Parliamentary questions

Speech and Language Therapy

Mary Lou McDonald

559. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a Health Service Executive recommendation of speech and language therapy for a young child (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will not be implemented for at least one year due to a waiting list for such therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to impose additional reductions in pay and changes to working terms and conditions to those public sector workers who through their unions do not sign up to the Haddington Road agreement. [29864/13]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if following the recent launch of the competitive process of the new National Lottery licence if the current level of good causes funding will be maintained. [29865/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Mary Lou McDonald

44. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will recall his circular of July 2012; and if he will issue a new circular to all public service procurers informing them that the use of the framework agreements is simply optional and not mandatory. [29561/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Mary Lou McDonald

49. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he intends to take following the recent High Court judgment which concluded that his Department's Circular 06/12 is ultra vires and incompatible with EU law as it makes the use of the Managed Print Services Framework Agreements mandatory. [29559/13]

Defence Forces Operations

Mary Lou McDonald

39. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the amount the security arrangements for the G8 summit in County Fermanagh will cost the Irish tax payer. [29116/13]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

250. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that will be put in place to mitigate the loss of income and subsequent financial hardship for a person (details supplied) currently on a community employment scheme in County Longford who is due to lose her lone parent's allowance from July 2013. [29257/13]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received Mr. Justice John Quirke’s recommendations taking into account the findings of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen laundries in view of details supplied; his views on the United Nations Committee against Torture’s opinion (details further supplied); and if he will clarify if the Magdalen fund or commission will be placed on a statutory footing with independent statutory powers, be transparent, be subject to an appeals process and be independently monitored. [28248/13]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which he will conclude his consideration of an apology and redress for the small number of surviving men and women of Bethany Home. [28247/13]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to aid local authorities in developing new more independent housing structures which could seek financing for the provision of social housing in a similar fashion to voluntary housing bodies. [27053/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Mary Lou McDonald

342. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the new national lottery draft licence. [27572/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Mary Lou McDonald

343. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monetary amount that would be provided to good causes under the new national lottery draft licence contractual obligations based on the 2012 National Lottery sales figures. [27573/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Mary Lou McDonald

344. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform based on the 2012 National Lottery's gross sales figure, if the monetary amount provided to good causes under the new draft lottery licence will be greater or less than the amount paid in 2012 under the current licence arrangements. [27574/13]

EU Conventions

Mary Lou McDonald

723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic abuse here, if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on behalf of the State before Ireland’s EU Presidency concludes; his views on the fact that Ireland remains one of the minority number of countries who have thus far failed to sign up to the Convention since it opened for signature in May 2011. [27445/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

725. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the Magdalen Fund to surviving women of the former Sisters of Mercy Laundry in Clifden, County Galway. [27464/13]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

896. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he has considered providing IVF treatment funded and delivered by the public health system. [27266/13]

Assisted Human Reproduction Data

Mary Lou McDonald

897. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of women here that received IVF treatment in 2012. [27267/13]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

898. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer for the provision of IVF treatment to suitable candidates through the public health system. [27268/13]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

899. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that women requiring IVF treatment when no other treatment is likely to be effective in assisting human reproduction can only avail of such treatment through the private health service. [27269/13]

Medicinal Products Availability

Mary Lou McDonald

901. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reversing the decision of the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics to cease providing Pirfenidone to patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. [27275/13]

Medicinal Products Availability

Mary Lou McDonald

902. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the additional annual cost to the Health Service Executive budget for more frequent and longer hospital stays arising from the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics decision to cease providing Pirfenidone to patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. [27276/13]

Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas

Mary Lou McDonald

13. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mary Lou McDonald den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta céard iad na himpleachtaí a mheasann sé a bheidh ann mar thoradh ar an múnla nua maoinithe atá curtha os comhair na Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas do líon agus do chaighdeán na seirbhísí do phobal na Gaeilge agus do chúrsaí fostaíochta d’fhostaithe sna heagrais bhunmhaoinithe reatha; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26253/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

35. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mary Lou McDonald den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú ar cad iad na spriocanna fostaíochta atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta don bhliain seo, 2013; cén dul chun cinn atá déanta acu agus an bhfuil na spriocanna tréimhsiúla a bhí acu á mbaint amach; cé méid post nua atá cruthaithe i mbliana sa Ghaeltacht le tacaíocht ón Údarás; cé méid post atá caillte; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an staid fostaíochta sa Ghaeltacht go ginearálta. [26254/13]

Child Benefit Rates

Mary Lou McDonald

27. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding potential changes to child benefit payments. [25717/13]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

51. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct her Department to begin a public awareness campaign to highlight the availability of family income supplement. [25716/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

303. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that special educational needs supports have been withdrawn from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1, on the basis that the supports are only provided to primary and special schools, yet this school has a roll number as provided to all primary and special schools, compiles the annual statistical returns for special schools to his Department annually, is classified as a special school on his Departments website, received a new building under the primary and special school building unit and adheres to the rules and regulations for national schools; and if he will take corrective action to remedy this situation. [25952/13]

Respite Care Grant Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

641. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a crisis request by the Health Service Executive to house two vulnerable children, the Sancta Maria respite care facility on the Navan Road, Dublin 7, has now had to withdraw all regular respite care for children and adults for at least a four week period until such time that the physical layout of the the facility is restructured to accommodate the two children in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25311/13]

Mobility Allowance Decision

Mary Lou McDonald

686. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that following his decision to abolish the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant, disabled persons in Dublin Central are no longer able to attend rehabilitative training services, access to the wider community has been severely limited increasing social isolation and their independence and dignity has been severely reduced; the corrective action he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25847/13]

Croke Park Agreement Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department officials have completed their preparation on legislative measures to reduce the public sector pay and pensions bill; and when he intends to publish this legislation. [24804/13]

Employment Rights

Mary Lou McDonald

24. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the rise in au pair placement agencies and on line recruitment if he will consider legislating to ensure that au pairs receive the protections entitled to all workers. [24449/13]

Employment Rights

Mary Lou McDonald

55. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent findings of the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland into the recruitment and employment of au pairs, the steps he will take to regulate this industry and recognise that au pairs should not be outside of the employment protections. [24448/13]

Institutes of Technology

Mary Lou McDonald

90. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the local employment clause contained within the DIT Grangegorman project contract. [24605/13]

Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses

Mary Lou McDonald

127. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all public procurement contracts which contain local employment or social clauses. [24605/13]

Magdalene Laundries Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

198. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which Mr. Justice Quirke will report back to him with recommendations regarding the Magdalene Laundries Fund and accompanying matters. [24601/13]

Magdalene Laundries Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

199. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the elderly Magdalene Laundries surviving women living in the US seeking to meet with Mr. Justice Quirke who due to ill health and or financial restraints have been unable to travel and in such instances have been told that they can only be accommodated if they are in a position to travel to Dublin at their own cost; the actions he will take to facilitate these women in providing them with an opportunity to set out their experience to Mr. Justice Quirke. [24602/13]

Budget 2014

Mary Lou McDonald

79. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance how the prolongation of maturities in some of Ireland's debts will affect budget 2014; and if he will outline the likely period of additional scrutiny including visits by the troika or EU Commission these extensions will bring. [23945/13]

Economic Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

96. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Ballyhea says No Group and examined their proposals for economic recovery. [23946/13]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

513. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if in view of the issues raised in the "Prime Time Investigates" programme on the Bethany Home on 13 May 2013 and ongoing calls for justice for survivors of the Bethany Home, he will put in place a redress scheme for survivors. [23686/13]

Human Rights Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

46. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, who was due to visit Bahrain from May 8 - 15, had his trip cancelled by the Bahraini Government; if he is concerned by this development; and if he has raised it with the Bahraini Government. [23229/13]

Sports Facilities Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to publish the National Sports Facilities Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22848/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Mary Lou McDonald

123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if it is permissible for a registered charity to include political donations for tax relief purposes. [23287/13]

Hospital Services

Mary Lou McDonald

102. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to existing children’s hospitals, including Temple Street, in view of the further delay in the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/13]

Hospital Procedures

Mary Lou McDonald

106. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all publicly funded hospitals, regardless of their form of patronage or nominal religious denomination, are and will be required to provide treatments permissible under the law and that it will be unlawful for such hospitals, as institutions, to deny such treatments as required for the lives, health and well-being of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

624. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme has been suspended for existing patients who have applied from acute hospital beds and for those who apply while in care in the community or has the scheme been suspended for those applying for the fair deal scheme while in care in the community; if he will confirm that the scheme has not been ended entirely; and if he will provide an exact date upon which the suspension of the fair deal scheme will be lifted [22389/13]

Child Development

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans, if any, to address the need for prospective parent awareness of the importance of love, nurture and stability in the early and formative years of their children's lives for their general development, health and fulfilment throughout all their days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21766/13]

Croke Park Agreement Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

58. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm that his Department did not calculate the specific reduction of GDP growth directly attributed to the proposed Croke Park 2 cuts to public sector pay and pension of €1 billion between 2013 and 2015. [21966/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Mary Lou McDonald

97. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that all State boards have at least 40% of each gender [21969/13]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

98. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of principal officers within the civil service that are women. [21971/13]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

99. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of assistant principal officers within the civil service that are women. [21972/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

100. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to proceed with legislative cuts to public sector pay implemented from 1 July 2013. [21973/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

142. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 941 and 942 of 16 April 2013, the steps being taken to ensure that there is access to Magdalene graves and ensure the upkeep of Magdalene graves. [21967/13]

Local Authority Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

143. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of city and county managers that are women. [21970/13]

Health Information and Quality Authority Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

219. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to ensure permanent advocacy for women in institutionalised settings in their places of residence in view of the 2010 Health Information and Quality Authority inspection of one such setting which found that some institutional practices were observed which require to be reviewed, these include empowering residents to make decisions and choices in their daily lives, reviewing the form of addresses used and ensuring the confidentiality of residents' information [21968/13]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

411. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will make an intervention into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will seek a place in a full-time care facility for them and ensure that they receive the care that they need for recovery. [21537/13]

Departmental Strategies

Mary Lou McDonald

31. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the work that has been carried out to compile an integration strategy; when the strategy will be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20841/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

77. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21591/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

99. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21588/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

103. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21010/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

112. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21590/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

139. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21585/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

143. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21582/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

145. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21583/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

168. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21589/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

200. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21587/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

201. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21584/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

215. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21581/13]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

257. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21586/13]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on work being carried out at an estate (details supplied); and if any further funds are required to give a timeframe for completion. [20484/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities that are employed on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum. [20499/13]

Irish Language

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update as to the progress that has been made in relation to the commitment in the 20 year strategy to provide a new definition for the Gaeltacht based on linguistic criteria. [19283/13]

Commemorative Events

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the context of the decade of commemorations, his plans to restore Richmond Barracks; and if he will implement the recommendations in the proposal submitted to his office by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19366/13]

Employment Rights

Mary Lou McDonald

112. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the impact of the recent Industrial Relations Act on the wages of low paid workers; and the way his Department monitors the wages of highest paid workers to ensure cost competitiveness. [18617/13]

Joint Labour Committees Agreements

Mary Lou McDonald

133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a copy of the Labour Court Review of ten existing JLC; and if he will outline when he will be able to form a view of its recommendations. [18616/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary and name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisors for 2012. [18356/13]

Fiscal Advisory Council

Mary Lou McDonald

179. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total moneys paid to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council since it was set up in 2011; and if he will assess the work of the council to date. [18249/13]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Mary Lou McDonald

674. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investments planned for upgrading the deteriorating road surface along Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin, at two sections, the first between Darling Estate and the Hole in the Wall pub and the second between Nephin Road and Villa Park. [18248/13]

Croke Park Agreement Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out his implementation plan for the Labour Relations Commission's Croke Park II recommendations. [18001/13]

Sale of State Assets

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the State assets that he intends to dispose of in 2013. [18002/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

28. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [17836/13]

Pension Provisions

Mary Lou McDonald

37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether pensions paid to former Taoisigh, Ministers and office holders cannot be significantly reduced on the basis that these payments are legally interpreted as property rights. [17837/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012 [18327/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

85. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012 [18326/13]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

93. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, including structure, staffing and finance. [18100/13]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

94. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason almost two years after the processing of grant applications ceased, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board has not resumed the processing of applications. [18101/13]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

95. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the way the €110 million euro allocation of Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board is being spent. [18102/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

96. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for eligibility and acceptance of applications for education grants. [18103/13]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

97. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for eligibility and acceptance of applications for Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board education grants. [18105/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

107. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisors pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisors for 2012 [18324/13]

Ministerial Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

109. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the annual salary amount to be received by the Taoiseach, each Government Minister and each Department secretary general, if the proposed Croke Park II Labour Relations Commission reduction in pay proposals are imposed. [18003/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

131. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012 [18329/13]

Family Income Supplement Application Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

144. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of families in receipt of family income supplement that are public sector workers. [18099/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

156. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular format a list of all her special advisers' pay and that of her Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard and scale salary rate; and if she will supply the total pay bill for all her special advisers for 2012 [18331/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

165. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisors pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisors for 2012 [18320/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard and scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [18322/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

191. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale and salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [18325/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

210. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012 [18330/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

214. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers' pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [18323/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

233. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [18319/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

236. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in a tabular format a list of all her special advisors pay and that of her Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if she will supply the total pay bill for all her special advisors for 2012 [18321/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

256. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular format a list of all his special advisers pay and that of his Minister of State, to include each salary, name of employee above principal officer standard scale salary rate; and if he will supply the total pay bill for all his special advisers for 2012. [18328/13]