Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Noel Grealish

247. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the amount of financial support supplied by his Department for any programmes conducted by the IMO, the Irish College of General Practitioners, Spunout.ie, Alcohol Action Ireland and Drugs.ie for each of the past four years, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and their allocation from his Department for 2014. [15683/14]

Public Procurement Regulations

Noel Grealish

420. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out under SI No. 625 of 2001, are purchased by his Department; if he will confirm that only notified biocides are currently being purchased by their respective agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13013/14]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions

Noel Grealish

655. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a married couple are exempt from the non principal private residence charge when they have separated and can show proof of living independently in the two separate properties which they own jointly, but they have not secured a judicial separation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/14]

Public Procurement Regulations

Noel Grealish

656. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that are in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out under S.I. No., 625 of 2001, are purchased by his Department; if he will confirm that only notified biocides are currently being purchased by their respective agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/14]

Television Licences Data

Noel Grealish

743. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for non-payment of TV licences; the number of persons in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 that received custodial sentences for non-payment of a TV licence; the cost to his Department in each of these years to process legal proceedings and custodial sentences in these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13014/14]

Public Procurement Regulations

Noel Grealish

1005. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the measures in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out under SI 625 of 2001, are purchased by his Department; if he will confirm that only notified biocides are currently being purchased by their respective agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/14]

Garda Transport Data

Noel Grealish

149. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol cars and the number of other Garda vehicles, including all active Garda vehicles, including vans, jeeps, minibuses and so on, in active service nationwide on 31 January 2011 and the number of Garda cars and other Garda vehicles in active service nationwide on 31 January 2014, excluding all cars that are temporarily out of service for any reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12301/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Noel Grealish

212. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the details by year and monetary amount of what his Department has supported in respect of health-related campaigns by organisations involved in health advocacy or health initiatives; the names of such organisations; and the safeguards he has in place to ensure value for taxpayers' money in view of the failure of the myGP.ie website, which was operated by the Irish Medical Organisation and which received grants from his Department totalling €2,031,000 from 2001 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12305/14]

Good Friday Agreement

Noel Grealish

45. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the collapse of a case (details supplied) in the UK, if the Irish Government of the time issued letters of amnesty or guarantees of immunity from prosecution to any suspected terrorists or republicans who were on the run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11510/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Noel Grealish

75. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if a small-time investor, with one or two buy-to-let properties, who pays the lender the full rent received is effectively acting as a no-cost agent for the lender, opening up the possibility of an improvement in market value which would allow the discharge of a greater portion, or all, of the outstanding mortgage; if that scenario would be of greater benefit to the borrower and the lender, in addition to the common good; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11637/14]

Banking Operations

Noel Grealish

76. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if it is time to review the relationship framework with financial institutions in which mortgage holders as taxpayers have a shareholding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/14]

Housing Assistance Payments Administration

Noel Grealish

343. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to broaden the membership of the housing assistance payment committee to include members other than the present membership which solely comprises State and local authority representation in the form of his Department, the Department of Social Protection and the Local Government Management Association; if consideration has been, or will be, given to the inclusion of non-governmental bodies representing landlords, tenants and social housing; the indicative timescale for the full implementation of HAP after the initial roll-out of the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/14]

Garda Transport Data

Noel Grealish

414. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 25 February 2014, the actual number of Garda cars that will be provided in 2014 for the Galway west division; the timeframe for the replacement of all cars in the Galway west division to bring the number of cars in active service up to the acceptable standard of 77, which is the number of cars in active service in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/14]

Proposed Legislation

Noel Grealish

199. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has an update on, or an indicative timescale for, when the landlord and tenant Bill, as shown in the current legislative programme, will be published; if it is intended to deal with both commercial and private landlord/tenant relationships; if he will indicate the nature of the heads of the Bill which have been agreed, or the areas and issues which will be covered in the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/14]

Fish Farming

Noel Grealish

231. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory authority that An Bord Iascaigh Mhara purport to engage in salmon farming operations, expend monies and apply to become the operator of a fish farm in Galway Bay; the specific section and which relevant legislation empowers An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to operate a salmon farming enterprise; if he will refer this question to the Attorney General for clarification as to the boards legal entitlement to apply and be licensed to operate a commercial salmon farming enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10288/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Noel Grealish

232. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting took place recently between him and the CEO of a company (details supplied); if a meeting took place, the political representatives from Ireland and any other jurisdiction who attended; the officials that attended; if minutes were taken; the persons that requested this meeting; when it was arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10289/14]

Garda Transport Provision

Noel Grealish

534. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for details on the number of Garda patrol cars in active service within the Galway west division on 31 January 2009, 31 January 2010, 31 January 2011, 31 January 2012 and 31 January 2013; the number of cars in active service in the Galway west division on 31 January 2014, excluding all cars that are temporarily out of service for any reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/14]

Fish Farming

Noel Grealish

516. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way it is proposed to treat any outbreak of amoebic gill disease at the fish farm project proposed by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in Galway Bay, given that the environmental impact study published by BIM makes no reference to amoebic gill disease whatever and as the treatment of AGD requires large amounts of fresh water; the amount of water that would be required to treat the proposed farm at maximum capacity; where this fresh water would be sourced from; the reason it was not referenced in the EIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/14]

Fish Farming

Noel Grealish

153. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide wave height data from and the exact location of the buoys mentioned by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in the press release of 20 January 2014 at both of the proposed Galway Bay salmon farm sites for the dates from 25 December 2013 through to 7 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/14]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Noel Grealish

471. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of proposed legislation to allow the sale of local authority houses to current tenants on an incremental purchase scheme, which is to replace the 1995 tenant purchase scheme which expired in 2012; when he expects this legislation to come before the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/14]