Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Tom Barry

350. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a method of geographically prioritising or moving between panels for teachers who have children with special needs. [34745/13]

Black Economy Issues

Tom Barry

532. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the action being taken to address black market activities, particularly in the area of construction. [34740/13]

Local Government Reform

Tom Barry

487. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider, as part of the process of reforming local government, that the elected mayor of each county would carry executive function, along with their reserve role. [23853/13]

Local Authority Staff Data

Tom Barry

488. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in the planning departments of each local authority during the years 2002 to 2012. [23858/13]

Planning Issues

Tom Barry

492. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a means for planning applications based on medical circumstances to be considered centrally (details supplied). [24029/13]

Slurry Storage

Tom Barry

582. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a TAMS type stream of funding for slurry storage on tillage lands where tanks would be in a position to receive imported slurry and use this valuable material to replenish the organic matter and trace elements in continuous tillage grounds. [24080/13]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Tom Barry

714. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when secondary and primary routes are being upgraded and renewed, if he will consider setting aside a certain proportion of funding to address the excessive wear to regional and rural roads which bear the traffic of the major roads during the construction process. [23859/13]

Land Parcel Identification System

Tom Barry

229. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the cost, requirements and term of the contract for digital mapping. [23452/13]

Respite Care Grant

Tom Barry

357. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering any alteration to the cut to the carer's respite grant. [18515/13]

Child Benefit Payments

Tom Barry

358. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken, and continue to be taken, to address concerns about large sums of money being paid in children's allowance to families who are not resident in the State. [18516/13]

Cochlear Implants

Tom Barry

626. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to provide second cochlear implants for children who have already received one implant; and if he will provide two implants in future cases [18783/13]

Land Acquisition

Tom Barry

462. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hectares purchased in Munster by his Department between 2008 and 2011; the amount paid by his Department and vocational education committees for land purchase; and the amount paid to external consultants, auctioneers and valuers and in extraordinary/other and legal costs in relation to these purchases. [17112/13]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Tom Barry

72. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/13]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Tom Barry

137. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, County Cork; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14330/13]

Garda Recruitment

Tom Barry

88. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the next round of Garda recruitment commences, the Garda Reserve Force will be given preferential consideration. [13497/13]

Garda Transport Data

Tom Barry

385. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles actively available to Garda divisions (details supplied) at this time; and the number and type of Garda vehicles actively available to these divisions in each year over the past five years. [11411/13]

Garda Transport Provision

Tom Barry

386. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine the distribution of garda fleet vehicles. [11412/13]

Road Network

Tom Barry

594. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the proposed M20 motorway has been shelved indefinitely and that landowners affected by the proposed development will now be free to apply for planning permission, unrestricted; also, with industrial development of €150m in Mallow town, if he has made contingencies for the €25m required for a relief ring-road for the town. [11182/13]

Coast Guard Services

Tom Barry

779. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will acknowledge the work of Coast Guard volunteers; if he will continue to maintain support for them and other volunteer rescue units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8524/13]

Legislative Programme

Tom Barry

107. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2012 to allow for the registration, in Ireland, of the deaths of Irish citizens abroad. [7518/13]