Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Exceptional Needs Payments

Willie O'Dea

1. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of savings that she expects to achieve from the abolition of exceptional needs payments for religious ceremonies; the number who received such payments in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19152/13]

Social Welfare Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason retained firefighters who are entitled to social welfare payments when they are not working in other employment are still having payments withheld from them. [19161/13]

Jobs Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council owned Ballyogan recycling depot, where a number of persons have been taken on to the JobBridge scheme which has resulted in other workers being displaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/13]

Disability Allowance Payments

Willie O'Dea

4. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of the domiciliary care allowance and the disability allowance in view of the advisory group on social welfare and taxation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19153/13]

Job Initiatives

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

5. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a jobs club service funded by FÁS has been withdrawn from Bawnogue, Clondalkin, Dublin; and the reason jobs club workers have not been paid for weeks worked or being offered enhanced redundancy as would be the norm in such circumstances. [19162/13]

Rented Dwellings Register

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering revising the rent caps in urban areas in view of the recent reports that rents are increasing in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18803/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Alan Farrell

7. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection when the most recent review of the income thresholds for jobseeker's allowance took place; the changes made as a result of this review, and if there were revisions or reviews of income thresholds in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012; if she will outline the changes that were made a result of reviews in these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18694/13]

Rented Dwellings Register

Bernard Durkan

8. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if any consideration will be given to increasing the maximum level of rent in respect of which rent support will be offered with particular reference to the need to address local market issues throughout North Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy in rent levels throughout the county due to market forces which in turn impact on persons on local authority housing lists who have to rely on private rented accommodation in lieu of local authority housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18933/13]

Unemployment Levels

Willie O'Dea

9. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on addressing the problem of under-employment across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18954/13]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service Remit

Billy Kelleher

10. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Social Protection the role of the Money Advisory Bureau under the new personal insolvency regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18939/13]

Employment Support Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

11. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff within her Department committed to employer engagement as part of the pathways to work strategy, the use of private contractors in the INTREO activation service; the number of INTREO offices opened across the State; the amount planned in the future; the amount of money spent on INTREO offices across the State to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Data

Mick Wallace

12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on allowing persons to avail of civil legal aid when making appeals either written or oral or both to the Social Welfare Appeals Office; her views on the need to publish the decisions of social welfare appeals officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18973/13]

Departmental Staff Data

David Stanton

13. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors currently employed by her Department; if the new panel of medical assessors has now been created; the number of persons on this panel; the number of additional medical assessors due to be recruited this year and expected start date of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18701/13]

Community Employment Schemes Places

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the introduction of a community employment programme for those who wish to become childcare providers; the number of places that will be available and their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18824/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Brian Stanley

15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for finalisation of cases in the SWAO; the number of applicants during each of the years between 2008 and 2012 who waited for the finalisation of their case more than three months, between six and eight months, between eight months and twelve months and twelve months or more. [18829/13]

Proposed Legislation

Dessie Ellis

16. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18845/13]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Joe Higgins

17. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures for the number of persons who have had their unemployment assistance and unemployment benefit cut because her Department was not satisfied that sufficient effort was being made by the people concerned to find employment. [18968/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Mick Wallace

18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether a Scandinavian model of childcare could be adapted to an Irish context; her plans to develop same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18974/13]

Social Welfare Rates

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the budgetary requirements of her Department without the imposition of extra curtailments in respect of payments to social welfare recipients such as job seekers, old age pensioners and those in receipt of child or adult dependent allowances and/or disability related payments; if she has identified the extent to which she can comply with the Troika requirements entered into by her predecessor in the coming year and thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18932/13]

Rural Social Scheme Applications

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

20. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the maximum duration that a participant can stay in rural social scheme employment; her views on situations that have now developed whereby participants are on such schemes indefinitely; the steps she will take to ensure that there will be a turnover of participants to prevent the exclusion of certain applicants due to incumbents now having almost permanent status on such schemes [18692/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Gerry Adams

21. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will publish the evaluation report on the JobBridge scheme. [18827/13]

Child Benefit Rates

John McGuinness

22. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18958/13]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

23. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 March 2013, the date on which the social impact assessment of the taxation and welfare changes announced in Budget 2013 was completed; the date on which it will be published; the number of persons within her Department who were tasked to complete this work and their positions within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18840/13]

Parliamentary Questions Numbers

Catherine Murphy

24. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has instructed staff in her Department to routinely request the withdrawal of Parliamentary Questions before they are officially responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18696/13]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Denis Naughten

25. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to allow self employed persons who are seeking work but ineligible for a social assistance payment to be eligible for schemes or employment when being on the live register is a requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18904/13]

Youth Guarantee

Willie O'Dea

26. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress she has made on implementing a youth guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18946/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Brian Stanley

27. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that a host organisation benefiting from free labour through the JobBridge scheme makes a financial contribution to the weekly payments made to participants; the date on which these payments will begin and the value of these payments. [18828/13]

Social Welfare Code

Róisín Shortall

28. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will use the opportunity of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill later this year to provide for the reimbursement to her Department by insurance companies of social welfare payments deducted from awards of special damages in respect of loss of earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18931/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Alan Farrell

29. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will take property tax rates into considerations when means testing income to determine if an individual is eligible for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18693/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Joe Higgins

30. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection following the Indecon Report into the JobsBridge scheme which revealed that 240 of the 7,300 companies surveyed admitted to availing of the scheme to displace paid jobs, the reason that only 12 companies have since been banned from participating in the scheme. [18969/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Gerry Adams

31. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in the JobBridge scheme in the private sector; the number of those persons who remained in employment within the company in which they completed a JobBridge internship. [18826/13]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

Noel Harrington

32. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will state for each payment issued by the schemes administered by her Department the processing time that it is currently taking to process these from the date of application to the final decision to award payment ; if she will provide a further breakdown for each payment stating the time taken for the initial process to record the application on the system, the time taken to process a means test if applicable, the time to process a habitual residence check if applicable, the time to process the medical examination if applicable, the time taken to process all other checks for each payment; the steps she has taken to reduce these processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18702/13]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Thomas Pringle

33. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council owned Ballyogan Recycling Depot, aat which a number of persons have been taken on to the JobsBridge scheme which has resulted in other workers being displaced [18808/13]

Departmental Staff Data

Martin Ferris

34. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of unfilled positions within her Department and their titles; and the dates on which she expects to fill these positions. [18838/13]

Departmental Properties

Jonathan O'Brien

35. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and locations through which her Department operates; the amount being paid in rent for each unit for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18846/13]

Redundancy Payments

Sandra McLellan

36. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 March 2013, in which she stated that a person must be employed for 104 weeks before they have a reasonable attachment to employment in order to receive a redundancy payment, her plans regarding a potential reduction in this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/13]

Gender Recognition

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

37. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce gender recognition legislation. [18834/13]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Jonathan O'Brien

38. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18847/13]

Redundancy Payments

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which her Department’s website will reinstate the practice of showing a statistical breakdown of redundancy figures based on industry, county and gender. [18832/13]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

John Browne

40. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government objective of eliminating poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18964/13]

Community Employment Schemes Places

Martin Ferris

41. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the operation of the proposed local authority community employment scheme; if she will provide the timetable for its roll out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18839/13]

Social Welfare Offices

Derek Keating

42. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her discussions in relation to the Office of Public Works and the advancing of her commitment to open a social welfare office in the Lucan area of County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the recent visit by the Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to a location in Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18698/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection with regards to young homeless persons on the half rate social welfare payment who are trapped in emergency accommodation if she will consider proposals that will allow these young persons to access a full payment in order that they may find secure accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18806/13]

Exceptional Needs Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

44. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the average payment made under the exceptional needs payment scheme during each of the first three months of 2013. [18825/13]

Social Welfare Code

Pearse Doherty

45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Court of Justice of the EU, in the case of Servet Kamberaj v Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per l’Edilizia Sociale della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano IPES, that EU member states are prohibited from implementing legislation which treats third-country nationals who are long-term residents different from EU citizens in relation to the allocation of certain types of social welfare payments; if she has examined the implications of this judgment for her Department; and if she will provide details of any discussions she has had on it. [18836/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Administration

Seán Crowe

46. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2011, almost one in five decisions in social welfare appeals was overturned by getting the original deciding officer to revise their original decision; her plans to ensure that there is better first-instance decision-making. [18842/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Data

Seán Crowe

47. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to address the fact that the Appeals Office is not independent in view of the fact that it must adjudicate on decisions of her Department, of which is it a part, and appeals officers are employees of her Department, appointed by her and may return to another section after working in the Appeals Office leading to a lack of public confidence in its ability. [18843/13]

Youth Guarantee

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of her implementation plan of the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18841/13]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

49. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification on the situation concerning those mothers working in the home and their ability to receive a token social welfare payment which would allow them to access community employment schemes and other training in preparation of returning to full-time work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18844/13]

Departmental Reports

Pearse Doherty

50. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted any research on identifying a minimum essential standard of living; if she will provide the results of this research and the methodology used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18837/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

51. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a database of appeals decisions that would be accessible to the public in view of the fact that appeals decisions could be considered quasi-judicial in character. [18835/13]

Exceptional Needs Payments

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures for the amount of money allocated to community welfare officers for emergency payments of utility bills such as gas, electricity, heating oil and so on in each year for the past three years; her views on any increases in demands upon CWOs for such emergency payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/13]

Social Welfare Offices

Derek Keating

53. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop a one stop shop for social welfare recipients in the Clondalkin, Palmerstown and Lucan areas of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18699/13]

Unemployment Levels

Dara Calleary

54. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the Action Plan on Jobs 2013 will tackle the problem of underemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18649/13]

Foreign Military Personnel

Seán Crowe

55. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 6 March 2013 if permission was sought for US military personnel to wear uniform outside the transit area of Shannon Airport on 10 February 2013; and, if so, if this was granted. [19383/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Sean Fleming

56. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19216/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Sean Fleming

57. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19232/13]

Military Aircraft Landings

Seán Crowe

58. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 6 March 2013 if he will confirm that the 608 foreign military aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport in 2012 were all unarmed, carrying no arms, ammunition or explosives; if he will also confirm that they did not engage in intelligence gathering, and that the flights in question did not form any part of military exercises or operations; and if this was not the case, if he will clarify the basis upon which the aircraft were permitted to land. [19384/13]

Emigration Data

Joanna Tuffy

59. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the statistics available to his Department on the numbers of emigrants from Ireland on a yearly basis in the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19450/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Catherine Murphy

60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the total costs incurred to date and the total estimated costs that will be incurred in establishing extra facilities to handle queries from members of the public on the new local property tax; if he will provide full details of the contract awarded to a private contractor to handle the volume of calls; if any additional staff have been taken on by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the administration of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19169/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax assessment form returns for the local property tax on a county basis. [19189/13]

Pension Related Deductions

Gerry Adams

62. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth has high pension related deductions taken from their salary at a very early stage during the year; the reason it is not possible to treat one of their incomes separately from their other income for the purposes of PRD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/13]

Tax Rebates

Jack Wall

63. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate for 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19197/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Sean Fleming

64. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if any of his Department’s 2012 capital expenditure allocation was used for current expenditure purposes last year, the amount used for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19215/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Sean Fleming

65. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the month by month profile for his Department's 2013 capital expendiuture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/13]

Tax Rebates

Dan Neville

66. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19318/13]

Tax Code

Finian McGrath

67. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider classifying personal alarms for the elderly as a medical device for the purposes of VAT and applying zero VAT rating to these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19334/13]

NAMA Portfolio

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 16 April 2013, if he will clarify the apparent inconsistency in policy between the National Asset Management Agency providing detailed information in a press release on its development of the Millmount project in Dundonald, County Down, but declines to provide information on its plans with respect to the 1916 National Monument site at 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin. [19348/13]

Banking Sector

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 16 April 2013, if he will identify the independent advisors to Allied Irish bank and the AIB pension fund in the transaction whereby €1.2 billion of EBS mortgages were transferred from AIB to the AIB pension fund in August 2012; if the same company acted as independent advisor on both sides of the transaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/13]

NAMA Legal Fees

Pearse Doherty

70. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm the reason legal fees were paid to ICSA Software International, a provider of computer software. [19350/13]

Tax Code

Peter Mathews

71. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance his intentions to exempt (details supplied) from a benefit tax. [19420/13]

Tax Collection

Ciara Conway

72. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance his plans to bring the State contributory pension within the standard PAYE taxing procedures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19421/13]

Tax Yield

Joanna Tuffy

73. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance the tax yield from Capital Taxes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19440/13]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Joanna Tuffy

74. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on tax reliefs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19451/13]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Michael McGrath

75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the total number of investors and the gross cost to the Exchequer of Section 481 Film Tax relief in each year from 2002 to 2012; his estimate of the number of jobs supported by this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19455/13]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments

Stephen Donnelly

76. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total amount of pre-guarantee/unguaranteed debt paid out since the bank guarantee up to March 2011, and from March 2011 to date, by category senior secured, senior unsecured, junior secured, junior unsecured, retail and corporate deposits, interbank deposits, other liabilities, including the payment schedules, dates and tranche amounts, and including recipients, where known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

77. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 16 April, 2013, if he will provide details of the way that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets relating to the €15bn the National Assets Management Agency funding were estimated, including any external verification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

78. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 16 April, 2013 if he will provide the balance sheet of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of liquidation, and detail where each asset and liability has moved to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

79. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 16 April, 2013 if he will indicate who incurs the loss if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets securing the €15bn debt purchased by the National Assets Management Agency from the Central Bank realise less than €15bn when sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

80. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 16 April, 2013, the reason preferred creditors will be paid before debt purchased by the National Assets Management Agency from the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

81. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Numbers 275 and 278 of 16 April 2013 if he will indicate the total pension funds affected, including those contained in client accounts;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/13]

IBRC Liquidation

Stephen Donnelly

82. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm that the €1 million specified in the answer is the sum total of the 23 individual pension fund accounts also specified in the answer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/13]

Tax Forms

Dan Neville

83. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a HPL1 form request in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/13]

Property Taxation Application

Dan Neville

84. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if he will expedite a request in relation to a property tax application form in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/13]

School Staffing Appeals Mechanism

Michael Creed

85. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to circular 0013/2013, as it relates to the primary school staffing appeals, if he will clarify the aspects of this circular which a school (details provided) in County Cork did not meet in respect of its appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/13]

Schools Amalgamation

Terence Flanagan

86. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification regarding reports of the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19182/13]

School Curriculum

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider setting up a pilot project in primary and secondary schools to start coding clubs with the aim of incorporating coding skills into the national curriculum. [19206/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Sean Fleming

88. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/13]

State Examinations

Ciaran Lynch

89. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resolution available to a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Cork who is faced with a clash of examination times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19324/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Finian McGrath

90. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cavan, has not progressed to building stage in view of the fact that its Band 1 listing is dating back to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19335/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Olivia Mitchell

91. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken to continue to increase the pupil teacher ratio in fee paying schools until it reaches 28:1 being the option included in the McCarthy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Olivia Mitchell

92. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19347/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Damien English

93. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the pupil-teacher ratio, if he will outline the way that this figure is calculated for primary schools; if he will list the posts that are used for this calculation and the posts that are not used for this calculation;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19356/13]

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility

Ciaran Lynch

94. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the denial of a place on a VTOS course, on grounds of progression, to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been out of education since 2005;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19379/13]

Third Level Facilities

Michael Healy-Rae

95. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding public access to a university library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19381/13]

Higher Education Grants Eligibility Criteria

Denis Naughten

96. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the higher education grant scheme to assess income based on net rather than gross income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19387/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Paschal Donohoe

97. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstance behind the decision to remove the entitlement to resource teaching hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19417/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Emmet Stagg

98. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for capital funding for the re-development of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the status and band assigned to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19424/13]

Teachers' Remuneration

Emmet Stagg

99. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has failed to pay a teacher (details supplied) in County Kildare at the appropriate point on the scale for post primary qualified teachers with post graduate qualification working at primary level which is the third point on the scale; and the reason the person has not been paid an allowance for their honours level teaching diploma. [19425/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Simon Harris

100. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place special needs educational units within existing mainstream second level schools acknowledging that new second level schools are being built with such facilities but recognising that existing second level schools are in the main lacking in such facilities and leading to large numbers of students with special needs availing of such facilities at primary level but they do not have this option when they reach second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19437/13]