Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if citizens' applications for welfare and pensions and their associated files are sent via e-mail or post, the processing times for all forms of applications to her Department; and the associated postage costs. [14054/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

1042. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on two matters related to waiting lists for hospital care; if he will provide a breakdown of figures regarding waiting times for a consultant visit in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in all the regional hospitals; and if he will provide a similar itemisation for waiting times for treatment for the same years again in the same hospitals. [13283/14]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Peadar Tóibín

1051. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a night consultant will be employed at Navan Hospital emergency department. [13128/14]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Peadar Tóibín

1057. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the two consultant physicians who will be lost to Navan hospital in the next two months will be replaced by two permanent consultant physicians based in Navan. [13135/14]

Hospital Appointment Status

Peadar Tóibín

1071. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a consultant visit in respect of a person (details supplied). [13409/14]

Bus Éireann Services

Peadar Tóibín

1275. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ten most expensive Bus Éireann journeys in the State per kilometre; and the ten least expensive journeys in the State per kilometre. [13916/14]

Grant Payments

Peadar Tóibín

2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of investment that has been made into small to medium-sized Irish manufacturers and internationally traded firms by his Department for each of the past five years; and the way this compares to the total investment into foreign direct investment in the State over each of the past five years. [12290/14]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in each county in the State by IDA Ireland companies that were new to Ireland in 2013. [12291/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Peadar Tóibín

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assistance in respect of a family (details supplied). [12471/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Peadar Tóibín

545. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the investigation into the ambulance service in counties Louth and Meath area will be concluded. [11964/14]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Peadar Tóibín

2. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí ar chruinnithe a bhí ag Aire na Gaeltachta le gach Ard-Rúnaí chun mainneachtana maidir le scéimeanna teanga comhlachtaí poiblí (faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla) atá luaite sa tuarascáil bhliantúil a phlé. [11100/14]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Peadar Tóibín

31. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad é an buiséad a bhí ag Údarás na Gaeltachta chun fostaíocht a chruthú sa Ghaeltacht, cad iad na rátaí dífhostaíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta; cé mhéad post a chruthaigh Údarás na Gaeltachta le 5 bliana anuas agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [10738/14]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Peadar Tóibín

33. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá aige chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar an imní atá ann maidir leis an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge. [10737/14]

School Textbooks Rental Scheme

Peadar Tóibín

69. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools who complied with his Department's directive to set up book rental schemes are now not able to access the subsequent grant introduced by him to complete the establishment of their schemes. [11238/14]

Taxi Regulations

Peadar Tóibín

275. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on the testing system for entry to the taxi industry; the reason the fee for the test is so high at €86.10 per test; if a candidate who has marginally failed part of the test may access their test papers to help prepare for a new test; if the company overseeing the process can consider a reduced fee for persons who have failed more than once or can consider waiving or reducing the fee for those on the live register who are trying to get back to work. [11237/14]

National Car Test

Peadar Tóibín

523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appointment system for booking NCT tests will be reviewed in view of the fact that the current system does not allow customers to book appointments more than six weeks in advance, operating more according to staffing schedules rather than the needs of the customer. [10870/14]

Lease Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify issues relating to the ownership and lease arrangements in place on a property (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [10132/14]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Peadar Tóibín

157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Meath County Council, despite having one of the highest populations in the State, received the lowest amount of funding for the housing adaptation grants of the 34 local authorities. [9967/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Peadar Tóibín

219. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason a full-time residential placement used currently by a patient four nights a week cannot be shared by another patient willing to use it three nights a week; the number of times that full-time care is provided and only used part time; and the amount this costs the State. [9764/14]

School Staffing

Peadar Tóibín

305. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will have a teaching staff reduction from four to three. [9532/14]