Parliamentary questions

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

735. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

759. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the current salaries paid to all city and county managers of local authorities. [34483/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

760. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if salaries across all local authorities were capped at €100,000. [34484/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

761. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following bands (details supplied). [34485/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

766. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34512/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

767. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department. [34528/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

768. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accounting; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34544/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

769. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012-13 academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34560/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

770. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accounting; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34576/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

771. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [34592/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

772. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34608/13]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

773. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if he will provide a list of all salaries, post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement paid to his special advisers. [34624/13]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Mary Lou McDonald

839. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of public private partnership projects that have proceeded under traditional procurement methods and the cost of each project. [35454/13]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Mary Lou McDonald

840. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of public private partnership water infrastructure project private investors and the project in which they invested. [35455/13]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Mary Lou McDonald

841. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the experience to date of the design, build and operate model advantages of public private partnerships referred to on page 85 of the report on the value for money review of the water services investment programme 2007 to 2009. [35458/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

851. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

853. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36216/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

877. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. [34443/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

878. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has held discussions with his counterparts across Europe during Ireland's Presidency of the EU in support for the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. [34444/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

879. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made during Ireland's Presidency of the EU in securing ratification by EU member states of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. [34445/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

880. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made regarding the particular difficulty to be addressed in Ireland's consideration of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence relating to reconciling property rights under the Irish constitution with the requirement under Article 52 of the convention, the availability of emergency barring orders. [34446/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

881. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering the inclusion of a provision requiring permanent or temporary interference with property rights for the common good in the consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation his Department is to progress when other legislative priorities in his Department have been disposed of. [34447/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

882. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34517/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

883. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department. [34533/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

884. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34549/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

885. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34565/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

886. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34581/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

887. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34597/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

888. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34613/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

889. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisors' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if he will provide a list of all salaries, post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement paid to his special advisors. [34629/13]

Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

933. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

934. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36220/13]

Ministerial Travel

Mary Lou McDonald

938. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the usage of the Government jet from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012, to include the Minister, the country visited, the event attended and the cost to the State of each journey. [34487/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

939. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34510/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

940. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all the non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [34526/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

941. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34542/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

942. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012-13 academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34558/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

943. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34574/13]

Departmental Travel

Mary Lou McDonald

944. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [34590/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

945. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34606/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

957. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

959. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36214/13]

Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

965. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34506/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

966. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department. [34522/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

967. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34538/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

968. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012/13 academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34554/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

969. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34570/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

970. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [34586/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

971. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34602/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

972. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if he will provide a list of all salaries, post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement paid to his special advisers. [34618/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1005. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1007. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all commercial State company chief executive officers within the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36089/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

1008. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/13]

Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1016. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of her Department. [34508/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1017. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under the aegis of her Department. [34524/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1018. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34540/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

1019. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012/13 academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of her Department. [34556/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1020. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34572/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1021. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for her Department. [34588/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1022. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for her Department. [34604/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1023. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all her special advisors' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if she will provide a list of all salaries, post-implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement paid to her special advisors. [34620/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1031. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35795/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

1033. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36212/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mary Lou McDonald

1048. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting time for therapeutic input in the Wellmount Health Centre is over a year and that the Health Service Executive area manager of Dublin north east estimates that waiting times will grow due to the increasing demands and constraints on the services, and that the waiting times are more than a year for each subsequent block of therapy sessions needed; the measures he will implement to combat the long-term damage for young children arising from his inability to tackle excessively long waiting times for fundamental therapeutic input such as speech and language, if he has discussed the matter with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; if he has discussed the matter with the Department of Education and Skills as this failure by his Department clearly impacts on the increased need for special needs assistants to assist children as they progress in their education. [34344/13]

Speech and Language Therapy

Mary Lou McDonald

1049. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged between three and 12 years who are on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [34348/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

1050. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged between three and 12 years who are on a waiting list for behavioural therapy. [34349/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

1063. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following implementation of the Haddington Road agreement, if hospital consultant pay was capped at €150,000 per annum. [34478/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1064. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic costs for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical practice were paid for by private insurance operators. [34479/13]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1065. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following bands (details supplied). [34480/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1069. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board,s to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34515/13]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1070. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department. [34531/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1071. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34547/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

1072. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012-13 academic year, 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34563/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1073. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT-related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34579/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1074. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department [34595/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1075. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34611/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1076. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; if he will provide a list of all salaries post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement paid to his special advisers. [34627/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1153. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1155. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of all commercial State-companies' chief executive officers within the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36091/13]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

1156. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36218/13]

Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1178. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34521/13]

Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

1179. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [34537/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1180. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34553/13]

Departmental Staff Training

Mary Lou McDonald

1181. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012-13 academic year, from 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34569/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

1182. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34585/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1183. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [34601/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1184. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34617/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

1185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; and if he will provide a list of all salaries paid to his special advisers, post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement. [34633/13]

International Agreements

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that he intends to ratify International Labour Organisation convention 189 on domestic workers; and the timescale for its ratification. [33514/13]

Proposed Legislation

Mary Lou McDonald

52. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timescale for completion of the consumer and competition Bill. [33517/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

207. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2012; if he will further provide a breakdown of the categories of crime these persons were imprisoned for and a gender breakdown of same. [33680/13]

Respite Care Grant Payments

Mary Lou McDonald

97. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the budget 2013 cuts to respite carers' grant. [33253/13]

Social Welfare Code Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

110. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will publish new guidelines to reform the rules regarding the habitual residency condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33252/13]

EU Presidency Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report of her Department's activities as part of the recent Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32602/13]

Child Care Reports

Mary Lou McDonald

28. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will introduce to bring current child care regulations into line with the standards that all service-user parents, and Irish society generally, expect; the staffing levels, training and oversight requirements she proposes to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/13]

State Examinations Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

22. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the report he has ordered the State Examinations Commission to make into the typographical errors and mistakes that were made on leaving certificate papers; and if he will provide details of the way answers to these questions will be assessed in view of these mistakes. [32211/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a guarantee that he has shelved plans to include assets such as farmland and business premises in the means tests for third level students. [32212/13]

Price of Medicines

Mary Lou McDonald

207. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 901, 902 and 941 for 11 June 2013, if the Health Service Executive concluded its consideration of the Intermune offer in relation to the pricing of Pirfenidone; and if not, by what date will a decision be reached. [32314/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Mary Lou McDonald

121. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the submissions made to the Central Bank’s review on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears; and if he will state the number of submissions that proposed the following, namely, a removal of the 12 month moratorium on repossessions, a removal or loosening of the three contacts rule with owners in mortgage difficulty, the facilitation of a movement off tracker mortgages in some cases, and the need for a greater role for Money Advice and Budgeting Service in the resolution process. [31866/13]

NAMA Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline where and when the National Asset Management Agency intends to spend the €2 billion it has announced as part of its investment plan which will see it overhauling assets underlying loans in the south of Ireland. [31880/13]