Parliamentary questions

Unfinished Housing Developments

Peadar Tóibín

471. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where the ghost estates to be demolished are located; the level of completion of these ghost estates; if any attempts were made by local councils to bring those particular estates to completion; the costings that were made to assess the amount it would cost to do so; the amount of the allocated budget to finish these estates that has been availed of by the local councils in 2013; and the cost of the demolition of these ghost estates. [50501/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Noel Harrington

472. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has allocated to Cork County Council for water supply network projects for west Cork including the islands; the schemes that have been approved by his Department; the amount allocated; the proposed timescale for the completion of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50509/13]

NAMA Portfolio

Ann Phelan

473. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that houses (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be transferred from the National Asset Management Agency into Kilkenny local authorities as part of its social contract; the number of houses that will become available; if he will outline specifically the number of two-bedroom and three-bedroom houses that will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Jim Daly

474. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the funding that was made available by his Department for the Bandon main drainage scheme; the date this funding was allocated and if this money is ring-fenced for this project; if he will provide an update on the progress of this scheme including a start date and projected completion date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

475. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be allocated to a group sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50570/13]

Wastewater Treatment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

476. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list all the applications his Department has received from Kildare County Council for small sewage-waste water treatment systems in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50601/13]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Dessie Ellis

477. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way national lottery funds are allocated to good causes; and if he will provide in tabular form the good causes and the amount distributed for the period 2008 to date in 2013. [50640/13]

Regeneration Projects Status

Dessie Ellis

478. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the development plans for the main town centre in Ballymun, Dublin. [50641/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

479. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funds that will be made available to the social regeneration fund after Ballymun Regeneration Limited is wound down. [50642/13]

Local Authority Funding

Charles Flanagan

480. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct all local authorities to implement the business and retail incentive scheme to ensure that retailers and businesses are provided with incentives to locate to town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50690/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Terence Flanagan

481. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to assist in the regeneration of Buttercup housing estate in Darndale, Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50695/13]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

482. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department investigates the salary scales in housing bodies and charities before awarding them public funds; and if there are any criteria in terms of wage caps which are expected or required. [50697/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Jim Daly

483. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of Leader projects currently awaiting approval by his Department for awards in excess of €150,000; if he will confirm the value of projects in this group that were submitted to his Department prior to 20 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Jim Daly

484. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of moneys decommitted from Leader projects not proceeding or completed under budget since 31 August 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50702/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Jim Daly

485. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of Leader funds that are available for redistribution arising from findings of non-compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50703/13]

Departmental Functions

Colm Keaveney

486. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans his Department has to continue to deliver essential services in the event of a local authority becoming insolvent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/13]

Wastewater Treatment

Michael McNamara

487. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the issues Clare County Council was asked to address by letter of October 2012, informing the council that the preliminary report for the Shannon sewerage scheme was not approved and that the council should address issues in relation to the report as set out by his Department; if the council has responded; if the council has addressed the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50738/13]

Wastewater Treatment

Michael McNamara

488. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received the report of the Environmental Protection Agency audit, dated 16 October 2013, on the Shannon town wastewater treatment plant of Clare County Council, which found that the Shannon town wastewater treatment plant was generating significant hydrogen sulfide odours, it was designed and built without preliminary treatment facilities, it is operating in a septic condition probably due to the inadequacy of the mixing/aeration equipment currently installed, it is currently achieving very little in terms of wastewater treatment, and that urgent priority measures need to be taken ahead of the longer term planned upgrade of the plant; the way in which he will respond to the urgent need identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/13]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Terence Flanagan

489. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to organisations or agencies to deal with homelessness over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/13]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Joanna Tuffy

490. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the entitlement to social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50785/13]

Fire Stations Provision

Seán Kyne

491. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Galway County Council concerning the request for capital assistant to meet the cost of investing in a new fire station in the South Connemara region and whether, following receipt of an application, he is willing to consider the request in the context of capital expenditure. [50852/13]

Fire Stations Provision

Seán Kyne

492. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on the development of fire service provision in County Galway which has led to a situation where there is only one fire station in Connemara compared to seven serving the east of the county. [50853/13]

Fire Service

Seán Kyne

493. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is his intention to provide a new round of funding for the procurement of fire service equipment, including vehicles, for local authorities across the country; and if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed capital investment of €3 million in fire and emergency services in budget 2014. [50856/13]

Penalty Points System

Patrick O'Donovan

494. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of penalty points issued to persons as a result of detection by the speed camera vans since their introduction; the amount of revenue that has been raised as a result; if all the revenue has been returned to the Exchequer; the amount of fines levied which is overdue by more than three months; the proportion of those detections that were made in 50,60,100 and 120 km/h zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50233/13]

Departmental Banking

Ciaran Lynch

495. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the percentage of additional charge that is applied to such transactions under the merchant agreement; the total value of the additional charge in respect of debit and credit cards in 2012; if any portion of the additional charge accrued to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50138/13]

State Bodies Establishment

Seán Crowe

496. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in appointing a Criminal Injuries Appeals Board; the person he proposes to appoint to the board; the amount of appellants currently waiting to be heard; and the longest period any individual appellant has waited for their appeal to be heard. [50196/13]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

497. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that were transferred by division to new divisions in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; the extent to which this occurred because of the Garda Commissioner’s policing plan; the extent to which it occurred because of changing demographics or crime trends; the difficulties in transferring gardaí between divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50285/13]

Asylum Support Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

498. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision for more than one year, for more than two years, for more than three years, for more than four years, for more than five years and for six years or more; the cost of direct provision in 2013; the estimated costs in 2014; his plans to shorten the average time to process claims to remain in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50302/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

499. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda vetting clearance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50359/13]

Garda Equipment

Pádraig MacLochlainn

500. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons whose information is on PULSE are given a criminal intelligence number. [50360/13]

Garda Equipment

Pádraig MacLochlainn

501. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the age of the youngest person with a criminal intelligence number on the PULSE system. [50361/13]

Coroners Service

Pádraig MacLochlainn

502. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a revised version of the Coroner's Bill 2007 will be presented to Dáil Éireann. [50362/13]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

503. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/13]

Garda Juvenile Liaison Service

Catherine Murphy

504. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50532/13]

Firearms Licences

Michael Healy-Rae

505. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the approval for use of silencers on rifles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50541/13]

Departmental Bodies Data

Shane Ross

506. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the State in paying the remuneration of directors of these quangos; the number of quangos that have been created since the formation of the Government; the number that have been disbanded over the period; the projected cost to the taxpayer of the establishment and operation of these new quangos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50556/13]

Courts Staff

Pádraig MacLochlainn

507. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court messengers appointed in the counties of Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare; the names and dates of their appointments and the salaries paid to them in the current year. [50593/13]

Visa Applications

Michael McCarthy

508. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person who is a Turkish national who is currently resident here and who wishes to commence a visa application accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/13]

Garda Equipment

Niall Collins

509. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money spent per annum on rental costs for electronic and other speeding signs and information used by the Garda from 2008 to date in 2013 in total and broken down district by district. [50651/13]

Legal Services Regulation

Terence Flanagan

510. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the background to the inclusion of sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50711/13]

Crime Prevention

Terence Flanagan

511. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent incidence of burglaries in Kilbarrack, Dublin 5; the discussions he has had with Garda authorities on the matter; the action being taken to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50731/13]

Legal Aid Service Expenditure

Terence Flanagan

512. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid each year in legal aid for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50757/13]

Prisoner Releases

Niall Collins

513. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners on release that were recalled to prison during the period 2001-10 due to breach of conditions; the total number of each condition where a breach resulted in revocation of temporary release (details supplied); where a revocation of temporary release is as a result of being charged with an additional offence, the type of offences which were alleged to have been committed. [50805/13]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Seán Kenny

514. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Swords District Court fully wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50823/13]

Departmental Banking

Ciaran Lynch

515. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the percentage of additional charge that is applied to such transactions under the merchant agreement; the total value of the additional charge in respect of debit and credit cards in 2012; if any portion of the additional charge accrued to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50131/13]

Defence Forces Equipment

Seán Crowe

516. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the number of times the ambulance service in the Curragh Camp was called to work outside the camp in the past three years; and if a yearly breakdown could be given. [50588/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Pat Breen

517. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50094/13]

Departmental Banking

Ciaran Lynch

518. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the percentage of additional charge that is applied to such transactions under the merchant agreement; the total value of the additional charge in respect of debit and credit cards in 2012; if any portion of the additional charge accrued to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50127/13]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

John McGuinness

519. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 October 2013 if farm payments will be approved and paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [50167/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

520. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

521. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50171/13]

Animal Welfare

Maureen O'Sullivan

522. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has included the docking of dog tails and clipping of dew claws in pups of up to four days old in regulations being drafted under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; if the regulations will require only qualified personnel to carry out such operations; the way in which these regulations are in line with section 12, prohibition of animal cruelty in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50174/13]

Animal Welfare

Dara Calleary

523. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind proposed regulations under sections 16 and 17 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to allow for tail docking and dew claw removal of dogs; the reasons these proposals allow for these procedures to be carried out by non-registered persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50176/13]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Dara Calleary

524. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for incentives for small business start-ups or expansions to take place on Department-owned facilities within each of the fishery harbour centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50182/13]

Commonage Division

Noel Coonan

525. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an inspection of commonage land took place at Derrygoolin, Woodford, County Galway by two officials from the Tipperary office (details supplied), that they granted an eligibility area in excess of 90% and that a separate inspection on the same lands by two officials from the Galway office applied an eligibility penalty and only allowed an eligible area of 50%; the reasons for the variation involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50221/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

526. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50222/13]

Agriculture Schemes Penalties

Tom Fleming

527. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Kerry that have been hit with penalties of 3% and upwards in respect of their single farm payments and disadvantaged area scheme payments in regards to scrub land and land with rushes; the number that have been hit with 100% penalties; the loss in income to Kerry farmers; if he will come to the assistance of these hard pressed farmers who are fighting for survival following the recent fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50244/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

James Bannon

528. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas based scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50277/13]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

529. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money spent in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in reimbursing local authorities for the removal of horses; the amount per horse paid to each authority; the reason for the difference in the rates; the number of horses removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50304/13]

Agriculture Schemes Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

530. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of area aid on arable land who are paid less than €150/ha on this land, between €150/ha and €264/ha, between €264/ha and €400/ha, between €400/ha and €500/ha, between €500/ha and €600/ha, between €600/ha and €700/ha, between €700/ha and €800/ha, between 800/ha and €900/ha, between €900/ha and €1,000/ha and more than €1000/ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50306/13]

Sheep Fencing-Mobile Equipment Scheme Applications

Arthur Spring

531. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the level of bureaucracy associated with the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme is necessary in order to modernise and reduce the level of paper work required for sheep farmers as the small hill sheep farmer can find the current administration procedures difficult and discouraging. [50307/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Charlie McConalogue

532. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50332/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Michael Moynihan

533. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50350/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

James Bannon

534. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of herd owners in receipt of payments under the agri-environment options scheme in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50351/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Michelle Mulherin

535. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the issuing of the single farm payment and area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application will be expedited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50358/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Dara Calleary

536. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their area aid payment, single farm payment and REP scheme payments processed; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50363/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Charlie McConalogue

537. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50366/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Michael Moynihan

538. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50369/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

James Bannon

539. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for area aid payments in Counties Longford and Westmeath who to date have not received payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Tom Fleming

540. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a REPS payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50392/13]

Animal Welfare

Joe Higgins

541. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider signing into law regulations to be made under sections 16 and 17 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 allowing for tail docking and dew claw removal of dogs and that they may be performed by non-registered persons, namely, persons other than registered veterinary practitioners, using no anaesthesia or pain relief as per representations that have been made to his office by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Dogs Trust in Ireland. [50394/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility

Paul Connaughton

542. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the options open to them in terms of appealing the decision in view of the fodder crisis experienced this spring and the difficulty it created for farmers in complying with newly introduced regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50405/13]

Poultry Industry

Pat Deering

543. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered turkey producers here. [50459/13]

Poultry Industry

Pat Deering

544. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of turkeys imported into the State and exported from the State in the past three years. [50460/13]

Equine Identification Scheme

Pat Deering

545. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made on the amnesty for unregistered horses. [50461/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Sean Conlan

546. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not received their single farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50503/13]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Noel Coonan

547. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an officer of his Department in County Galway could recommend 90% forest eligibility on land at Kilbeg (details supplied) and then agree with the finding of zero forage on similar type of land at Keelderry commonage, County Galway despite no change in the terms and conditions of the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50519/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

548. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50522/13]

Company Closures

Michael Moynihan

549. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which he first learned of issues in relation to TLT International; if there were any levies not paid by TLT International as early as January 2013; if so, the reason he did not alert marts in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50527/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Noel Coonan

550. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50566/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Noel Coonan

551. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment will issue to a a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50567/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

552. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [50594/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Brendan Griffin

553. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm and disadvantaged areas scheme payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50596/13]

Animal Welfare

Michael Colreavy

554. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grounds on which the docking of the tails of certain working breeds of dogs can be justified; and if this is related to the requirements for showing such dogs. [50636/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Denis Naughten

555. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50712/13]

Agriculture Schemes Penalties

Brendan Griffin

556. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment for an over-claim will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50745/13]

Food Safety Standards Regulation

Andrew Doyle

557. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if national guidelines are planned for the traceability of meat supplied to the beef, sheep and pig processing plants to resolve the issue of substitution of imported meats in Irish-labelled meat exports. [50759/13]

Animal Feedstuffs

Andrew Doyle

558. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a working group to promote the production of feed compounds to reduce the ever-increasing imported feed bill. [50762/13]

Farm Waste Management

Andrew Doyle

559. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has taken any action to promote the use of biogas from agricultural waste; and if he has promoted the use of biomethane fuel in agricultural vehicles. [50764/13]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Denis Naughten

560. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a request from a deputation on the downgrade of his offices in Roscommon town; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other State bodies are now reviewing and reversing the policy of complete centralisation of administrative functions; if he will review the decision to downgrade the Roscommon office in view of the unique skill-set acquired by his staff in that office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/13]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Patrick O'Donovan

561. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50816/13]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Seán Kyne

562. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has held provisional discussions with his Department and with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding a new agri-environmental scheme to be rolled out under the new rural development programme; if he favours a whole farm approach or a more targeted scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50855/13]

Departmental Banking

Ciaran Lynch

563. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of services provided to the public by her Department and entities reporting to her Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the percentage of additional charge that is applied to such transactions under the merchant agreement; the total value of the additional charge in respect of debit and credit cards in 2012; if any portion of the additional charge accrued to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/13]

Adoption Services Provision

Clare Daly

564. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has instructed the Adoption Authority of Ireland to carry out an extensive audit of all of its files and all accredited bodies as part of an investigation into seeking information about illegal adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50159/13]

Children in Care

Michael McCarthy

565. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions her Department will be taking after the recent report released by the national review panel concerning children who have died in care, after-care or known to the Health Service Executive in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50163/13]

Early Child Care Education

Robert Troy

566. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the mechanism with which she intends to roll out the mentoring programme for preschool years as announced in budget 2014; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50255/13]

Early Child Care Education Standards

Robert Troy

567. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes she proposes to make to the child care or preschool regulations; and the timeframe in which these changes will be implemented. [50257/13]

Preschool Services

Robert Troy

568. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the new fee structure for registration of preschool services; if this new fee will replace the existing fee; the current level of funding from existing fee and the projected level of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50258/13]

Adoption Services Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

569. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an extensive audit has been carried out on all of the adoption files retained by the Adoption Authority of Ireland, including files that belonged to accredited adoption bodies, to determine the extent to which any potential illegal adoptions which took place in the State in the past 61 years can be identified. [50334/13]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

570. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on the lottery grant fund application in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Meath. [50403/13]