Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

United Nations Security Council

Andrew Doyle

141. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail Ireland's position on the future reform of the United Nations Security Council; if Ireland would vote in favour of expanding the number of permanent members of the UNSC; his views on whether the European Union delegation to the United Nations should one day hold its own permanent seat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/13]

Tax Code

Andrew Doyle

147. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all goods that have VAT exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23673/13]

Appointments to European Boards

Andrew Doyle

262. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance when the next opportunity will arise for Ireland to appoint a new director to the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; if he will provide details of the current and all previous appointments to the board by the Irish Government; the costs associated with the position in tabular form over the past fifteen years; if he will detail annually the salary that this position commands and Ireland's annual contribution to the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Andrew Doyle

313. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to build a new school in a new housing area that has been specifically zoned for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23674/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Andrew Doyle

350. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been put in place for new school buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when he expects construction works to start and on which sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/13]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Andrew Doyle

435. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form on a report by report basis, the fees that have been paid, or payments outstanding, to Indecon for publishing various report for her Department from 2011 to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24240/13]

Architectural Heritage

Andrew Doyle

453. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on where proceedings stand with the Irish Houses of Parliament Building on College Green, Dublin, which is currently occupied by Bank of Ireland; the progress made to date on taking the building back into public ownership; the next steps he and his Department officials will be taking to bring the site into public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/13]

Household Charge Collection

Andrew Doyle

475. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of households liable for the household charge here; if he will provide details regarding the total number that have paid and or have been waived to date; if he will break down the overall percentages for the figures provided; the methods that will be used to collect the charge from persons who have not paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/13]

Climate Change Policy

Andrew Doyle

500. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on where his Department's own version of Energy Security and Climate Change legislation is currently at; when he expects to be in a position to publish the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24235/13]

Redundancy Payments

Andrew Doyle

507. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he would deem the payment of an enhanced redundancy package to the former staff members of Irish Local Development Network, who were made redundant on statutory redundancy in February 2010 as eligible expenditure for the company to now make an agreed enhanced package to those staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24330/13]

State Bodies Accounts

Andrew Doyle

530. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Annual Reports for the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board to be published for the years 2011 and 2012; when they will be made available on the JAAB website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24005/13]

TB Eradication Scheme

Andrew Doyle

587. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the allocation of Departmental spend year to date in east Wicklow on badger culling for the purposes of eradicating bovine TB in comparison to the same period in east Wicklow in 2012; and if he will provide comparative data for national spending for this purpose. [24302/13]

Air Ambulance Service Provision

Andrew Doyle

667. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the regulations surrounding the use of helipads for delivering patients to hospitals throughout the country; the hospitals that have helicopter pads for landings; if each helipad is licensed for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24243/13]

Air Services Provision

Andrew Doyle

724. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the full list of departure and arrival curfews that are in place in every airport in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Andrew Doyle

69. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he had with members of the Elders on a recent visit to Dublin; the discussions he had with former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, former President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter and others regarding their objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23418/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Andrew Doyle

70. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the discussions he has had with António Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23420/13]

Humanitarian Aid

Andrew Doyle

74. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's contribution, financially or in terms of resource commitment or otherwise to the donor conference for development in Mali that was held on 15 May 2013 in Brussels; if Ireland took the initiative to participate in the meeting; if Ireland was invited by either the European Union or France to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23546/13]

EU Directives

Andrew Doyle

106. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance the discussions he had with his counterparts at the 14 May ECOFIN meeting in Brussels regarding the bail-in tool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23545/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Andrew Doyle

107. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance the fraud prevention measures that are in place at the local property tax call centre in view of the alleged debit and credit card fraud allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23548/13]

EU Treaties

Andrew Doyle

108. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if European Union treaty change is necessary, thus triggering a referendum here, in order to legally create a single EU bailout agency and rescue fund; if he or his officials discussed this treaty change matter with the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble or his German officials either on the 14 May ECOFIN meeting in Brussels or beforehand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23549/13]