Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Diplomatic Representation

Andrew Doyle

66. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the legal status and legislative base of Corps Diplomatique or CD sign usage on Irish car registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26151/13]

Election Monitoring Missions

Andrew Doyle

67. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 22 May 2013 regarding election observer rosters and the appeals mechanism for application reviews where a final review is to be carried out by a senior official who has not been involved in the selection process, if he will specify the length of time this appeal takes from the moment an appeal is lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26155/13]

Education Policy

Andrew Doyle

99. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's work in generating new assessment methods using computers for both primary and secondary schools; if he envisages any traditional core subjects being examined on computers in schools here in view of the shift towards computer based examination in other member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/13]

Air Pollution

Andrew Doyle

163. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the regulations that enable local authorities to regulate and control the type of coal supplied in the State; the additional powers that are provided to local authorities in this regard and the type of fuel permitted for use in both residential and commercial premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/13]

Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report

Andrew Doyle

170. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the boundary committee regarding the local election boundaries that are to be used in next year's local elections in May 2014; when he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26156/13]

Defence Forces Training

Andrew Doyle

191. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular form from in respect of the years 2000-2012 the number of times Kilpedder rifle range in County Wicklow was used for training activity by the Irish Defence Forces and any other use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26153/13]

Government-Church Dialogue

Andrew Doyle

201. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with colleagues at the 27 May meeting he hosted in Dublin at the informal meeting of EU agriculture and fisheries Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26108/13]

Abortion Services

Andrew Doyle

243. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health regarding the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013, if there is a cut-off in the timeframe with regard to when medical experts suggest a termination would be allowed; the person that will decide that a mother is suicidal or expressing suicidal ideation; if a baby may be terminated three weeks before term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26158/13]

Aviation Issues

Andrew Doyle

255. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the legal status and legislative basis for the Federal Air Marshal Service of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security and their passage through airports here; if they are required to notify his Department of their possession of foreign registered firearms when arriving or departing on flights between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26150/13]

EU-Israel Aviation Agreement

Andrew Doyle

257. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the details of the EU-Israel Aviation Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/13]

The Gathering Events

Andrew Doyle

264. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the complete list of projects and events as part of The Gathering 2013 in an area (details supplied) that have received funding from his Department either directly or indirectly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26154/13]

Government-Church Dialogue

Andrew Doyle

265. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his recent contribution to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany, on 24 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26184/13]

Parking Provision

Andrew Doyle

266. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the car parking facilities at the Cherrywood and Brides Glen Luas stops to begin construction, in view of the fact that the sites that are there at present are awaiting development; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in spite of no car parking facilities at the last two stops on the Luas green line, the local authority, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, is in the process of installing parking bays and has begun the initial steps of installing paid parking metres outside the Cherrywood Luas stop; his views on whether this will prevent people from availing of this public transport facility and instead pressure them to drive in their cars into Dublin and further into the city; if he will liaise with the local authority to prevent paid parking metres being installed until the car parking facilities at either one of these Luas stops is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26187/13]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Andrew Doyle

132. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps officials in his Department and the Embassy of Ireland in Washington DC are taking regarding the Immigration Bill that is currently before the US Senate, particularly on the issue of the possible ramifications it will have have on future J1 visas that many thousands of Irish college students avail of every summer; if new fees will be introduced on employers who would hire J1 students for the usual 12 week period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25748/13]

Humanitarian Aid

Andrew Doyle

133. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give details of Ireland's potential role in the European Commission initiative that was announced in September 2012 regarding the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps; the way he envisages Irish citizens engaging with this initiative that is similar to the United States of America's Peace Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25852/13]

EU Presidency Engagements

Andrew Doyle

134. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give details of the recent Western Balkans Conference that was recently held at Farmleigh; if he will provide the complete list of bilateral meetings that he had with EU member states and other non-EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25857/13]

Tax Code

Andrew Doyle

151. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance the length of time that a 9% VAT rate will apply to the hospitality and tourism sectors in view of the positive impact it is having on promoting economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25189/13]

EU Directives

Andrew Doyle

169. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he or officials in his Department have received representations from the industry stakeholders regarding the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regarding the expansion or watering down of the Directive; the persons from whom these representations came; the discussions involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25432/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Andrew Doyle

170. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the workings and procedures that Irish banks are using under the Central Bank of Ireland's code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/13]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Andrew Doyle

224. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will outline in tabular form the costs that have been incurred by his Department in the project to date, including surveying, planning, legal fees and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/13]