Parliamentary questions

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Joanna Tuffy

108. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 24 September 2014, when application forms will be published (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45627/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joanna Tuffy

160. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on representations that have been made in respect of Asia Bibi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45731/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

193. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45748/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joanna Tuffy

194. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45749/14]

Dental Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

386. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to provide alternative facilities to cater for children in the Dublin area requiring multiple dental extractions under general anaesthetic; his views on whether young children are being put at risk because of the closure of the dental clinic at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, which provided care for 3,000 children each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Joanna Tuffy

404. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their medical scientist training allowance considering that the Health Service Executive has in the past confirmed to all health sector employers that student medical scientists on placement must be paid the monthly training allowance as set out in the Department of Health's consolidated salary scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43160/14]

Hospital Charges

Joanna Tuffy

140. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider carrying out a review of respite charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40746/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joanna Tuffy

157. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) where the Superior Court in Pakistan recently dismissed their appeal and upheld the death sentence which was passed on them four years ago for blasphemy; and if we, as a country, may intercede on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/14]

Library Services Funding

Joanna Tuffy

210. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated each year to the public lending remuneration scheme (details supplied), which is a form of payment to authors for the loan of their books to public libraries; if, in the future, the amount of funding allocated each year may be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39570/14]

Building Regulations Amendments

Joanna Tuffy

222. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to make compulsory, as part of future housing construction requirements, the installation of greywater or wastewater treatment systems (details supplied) in new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39717/14]

Child Benefit Payments

Joanna Tuffy

38. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding child benefit payments when parents separate but equally share parenting, that is when children spend half of their time in the care of each of their parents; if in a situation like this, both parents are considered eligible for 50% of the child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38702/14]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Joanna Tuffy

91. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the amounts invoiced, allocated or assigned by her Department to other public bodies and agencies, including the National Museum, National Disability Authority, Equality Authority and Office of the Director of Equality Investigations, for information communication and technology services for each year from 2010 to date in 2014; the factors which determine those costs, such as the number of users or storage capacity used or similar; the amounts paid by public bodies and agencies either to her Department or to ICT providers each year for these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38701/14]

Medicinal Products Prices

Joanna Tuffy

142. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health the reason there is such a discrepancy in the price of drugs here compared to other European countries (details supplied); his plans to give cancer patients access to free medication during the course of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38700/14]

Health Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

128. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health his policy regarding integrative health otherwise known as integrative medicine; if the practice has been recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38418/14]

Banking Sector Redundancies

Joanna Tuffy

160. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the outsourcing of customer services employment by Allied Irish Banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/14]

Water Charges Exemptions

Joanna Tuffy

565. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on families who will have to pay water charges for children in the household who are still in second and third level education; his further views on granting extra allowances for full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Joanna Tuffy

188. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks that does valuable work in supporting disadvantaged women at national and local level; if he will ensure that the current level of funding allocated to NCCWN is guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/14]

Irish Sign Language

Joanna Tuffy

84. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish Deaf Society to have the Irish Sign Language recognised to ensure equality for deaf persons in Irish society; if the Government has plans to recognise the Irish Sign Language as an official language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37328/14]

School Accommodation

Joanna Tuffy

149. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient secondary school places in Lucan, County Dublin, to cater for all the pupils finishing primary school education each year for the next five years; the provision that has been made for the shortfall; the secondary schools outside of Lucan where parents may send their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding

Joanna Tuffy

579. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding for the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks which does valuable work in supporting disadvantaged women at national and local level; if he will ensure that the current level of funding allocated to NCCWN is guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/14]