Parliamentary questions

Road Projects Status

Jim Daly

137. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update from the National Roads Authority on its plans to upgrade the N71 in west Cork; if his Department is considering the provision of funding from future capital budgets to upgrade the N71 in west Cork; the priority that is being placed on this upgrade by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7714/14]

Garda Investigations

Mick Wallace

138. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons no action has been taken under article 16 provisions of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation - Chicago Convention - in relation to the searching of planes suspected of involvement in renditions, troops or arms transportation; when this situation will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7671/14]

Harbour Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of the assets transferred from State ownership to the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company when the new company was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/14]

State Bodies

Shane Ross

140. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach as far as he is aware if any official body under the aegis of his Department subscribes to the daily inflation data for Ireland collected by a company (details supplied); if so, the cost of this service; if the data will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/14]

Local Authority Functions

Kevin Humphreys

141. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred on local authorities by legislation under his area since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/14]

State Bodies

Michael McNamara

142. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of any bodies under the aegis of his Department in respect of Government policy for which he is responsible for answering parliamentary questions pursuant to Standing Order 34. [7473/14]

Appointments to State Boards

Michael McNamara

143. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of bodies in respect of which he has the authority to appoint board members. [7474/14]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Barry Cowen

144. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by 0 to six months, six to 12 months, one year to two years, two to three years, four to five years and five years plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7635/14]

Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Barry Cowen

145. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department and the average uncertified sick days per employee taken; the total certified sick days taken by employees; the average certified sick days per employee; the total sick days taken by employees; the average total sick days and median overall sick days per employee in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [7651/14]

Security Checks

Noel Harrington

146. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Taoiseach if any of his departmental or ministerial offices have been swept for electronic or any other type of surveillance or bugging equipment since coming to office in March 2011; the reasons for this check; the results of this check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7900/14]

Departmental Bodies Establishment

Seán Fleming

147. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach if he will list any new organisations-agencies established in his Department since 9 March 2011; the role and functions and the annual operating budget for these organisations-agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7951/14]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Michael McGrath

148. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he will clarify if all branches of the civil service within his Department are applying Department policy that staff progress on incremental salary scales on the basis of a single point per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/14]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a decision is internal to his Department; if not, the process that is being followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7589/14]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Barry Cowen

150. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by 0 to six months, six to 12 months, one year to two years, two to three years, four to five years and five years plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7629/14]

Departmental Staff Sick Leave

Barry Cowen

151. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department and the average uncertified sick days per employee taken; the total certified sick days taken by employees; the average certified sick days per employee; the total sick days taken by employees; the average total sick days and median overall sick days per employee in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [7645/14]

Commemorative Events

Brendan Griffin

152. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to mark the centenary of the beginning of the Great War; his plans to honour the Irish war dead from that conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7769/14]

Security Checks

Noel Harrington

153. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his departmental or ministerial offices have been swept for electronic or any other type of surveillance or bugging equipment since coming to office in March 2011; the reasons for this check; the results of this check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/14]

Departmental Agencies

Seán Fleming

154. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list any new organisations-agencies established in his Department since 9 March 2011; the role and functions and the annual operating budget for these organisations-agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/14]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Denis Naughten

155. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with key players on Capitol Hill in the US since the publication of the Border Security Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernisation Act of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7997/14]

Irish Communities Abroad

Micheál Martin

156. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's actions on the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2219/14]