Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

189. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 REPS 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54500/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Brendan Griffin

192. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the practice of backdating penalties on the single farm payment scheme in view of the impact these excessive penalties are having on farmers' payments after a very difficult period for the farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54512/13]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

201. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm payment penalty will be waived in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54628/13]

Social Insurance

Brendan Griffin

125. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with UK authorities to ensure that requests from Irish residents for information relating to social insurance contributions made by them while working in the UK will be dealt with expediently, as many such persons are experiencing great difficulty and long delays securing such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54186/13]

State Examinations

Brendan Griffin

227. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department employs retired teachers as State exam correctors for oral exams, course work and written exams; if so, the reason this is happening when there are so many unemployed suitably qualified persons; if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons involved as a percentage of the overall numbers and the financial amounts involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54112/13]

State Examinations

Brendan Griffin

229. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an examination reader will be provided to a dyslexic student (details supplied) in County Kerry for the leaving certificate examinations in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54147/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Brendan Griffin

262. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will change tendering criteria for large public contracts, such as schools, to enable contractors other than the huge construction companies to tender; if his attention has been drawn to the exclusive nature of the existing criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53835/13]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Brendan Griffin

320. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence sent in support of a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

476. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [53790/13]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

485. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a fencing grant to include gates in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53895/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

601. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for the five migraine clinics in Counties Cork and Galway, Dublin's Mater Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital and Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54143/13]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

604. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the neurology programme for headaches and migraine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54152/13]

Vaccination Programme

Brendan Griffin

621. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including a vaccine for meningococcal group B on the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54281/13]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

623. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a full-time STI clinic will be established at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/13]

Tourism Promotion

Brendan Griffin

652. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a home gathering in 2015, a major drive to encourage a year of holidaying at home among Irish residents in an effort to keep some of our spend on foreign holidays in our own economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53836/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

200. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme 4 payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53596/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

201. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal for disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/13]

Road Safety Authority

Brendan Griffin

235. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recourse available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is unhappy with the results of a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/13]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Brendan Griffin

88. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53288/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 REP scheme 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53159/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Brendan Griffin

122. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance when a refund of deductions of local property tax from a local authority tenant's pension will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52468/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

447. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53094/13]

Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

493. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of privately run health centres in County Kerry that are receiving funding from the Health Service Executive; if he will provide details of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52704/13]

Travel Abroad Scheme

Brendan Griffin

542. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53067/13]

Health Services Staff Issues

Brendan Griffin

544. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate staffing for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53093/13]

Community Involvement Scheme

Brendan Griffin

563. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow county council allocations to contribute to the 20% local contribution for 2014 community involvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52621/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

197. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52241/13]

Carbon Budget

Brendan Griffin

28. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding carbon tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51989/13]

Irish Water Staff

Brendan Griffin

120. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department's water engineers will be transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52176/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

126. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence, sent in support of an application for derogation of the stocking rate on a 2012 disadvantaged area scheme application, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51982/13]

Sea Lice Controls

Brendan Griffin

136. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the recent ordering of a culling of lice infested farmed salmon in Norway to protect young migrating wild salmon; if he is concerned that planned farming activity in Irish waters could lead to a similar problem and threaten wild stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52174/13]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Brendan Griffin

150. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his advice on a matter concerning a tracheostomy nurse post (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51988/13]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Griffin

153. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a Health Service Executive pension scheme estimate will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51997/13]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Brendan Griffin

163. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will address the problem of the empty and unused ward in the new West Kerry Community Hospital in Dingle, by investigating the viability of contracting it out to a private operator so that the beds will be available and, thus, alleviate the serious shortage of residential beds available in the Dingle Peninsula; if he will make this a priority for Kerry health services in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/13]

Tobacco Control Measures

Brendan Griffin

164. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he fears that plain packaging cigarettes will lead to an increase in illicit trade, counterfeit and contraband; the amount such activities cost the Exchequer in lost revenue at present; if medical professionals have reported unusual conditions as a result of the consumption of counterfeit tobacco products; if he has studied the effects of plain packaging in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52168/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Brendan Griffin

149. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51317/13]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection

Brendan Griffin

234. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the non-principal private residence charge will be abolished from 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51977/13]

Local Development Companies Administration

Brendan Griffin

260. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local development companies that have been subject to Employment Appeals Tribunal hearings in the past five years; the names of those LDCs; the payments that were awarded in each case; the way the moneys were paid; the total cost to the State, including awards and legal fees and a breakdown of the settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51751/13]

Local Development Companies Administration

Brendan Griffin

261. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local development companies that have been the subject of complaints to all statutory labour relations mechanisms in the past five years and the name of the LDC in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51752/13]

Local Development Companies Administration

Brendan Griffin

262. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of 2013 local development company programmes that have yet to be signed off by Pobal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51753/13]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Brendan Griffin

322. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of a single farm payment penalty will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/13]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Brendan Griffin

345. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51592/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

349. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51716/13]

Forestry Grants

Brendan Griffin

143. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51193/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

145. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51205/13]

State Examinations

Brendan Griffin

252. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable to provide scribes and readers for students who need them for State exams at junior and leaving certificate years but not for Christmas and summer exams in 1st, 2nd and 5th year; his views on whether the failure to provide such services outside of State exams disadvantages those who do not qualify for any other assistance such as a special needs assistant but who need this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/13]

Schools Amalgamation

Brendan Griffin

253. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two, three and four teacher schools that have embarked on the amalgamation process since the implementation of Budget 2012 teacher threshold increases; if he will provide a breakdown for each of the three sizes of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50751/13]

Schools Amalgamation

Brendan Griffin

254. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that his Department provides enough assistance to any small school that wishes to explore the possibility of amalgamation with a nearby school; the process to be followed; the supports his Department provides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50752/13]

School Staffing

Brendan Griffin

255. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he would provide in tabular form the schools in County Kerry that have lost a teacher due to the implementation of budget 2012 teacher threshold increases; if he will categorise the information into two, three and four teacher categories; the academic years for which the teachers were lost; the enrolment numbers in each case; the total savings achieved in the county since the implementation of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50753/13]

School Staffing

Brendan Griffin

256. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total savings achieved since the implementation of the Budget 2012 teacher threshold changes, broken down into two, three and four teacher schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50754/13]