Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Data

Joe Higgins

354. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30400/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joe Higgins

367. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30398/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joe Higgins

388. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30394/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joe Higgins

409. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in her Department. [30404/14]

Departmental Contracts

Joe Higgins

449. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30402/14]

Departmental Staff Data

Joe Higgins

476. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30406/14]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Joe Higgins

488. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30396/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Bill Clinton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19932/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committees held in February and March 2014. [19931/14]

Bank Branch Closures

Joe Higgins

207. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views regarding the announcement by Ulster Bank of the closure of a further ten branches here; his plans to meet senior executives in Ulster Bank or Royal Bank of Scotland and if any such meetings are planned; his views on a possible merger with other institutions to form a third force in banking; his views on the call by the Irish Bank Officials Association that there should be no compulsory redundancies in Ulster Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29741/14]

Health Professions Admission Test

Joe Higgins

251. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the number of private colleges offering tuition courses in the health professions admission test; and if his Department has made any assessment on the impact this private tuition may be having on the final student cohort entering medicine in universities. [29360/14]

Freedom of Information Remit

Joe Higgins

333. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the freedom of information legislation to cover records that are kept by religious institutions. [29774/14]

Trade Agreements

Joe Higgins

353. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the talks related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement; if he will outline the Government's position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28241/14]

Housing Assistance Payments Administration

Joe Higgins

517. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of the pilot housing assistant payment schemes in the six chosen local authority areas; and when his Department will extend it to all local authority areas. [29409/14]

Disability Services Funding

Joe Higgins

544. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget cut to the National Deaf Advocacy Service of the Irish Deaf Society; if his attention has been drawn to the levels of social exclusion and difficulties in accessing essential public services that the deaf community face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29776/14]

Data Protection

Joe Higgins

618. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending data protection legislation to cover records that are kept by religious institutions. [29774/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Kazakh Government on the imprisonment of leading human rights lawyer Vadim Kuramshin; and if he will demand the ending of state persecution of Mr. Kuramshin, who has highlighted brutal civil rights transgressions in Kazakhstan. [28359/14]

Human Rights Issues

Joe Higgins

12. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increase in State security and the workers and human rights abuses that accompany many international sporting events such as the World Cup. [28240/14]

Iraqi Conflict

Joe Higgins

17. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the political and military situation in Iraq. [28242/14]

Foreign Conflicts

Joe Higgins

26. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Government's position on the political and military situation in the Central African Republic; and his views on further intervention by foreign powers in that State. [28243/14]

Middle East Issues

Joe Higgins

37. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Israeli Government on the matter of the Israeli Defence Forces operation in the occupied Palestinian territories following the abduction of three young settlers near Hebron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joe Higgins

2. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on economic infrastructure has met since the winter recess. [14916/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has had with church leaders. [14917/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joe Higgins

8. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht last met; and the date on which the next meeting is scheduled. [14918/14]

Child Care Services Provision

Joe Higgins

73. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will guarantee that a child care service (details supplied) in Dublin will remain open and fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27989/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy last met since the Christmas recess. [10470/14]

Garda Deployment

Joe Higgins

67. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the presence of a large number of gardaí at a peaceful community protest by residents against the installation of water meters at Tonlegee Drive, Edenmore, Dublin 5 on 12 June 2014; and if, in view of this and the presence of gardaí at other similar peaceful protests around the country, she believes it is a proper use of Garda resources to be deployed in this way. [26911/14]

Direct Provision System

Joe Higgins

72. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the system of direct provision for asylum seekers; and her views on the number of children in the system, the length of time spent by asylum seekers in direct provision centres, the living conditions and standards, and the absence of independent inspection or complaints procedure. [26757/14]

Garda Investigations

Joe Higgins

75. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda investigation has been launched into the treatment, death and burial of children at the Bon Secours mother and baby home, Tuam, County Galway, between 1925 and 1961. [26755/14]

Garda Operations

Joe Higgins

81. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a public inquiry into the policing of protests related to the Shell-Corrib gas project at Rossport, County Mayo. [26754/14]

Deportation Orders

Joe Higgins

91. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the process for the issuing of deportation orders in the case of persons who have abided by their visa conditions and left the State having deportation orders issued against them and, thereby, causing difficulty when wishing to re-enter the State. [26758/14]

Proposed Legislation

Joe Higgins

92. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform family law prior to any future referendum on marriage equality to give same-sex civil partners the same legal entitlements and rights as married couples. [26756/14]

EU Issues

Joe Higgins

434. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a discontinuation of the supply of free EU intervention surplus cheese; and the alternative means by which the families who previously benefited from this scheme via community based organisations who disbursed it on behalf of his Department can continue to avail of same. [27201/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the OECD meeting in Paris in early February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Joe Higgins

317. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an increase in rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [25385/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joe Higgins

15. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14914/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joe Higgins

16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with political leaders in Washington in March. [14915/14]

Middle East Issues

Joe Higgins

144. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the use of administrative detention by the Israeli state in the occupied Palestinian territories and the reported abuse of human rights such as torture, solitary confinement, denial of visits from family and legal representatives, allegations of deliberate medical negligence, transportation of detainees to Israel and the detainment of children; the Irish Government's position on the matter; and the progress of any representations made to the Israeli state on the matter. [24687/14]

Free Travel Scheme Review

Joe Higgins

67. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's review of the free travel scheme; her proposals to alter the current scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24002/14]

Tax Code

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance how he reconciles the view that the income tax burden is too high on low and middle-income workers with the Government's policy of imposing new tax burdens on the same cohort, with the property tax on workers' homes and water charges; and if he will report on the income tax increases that would be equivalent to these new burdens for average workers. [23226/14]

Home Repossession Rate

Joe Higgins

164. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he has a projection from the principal banks in the State on the number of homes they will attempt to repossess in 2014 to 2015 due to mortgage distress by owner-occupied mortgage holders. [23243/14]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Joe Higgins

165. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been required to take any urgent, special steps to make suitable accommodation available to deal with the crisis of homelessness. [23244/14]

National Debt

Joe Higgins

166. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of interest payments on the national debt for 2012, 2013 and projected for 2014; if he will break down the major entities in receipt of the interest by amount per entity. [23245/14]

National Debt

Joe Higgins

167. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest on the national debt that is accounted for by the bailout of the banks in 2012, 2013 and projected for 2014. [23246/14]

National Debt

Joe Higgins

168. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the total of the national debt; and the amount of the total debt accounted for by loans from the troika agencies. [23247/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Joe Higgins

12. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the next debate on Northern Ireland will be held in Dáil Éireann. [10468/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Joe Higgins

35. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with UK political leaders during the state visit of President Michael D. Higgins. [19933/14]

World Economic Forum

Joe Higgins

8. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he met President Barroso in Davos and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/14]

World Economic Forum

Joe Higgins

9. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he had while attending the World Economic Forum at Davos. [7491/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Joe Higgins

73. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons this year to date who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour activation schemes. [19740/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Joe Higgins

74. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour activation schemes in the first half of 2013; and the number in the second half of 2013. [19741/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Joe Higgins

75. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended this year to date for refusing to take part in JobBridge under the youth guarantee. [19742/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Joe Higgins

76. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to take part in the gateway scheme. [19743/14]

Employment Support Services

Joe Higgins

77. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers taking part in the JobBridge scheme that have been given a warning for giving participants in the scheme allowances for travel or food or any other expenses. [19744/14]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Joe Higgins

57. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount income tax relief on pensions cost the Exchequer in 2013; and the percentage of that total of relief benefit to each decile of earners from the highest to the lowest. [18762/14]

NAMA Portfolio

Joe Higgins

58. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency-owned houses and apartments that exist in the four Dublin local authority areas. [18763/14]

Unfair Dismissals

Joe Higgins

255. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average current waiting time for a person to have his or her case for unfair dismissal heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal or the rights commissioner. [18765/14]

Unfair Dismissals

Joe Higgins

256. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in instances where findings are made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or rights commissioner against employers resulting in compensation for unfair dismissal or orders to pay unpaid wages the rate of employer compliance with those findings and how often subsequent enforcement measures are required. [18766/14]

Industrial Relations

Joe Higgins

257. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of pension-related disputes involving employer attempts to close or alter defined benefit schemes currently before the Labour Relations Commission. [18767/14]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Joe Higgins

279. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently in deficit and the amount. [18761/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Joe Higgins

309. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the State pension in 2013. [18764/14]

Local Authority Housing Application Numbers

Joe Higgins

453. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons or families currently on the social housing waiting lists in the four Dublin local authorities and the number among them who have been on those waiting lists for five years or more. [18768/14]

Visa Applications

Joe Higgins

579. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the case of a visa applicant with a physical disability, if their physical disability is a consideration when assessing if the applicant has sufficient finances or when assessing if granting a visa may result in a cost to public funds and-or public resources. [19226/14]

NAMA Property Leases

Joe Higgins

60. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency will be transferring the allocated properties at Clare Village, Malahide Road, to Túath Housing. [18306/14]

Health Services

Joe Higgins

238. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he has read the National Survey of Stroke Survivors 2013 published by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Irish Heart Foundation in April 2014; his views on the findings that 11% of stroke survivors requiring access to psychological services got access to them, half requiring access to speech and language therapy did not receive therapy, and one in three requiring physiotherapy received no therapy. [18352/14]

Health Services Provision

Joe Higgins

239. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national neurorehabilitation strategy; and report the number of extra community neurorehabilitation teams that have been put in place since the publication of the strategy. [18353/14]

Climate Change Policy

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the times the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy met in the past year. [7498/14]

Dublin Docklands Development Authority

Joe Higgins

412. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to resolve financial issues with a construction company (details supplied) in order that a small subcontractor who is owed €650,000 wiil be paid. [17587/14]

Ministerial Correspondence

Joe Higgins

479. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a request to meet a person (details supplied); and if he is willing to meet them to discuss the serious matters that they have raised. [17568/14]

Hospital Services

Joe Higgins

601. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a person (details supplied) from the Health Service Executive to discuss a matter with a person in County Wexford who suffers from an aggressive from of motor neuron disease and is in need of invasive ventilation. [17617/14]

Sale of State Assets

Joe Higgins

2. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State assets that have been privatised under the terms of the troika memorandum of understanding; the funds that were realised by the State from these privatisations; where these funds have gone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16916/14]

Sale of State Assets

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assets the Government intends to privatise under the terms of the troika memorandum of understanding; the estimated amounts to be realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16917/14]

Haddington Road Agreement Review

Joe Higgins

5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the implementation of the Haddington Road agreement. [16812/14]

Regional Development

Joe Higgins

8. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his meeting with the delegation from the European Parliament's committee on regional development last month. [16814/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Joe Higgins

16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his visit to China and his meetings with Government officials and business leaders. [16815/14]

Civil Service Accountability

Joe Higgins

21. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Civil Service accountability consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16813/14]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Joe Higgins

22. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the implementation of the 20 year strategy for the Irish language by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16816/14]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Joe Higgins

55. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will make an assessment on the impact of the lack of availability of the back to education allowance for students training to be secondary teachers in view of the fact the course has the status of a masters level qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16872/14]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Joe Higgins

97. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will revisit the criteria for the back to education allowance for students training to be secondary teachers in view of the fact that the qualification is now at masters level. [16871/14]

Child Abduction

Joe Higgins

132. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 11 February 2014, if he is concerned that a German court did not accept a court order from this State relating to the child abduction case as should be done in line with the Luxembourg Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16931/14]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration

Joe Higgins

382. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent on the rental accommodation scheme in each of the local authority areas from 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [16493/14]

Middle East Issues

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Saudi Arabia and the meetings he had with Government officials there, including the Deputy Prime Minister, Crown Prince Salman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2212/14]

Middle East Issues

Joe Higgins

5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Qatar and the meetings he had with Government officials there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2213/14]

Middle East Issues

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates and his meetings with Government officials there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2214/14]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Joe Higgins

223. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health his views on the Neurological Alliance of Ireland's recently published nationwide survey, Living with a Neurological Condition in Ireland which shows the difficulties persons with neurological conditions have in accessing services and the difficulties faced following changes to benefits and entitlements. [14614/14]

Garda Deployment

Joe Higgins

144. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the community Garda service for the Hartstown, Huntstown, Blakestown and Mountview area of Dublin 15 will continue following recent redeployments of resources; and his views on the community Garda service for wider west Dublin area. [14412/14]

European Council Meetings

Joe Higgins

24. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussions he held during the European Council in December. [7492/14]

European Council Meetings

Joe Higgins

25. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he had with European Council leaders in December. [7493/14]

European Council Meetings

Joe Higgins

26. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the exit of the State from the troika with European Council leaders in the European Council meeting on 19 and 20 December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7494/14]

Community Employment Schemes Places

Joe Higgins

483. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cut that sees the loss of a community employment supervisor in the Community LYNKS drugs project, Inchicore, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12925/14]

Special Protection Areas Designation

Joe Higgins

580. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the potential impact on the European designated special protection area following the sale of five acres on the Merrion Road beside the Booterstown Nature Reserve in Dublin, known as the Ashe Castle site previously owned by the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/14]

White Paper on Defence

Joe Higgins

828. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the date on which the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13482/14]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Joe Higgins

1135. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the drug Fampyra for multiple sclerosis will be available for patients through the public health service at no cost at the point of use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13764/14]

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Joe Higgins

218. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of blood donations that have not been used due to anonymous informants giving information on blood donors to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service [12349/14]

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Joe Higgins

219. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health his views on the prohibition on blood donations from men who have had sex with men; if he will request the Irish Blood Transfusion Service to review this prohibition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12350/14]

Tax Code

Joe Higgins

80. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers that would not directly benefit from a raising of the level at which the top rate of income tax is raised. [11683/14]

Tax Code

Joe Higgins

81. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers that would benefit from the raising of the level at which they pay income tax at the top rate by €1,000 per annum, €2,000 per annum, €3,000 per annum, €4,000 per annum and €5,000 per annum; and the amount such a reduction in income tax at each of these levels would cost the Exchequer. [11684/14]

Deportation Orders Data

Joe Higgins

397. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place for deportation orders that are issued in the post and are returned undelivered; and the number of deportation orders issued in 2011, 2012 and 2013 that were undelivered. [11550/14]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Joe Higgins

27. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if any Department or statutory body has been banned from making use of the JobBridge scheme. [10477/14]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Joe Higgins

41. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Members of the Oireachtas who employ persons under the JobBridge scheme either in their constituency offices or in companies they own; if she will provide the names of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10478/14]