Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Peadar Tóibín

509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when will the west of Ireland harvesting licence for seaweed be granted. [22768/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Peadar Tóibín

951. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 12% increase in financial aid applications to the Irish Cancer Society in the first quarter of 2014 and that contrary to the Health Service Executive guidelines which state that if a person, applying for a medical card, has an income in excess of the relevant guidelines, the HSE must consider if refusing eligibility would result in undue hardship to that person and his or her dependants, hardship is being experienced by cancer patients whose discretionary medical cards have been withdrawn or applications have been refused due to cuts to the medical and general practitioner card budget for 2014 as overseen by his Department. [23345/14]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

972. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will implement Conradh na Gaeilge's recommendations regarding road signs on which the text in Irish is as prominent and large as that in English on a trial basis. [22447/14]

Regional Development

Peadar Tóibín

95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has received and assessed the recommendations of the OECD Regional Development Working Paper 2013/20, The Case of Ireland - Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) - Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders; and the actions to be taken by his Department to implement the reports recommendations. [21904/14]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Peadar Tóibín

110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been refused unemployment assistance on the basis that their parents income has been repeatedly incorrectly assessed and on that basis the application has been rejected, the waiting time for an appeal of this decision could take up to a full year; if his attention has been drawn to such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21928/14]

Legislative Process

Peadar Tóibín

96. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish draft heads of the workplace relations Bill. [21740/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Peadar Tóibín

325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 30 April 2014, if he will provide a management chart for his Department that includes managements names as provided for by all other Departments. [21374/14]

Pension Provisions

Peadar Tóibín

399. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the LCR 19293 judgement and provide for pension entitlements for former community employment supervisors now retired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/14]

Employment Data

Peadar Tóibín

132. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual year on year figure for the number of workers commuting from the South to work in the north of Ireland and the number of workers commuting from the North to work in the south of Ireland since 2004-5. [18382/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare while on the urgent list for surgery in Crumlin children's hospital is unable to obtain a surgery date, the impact of which has the potential to create secondary long term effects; when will the child be provided with a surgery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/14]

Passport Applications Fees

Peadar Tóibín

36. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reduce the price of the passport express service when delivery is not made within the specified timeframe; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that passport express applicants are not being guaranteed delivery within the advertised timeframe. [19042/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has personally met with representatives of the TEEU to discuss the introduction of apprenticeship fees. [19518/14]

Departmental Management Structures

Peadar Tóibín

271. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a management chart for his Department. [19379/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

272. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all offices currently under the aegis of his Department. [19380/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

273. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all bodies and-or agencies currently under the aegis of his Department. [19381/14]

Departmental Agencies

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all offices, bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department that are to be abolished or merged. [19382/14]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

409. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that by lifting the European Council derogation on Irish in Europe between 183 and 188 jobs would be created for Irish citizens in translating-interpretation and related work; and if he will give an undertaking to lift the derogation on the Irish language at the earliest opportunity or at the European Council review in 2015 at the latest. [19224/14]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

842. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of seven to eight weeks for the results of X-rays to be given to patients in County Meath. [19227/14]

Cruthú Fostaíochta

Peadar Tóibín

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén sprioc cruthaithe fostaíochta atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do 2014 agus cé mhéad post a chruthaigh siad sa chéad cheathrú. [18229/14]

Foras na Gaeilge

Peadar Tóibín

28. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndeimhneoidh sé go n-íocfar íocaíochtaí iomarcaíochta reachtúla leo siúd ar fad a chaillfidh a bpoist de bharr chur i bhfeidhm an mhúnla nua mhaoinithe agus mura bhfuil na hacmhainní cuí ag na heagrais chun na híocaíochtaí sin a dhéanamh, an gcinnteoidh an tAire go dtacóidh Foras na Gaeilge leis na híocaíochtaí seo. [18043/14]