Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Leader Programmes Funding

Niall Collins

12. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give the breakdown of the recent allocation of funds sanctioned to Leader companies; the amount allocated to each company, broken down by measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Sandra McLellan

13. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to treat domestic abuse as a serious cause of social housing need and homelessness; and if he will prioritise the addressing of this need in the interests of protecting vulnerable adults and children. [20494/13]

Departmental Properties

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the buildings and their locations that his Department rent; the number that are signed up to upward only rent agreements; and the cost of each building. [20500/13]

Private Rented Accommodation Prices

Martin Ferris

15. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private rental prices have increased year on year since he was appointed; his plans to address this problem exacerbated by subsidy of private rental market and current rental properties being repossessed and put up for sale. [20488/13]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on work being carried out at an estate (details supplied); and if any further funds are required to give a timeframe for completion. [20484/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities that are employed on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum. [20499/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Denis Naughten

18. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the building control regulations to make provision for contractors providing services to the owners of domestic septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/13]

RAPID Programme

Seamus Kirk

19. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of RAPID AITs that have full-time co-ordinators in view of the importance of this programme and the importance of their having full-time co-ordinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20465/13]

Private Rented Accommodation Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

20. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families on the rental accommodation scheme are being displaced because lending institutions that repossess their rental properties due to the landlords arrears are refusing to keep tenants. [20487/13]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored, in the interest of addressing the large housing waiting list, the possibility of purchasing some properties for social housing areas where demand and the drop in property prices suit same. [20492/13]

Official Engagements

John Browne

23. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date of the last meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the way Homebond may be involved in the pyrite resolution process established by him when they have recently informed homeowners that all previous inspections and tests which they carried out were being withdrawn; his views on whether this amounts to a conflict of interest. [20425/13]

Local Authority Staff Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

25. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be saved by the public Exchequer if there was to be one assistant fire chief in each local authority. [20432/13]

National Spatial Strategy

Charlie McConalogue

26. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to address the impact of the removal of the gateway designation for Letterkenny-Derry as a result of the decision to abandon the national spatial strategy. [20297/13]

Electoral Divisions Establishment

Michael P. Kitt

27. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the release of the local electoral area boundaries in Dublin and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20449/13]

Proposed Legislation

Michael Colreavy

28. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill and if he will ensure this Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann this year. [20495/13]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

29. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for dealing with unfinished estates. [20491/13]

Voluntary Housing Sector Issues

Bernard Durkan

30. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of houses provided under the capital allowance schemes and handed over to various voluntary housing bodies throughout the country since the inception of the scheme on a county basis; the full extent of the total cost of all such schemes to the Exchequer; the extent to which all such bodies continue to comply with regulations governing their operation; if the State investment is guaranteed and returnable to the State directly or via the local authorities in the event of non-compliance with regulations, articles of association or company law; the extent to which any breaches of the relevant regulations have been discovered and addressed by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/13]

Ministerial Travel

Jerry Buttimer

31. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the overseas visits for St. Patrick's Day of the Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20296/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Timmy Dooley

32. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated to each LEADER company for projects to date; the amount sanctioned to date; and the amount of expenditure incurred, broken down by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/13]

Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit

Seán Crowe

33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to improve the support structures for tenants and landlords experiencing disputes through the Private Residential Tenancies Board and other bodies in view of the increase in those renting privately. [20483/13]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

34. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which in the course of a review of the full extent of the local authority housing need arising from failure of his predecessors to make adequate provision in this regard, any plans have been put in place, to reintroduce a capital housing programme with particular reference to addressing the housing crisis affecting those who traditionally relied on local authority housing as a first step in meeting their housing needs; if he will indicate by reference the total numbers on the various local authority housing waiting lists; his plans, if any, to address this need as a matter of urgency and thereby reduce the ongoing annual rent support costs in lieu of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20416/13]

Local Government Reform

Sean Fleming

35. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for a plebiscite on a directly elected Dublin Mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20446/13]

Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits

Michael McGrath

36. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money in the dormant accounts fund, less the reserve; the number of commitments entered into that have not been paid out broken down by year of sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20467/13]

Local Authority Expenditure

Brendan Smith

37. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated cost of additional councillors in Dublin under Putting People First. [20445/13]

Ministerial Travel

Jerry Buttimer

38. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his visit to Boston; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20295/13]

Septic Tank Inspections

Brendan Griffin

39. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when householders will be able to avail of grants to improve their septic tanks. [20304/13]

Septic Tank Inspections

Mick Wallace

40. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in the number of septic tanks that have been inspected by his Department to date; the total number of tanks he intends to have inspected in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/13]

Security of the Elderly

Brendan Smith

41. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money made available for the seniors scheme this year; the amount sanctioned to date; the amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20472/13]

Septic Tank Inspections

Brendan Griffin

42. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if householders can be proactive and if they will be able to avail of grants to improve their septic tanks in advance of any inspection being carried out by their local authority, or if they will have to wait to be inspected and failed. [20305/13]

Irish Water Establishment

Seán Crowe

43. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budget that has been allocated for the establishment and programme spend of Irish Water, including wages. [20496/13]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Michael P. Kitt

44. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money made available to upgrade unfinished estates in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/13]

Planning Issues

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

45. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the introduction of a planning regulator; the nature of the regulator’s role and relationship with current planning bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/13]

Rural Recreation Promotion

Robert Troy

46. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the programme of work laid out by his Department for rural recreation development this year; the new aspects to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20473/13]

Proposed Legislation

Dessie Ellis

47. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when legislation will be enacted to levy industries identified to have liability for reparative work by the Pyrite Review Group; and if he will indicate at which the stage this legislation is at. [20482/13]

National Spatial Strategy

Charlie McConalogue

48. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an assessment was carried out on the impact of the removal of the gateway designation for Letterkenny-Derry in advance of the decision to abandon the national spatial strategy. [20298/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Catherine Murphy

49. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has sought information from local authorities on their total financial exposure to the special liquidation process of the Irish bank Resolution Corporation; if he will provide a breakdown of all deposits and-or bonds placed by local authorities in IBRC; if he has received any assurances that such deposits will be recoverable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20299/13]

National Spatial Strategy

Michael Moynihan

50. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the consultations he held with regional authorities and local authorities regarding to his decision to abolish the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/13]

Local Authority Staff Issues

Jonathan O'Brien

51. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form, the number of assistant fire chiefs who were employed in local authorities in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the cost per year. [20497/13]

Water Services Provision

Michael McGrath

52. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of group water schemes throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20453/13]

Dormant Accounts Fund Administration

John McGuinness

53. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the programmes he intends to run under the dormant accounts fund this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20468/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Brian Stanley

54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be saved by the public Exchequer if there was to be a cap of €100,000 on wages in local authorities. [20431/13]

Water Meters Installation

Micheál Martin

55. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the roll out and completion of metering across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20452/13]

Regeneration Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

56. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the work he is doing to ensure that the regeneration of Dolphin House and St. Teresa's Gardens, Dublin, progress without delay. [20485/13]

Official Engagements

Dara Calleary

57. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the latest date on which he attended a meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe or the national co-ordinating committee of RAPID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20475/13]

Proposed Legislation

Pearse Doherty

58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the drafting of the local government Bill; and when he expects the Bill to be published. [20501/13]

NAMA Social Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

59. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the National Asset Management Agency units for social leasing; the number that are currently occupied, in the process of being occupied or ready for occupation with a breakdown based on the number that are in local authority or voluntary sector control respectively. [20481/13]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

60. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with families who are in need of social housing in view of the fact that they are unable to fund suitable and affordable accommodation through rent supplement particularly due to a refusal by landlords to take rent supplement. [20486/13]

National Spatial Strategy

John McGuinness

61. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the creation of a new national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/13]

Dormant Accounts Fund Grants

Willie O'Dea

62. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends making any money available from the dormant accounts fund for small projects in RAPID areas this year and also for flagship projects nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20471/13]

Proposed Legislation

Willie O'Dea

63. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the implementation of pyrite resolution board legislation; when homeowners will be in a position to receive compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/13]

Pyrite Resolution Board Membership

Mick Wallace

64. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the setting up of pyremco; if he will outline the way he envisages the remediation works being managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/13]

Local Government Reform

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made with the proposed alignment of local government and the engagement there has been with representatives of staff and the community sector. [20498/13]

Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

67. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the dormant accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the inception of the fund; the total amount transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/13]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Denis Naughten

68. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in addressing the funding of projects under the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20302/13]

Local Government Fund

Catherine Murphy

69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the formula for the way the discretionary fund amounting to 35% of revenues directed to the local government fund will be allocated by his Department; if there will be a specific needs and resources model employed to decide the way that funds will be directed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20300/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that under his Department's guidelines for a house claiming exemption from property tax that it will be sufficient that a structural report by a chartered engineer containing opinion that damage to house is due to pyrite induced heave together with a hardcore test result showing pyrite content above the IS-398 threshold level be provided for exemption from property tax. [20426/13]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

71. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cé mhéid airgid atá fágtha le ceadú ag Comhar na nOileán Teo. faoin gClár Leader, miondealaithe idir Oileáin agus mórthír Chonamara agus de réir na míreanna sa gClár; cén uair a bheidh cead acu an t-airgead seo a cheadú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20458/13]

Homelessness Strategy

Michael Colreavy

72. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to achieve the goal of eliminating long-term homelessness by 2016. [20490/13]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Dara Calleary

73. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to make the full amount of the remaining money for projects under the Leader programme available to the Leader companies for allocation; the reason for the delay in approving this despite his commitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/13]

Departmental Funding

Niall Collins

74. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money provided in the Estimates this year to cover costs directly related to the contribution to social partnership of various groups funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/13]

Overseas Development Aid Policy

Andrew Doyle

75. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of his new Irish aid policy, One World One Future; when he expects this policy to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20690/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Finian McGrath

76. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the residents of building (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will have to pay the property tax as it is a protected building. [20735/13]

Departmental Schemes

Tom Fleming

77. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the take up of the employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme; the number that have availed of same; his plans to incentivise potential employers and businesses to dramatically increase the demand for this scheme which has much potential for job creation. [20787/13]

Tax Compliance

Stephen Donnelly

78. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 16 April 2013, regarding prosecutions for non filling of returns, the number of unsuccessful prosecutions since 2008, and the number of companies prosecuted, overall, defended by free legal aid since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20544/13]

State Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the percentage of the company owned by the State that the payment by AIB of the €280 million dividend preference share dividend due to the State in the form of additional ordinary shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/13]

Property Taxation Application

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Comhdhaíl Oileáin na hÉireann outlining the reasons that there should be a reduced local property tax on the offshore islands; his response to this letter and the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20580/13]

Banking Operations

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the right a citizen has to a bank account. [20600/13]

Mortgage Debt

Sean Fleming

82. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage accounts outstanding on primary dwelling homes by the banks and financial institutions; the number of mortgage accounts issued by retail credit firms; if he will provide the total number of primary dwelling home mortgages in the country; the total value of the balance on these accounts at the end of December 2012; the number and the percentage in arrears over 90 days divided between banks and financial institutions, retail credit firms and local authorities; if he will provide the names of the institutions referred to as retail credit firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/13]

Tax Code

Sean Fleming

83. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if cohabiting partners can share their tax credit and tax bands in order that a cohabiting couple will not be disadvantaged in comparison to the civil solidarity pact available in France or other countries where a cohabiting couple can file joint assessment for taxes in the same manner as married couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Sean Fleming

84. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the your guide to local property tax and how to pay and file document is amended to clarify that persons may pay by cheque and the completed LPT return with the cheque attached for the full amount can be sent to the LPT branch, PO Box 1, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20607/13]

Tax Residency Issues

Sean Fleming

85. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons deemed non resident for tax purposes in the Revenue records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/13]

Banking Operations

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist for banks regarding lodgements they can refuse to accept, that is, packs of coins under a certain value or coins as part of priority lodgments for businesses.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Michelle Mulherin

87. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance where there is a delay on the part of the Revenue Commissioners issuing a notice of estimate in respect of the local property tax to a taxpayer, if flexibility will be shown to the taxpayer in relation to the difficulty such a delay poses in filing the Form LPT1 by the deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20652/13]

Carbon Tax Collection

Joe McHugh

88. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline his plans for introducing carbon taxation on coal; if he has considered the implications of such a development on cross-Border imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20668/13]

Bond Redemption

Stephen Donnelly

89. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will release all materials in the possession of his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland which reference payments and redemptions made by the Government or Irish banks, from September 2008 onwards, to holders of senior bonds which were issued by covered Irish banks before the State guarantee, that is, payments of senior debt issued prior to September 2008, redeemed after September 2008 and reference the European Central Bank, for example, correspondence to or from the ECB on the matter of paying senior unguaranteed bondholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20669/13]

National Payments Plan Implementation

Andrew Doyle

90. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the Central Bank of Ireland's new national payments plan; if he intends to abandon one cent and two cent coins; if he has identified a town where the pilot scheme is not carrying such coins; if he intends to put roundings to the nearest five cent on a statutory footing; if he has examined similar schemes in other jurisdictions that have worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Regina Doherty

91. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will request An Post to facilitate the payment of the local property tax through An Post savings stamps;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Michelle Mulherin

92. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the delay in issuing the notice of estimate of local property tax in respect of some residential properties; the number of notices that have yet to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20686/13]

Tax Rebates

Brendan Griffin

93. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if a medical expenses tax refund will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20725/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Patrick Nulty

94. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if there are any exemptions to the property tax for persons with disabilities who have had to have their homes adapted; if he will outline the exemptions available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20727/13]

Mortgage Interest Rates Issues

Michael Lowry

95. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to prevent the future increase in mortgage interest rates as announced by a number of named banks earlier this week (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress these increases will have on strained mortgage holders; his views on whether this increase will drive further mortgages into arrears; his views on whether increases are beneficial for the economy as a whole; the steps he wil take to lessen this burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20734/13]

Liquor Licence Applications

Michelle Mulherin

97. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the number of times in the past 13 years the Revenue Commissioners have refused to issue an intoxicating liquor licence to an applicant who has presented a court certificate pursuant to section 39 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000 and the grounds in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/13]

Tax Code

Ciara Conway

98. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding administration fees; the reason it appears an administration fee is applied in the case of car exports but not in the case of the imports; if he will clarify the way this administration fee is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/13]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Terence Flanagan

99. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the engine cc limit or removing the cc limit under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/13]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Terence Flanagan

100. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to support persons who bought properties in the height of the boom and are now in serious negative equity and struggling to pay their mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20811/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Michael Lowry

101. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will, in view of the information that has come to light in the past week, take definitive steps to cap the salaries being received by senior officials in the banks that have received State capitalisation; if he will provide a guarantee that these payments will be clamped down on; his views on whether the current salaries and payments being received are fair in view of the funds provided to these banks by the Irish taxpayer; the reason he did not exercise his vote against approving such a payment in an individual case in the past week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20821/13]

Polasaí Iontrála Gaelscoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

102. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéid gearán atá faighte ag a Roinn ó ceapadh é mar Aire Oideachais faoi pholasaí iontrála na nGaelscoileanna agus go mórmhór faoi scoileanna a thugann tosaíocht do pháistí a bhfuil an Ghaeilge acu ón gcliabhán; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20568/13]

Gaelscoileanna Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

103. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a cheapfar foireann dearaidh do Ghaelscoil de hÍde san Órán Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20569/13]

School Staffing

Éamon Ó Cuív

104. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the retention level of pupils required to retain a second classroom teacher in an island school; the level of pupils required for a one teacher island school to get a second teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/13]

School Staffing

Éamon Ó Cuív

105. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in each offshore island school, not connected by bridge to the mainland, on 30 September 2012; the number of classroom teachers attached to each school; the number of general learning support hours allocated to each school; the number of resource hours allocated to each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20579/13]

Value for Money Reviews

Éamon Ó Cuív

106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the recommendations of the value for money report on small primary schools; the main conclusions of the report including the educational achievements of the past pupils of these schools; the decision he intends making on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Peter Mathews

107. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide support services to children with Down's syndrome. [20598/13]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing personnel who have gained experience administering third level grants under Student Universal Support Ireland during the past 12 months who are to be retained by SUSI for the 2013-14 academic year; and the total number of personnel to be employed by SUSI to process grants when the new cycle of grant applications commence. [20609/13]

School Staffing Appeals Mechanism

Charlie McConalogue

109. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the appeal regarding a teacher allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20648/13]

Special Education Review

Finian McGrath

110. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support St. Michael's centre for autism, Trim, County Meath, in its efforts to implement the July programme. [20679/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

111. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for a safe drop off area for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20701/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

112. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Jerry Buttimer

113. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports available for children with Downs Syndrome; his views on requests for his Departments to recognise Downs Syndrome in its own right for the purpose of accessing educational supports and access to the maximum allocation of resources hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20720/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

114. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the priority attached to a school building project wherein there is provision for the establishment of a three classroom autism spectrum disorder unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20721/13]