Parliamentary questions

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Clare Daly

561. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place to aid disabled drivers and passengers who are not in a position to afford a vehicle that has been specially constructed or adapted for use by a disabled person and thus cannot avail of the benefits afforded to those under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. [17591/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

627. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct a Health Information and Quality Authority based investigation into allegations regarding the safety of service users and staff at St. Joseph's ID services in Portrane in regard to improper staff appointments; the high volume of assaults by clients on each other and on staff and the high number of under-recorded seclusions, restraints and unsafe practices regarding clients. [17806/14]

Home Care Packages

Clare Daly

662. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to set out his views on recent revelations regarding over-payments made to the chief executive of Fingal Home Care; and the procedures in place to recoup the money for the taxpayer. [17962/14]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Clare Daly

699. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will devise provisions for recipients of social welfare who cannot afford to purchase "a vehicle that has been specially constructed or adapted for use by a disabled person" under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme, yet may equally deserve such provisions in view of their circumstances. [17592/14]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the funding application from Fingal County Council for urgent remedial coastal protection measures to be implemented in Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/14]

Departmental Offices

Clare Daly

17. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will re-examine a site (details supplied) in Balbriggan, County Dublin as the most advantageous location for the Intreo office, with substantial car-parking and which would serve to rejuvenate this part of the town. [16718/14]

Dormant Accounts Fund Administration

Clare Daly

42. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views regarding the fact that a number of financial institutions namely EBS, AIB and BOI are freezing customers' accounts and counting them as dormant when there are no withdrawals taking place even though a number of citizens have been using those accounts to make regular lodgements as a savings account; and if this practice is lawful in view of the upset it has caused to a number of customers. [17082/14]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the Taoiseach's comments following the case of a person (details supplied) stating that the Government would settle the outstanding cases in a timely manner, if he will confirm that it is going to deal directly with the outstanding cases; when it envisages it will be dealing with the outstanding cases or their solicitors; if not, is it expected that the matters are to return to the High Court; and the monetary or other compensation it is considering. [17121/14]

SOLAS Administration

Clare Daly

60. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will conduct an independent investigation into serious allegations that have been brought to his attention regarding the management of the SOLAS-FÁS training centre in Raheen, County Limerick. [17162/14]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Clare Daly

87. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that those who were in receipt of a back-to-education allowance can complete the H. Dip. with financial assistance which was the case previously when they initiated their course. [17090/14]

Criminal Prosecutions

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the inquest in 2011 into the death of a person (details supplied) who was murdered in 1975 and in view of the autopsy information which was not produced at the trial, if he will initiate a reinvestigation of the circumstances of their murder. [17050/14]

Adoption Services Provision

Clare Daly

166. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the vetting of prospective parents by the Adoption Authority has been carried out properly and that persons who were refused by the initial investigations were not subsequently allowed to adopt. [17062/14]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the chief executive officer and a number of senior executives receive top-up payments to their salaries in Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross; if these payments are authorised; and from what source they originate in view of the fact that this is an institution covered by the section 38 clause of the Croke Park agreements. [17061/14]

Taxi Regulations

Clare Daly

219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the powers that will be available to taxi inspectors to question taxi drivers regarding their tax affairs; if there will be a code of practice which prohibits questioning somebody when they have a fare, or are on the side of the road; and the other safeguards that are in place to protect a taxi driver's privacy. [17064/14]

Taxi Regulations

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the new rules for taxi drivers the range of powers that will be open to the new inspectors in terms of their ability to question drivers with regard to being tax compliant; and if this in his opinion, constitutes an invasion of privacy and an unacceptable level of harassment. [17063/14]

School Placement

Clare Daly

32. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 25 March 2014, regarding the crisis in school places at junior infant level in Swords and his Department's decision not to sanction a seventh class in Holy Family Rivervalley, to note that many of the parents who were offered a place there have subsequently not been able to get places in the schools referred to in his response; and if he will therefore reconsider his decision. [16413/14]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his proclaimed commitment to a pluralist education system, the reason he allowed Roman Catholic Canon Law to override democratic principles in the case of the constructive dismissal of the school principal at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16412/14]

Autism Support Services

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 25 March 2015, if he will provide a list of the entire range of autism specific interventions that he is referring to in his response, not including applied behaviour analysis, treatment and education of autistic communication handicapped children and picture exchange communication system. [16842/14]

Autism Support Services

Clare Daly

51. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the specific peer reviewed research that supports and demonstrates the effectiveness of the treatment and education of autistic communication handicapped children approach. [16843/14]

Autism Support Services

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours of training that are provided to teachers and special needs assistants before they are deemed qualified to use the treatment and education of autistic communication handicapped children approach. [16844/14]

School Transport Provision

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations in the Farrell Grant Sparks report that were not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/14]

School Transport Administration

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department paid Bus Éireann less for the administration of school transport in 2011 to present day. [16926/14]

School Transport Administration

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if zero based accounting methods are used in the administration of school transport. [16927/14]

IBRC Investigations

Clare Daly

14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the potential bank recapitalisation liabilities to the State should rate fixing allegations made in a US lawsuit prove to be accurate; if his attention has been drawn to any other foreign jurisdiction lawsuits which carry potential liabilities for the National Asset Management Agency and the State. [16179/14]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance with respect to the revision of the EU anti-money laundering directive, if it remains Irish policy to resist this measure although it is believed that a public register of true or beneficial owners of companies, as contained in the directive, will stem the flow of illicit money around the world and help to defeat capital flight from the poorest nations in Africa, where some estimates of revenue losses to exploited nations are approximately twice the amount provided annually in aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/14]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the SOLAS training allowance of €31.80 per week to allow persons with disabilities to access training courses. [16369/14]

Autism Support Services

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been unable to attend Foxfield SNS, due to behavioural issues, and whose parents were advised by the school that they believes the child requires a separate building with extra staff, and have met with the NCSE, National Council for Special Education, and with representatives from the National Educational Welfare Board about what they believe will work for him, but as yet have had no response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16331/14]

School Transport Administration

Clare Daly

233. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 on the 1 April 2014, if he will define what he means by the term "rebated"; and will he explain his reasons for using the word rebated. [16682/14]

Regulatory Bodies

Clare Daly

356. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to allegations that the Galway Clinic in Doughiska was operating as a medical facility outside the legal requirements for dealing with radioactive waste from isolation rooms and had failed to register with the Radiological Board of Ireland; and the steps he will take to deal with this situation [16663/14]

Building Regulations Compliance

Clare Daly

361. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is no provision for a self builder to sign a certification of compliance and completion, particularly where a number of those persons would be registered with the National Guild of Master Craftsmen, rather than the register of builders of the Construction Industry Federation. [16879/14]

Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement

Clare Daly

374. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the delays in the implementation of Private Residential Tenancies Board decisions which have been attributed to the high volume of cases which is causing enormous distress to both landlords and tenants. [16267/14]

Local Authority Funding

Clare Daly

383. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a letter to Sligo County Council dated 18 December 2013, his Department indicated that €1 million had been set aside from the local government fund for Sligo County Council and that the funding would be provided to the council in 2014 on the basis of an agreed long-term financial plan between the council and his Department, which would detail the council's proposals for dealing with the council's accumulated deficit and on condition of ongoing review of the implementation of the agreed plan by way of quarterly review meetings between the council and his Department; if his Department intends to provide further additional funding to Sligo County Council in the current year to assist the council in paying the significant legal debts and the costs imposed by the Supreme Court arising from the Lissadell rights of way legal case; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council did not make any provision in its annual budgets in respect of legal and other costs for the Lissadell case; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the most recent auditors report released in November 2013, the council's total revenue-capital debt had increased to €94 million; the avenues that are open to a local authority in such dire financial circumstances to acquire funding to settle such legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16502/14]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Clare Daly

404. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 1 April 2014, if he will seek expert advice in making owners more accountable for their dogs' behaviour rather than restricting particular breeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16684/14]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

421. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct GSOC to carry out a section 106 investigation into the practices, policies and procedures in the Garda national juvenile office and the lack of timely investigation of sexual crimes against children. [16057/14]

Firearms Licences

Clare Daly

438. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda Inspectorate to carry out an inquiry into the administration of the firearm licensing system by An Garda Síochána since 2009, in view of the fact that over 600 cases have been successfully taken to the courts against Garda decisions. [16357/14]

Money Laundering

Clare Daly

465. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 445, the number of private member gaming clubs and high value cash trading operations that are supervised by the AML unit of his Department in addition to the list of entities previously provided; and if an organisation (details supplied) is registered with or supervised by his Department. [16681/14]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

468. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action open to a citizen who believes that a coroner has not behaved appropriately, has failed to adequately protect the files that were in their possession, and the steps they can take to have this addressed. [16769/14]

Defence Forces Parades

Clare Daly

477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the reason on 3 September at Cathal Brugha Barracks before the first troops departed for Syria, he left the stand after the Ministerial inspection while the march past was taking place leaving troops to salute an empty stand, which caused hurt to some of the troops and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16680/14]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

642. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 March 2014, if he will reply to the question which had nothing to do with whether the additional remuneration being paid to five senior managers came from fundraising by the Friends of the Rotunda, but rather sought to clarify what organisations paid that extra remuneration in order to ascertain that there was no untoward interference with medical decisions or ethos. [16478/14]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

644. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be provided with a home ventilation system in order for them to live at home with motor neurone disease. [16501/14]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

689. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure educational and awareness training among the medical profession regarding being alert to the symptoms of sepsis and taking prompt action. [16808/14]

Departmental Agencies Board Appointments

Clare Daly

730. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is appropriate that a former Garda Commissioner is serving as the chair of the Taxi Advisory Council. [16635/14]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason US military aircraft at Shannon have not been routinely searched to ensure our neutrality is not being breached. [15404/14]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection where the facility for the trustees to have the freedom to recognise the differences within the pensioner group or deferred group is outlined in the new guidance issued by the pensions authority. [15720/14]

Sentencing Policy

Clare Daly

169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of the prison sentences handed down in respect of sex trafficking prosecutions since 2008. [15791/14]

Sentencing Policy

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been charged and sentenced for organising and profiting from sex trafficking here since 2008. [15870/14]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend invitations to the animal welfare conference he is hosting on 16 May 2014 in Dublin Castle to organisations which champion animal rights here. [15871/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the tests of failed nets and mooring equipment repeatedly sought from the operators-manufacturers of two fish farms in 2010 in Inver Bay and Clew Bay after the escape of more than 25,000 salmon do not appear on the files of the investigation at the time of the final reports; and if he will ensure that these tests are in fact obtained and made publicly available. [15938/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

223. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that his Department’s engineering division report concluded that the failure of his Department to ensure that the licensing conditions requiring operators to take all necessary steps to prevent the escape of fish, through ensuring that rigorous monitoring systems were in place for checking and inspecting possible progressive damage to fish farm structures with detailed records available for inspection, was the likely cause of the escape of 25,000 adult salmon in Inver Bay and Clew Bay in November 2010; and the measures he has put in place to address this issue. [15939/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that repeated reports from his Department’s engineering division have recommended that certified quality standards be set for all fish farm components at the manufactory level with safe working load specified; that all deployment of equipment be certified as fit for purpose by a qualified person; and the measures he had put in place or intends to put in place to implement these recommendations. [15940/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will require his Department to notify Inland Fisheries Ireland immediately when it receives notification from operators of the escape of fish from fish farms in order that it may exercise its statutory role of seeking to capture these escapees, as this was not done in the recent loss of 230,000 fish in Bantry Bay and can only be effective if done without delay. [15941/14]

Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation

Clare Daly

260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a series of initiatives to raise awareness about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ensuring sufferers have access to the treatment abroad scheme and to recognise it as a long term illness. [15868/14]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission was granted in 2009 for the construction of a new independently supported footbridge adjacent to Markievicz Bridge, Sligo; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council submitted the applications to his Department for funding for the project in 2013 and 2014; if it is the intention of his Department to provide financial assistance for the project in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/14]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Clare Daly

12. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he has had with Aer Lingus in relation to recent pension problems, including threatened industrial action and legal action. [15141/14]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his view that problems in the Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme are an impediment to the secure development of the airport authority. [15142/14]

Commissions of Inquiry

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will initiate a full independent inquiry into the allegations that he has received of serious systems failures, corruption, malpractice and cover-up in the case of a person (details supplied), or to refer those matters to Mr. Guerin for consideration as part of his inquiry. [15545/14]

Departmental Legal Costs

Clare Daly

186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.149 of 27 March 2014, why the requested information was not in fact furnished (details supplied) and if he will rectify this situation. [15630/14]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the Garda superannuation scheme for 81 former members who have been deprived of their preserved retirement benefits due to the fact that they were dismissed or left the service prior to 1 October 1976, either by introducing legislation to acquire a retrospective pension or equalising the cut-off date with that of preservation of pension benefits for civil servants, which is 1 June 1973, or by any other means. [15631/14]

School Transport Administration

Clare Daly

208. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Farrell Grant Sparks report entitled Review of the Overhead Costs and Indirect Costs for the Administration of the School Transport Scheme, of October 2009, were implemented immediately or if they were implemented on a phased basis in view of the fact that the administration charges appear to have fallen by approximately €1.5 million each year since he took office. [15004/14]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the number of special needs assistant posts allocated at primary level, numbered at 6,000 plus, will be considered as a majority group out of 10,575, and the number of SNA posts allocated at post-primary, at 2000 plus, will be considered as a minority group out of 10,575; if he will confirm that the 32-hour system that is applied to SNA posts is used primarily as a pay divisor for calculating part-time posts by his Department; and if he will further confirm that circulars M29/95 and PC11/95 are still active and used for calculating the working school week. [15033/14]

Control of Dogs

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation regarding the breeds of dogs considered dangerous and to replace it with a system whereby animal owners are held accountable for the animals' actions; and his plans regarding the way this measure could be progressed. [14784/14]

Penalty Points System Investigation

Clare Daly

436. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the precautions in place to protect the PULSE system to ensure that no records can be destroyed in relation to penalty points that were cancelled. [15294/14]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

437. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will name the Garda stations that carried out recordings of incoming and outgoing calls from Garda stations. [15295/14]

Money Laundering

Clare Daly

445. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 2014, if he will describe the qualifications held by the two AML officials he has tasked with the oversight of what is a national network of trust service providers, including most if not all of the major Irish law firms; and the way the self-regulation of this sector is appropriate. [15354/14]

Departmental Funding

Clare Daly

512. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is a charitable organisation, compliant with public pay policy and with public policy as it relates to Health Service Executive-funded charities on employer contributions to employee pensions; if it has been so compliant since 2004; and if not, the steps that have been taken to remedy this. [9363/14]

HSE Funding

Clare Daly

547. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of State funding provided to a survivor organisation (details supplied). [15030/14]

HSE Funding

Clare Daly

548. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the safeguards and oversights that are in place regarding State funding that is provided to institutional survivor organisations such as (details supplied). [15031/14]

HSE Funding

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive funding for groups such as (details supplied) is based on the number of survivors who use such services; if these survivors and numbers are verified by the appropriate Department; and, if so, how. [15032/14]

Airport Security

Clare Daly

620. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the immigration service is required to obtain police reports from Britain and France before a person could start to work airside at Dublin Airport as a result of having previously worked in those countries; and his views on whether this is excessively expensive and cumbersome. [14778/14]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Clare Daly

16. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Government is committed to the Hague Convention as the safest regulations in place for inter-country adoption. [14004/14]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact that she has had with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána in relation to allegations that Traveller children, including a 16 day old baby, were assigned criminal intelligence PULSE numbers as a matter of routine; the position regarding children's rights in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14000/14]

HSE Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that are open to an adult who was the victim of sexual abuse and had that abuse compounded by inadequate child protection decision made by personnel who remain in a senior position within the Health Service Executive. [14002/14]

Ombudsman for Children Reports

Clare Daly

28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the terms of reference of the children's ombudsman's inquiry into the circumstances of the two Roma children being taken from their parents last year, to include the broader issue of racial profiling within An Garda Síochána in view of the allegations that Traveller children were being routinely assigned criminal intelligence PULSE numbers, and the very serious impact that this will have on those children in later life. [14001/14]

Early Childhood Care Education

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the early childhood care and education programme to two years free preschool in circumstances where local schools change their admission criteria resulting in a child who had a reasonable expectation of starting their primary education being denied that opportunity. [14003/14]

Local Authority Funding

Clare Daly

145. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a letter to Sligo County Council dated 18 December 2013 his Department indicated that an amount of €1 million had been set aside in the local government fund for Sligo County Council and that the funding would be provided to the council in 2014 on the basis of an agreed long-term financial plan between the council and his Department which would detail the council's proposals for dealing with the accumulated deficit and on condition of ongoing review of the implementation of the agreed plan by way of quarterly review meetings between the council and his Department; the other councils, if any, that have received additional funding in 2014 conditional on submitting long-term financial plans and conditional on quarterly review meetings with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14679/14]

Local Authority Funding

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a letter to Sligo County Council dated 18 December 2013 his Department indicated that an amount of €1 million had been set aside in the local government fund for Sligo County Council and that the funding would be provided to the council in 2014 conditional on the council submitting a long-term draft financial plan for dealing with the council’s accumulated deficit that was agreeable to his Department; and further conditional on the draft plan being agreed by the end of February 2014 with ongoing review of the implementation of the agreed plan by way of quarterly review meetings between the council and his Department; if the draft plan was submitted by the council as requested by 24 January 2014; if the draft plan was agreed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/14]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Clare Daly

149. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 30 January 2014, the reason there is a difficulty in gaining the information requested in view of the fact that all the fees in the rates tables on both systems go back to the early 1990s. [14462/14]

Legal Aid Service Expenditure

Clare Daly

152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide all fee rate tables from the computer systems that calculate the amount payable to a senior counsel, junior counsel or solicitor in the Circuit Court and Central Criminal Court for the period 1996 to 2014 under the criminal legal aid scheme; the information provided to include the fee type, amount, and the dates that each rate applied. [14606/14]

Child Protection

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the interaction her Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality to ensure that the victims of child sexual abuse are properly protected by their legal representatives and the courts. [14276/14]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a strategy to deal with the growing problem of neglected horses in view of the current logistical problems faced by the DSPCA which is located at a great distance from many of the problem areas. [13075/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

37. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocol in relation to assistant principals and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14843/14]

Industrial Disputes

Clare Daly

55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials, or a company (details supplied) are aware that the main contractor on St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, is preventing union officials from gaining access to the site. [14283/14]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Clare Daly

56. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 11 March 2014, if the private company (details supplied) conducts audits on a random basis or if action is only taken following a complaint lodged against a particular contractor. [14284/14]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Clare Daly

57. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills what action being taken over the seven contractors who have been found to be non-compliant following audits (details supplied); if these actions are adequate to prevent other contractors from obtaining contracts while in breach of compliancy regulations. [14285/14]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid to teaching staff at Linden House, Blackrock; and for what periods. [14405/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

93. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol in relation to assistant principals and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14841/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocol in relation to assistant principal officers and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14399/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the protocol in relation to assistant principals and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14845/14]

Wildlife Rangers

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the fact that 80% of wildlife crime has been found to occur on Sundays and that National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers have ceased carrying out enforcement work on that day; the steps he will take to ensure adequate enforcement of legislation in this specialist area.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14403/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

121. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the protocol in respect of assistant principal and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14837/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the protocol in relation to assistant principals and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14839/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

141. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the protocol on assistant principal officers and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14842/14]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

143. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of co-operation that exists between MI5 and An Garda Síochána. [14400/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the protocol in relation to assistant principals and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14840/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that constant monitoring is a condition of salmon farm licences, the reason he stated that it would take time to gather information on the escapees at Bantry Bay on 1 February. [14397/14]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

168. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Iascaigh Mhara, as the proposed licence holder, will underwrite any damage or claims for escapees from fish farms. [14398/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocol on assistant principal officers and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in his Department; if he has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14836/14]

Departmental Staff Expenses

Clare Daly

189. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocol on assistant principal officers and principal officers using their private cars and claiming unvouched expenses when official cars are available in her Department; if she has received any complaints regarding same; and the oversight that is in place to deal with same. [14838/14]

Health Services

Clare Daly

212. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the costs of establishing and running the What's Up Mum website; and the reason information on midwives and their role and services are virtually excluded from mention on the site. [14401/14]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the organisations or persons paying the additional remuneration or benefits to five senior managers at the Rotunda Hospital, in the interests of democratic accountability, particularly with regard to business plans for the hospital. [14402/14]