Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Waste Management Regulations

Mary Lou McDonald

354. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take regarding a company (details supplied) and the inadequate and poor recycling facilities it operates. [44371/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

375. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 and as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44745/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report

Mary Lou McDonald

409. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the recently completed interdepartmental group report on Judge Quirke's Magdalen laundries restorative justice recommendations. [44606/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

418. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44750/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

421. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44743/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

465. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44739/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

474. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44741/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

588. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014, as provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44748/13]

Medical Card Appeals

Mary Lou McDonald

590. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal for the renewal of a medical card for a five year old child (details supplied) with Down's syndrome, asthma, arthritis and a heart condition. [44763/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

613. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44754/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of Government Departments that are making use of JobBridge interns with no hope of offering them employment due to the recruitment embargo and that almost 60% of JobBridge participants who undertook their internship in a public sector organisation did not progress into paid employment; and the steps she will take in response to same. [43367/13]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Mary Lou McDonald

27. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the impact of budget 2014 on fuel poverty. [43365/13]

IDA Job Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of posts that were expected to be created in 2012 for which €2.8 million of employment grants were returned to the Industrial Development Agency. [42587/13]

IDA Job Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new posts supported by the Industrial Development Agency that were to be realised in 2013; and the number of such posts that are in place to date. [42586/13]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will equality proof budget 2014 in advance of his announcement and publish the findings of the proofing process on budget day. [42567/13]

Ministerial Pensions

Mary Lou McDonald

26. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the post-Haddington Road agreement annual pension payment to former office holders and, where applicable, to provide former details of Ministers' and taoisigh TD pensions also in a separate column. [42512/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the legal proceedings initiated by the Rehab Group and Rehab Lotteries will have on the tendering process of the new national lottery licence. [42513/13]

Cross-Border Educational Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

66. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage cross-border studying. [42205/13]

School Uniforms

Mary Lou McDonald

119. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce legislation to compel schools to introduce generic uniforms that would reduce costs for parents. [42204/13]

Prison Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

192. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent appointment of a head teacher to Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow was preceded by an open competition; the number of applicants that applied for the position and the body that had overall responsibility for the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41791/13]

Medical Card Applications

Mary Lou McDonald

520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused renewal of their medical card. [41812/13]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Mary Lou McDonald

15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the reason banks relied 62% on legal letters to meet the Central Bank’s MARTs; and if he will review the targets and the definition of a sustainable arrangement. [41506/13]

Departmental Correspondence

Mary Lou McDonald

37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter of 19 November 2010 from Jean-Claude Trichet; and if this letter will be made available to any banking inquiry. [41520/13]

Human Rights Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, a prominent activist for sustainable people-centred and just economic and social development, in Laos; evidence that indicates the Laotian security forces may have had a hand in his disappearance; and if he will raise the issue with the Laotian Government and his European and international counterparts. [41161/13]

Trade Missions Participation

Mary Lou McDonald

69. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent four day political and trade mission to China; the discussions he had with Chinese officials; and what is expected to be achieved by the visit. [41167/13]

Sporting Organisations

Mary Lou McDonald

70. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the ability of sporting bodies to register as charitable bodies and the potential for this to enhance philanthropy towards sporting bodies. [40897/13]

Social Welfare Schemes

Mary Lou McDonald

126. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to work with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance to ensure that taxi drivers who become ill or are unable to work can better access social welfare supports. [40904/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

512. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Magdalen laundries restorative justice scheme to include the number of women who have applied to the fund; the number of the applicants that have received a payment, medical card, pension payment and-or additional supports as provided by the Magdalen commission report; and if he will confirm that the Irish Women’s Survivors Network has received the payment of €250,000 as announced earlier this year. [41104/13]

National Children's Hospital Status

Mary Lou McDonald

52. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the development of the new National Children’s Hospital [40049/13]

Hospital Services

Mary Lou McDonald

55. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the additional support that will be provided to the three existing children’s hospitals pending the completion of the new hospital at the St. James's site, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/13]

UN Conventions Ratification

Mary Lou McDonald

53. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

113. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of Haddington Road agreement applicable his Department and/or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [39096/13]

Ministerial Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

122. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all special advisers to him and his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [39114/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

141. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members' fees, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39285/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

142. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

143. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi-State CEOs' pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/13]

Child Care Reports

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure highest standards are reached and adhered to and an appropriate inspection regime across all pre-school child care facilities is in place; the time frame for achieving both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38764/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

83. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the position between his Department, An Post and National Lottery Company staff regarding the recent Labour Relations Commission negotiations which have finished; and, if like An Post, it is his Department's understanding that the LRC discussions have finished and that the issues and concerns of workers have progressed well and are concluded. [38961/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

84. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department uploaded the recently concluded National Lottery Company Labour Relations Commission proposal arising from discussions between his Department, An Post and the trade unions representing An Post National Lottery staff to a virtual data room set up by his Department for potential licence bidders, and if he will confirm if the LRC proposal document was presented to potential bidders as an agreement between all parties. [38962/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

85. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is appropriate, in the absence of the proposals being formally brought to current An Post National Lottery workers for ballot, for the recent Labour Relations Commission, An Post National Lottery Company proposals to have been presented to National Lottery bidders. [38963/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

86. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department officials have sought or supported a return to An Post by National Lottery staff on permanent secondment from the company; if not, the reason he or his officials did not seek or support this option. [38964/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

87. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Labour Relations Commission An Post National Lottery proposals include an option for An Post workers on permanent secondment to the National Lottery Company to return to An Post, and, if not, if this is contrary to his commitment that the welfare, transfer and safeguarding of National Lottery personnel must and will be encompassed in the whole process. [38965/13]

Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach don Ghaeilge

Mary Lou McDonald

41. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mary Lou McDonald den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir leis an ngá atá ann Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach a bhunú; an bhfuil aon phlean aige a leithéid d’Fhóram a chur ar bun; agus mura bhfuil, an dtabharfaidh sé míniú ina thaobh. [38489/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO's pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39263/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

242. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39272/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

243. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39282/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

250. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann make a profit from school transport in view of the existence of minutes of a meeting on 29 June 2011, which he attended, with Bus Éireann and his Department, where Bus Éireann chief executive and its company accountant explained that there was a fund containing a surplus of €2 million-€3 million from the payments received by Bus Éireann from his Department for delivery of the school transport scheme services. [38675/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

251. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the last year in which Bus Éireann made a profit from school transport. [38677/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

252. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the FGS report commissioned in 2008-2009 that investigated direct and indirect charges for school transport. [38678/13]