Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Restorative Justice

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who was made an award under the restorative justice system that was to include a weekly pension payment will receive this weekly payment. [11025/14]

Crime Levels

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on any increases in burglaries in the Dún Laoghaire constituency on an area basis; the measures put in place to deal with the recent increases in burglaries; his plans to deal with any increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11081/14]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

425. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with spinal injuries that have been transferred from Tallaght hospital to the Mater Private Hospital for treatment; and if this transfer was under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [10547/14]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

426. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there have been two spinal surgeon consultants appointed recently in Tallaght hospital to deal with the waiting lists. [10548/14]

Harbour Authorities Appointments

Richard Boyd Barrett

511. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the current directors of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company; the date their appointment commenced; the period of time each director has been appointed to serve as per each warrant of appointments approved by him; and if he will set out the remuneration package in each case. [10535/14]

Universal Health Insurance White Paper

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his examination of the likely cost implications of universal health insurance and potential implications for sustainable public expenditure overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9312/14]

Universal Health Insurance White Paper

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his views on reported concerns within his Department regarding the potential cost implications of universal health insurance. [9313/14]

State Visits

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the Japanese Government during his visit to Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6349/14]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden in Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52668/13]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if the issue of corporation tax here was raised at his meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden in Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52669/13]

School Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

134. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he does not feel it appropriate to talk to the parents and board of management of a school (details supplied) in view of the uncertainty surrounding location for the school which is due to open in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/14]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the likely impact on the imposition of fees for apprentices in view of the Government's stated aim of prioritising training and education in order to reduce unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9149/14]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

280. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for new secondary education in Maynooth, County Kildare including patronage, denomination and the way it will link with other secondary education in the area. [9196/14]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for primary education in Ballyfermot and the possible transfer of patronage from the De La Salle Brothers to Educate Together. [9197/14]

Heritage Sites

Richard Boyd Barrett

347. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Deparment has conducted any impact assessment on the outsourcing of management of heritage sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4016/14]

NAMA Portfolio

Richard Boyd Barrett

28. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the action he will take to deal with rapidly rising rents in Dublin and other urban centres particularly in terms of reviewing the appropriateness of real estate investment trusts, the private housing and rental market generally and the policies of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8364/14]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the growing controversy around Ireland's effective corporate tax rate following the recent academic paper suggesting a 2.2% effective rate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8363/14]

Human Rights Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to sign a statement of solidarity (details supplied) with the pro-democracy movement in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8115/14]

Equality Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

40. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide assurances to those campaigning for equal rights that no member of Government will represent Ireland at the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8114/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [6348/14]

Harbour Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the annual report and accounts for 2012 or 2013 from the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company as the latest accounts available on the harbour company website are 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7724/14]

Harbour Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of the assets transferred from State ownership to the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company when the new company was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the current rent caps for rent allowance for each council area in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8151/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

515. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units built; and the number that were allocated in each council area in the country for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. [8150/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

579. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a parliamentary question on 5 February 2014, the reason requests by representatives of a person (details supplied) for a meeting with him have been refused in view of the fact that serious questions arose from the senior counsel's independent examination in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/14]

HSE Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients on public waiting lists that were sent to private beds and private consultants in public hospitals in 2012 and 2013; the amount the Health Service Executive paid to these private consultants in public hospitals in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/14]

Ambulance Service Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer national ambulance service have recently been employed in the positions of ambulance control supervisor, acting team leader and ambulance controller, following interviews by a panel which included the chief ambulance officer; if these reports are confirmed if such recruitment practices are deemed acceptable in the public service and might also jeopardise health and safety considerations which should apply to the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/14]

Economic Management Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the date of the most recent meeting of the Economic Management Council. [4932/14]

Coillte Teoranta Governance

Richard Boyd Barrett

118. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is a sufficient degree of transparency and accountability in the policies, management and operation of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6350/14]

Afforestation Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures he proposes to increase the level of afforestation here in view of the failure in recent years to meet afforestation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6351/14]

Ambulance Service Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

613. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer of the national ambulance service have recently been employed in the positions of ambulance control supervisor, acting team leader and ambulance controller following interviews by a panel, the membership of which included the chief ambulance officer; if these reports are confirmed, if such recruitment practices are deemed acceptable in the public service and if they might jeopardise health and safety considerations which should apply to the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6671/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the private hospitals which have received patients transferred from public lists; the costs paid to each hospital for patients transferred from public waiting lists for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/14]

Garda Investigations

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an inquiry into the death of a baby (details supplied) in Dalkey in 1973 and the circumstances surrounding the death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5354/14]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in detail by local authority, the number of houses to be built under the capital programme for social housing; the number of houses to be acquired from the National Asset Management Agency for the purposes of social housing; the number of units to be funded in co-operative housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4925/14]

Irish Water Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the executive and board structure of Irish Water; the number of executive and board members, the salaries and pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4924/14]

Local Employment Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

332. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been denied funding to train as a security guard because they have no promise of work and as a result cannot apply for work because they have not got the qualification; and if this regulation contradicts the stated policy to encourage persons into training and back to work. [5212/14]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Richard Boyd Barrett

353. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail the alleged overpayment of €6,365.60 to a person (details supplied) with dates and amounts of overpayments; if she will further detail records of the reason the person was not entitled to the payment made to them and any and all correspondence to the person regarding this overpayment. [5524/14]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

354. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address an issue in respect of a person (details supplied) who is receiving a €100 per week jobseeker's allowance payment but has become homeless because they cannot access private rented accommodation even with rent supplement on such a low income; and if it is possible to increase their weekly payment so that they can exit homeless services. [5525/14]

Northern Ireland Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Northern Ireland First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness; if he will report the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52670/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 28 November 2013, in relation to the national rent allowance caps, the results of her monitoring of rent levels; her views on whether the current rent allowance caps are sufficient to ensure that accommodation needs of those in need are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3682/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has recently received notification that they are ineligible for rent supplement allowance as they are in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3683/14]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the SUSI grants awarded to students on level seven courses, the dental nursing and dental hygiene courses at Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork, who have recently received letters to say that the grant they were awarded in September was awarded in error, and to ensure there will be no recoupment of the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3543/14]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the effectiveness of the domiciliary care allowance in caring for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53848/13]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

415. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain what JobPath is; if she will outline the details of the way it will operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4087/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

416. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if any companies have been awarded contracts for JobPath; and if so, which companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4088/14]

Employment Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

417. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the schemes-activities that will be offered to persons with JobPath-JobBridge-training courses-work placement-unpaid internships; the way it will be regulated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4089/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

418. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the documentation and statistics on JobPath available for the public; and if a private company running JobPath will it be open to freedom of information legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4090/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

419. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of setting up JobPath; if she will save money by privatising this scheme; and if so how; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4091/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Richard Boyd Barrett

420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the private company will be paid; if they will have to get a certain quota of persons into activity or work; and if so the number of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4092/14]

Garda Operations

Richard Boyd Barrett

591. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the use of finger-handprints by the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if they are disposed of after citizenship is granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4122/14]