Parliamentary questions

Education Policy

John Paul Phelan

91. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to sanction more community national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53088/12]

Education and Training Boards Issues

John Paul Phelan

92. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views in respect of the proposed education and training boards and the possibility of these boards acting as a resource providing managerial supports to all schools and education centres in their respective regions, not just schools and education centres already under the VECs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53089/12]

General Medical Services Scheme Payments

John Paul Phelan

236. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the measures that are taken to ensure that the list of medical card holders, that doctors are paid for under the medical card scheme, is kept updated in order to ensure that over payment does not occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53289/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

John Paul Phelan

313. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed development at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [52853/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

John Paul Phelan

314. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed extension at two schools (details supplied) in County Dublin. [52854/12]

School Patronage

John Paul Phelan

321. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that legislative measures to protect the religious ethos of schools do not act as a barrier to enrolment; if any complaints have been made to his Department in respect of pupils being denied the opportunity to enrol in a school on grounds of religious ethos; if any cases against the State have been taken on these grounds; his plans to review these legislative provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/12]

Equality Issues

John Paul Phelan

541. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any cases have been taken against the State, or any emanation or agency of the State, in regard to Section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2008 which allows schools to offer preferential treatment in admittance of pupils of certain religious backgrounds; if he is satisfied that the provision has operated satisfactorily to date; his plans, if any, to amend the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53036/12]

Human Rights Issues

John Paul Phelan

161. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Chinese Government the issue of alleged human rights violations in China, with particular reference to allegations of organ harvesting and persecution of Falun Gong worshippers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49419/12]

VAT Rates Application

John Paul Phelan

244. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if VAT is payable on a used vehicle imported from the UK, noting that VAT had previously been paid in UK when purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48336/12]

VAT Rates Application

John Paul Phelan

245. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if VAT is payable on a used vehicle imported from an EU member state, noting that VAT had previously been paid in the country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48337/12]

School Transport Provision

John Paul Phelan

344. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issue where a school bus has to collect 14 students to take them home and then return for the remaining six students waiting on the side of a regional road, unsupervised, for the bus to return (details supplied). [48154/12]

Motor Tax Collection

John Paul Phelan

722. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration has been given to equalising the cost to the public of taxing their motor vehicles online for a 12 month period, with the six or three month period, due to the financial difficulties that many households face and the possibility that this charge may lead to greater adherence to this tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48353/12]

Cancer Research

John Paul Phelan

976. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the amounts of funding provided through the Health Research Board for research on brain tumour incidence, causes and treatment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; his plans for further investment into brain tumour research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/12]

Cancer Research

John Paul Phelan

977. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health he amounts of funding provided through the Health Research Board for research on cancer incidence, causes and treatment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/12]

Cancer Research

John Paul Phelan

978. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the amounts of funding provided through the All Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group for research on brain tumour incidence, causes and treatment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; his plans for further investment into brain tumour research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47248/12]

Cancer Research

John Paul Phelan

979. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the amounts of funding provided through the All Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group for research on cancer incidence, causes and treatment in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47249/12]

Sports Funding

John Paul Phelan

1229. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that was paid via the Irish Sport Council, to high performance athletes in each of the years 2009 to 2012 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48338/12]

Child Benefit Payments

John Paul Phelan

376. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to date and future proposals to address the issue of child benefit being paid in respect of children living outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46483/12]

Food Imports

John Paul Phelan

544. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of litres of goats milk imported into the State in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44730/12]

School Transport Provision

John Paul Phelan

197. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42598/12]

School Textbooks

John Paul Phelan

233. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the excessive cost of school books and the burden it is placing on students and families at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43244/12]

School Transport Eligibility

John Paul Phelan

234. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has to pay for concessionary school transport even though their parents have a medical card. [43245/12]

Departmental Staff Grades

John Paul Phelan

289. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the different grades that currently exist within the public service; and if he will detail the entry level pay levels associated with each grade [43021/12]

Peace Commissioners Appointments

John Paul Phelan

476. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the name and addresses of current Peace Commissioners in County Kilkenny as of 1 September 2012. [43019/12]

Animal Disease Controls

John Paul Phelan

511. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will outline the number of live goats imported into the State in the year 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43018/12]

Driving Tests

John Paul Phelan

707. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place or planned to ensure the same standards are implemented by driving testers across the country in order to ensure that the large differences in test outcomes throughout the country does not continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/12]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

John Paul Phelan

218. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will advise on status of applications made under the sports capital funding scheme in which planning permission has not been received for proposed project subject to the funding application, be it due to a direct refusal of permission, an appeal to an Bord Pleanála or delays due to requests by the relevant planning authority for detailed additional information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42191/12]

School Transport Applications

John Paul Phelan

163. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/12]

Mental Health Services Report

John Paul Phelan

413. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the 2012 funding for the mental health services with particular reference to the 414 additional staff that were announced for the provision of the service; if as per recent information from his Department it is still hoped that 353 of these positions will be filled before the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/12]

Public Sector Staff Grades

John Paul Phelan

530. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the different grades that currently exist within the public service: and if he will detail the entry level pay levels associated with each grade. [38368/12]

Peace Commissioners

John Paul Phelan

1230. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the names and addresses of current peace commissioners in County Kilkenny as of 1 September 2012. [38369/12]

Driving Tests

John Paul Phelan

1917. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place or planned to ensure that the same standards are implemented by driver testers across the country to ensure that the large differences in test outcomes throughout the country do not continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38367/12]

Financial Services Regulation

John Paul Phelan

61 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to update the law governing the area of money-lending in view of the increase in the number of persons who are borrowing money at exaggerated interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35492/12]

State Banking Sector

John Paul Phelan

64 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given, notwithstanding the creation of the loan guarantee scheme, to the creation of a new national development bank with a remit similar to the role previously filled by the ACC and ICC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35489/12]

Technological Universities

John Paul Phelan

92 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a technological university in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35490/12]

Job Creation

John Paul Phelan

130 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department have engaged in to promote job creation in the south-east region which continues to have an unemployment rate significantly higher than the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35488/12]

Employment Support Services

John Paul Phelan

160 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions being undertaken by her Department in support of implementation of the EU Commission’s Youth Opportunities Initiative to address youth unemployment.
[35591/12]

Commemorative Events

John Paul Phelan

188 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements and events that are planned by the Government to mark the centenary of the First World War and the role of Irish soldiers in that conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35487/12]

Agricultural College Places

John Paul Phelan

290 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the places available in agricultural colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35485/12]

Milk Quota

John Paul Phelan

291 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any extra milk quota available to those suppliers facing large super-levy bills as a result of their dairy herds being restricted by reason of disease in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35491/12]

Traveller Accommodation

John Paul Phelan

431 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department in 2012 for the Traveller accommodation programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts provided to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35486/12]

Disabled Drivers

John Paul Phelan

103 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if there has been changes recent to the URT rebate on vehicles purchased by the families of disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33172/12]

Disabled Drivers

John Paul Phelan

104 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if the fuel and motor tax rebates for vehicles of families with disabled children have been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33173/12]

Disabled Drivers

John Paul Phelan

105 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if there are any rebates on URT and VAT for the purchase of MPVs or buses for the purpose of transporting children with spina bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33174/12]