Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 65 de 87
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Medical Card Eligibility
Clare Daly
197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 9 December 2014, in circumstances where a person aged over 70 years wishes to remain with his or her non-public sector general practitioner rather than parading around with his or her personal medical file to other GPs, if the non-public general practitioner's prescription will have the same recognition and equal status as that of a public sector GP, in other words, the prescription would be completed at the same cost at the pharmacy as would be the prescription of a public sector GP. [48759/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Shannon Airport Facilities
Clare Daly
207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on statements from his Department that there is no evidence of Irish involvement in CIA renditions when they have been provided evidence of CIA rendition planes passing through Shannon. [48748/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
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Water Charges Administration
Clare Daly
224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is appropriate that her Department is paying a connection fee to Irish Water of €1,650 for school extensions even where the pipe work is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48752/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Clare Daly
225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) can overcome Student Universal Support Ireland queries regarding their place of residence, in view of the fact that they share the dwelling, have no utility bills in their name, but are capable of providing a sworn affidavit from the owner of the property regarding the fact that they have resided there for the relevant time. [48756/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Water Charges Administration
Clare Daly
248. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason schools are being charged a €1,650 connection fee with Irish Water for their school extensions. [48753/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Safety Authority Campaigns
Clare Daly
256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the members of the Road Safety Authority driver certificate of professional competence, CPC, review groups which sat in 2013 were overlooked at the RSA Leading Light Awards in both 2013 and 2014, when a precedent had been set in 2012 when members of the RSA driver CPC groups, prior to that, received special recognition awards at the Leading Light ceremony for their voluntary efforts in sitting on the review committees. [48535/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
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Driver Safety
Clare Daly
257. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of professional bus drivers, category D and category D1, who were issued with a driver certificate of professional competence, CPC, card in September 2013 and the number of those drivers who completed a relevant module of their periodic training prior to 9 September 2014. [48536/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
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Driver Safety
Clare Daly
258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of professional truck drivers, category C and C1, who were issued with a driver certificate of professional competence, CPC, card in respect of those categories before 9 September 2014. [48537/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
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Driver Safety
Clare Daly
259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of candidates who sat and successfully passed the transport management certificate of professional competence, CPC, by venue to date in 2014. [48539/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
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Public Transport Provision
Clare Daly
260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of specific road passenger service route licence applications received, rejected and granted during 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide details of same. [48540/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Safety Authority
Clare Daly
261. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health and safety guidelines under which authorised Road Safety Authority inspectors operate in selecting locations for conducting road side enforcement checkpoints. [48541/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Safety Authority
Clare Daly
262. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Road Safety Authority roadside enforcement checkpoints by road number and by county conducted to date in 2014. [48542/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Safety Authority
Clare Daly
263. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of operator premises visits carried out by the Road Safety Authority enforcement inspectors in respect of drivers' hours regulations to date during 2014. [48543/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Safety Strategy
Clare Daly
264. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce own account operator licensing in the road haulage sector. [48544/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Haulage Industry Regulation
Clare Daly
265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce refresher training on a periodic basis for those who have completed the transport management certificate of professional competence, CPC, course. [48545/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Tolls
Clare Daly
266. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will continue his efforts at the North-South Ministerial Council to get the Northern authorities to review their recent decision in respect of the imposition of the UK heavy goods vehicle levy in respect of trucks registered in the Twenty-six Counties and in respect of trucks using the A5 as the main transit route between north Donegal and Dublin. [48546/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
Road Tolls
Clare Daly
267. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the routes in the Border counties in respect of which the Northern Ireland authorities granted exemptions to southern hauliers from the UK heavy goods vehicle levy. [48547/14]
Céad, 17 Noll 2014
written
EU Regulations
Clare Daly
268. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that, under EU regulations, a coach driver on an international journey carrying passengers can legally drive subject to certain conditions for 12 consecutive days, while a truck driver carrying goods must take at least 24 hours rest after six consecutive days driving; his further views that goods are more strenuous to transport or are more valuable than human life; and his plans to raise this issue at EU level. [48548/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Public Procurement Contracts
Clare Daly
102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve access to State contracts for Irish firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47712/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Social Welfare Benefits
Clare Daly
134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the changes made to the Christmas bonus are payable to all social welfare recipients and not just those on jobseeker's payments. [47928/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Nitrates Action Programme Review
Clare Daly
318. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has acted on the recommendations of the second review of Ireland’s nitrates action programmes for an assessment of current levels of storage capacity and future needs for agricultural waste, that is, slurry and soiled water, to determine if in view of the growth in the national herd over the past three years and that planned under the terms of Food Harvest 2020 there is sufficed capacity, especially within the catchments of high status water quality sites. [48223/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Farm Waste Management
Clare Daly
319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in encouraging farmers to utilise farm waste to provide an alternative source of energy through anaerobic digestion, as is done in other countries. [48227/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Water Quality
Clare Daly
593. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to require existing farmers to provide an increase in the storage facilities for soiled water from the existing period of ten days capacity to 15 days that now applies to newly constructed soiled water tanks; and if not, the grounds on which he has justified this omission. [48224/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
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Water Quality
Clare Daly
594. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has acted on the recommendations of the Second Review of Ireland's Nitrates Action Programmes that research be commenced at the earliest possible date in order to quantify the risks currently posed by bovine access to waters and, where appropriate, propose management strategies to mitigate impacts. [48225/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
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Water Quality
Clare Daly
595. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the Second Review of Ireland's Nitrates Action Programme determined that having considered all information available to it, no scientific justification had been provided to support increased flexibility for slurry spreading during the prohibited period as he allowed in 2011, the steps he has taken to ensure that his officials will in the future confine their actions to those with appropriate scientific justification. [48226/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
State Properties
Clare Daly
618. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the vacant and under-utilised State property which has been made available for homeless-housing purposes over the past 12 months; and his plans regarding same. [47711/14]
Máirt, 16 Noll 2014
written
Driver Licences
Clare Daly
645. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason personal public service numbers are required for the issuing of a new licence; and the reason the information is stored for a period of 20 years, with the ability for it to be passed to other Government Departments and third parties. [47929/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Clare Daly
33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide assurances to Dáil Éireann that due to the serious risk associated with fracking that because of our dependence on tourism and agriculture and also the health implications for the population, that a company (details supplied) will not be granted an exploration licence; and that this matter of fracking will end. [47122/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
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Strategy for Renewable Energy
Clare Daly
38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the supports provided through REFIT or otherwise by his Department, the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland and ESB to small scale hydro-microgeneration; and the supports provided through REFIT or otherwise to persons who install small-scale wind turbines including those turbines not requiring planning permission; and if the ESB will enable a grid connection and purchase the surplus electricity generated. [47121/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
written
Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Clare Daly
112. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 20 November 2014 the information requested has not been furnished, in view of the fact that the number of members of the Defence Forces who were retired by the President have been very small and those retired in the interests of the service under section 47(2) even fewer. [47503/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
written
Garda Deployment
Clare Daly
120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 16 October 2014, in which she states that she has asked the commissioner for information on the specific issue referred to by this Deputy and that she will reply directly to this Deputy; if she will provide the information as requested. [47538/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
written
Child Care Services Regulation
Clare Daly
142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the Better Start programme entailing a third regulatory inspection of child care establishments, if he will improve the payments to early educators in line with the level of responsibility being imposed upon them. [47515/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
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Departmental Funding
Clare Daly
181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the delay in the processing of the show racism the red card scheme to support national organisations application; if he will deal with the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47501/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
written
Local Authority Finances
Clare Daly
194. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that section 136(2) of the Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, places an obligation on the chief executive of a council to prepare a monthly management report on the performance of their executive functions during the preceding calendar month; if it has been further drawn to his attention that in the case of Sligo County Council, in compliance with departmental guidelines, the council resolved that the management report should include details of major expenditure and income lines for each service division, including performance against figures provided in the adopted annual budget and against expected income and expenditure profiles; if he will provide details relating to the performance of the council's revenue collection levels including aged debt analysis; if he will provide details relating to recourse to the council's overdraft facility, number of days per month and interest incurred; if it has been drawn to his attention that the monthly management reports issued by the chief executive officer of Sligo County Council for October 2014 and for November 2014, did not include any of the above important information; if he will consider amending local government legislation to ensure the council executive provides such information to the elected council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47626/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
written
Local Authority Management
Clare Daly
195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that under section 134 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by section 49 of the Local Government Act 2014, in an election year, the local authority corporate plan must be prepared and brought before the council for consideration within six months of the annual general meeting, that is, by 6 December 2014 in the case of Sligo County Council; if has been further drawn to his attention that the Sligo County Council executive indicated to elected councillors that recent guidelines issued by his Department suggested that local authorities could extend the period for the preparation of the corporate plan; if his attention has been drawn to such guidelines; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has not prepared a corporate plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at its monthly meeting on 1 December 2014 the council unanimously adopted the following motion, "That this council, aware of its statutory and legal obligation to adopt its 2015-2019 corporate plan on or before 6 December 2014, hereby resolves to call on the chief executive to prepare the corporate plan in consultation with the corporate policy group, arrange a schedule of meetings for that purpose and provide such assistance as may be practicable to assist in the preparation of the corporate plan and in its consideration by the corporate policy group"; and to ensure the corporate plan is submitted to the elected council for approval without further delay; where a corporate plan is not prepared and submitted to the council in accordance with the Local Government Act 2001, the action that will be taken to ensure the corporate plan is prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/14]
Déar, 11 Noll 2014
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Local Authority Finances
Clare Daly
196. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has been incurring revenue deficits in its budget over the past six years and that the cumulative revenue debt stands at €19.67 million while the council's long-term debt is in excess of €120 million; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the assistant secretary of his Department in a letter to the chief executive of Sligo County Council dated 11 November 2014 highlighted the fact that legislation provides that a county council audit committee should have been in place within three months of polling date, by 23 August 2014 and that the audit committee should be made aware of the gravity of the council’s financial situation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a council audit committee was eventually established at the monthly meeting of Sligo County Council on 1 December 2014; if his Department will now consider providing additional funding to the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47628/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
Clare Daly
22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will liaise with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to initiate an investigation into the sale of commercial property in 2013-14 by the trustees of the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme; and the implications for the pensions of the members of the scheme. [47001/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Clare Daly
33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will increase rent supplement levels by 25% in the areas which have experienced the sharpest rise in homelessness as a result of rising rents. [47002/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Financial Services Regulation
Clare Daly
64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 2 December 2014, the reason a ten year licence was provided to the company (details supplied), despite the fact that at a time the Financial Regulator had evidence of malpractice in their possession; and the avenue that is open to a citizen to pursue this further. [47373/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way teachers correcting their own students work will improve further the learning experience at second level and the educational rationale underpinning it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47429/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has costed the additional infrastructure needed for schools to store examination materials securely; if her Department has carried out a cost benefit analysis on the proposed changes to the junior certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Teacher Training Provision
Clare Daly
152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have resources and training to support the proposed changes in each subject area and that these resources are available to all schools in each educational sector so all our students will have equal opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations Appeals
Clare Daly
153. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals at junior certificate level in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [47432/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of the new junior certificate will be reduced from its current level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations Reviews
Clare Daly
155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated financial saving from having teachers correct their own students work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the extended executive powers of chief executives of education and training boards; her further views on having so much power vested in one person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47435/14]
Céad, 10 Noll 2014
written
Education and Training Boards Administration
Clare Daly
157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on circular letters and directives from her Department that may be interpreted differently by chief executives in the 16 education and training boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
National Monuments
Clare Daly
104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 22 October 2014 if she will provide Dáil Éireann with an update on whether contact has been made between her Department and Fingal County Council and the landowners of Drumanagh Promontory, with a view to securing this protected monument in public ownership. [46776/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Animal Welfare
Clare Daly
113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to improve the monitoring of coursing meetings by National Parks and Wildlife Service officers, in view of the fall in the numbers of such inspections and the lack of sufficient scrutiny of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46777/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Gender Recognition
Clare Daly
163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the revised general scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 is amended, to remove the fact that the proposed criteria for 16 and 17 year olds to access the legislation requires parental consent letters from two physicians and a court order and that trans persons must be single in order to have their gender legally recognised. [47271/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Employment Rights
Clare Daly
202. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the procedural process of a claim made to the Labour Relations Commission in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be expedited in view of the fact the person making the claim is elderly. [47222/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Garda Operations
Clare Daly
263. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which members of An Garda Síochána or the riot squad are entitled to be on duty without any forms of ID; and the actions citizens can take in those circumstances. [46886/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Garda Investigations
Clare Daly
276. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to improve responses from An Garda Síochána to reports made to them by the public regarding illegal stag hunting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47256/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Medical Card Eligibility
Clare Daly
295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable over 70s whose general practitioners are non-public sector to avail of free medical card and GP cover. [46740/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Child Care Services Provision
Clare Daly
321. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in home care in respect of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46973/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Child Care Services Provision
Clare Daly
322. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a difficulty in children transitioning to the Health Service Executive for home care from a foundation (details supplied) despite the fact that a system seems to operate in other parts of the country [46974/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Child Care Services Provision
Clare Daly
323. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the plans he has to allow a foundation (details supplied) to secure funding to enable them to look after children up to the age of six, rather than requiring them to transition to the Health Service Executive on reaching the age of four [46975/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Health Services Provision
Clare Daly
327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that programmes run under the Health Service Executive, for example dialectical behaviour therapy, are conducted in a secular and non-religious manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46990/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Broadband Service Provision
Clare Daly
374. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students attending courses run by Solas and the education and training board do not have access to the enhanced broadband deals through campus which are available to most other third level organisations; and her plans to deal with the matter. [46746/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Residential Institutions
Clare Daly
388. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to repeal section 28 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 as survivors believe it curtails their right to justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46921/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Postal Services
Clare Daly
465. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include the name Ireland on our postage stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47273/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Rail Services
Clare Daly
474. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Iarnród Éireann has an excessively severe restriction policy (details supplied) regarding refunds; and if this is in breach of normal customer charters and best practice. [46764/14]
Máirt, 9 Noll 2014
written
Wildlife Protection
Clare Daly
504. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will close off the loophole in existing legislation that is being exploited by the Ward Union Stag Union, to enable them to in effect hunt stags; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47258/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
Clare Daly
15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he signed the ministerial order to enable the IAS scheme trustees to amend the terms of the scheme, despite the fact that many of the groups directly impacted by the changes had not agreed and were dissatisfied by the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Transport Infrastructure
Clare Daly
34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding the second public consultation process regarding the Swiftway bus rapid transport from Swords and the airport to the city centre and the reason the advertisement process and method of making submissions was altered; if it would not be preferable to halt this process now and reconsider prioritising Metro North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Overseas Missions
Clare Daly
105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 25 November 2014, if he will clarify the impression that the Defence Forces are considering sending soldiers to Afghanistan after 31 December 2014 and that those Defence Forces personnel will be directly involved in training Afghan soldiers, in view of such an exercise being inappropriate for Irish personnel to be involved with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46530/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Defence Forces Reorganisation
Clare Daly
106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence when the White Paper is due; and his views on a merger of the coast guard and customs maritime sections with the Naval Service. [46532/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Defence Forces Review
Clare Daly
107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his plans to introduce a regular path to becoming a commissioned officer in view of the numbers of highly trained NCOs and skilled tradesmen; his views on whether it would make sense to select the best and keep these skills and motivate people to progress within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46533/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Clare Daly
108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if professional servicemen who have passed all medical and physical tests required of them are going to be retired under the post-1994 contact, and when a definitive response will be provided to them. [46534/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Clare Daly
109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will take steps to critically examine and review the service history of all those personnel that are about to be discharged under the post-1994 contract with a view to seeing what internal Defence Forces courses could be offered to upskill these personnel prior to leaving. [46535/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
Clare Daly
114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has referred the information brought to her attention in relation to invoices sent from OSSL to Shell and E and P Ireland on 24 August 2012 regarding deliveries of alcohol to gardaí, to tax and customs authorities for investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46539/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Disability Support Services
Clare Daly
143. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of a company (details supplied) by the Health Service Executive south and its involvement in disability services in County Waterford in terms of whether the contract was awarded by public tender; the terms of reference; his views that there is a conflict of interest involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Health Services
Clare Daly
144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the manner in which investigations into the Health Service Executive and its service providers are being conducted by private companies at considerable expense; his plans to regulate this industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46538/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
School Accommodation
Clare Daly
169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that funding is provided for an extension to the staff room and principal's office in respect of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the facilities currently available there are in breach of workplace regulation. [46620/14]
Déar, 4 Noll 2014
written
Alternative Energy Projects
Clare Daly
191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 10 and 13 of 23 October 2014 which indicate that of the indigenous wave energy developers, three are attempting to develop point absorber wave energy converter devices, three are working on attenuator devices, two on overtopping devices, four on oscillating water column devices and two on power take off, if a more rational use of the State's resources with a view to developing an Irish wave energy industry providing jobs for Irish workers, would be to purchase the useful intellectual property inherent in the various technologies, employ whatever proven expertise exists in these companies and direct the ESB to lead a development programme targeting the deployment of Irish wave energy conversion megawatt size devices offshore Ireland within ten years. [46598/14]
Céad, 3 Noll 2014
written
Property Tax Exemptions
Clare Daly
19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views regarding the delay in implementing changes to the local property tax pyrite exemption, which he has acknowledged needs to be addressed, bearing in mind that the delay is causing significant stress for homeowners whose properties are worthless in the context that the Revenue Commissioners have been sending letters demanding payment in the past two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45948/14]
Céad, 3 Noll 2014
written
VAT Rate Application
Clare Daly
27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the VAT Directive applicable only to multinationals, neutralising VAT between related companies, but providing a substantial cash flow advantage to multinational corporations competing in the same market place as small indigenous business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45947/14]
Céad, 3 Noll 2014
written
Irish Water Administration
Clare Daly
121. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Irish Water registration packs that were returned with the personal public service number included prior to the introduction of the new measures on 19 November 2014. [46461/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Pyrite Remediation Programme
Clare Daly
129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the emergence of pyrite in County Donegal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, if he will bring forward legislation to amend the pyrite remediation scheme, in order that residents in these areas can be considered for inclusion. [45874/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Pyrite Remediation Programme
Clare Daly
131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Pyrite Remediation Board, with particular reference to the way consideration is being given to deal with cases where a dwelling has a BCA rating of 1 with progression, and where the adjoining property or properties have been approved for remediation; the number of such properties that have been accepted for inclusion in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45873/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Clare Daly
155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the criteria of eligibility for community employment schemes in order to enable a person who has been unemployed for six months to apply for a scheme. [45988/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
Clare Daly
221. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason upper body amputees are excluded from the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and the actions he will take to include single arm amputees in new legislation. [46255/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Mortgage Intermediary Licence Revocation
Clare Daly
223. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was provided with a ten year licence by the Irish Financial Regulator despite the regulator having had in its possession evidence of malpractice, a decision which it had to subsequently revoke. [46282/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
VAT Rate Application
Clare Daly
227. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason utility companies are instructed to levy VAT on the PSO charge and the legislative basis for this instruction. [46370/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Departmental Investigations
Clare Daly
269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary, if his Department has ever been contacted by An Garda Síochána and made a statement that they had found no evidence of wrongdoing or offence being committed. [45987/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Proposed Legislation
Clare Daly
321. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding her plans to introduce new legislation regarding the criminalisation of the purchase of sex, if she will take account of concerns and views of those working in the industry. [45986/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Medicinal Products Availability
Clare Daly
417. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress in ensuring that MS sufferers who require the Fampyra drug are able to avail of it under the drug treatment scheme. [46188/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Education and Training Boards Expenditure
Clare Daly
472. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reduction in expenditure in the 16 educational training boards; and if she would estimate the savings achieved since July 2013. [46256/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Teaching Contracts
Clare Daly
473. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in the 16 education and training boards who are on contracts of indefinite duration; and the number in permanent positions. [46257/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Teaching Contracts
Clare Daly
474. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in the 16 education and training boards who have been appointed to permanent positions since July 2013. [46258/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Teaching Contracts
Clare Daly
475. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in part-time work in the 16 education and training boards. [46259/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Departmental Funding
Clare Daly
476. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department makes to the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland for 2013. [46260/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Departmental Funding
Clare Daly
477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of the Irish Vocational Education Association in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46261/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations
Clare Daly
478. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the logic in reforming the junior certificate to accommodate the 40% assessment carried out in schools by subject teachers and the potential pressure on teachers to mark their own student work; her views that logic needs to underpin the change rather than change for the sake of change. [46262/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Departmental Funding
Clare Daly
479. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals in the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [46263/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
State Examinations
Clare Daly
480. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an opinion poll (details supplied) on 19 May 2014 that reveals parents have overwhelmingly backed teachers in their opposition to proposals to have them marking their own pupils' junior certificate papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46264/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Pyrite Issues
Clare Daly
502. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the surveys being conducted as part of the pyrite remediation process in the identification of other structural defects and breaches of building regulations or standards, separate to pyrite; the remedy open to homeowners to have those problems addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Building Regulations Application
Clare Daly
503. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that regulations are in place to deal with developers who have consistently breached fire safety regulations in the construction of dwellings in different locations, requiring evacuation in some instances and costly remediation works which have not been completed, and yet are being granted permission to develop new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45954/14]
Máirt, 2 Noll 2014
written
Driver Licences
Clare Daly
592. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the establishment of the national driving licence service; and the reason the conversion to plastic driver's licences cannot be dealt with online or by post. [45989/14]
Déar, 27 Samh 2014
oral
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Clare Daly
12. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding whether it is appropriate for special schools to implement a policy of regular suspensions for students with ASD, ADHD and ODD. [45096/14]