Parliamentary questions

European Banking Sector

Andrew Doyle

219. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the Irish arrangements and permanent delegation to the European Banking Authority based in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29889/14]

Financial Instruments

Andrew Doyle

220. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if the practice of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending can be incorporated in legislation in view of the recently issued consumer notice on crowdfunding, including peer-to-peer lending by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29890/14]

World Bank Policy

Andrew Doyle

221. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's operational relationship with the World Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29896/14]

Library Services Staff

Andrew Doyle

530. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if approval has been given to the application by Wicklow County Council to fill a number of vacancies in the Wicklow County Council library service, including the position of executive librarian at Greystones library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29506/14]

Visa Agreements

Andrew Doyle

660. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative provisions, both through Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments that will need to be put in place before the commencement of the British Irish visa scheme for the common travel area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/14]

EU Meetings

Andrew Doyle

661. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline Ireland's operational arrangements as chairman of the Europol management board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29892/14]

Driver Licences

Andrew Doyle

841. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a status report on mutual recognition of Irish driver licences with all the Canadian provinces and territories; the current status of Irish driver licences recognition for Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut; if he will provide an update on activities by the Road Safety Authority and the Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa on having Irish driver licences recognised and setting up a reciprocal recognition scheme between each jurisdiction where recognition is not yet established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29887/14]

VAT Rate Application

Andrew Doyle

57. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will exempt community-based fund raising activities from the 23% VAT rate which currently exists particularly when such activities are voluntarily led with a view to supporting persons or communities who are fund raising to support terminal or serious illness (details supplied) in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28583/14]

Enterprise Data

Andrew Doyle

251. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county of the 32,000 who started new businesses in 2013; if he will provide the data in tabular form; the support mechanisms already in place to assist this high level of activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27011/14]

Planning Issues

Andrew Doyle

377. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the signs of recovery of the building industry, his views that An Bord Pleanála board has a sufficient range of in-house expertise to deal with the anticipated extra workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/14]

Wastewater Treatment

Andrew Doyle

378. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the need to ensure that Ireland has a reliable, high-quality water supply, if there is sufficient guidance for An Bord Pleanála to ensure that every planning review which includes wastewater treatment is considered by a board which has adequate expertise to assess the proposals or obtains independent outside expert advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26811/14]

Departmental Functions

Andrew Doyle

379. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of freedom of information and AEI regulations, if his Department or any other State body has provided any advice or guidance to bodies such as An Bord Pleanála to set out the way to handle contemporaneous notes taken in the consideration of cases or during board meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/14]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Andrew Doyle

689. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of the sports capital programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the applications that received the funding and the current status of applications that have yet to receive notification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/14]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Andrew Doyle

690. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategy for greenway development in Wicklow; if an implementation process has been put in place; if a time frame has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27178/14]

Mountain Rescue Service

Andrew Doyle

691. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and future plans for the mountain rescue groups in County Wicklow; the provision of funding to assist these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/14]

Tourism Data

Andrew Doyle

692. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total visitor numbers to County Wicklow in the past 12 months; the approximate spend in the county per visitor; the length of time and the breakdown of overseas versus visitors from Ireland; the direct and indirect employment breakdown for County Wicklow in tabular form; the future incentives for the county to bring more employment for tourism in Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27183/14]

National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans

Andrew Doyle

141. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if a strategic process for the National Pensions Reserve Fund has been put in place to become part of a funding mechanism for Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25903/14]

Common Travel Area

Andrew Doyle

591. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions both she and her officials have had with their respective counterparts in the British Government regarding the common travel area since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25941/14]

Common Travel Area

Andrew Doyle

592. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions both she and her officials have had with their respective counterparts in Northern Ireland regarding the common travel area since March 2011 through the medium of the North-South Ministerial Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25943/14]

Road User Levy

Andrew Doyle

776. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions both he and his officials have had with their respective counterparts in Northern Ireland regarding the common travel area since March 2011 through the medium of the North-South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/14]