Parliamentary questions

Child Care Services Provision

Willie O'Dea

84. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding complementary funding supports to county childcare committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56713/12]

Public Inquiries

Willie O'Dea

120. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the De Silva report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56927/12]

Public Inquiries

Willie O'Dea

121. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with the British government in relation to the De Silva Report and the need for a full independent inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56928/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Willie O'Dea

638. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the fate of the agency workers who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive in the posts now to be taken by new graduate nurses; if he will consider these temporary contract workers as applicants for the new posts alongside the graduate nurses when advertising the new positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56812/12]

Single Payment Scheme Expenditure

Willie O'Dea

19. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the 0.9% linear reduction to the single farm payment imposed in 2012; the number of farmers this will affect; the total amount of the reduction and where these funds go; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55971/12]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications

Willie O'Dea

34. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the agri-environment options scheme 3 by 7 December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55976/12]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Willie O'Dea

14. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that remuneration levels for Defence Force personnel are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54781/12]

Tax Yield

Willie O'Dea

43. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the average and median individual amount of increased taxation in comparison to pre-July 2013 levels that women on maternity benefit will pay after July 2013 in a full tax year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55760/12]

Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Willie O'Dea

44. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the reason behind the changes in taxation regarding maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55761/12]

Tax Rebates

Willie O'Dea

45. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money the Revenue repaid in tax refunds under maternity benefit rates in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55762/12]

Joint Policing Committees Remit

Willie O'Dea

60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of joint policing committees; his view on broadening their remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Willie O'Dea

255. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the number of recipients of child benefit who are in receipt of payments for third and subsequent child broken down by country and number of children. [55373/12]

Respite Care Grant Data

Willie O'Dea

260. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular breakdown by county the total number of persons in receipt of respite care grant, regardless of other payments in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [55553/12]

Departmental Correspondence

Willie O'Dea

94. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if he will respond to the requests of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 [54954/12]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Willie O'Dea

81. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of funding for the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49896/12]

Health Insurance Claims

Willie O'Dea

669. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will confirm insurance payment issues in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54490/12]

Alternative Energy Projects

Willie O'Dea

30. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consequences for Ireland of EU Commission proposals that aim to cap crop based bio-fuel production to a maximum of 5% of total transport fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53268/12]

Energy Resources

Willie O'Dea

42. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the assessment of the International Energy Agency in its World Energy Outlook report that fears of peak oil are unfounded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53273/12]

Employment Support Services

Willie O'Dea

381. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend access to the jobbridge scheme to the self employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52490/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Willie O'Dea

407. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two members of staff who are redeployed from FAS to her Department and are carrying out all of the higher grade duties whilst on secondment to LES Limerick on a continuous basis for 16 years, have not received the acting up allowance currently €16,135 since January 2012; that they have been informed that this allowance will not be paid until they sign their transfer contracts; however this allowance is not reckonable for superannuation purposes even though they now pay full pension contributions due on their full salary for the past 16 years; her plans to regularise this situation and if not, what recourse the employees have to ensure regularisation of their situation whilst retaining their rights as civil servants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52795/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Willie O'Dea

697. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the Options Programme in County Limerick which allows persons with special needs, the average age of which currently is 24 years, to remain within the training environment, giving a sense of worth of worth and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52830/12]

Enterprise Ireland Investments

Willie O'Dea

30. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made on the women in business startup drive since the end of the application period in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51862/12]

Industrial Development

Willie O'Dea

34. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanisms that have been developed to promote and deliver early stage investment by the Irish diaspora in new indigenous and inward startups as promised in the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51857/12]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Willie O'Dea

13. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has identified additional State agencies that can be rationalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51651/12]

School Curriculum

Willie O'Dea

109. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that the new junior certificate cycle is implemented in a consistent manner and to the same standard across all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51324/12]

European Stability Mechanism

Willie O'Dea

23. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he has given detailed considerations to the benefits and costs associated with the European Stability Mechanism taking equity stakes in the State owned banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50503/12]

Passport Applications

Willie O'Dea

69. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will receive their renewed passport. [50772/12]

Mental Health Services Provision

Willie O'Dea

251. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide alternative and appropriate purpose built accommodation for the remaining residents of St. Joseph's Psychiatric Hospital, Mulgrave Street, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50773/12]

Hospital Services

Willie O'Dea

252. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the new critical care unit of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, County Limerick, will be opened; if funding and staff have been provided for this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50774/12]

Hospital Services

Willie O'Dea

253. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to open the vacant stroke unit at St. Camillus' Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50775/12]

Diplomatic Representation

Willie O'Dea

22. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the Diplomatic Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50192/12]

Nuclear Proliferation

Willie O'Dea

37. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he has taken in conjunction with his EU counterparts regarding Iranian efforts at nuclear armament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50189/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Willie O'Dea

145. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50272/12]

Vaccination Programme

Willie O'Dea

257. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the date on which he intends to submit the paper proposing a package of supports for those children and adolescents suffering with narcolepsy and additional medical complications following vaccination with Pandemrix which was to be submitted prior to the summer recess of Dáil Éireann and again in September and October; if the paper has been prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50321/12]

Child Benefit Rates

Willie O'Dea

100. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the report of the advisory group on tax and social welfare; the conclusions of the report on child benefit rates; her future plans for child benefit rates; if the child benefit rate will be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49974/12]

Free Travel Scheme Administration

Willie O'Dea

103. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel pass scheme will be fully maintained in budget 2013; her future plans for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49975/12]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Willie O'Dea

115. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the impact of community employment scheme cutbacks in 2012; the number of schemes closed or that had hours reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49876/12]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Willie O'Dea

337. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for community employment schemes in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49976/12]

Care of the Elderly

Willie O'Dea

49. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if additional funding for the care of older persons has been provided in 2012; if he intends such funding to be increased year on year between now and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/12]

Alcohol Sales Legislation

Willie O'Dea

60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the intentions he has regarding the report of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48954/12]

Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations

Willie O'Dea

115. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if as part of the renegotiation of the common fisheries policy he has raised the issue of the allocation of the fishing catch allocated to Ireland, approximately 4% in view if the fact that Ireland owns 18% of the fish resource of the EU; the response from the EU; if he intends pursuing this national interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48264/12]

Fisheries Protection

Willie O'Dea

128. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats disqualified from fishing for herring this year due to the changes in the rules introduced by him this year; the home ports of the vessels in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48265/12]

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers

Willie O'Dea

273. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of persons in receipt of the vocational training opportunities scheme in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; his plans for the future of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Willie O'Dea

463. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of child benefit; her plans to tax it or means test same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47487/12]

Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

Willie O'Dea

464. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the job seekers benefit in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47488/12]

Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

Willie O'Dea

465. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the child benefit in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47489/12]

Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

Willie O'Dea

466. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker's allowance in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47490/12]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Willie O'Dea

467. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker's allowance aged 18 to19, 20 to 21, 22 to 24; the number aged 18 to 19, 20 to 21, 22 to 24; broken down by county; the total amount spent on jobseeker's allowance on 18 to 24 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47491/12]

Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

Willie O'Dea

468. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment [47492/12]

Disability Allowance Payments

Willie O'Dea

469. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance aged 16 to18; the number aged 16 to18 broken down by county; the total amount spent on disability allowance on 16 to 18 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47493/12]