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54205/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
Patrick Nulty
322. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54201/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Departmental Records
Patrick Nulty
325. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the file pertaining to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has not been forwarded to the social welfare appeals office by her Department; the date her Department received a request for the file from the appeals office; when the file will be provided to that office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54279/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Residency Permits
Patrick Nulty
453. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an earned regularisation scheme for the 30,000 undocumented workers living here. [54345/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Patrick Nulty
609. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54202/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Dental Services Provision
Patrick Nulty
610. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if dental surgery will be performed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Services for People with Disabilities
Patrick Nulty
611. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure disability services will be provided to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 as a matter of urgency; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54204/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Capital Programme Expenditure
Patrick Nulty
619. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if the €50 million transferred from the Health Service Executive capital budget to current expenditure will have any impact on projects already agreed by the HSE and in particular primary care centres. [54261/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Dublin Bus Services
Patrick Nulty
654. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that were used in deciding the 20 Dublin Bus routes to be put out to tender in 2016. [53905/13]
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
212. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have remitted private practice fees to hospitals where they work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53415/13]
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
213. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been remitted to hospitals from consultants who have exceeded their specified ratio of public to private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53416/13]
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
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Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
Patrick Nulty
214. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that in 2012, more than 50% of inpatients treated at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital were private patients, while 38% of inpatients treated at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and 36% of those treated at Mercy University Hospital in Cork were private patients and some 35% of children treated at Crumlin children's hospital had private health insurance, the reason the health service is not pursuing this and recouping the money it is entitled to under the terms of the consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53417/13]
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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Jobs Data
Patrick Nulty
69. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will substantiate claims that the economy is producing 3,000 jobs per month by providing a breakdown of the jobs for a sample month by standard occupational classification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53281/13]