Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ukrainian Conflict

Brendan Smith

1. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s position on the deteriorating situation in the Ukraine; if he has had contact with his Russian counterpart on this matter; if he will provide an update on the discussions he has had about the incursion into Irish airspace by Russian military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/15]

Middle East Peace Process

Seán Crowe

2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his recent trip to Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan; and if his Department have plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine. [8447/15]

Syrian Conflict

Maureen O'Sullivan

3. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will stress the urgency at European Union and United Nations levels in realising a political solution to the crisis in Syria; and if he will ensure commitments made on humanitarian aid are realised. [8342/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Brendan Smith

4. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8341/15]

Northern Ireland

Maureen O'Sullivan

5. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set a date to meet the Justice for the Forgotten group and the Pat Finucane Centre in relation to issues concerning them in the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8239/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Wallace

6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has learnt lessons from the 2011 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, intervention in Libya, where matters have continued to deteriorate of late; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/15]

International Relations

Ruth Coppinger

7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings, or contact, he has had with the new Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs. [8250/15]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Seán Kyne

8. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will elaborate on the aim, contained in the Global Island, Ireland's Foreign Policy for a Changing World, of Ireland as a neighbour of the United Kingdom, to work to encourage that country's continued membership of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/15]

Middle East Peace Process

Thomas Pringle

9. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding Israel's recent intensification of plans to construct 450 new settlements in the West Bank; the representations his Department will make denouncing any potential fast-tracking of construction of illegal settlements in the lead-up to Israel's March 2015 elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8303/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

10. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to transfer responsibility for the oversight of all military aircraft, including civilian aircraft carrying troops, and seeking weapons exemptions, passing through Irish airports and airspace, to his Department, in the interests of transparency and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8085/15]

Northern Ireland

Clare Daly

11. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to the representations he has made to the British and Northern Ireland authorities in relation to the escalating tensions in Maghaberry prison and the failure to implement the stock take agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8086/15]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Smith

12. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet with the Administration of the United States of America in relation to the urgent need to progress the proposed immigration reform legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/15]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

13. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address, at United Nations and European Union levels, the seriousness of the ongoing crisis in South Sudan, the lack of air access to hard-to-reach areas, the real possibility of famine, in the coming weeks, and the lack of political will, to bring about a resolution to the current crises. [8238/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

14. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an attempted coup in Venezuela that was foiled and revealed on 12 February 2015; his views on attempted anti-democratic coups in Venezuela; and if he will contact the Venezuelan Government to outline his support for the democratic institutions of the Venezuelan state. [8278/15]

Electoral Reform

Brendan Smith

15. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of the discussions he has had with Irish emigrant groups in relation to their ongoing campaigns to participate in the Irish electoral process, such as elections to a reformed Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8236/15]

UN Committees

Maureen O'Sullivan

16. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support Ireland's engagement and participation in the first session of the UN debt resolution mechanism ad hoc committee, which Ireland voted against, due to take place in February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4707/15]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Smith

17. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to take any particular initiative in relation to the need to progress outstanding aspects of the Good Friday and Saint Andrews Agreements including the establishment of a civic forum, the introduction of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, the introduction of an Irish Language Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/15]

UN Funding

Seán Crowe

18. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the current shortfall crisis around funding that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is experiencing; his plans to increase Ireland’s funding to the agency; and if he will encourage international partners to increase their support to the vital work of the agency. [8275/15]

Ukrainian Conflict

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union, the United Nations and the international community, in general, are in a position to bring about a peaceful solution to the situation in Ukraine, with particular reference to the need to establish safe areas and zones for the civilian population; if European Union or United Nations peacekeepers will be effectively deployed to the area, at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8280/15]

Northern Ireland

Maureen O'Sullivan

20. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement with the British Secretary of State and Northern Ireland authorities, regarding the ongoing issues in Maghaberry Prison; and his views that the serious tensions in the prison have to be addressed in a fair and equitable way. [8241/15]

International Summits

Maureen O'Sullivan

21. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities for Ireland at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit; and the way he will address these matters in the May 2015 meeting here. [8240/15]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

22. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to business practices being conducted by Irish companies in Western Sahara; if his attention has been drawn to San Leon’s operations in the country; and if he will request that Irish companies operating there immediately suspend their business, until such time as the Saharawi people directly benefit from the presence of international companies in their country. [8276/15]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

23. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue in their endeavours to bring about a cessation of the public and private execution of innocent civilians, prisoners, detainees and captives by any organisation, for whatever political or other objectives; the extent to which any such perpetrators will be charged before the international war crimes court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8281/15]

Trade Strategy

Seán Kyne

24. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role his Department and the embassy network are playing regarding the Year of Irish Design 2015, which is aiming to promote and support Irish craft and design at home and abroad. [8267/15]

Official Engagements

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if he will also report on his meetings with political leaders there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8302/15]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Brendan Smith

26. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide, as a matter of urgency, additional overseas development aid for South Sudan, due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8235/15]

Human Rights

Thomas Pringle

27. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent executions carried out by the Jordanian Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8304/15]

Human Rights

Brendan Smith

28. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has taken to address the persecution of Christians in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8233/15]

Human Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest developments in Egypt particularly in relation to the mass trials of protestors and including Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7794/15]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

30. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to rallies held in Bahrain on 14 February, 2015, to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the beginning of protests demanding democratic freedoms and political reform; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the protesters were tear-gassed, had rubber bullets fired at them; that approximately 50 human rights activists, journalists, religious personalities and political opposition members were stripped of their Bahraini citizenship, in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8277/15]

Consular Services Expenditure

Terence Flanagan

31. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of maintenance and repair work in the top ten Irish embassies for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8088/15]

Northern Ireland

Ruth Coppinger

32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings he had with political leaders in the North and-or in the United Kingdom regarding the Stormont House Agreement. [8251/15]

Ukrainian Conflict

Seán Crowe

33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the agreed ceasefire in Ukraine, that was due to come into place on 15 February 2015 will hold, especially in the key strategic town of Debaltseve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8279/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Wallace

34. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Irish Government's involvement in any discussions, at European Union level, on the ongoing crisis in Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/15]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Terence Flanagan

35. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding Irish Aid's spend for 2014; the checks and controls in place to ensure there is no fraud and that value for money is achieved for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8087/15]

Human Rights Issues

Paul Murphy

36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the ongoing displacement of Tamil people in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8301/15]

Respite Care Grant Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

37. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if respite grant-care will be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8562/15]

Job Initiatives

Colm Keaveney

38. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons within the Tuam area, County Galway, who are currently on job activation schemes, detailed by type of scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8478/15]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

40. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the payment a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 may qualify for while on a back-to-education course in view of the fact that the person was refused a back-to-education allowance and jobseeker's allowance, but was on jobseeker's allowance for three months before commencing a course, which would qualify her for a back-to-education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8490/15]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

41. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if all social welfare offices have received a directive that the payments to Magdalen laundry survivors, made under the restorative justice scheme, are not to be considered income under any means test. [8492/15]

Disability Allowance Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

42. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8506/15]

Living Alone Allowance

Patrick O'Donovan

43. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to the decision to backdate the living alone allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if a review of this decision will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8533/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Applications

Tom Fleming

44. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine, and expedite, applications for a domiciliary care allowance and a carer's allowance, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8547/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Noel Coonan

45. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8554/15]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Bernard Durkan

46. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was determined a person (details supplied) in County Kildare received an overpayment of jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8561/15]

Dara Calleary

47. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in each electoral district, engaged in the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8577/15]

JobsPlus Scheme

Willie O'Dea

48. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report outlining the cost of increasing the current assistance rate to an employer to employ a person in the JobsPlus scheme, to a rate which would provide each employer with a subsidy of 70% of the minimum wage, for 37.5 hours per week, for each employee, for a period of 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8578/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

49. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8581/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Bernard Durkan

50. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be approved in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8637/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

51. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8638/15]

Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who made 723 ORD class social insurance contributions, and 1,078 class A1 social insurance contributions, between 1964 and 2002, may not avail of a treatment benefit payment, owing to a change in that person's class of contributions, for three years after 2002; the reason the contributions made over the previous 38 years count for nothing, when determining that person's entitlement, in this case; if she will instruct the treatment benefit section of her Department to review this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8646/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Lucinda Creighton

53. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total number of meetings she, or her officials, have held with a person (details supplied), in the context of a proposed bid to purchase Permanent TSB mortgages; if she will confirm that she was aware of any form of this proposal, that would include fees from the company being paid to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8652/15]

General Register Office

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total income derived by the general records office through fees paid by persons searching records at the office's site, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8686/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Catherine Murphy

55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will share the results of the scoping exercise undertaken in her Department to determine the resources that will be required to administer the annual allowance as set out in the most recent Irish Water legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8720/15]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Michael Healy-Rae

56. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if there are tax breaks, or development relief, available for council contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8480/15]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Michael Healy-Rae

57. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the brewing, and selling, of beer by private businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/15]

Tax Collection

Bernard Durkan

58. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if a value added tax number might issue, at an early date, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in order to facilitate an early business start up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8521/15]

Tax Compliance

Michael McGrath

59. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any Revenue Commissioners compliance initiative in respect of expenses claimed by self-employed persons and pay-as-you-earn employees; the number of such cases investigated in 2014; the number of ongoing investigations; if he will provide details of the tax assessments that have resulted from such investigations; the number of persons affected; the amount of interest, and penalties, that have been applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8529/15]

Parliamentary Questions

Michael McGrath

60. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the detailed replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 248, 249 and 250 of 20 January 2015 to be forwarded, as indicated in the initial reply. [8564/15]

Tax Credits

Willie O'Dea

61. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report which outlines the cost to the Exchequer of providing a €6,000 housing cost tax credit; his views that the housing cost tax credit should be assigned to any person who in providing a principal private residence for them, or their family, has engaged in a lease or mortgage; that this housing cost tax credit would replace the current mortgage interest relief scheme and remaining claims for tax relief on rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8579/15]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

62. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, and using the most recently available data from the Revenue Commissioners, the combined pre-tax total declared earnings of all persons, or tax couples, who are, or were, in income bands (details supplied); the number of persons, or tax couples, in each of these income bands; the combined total income tax paid by all persons, or tax couples, in each income band; the combined total universal social charge paid by all the persons, or tax couples, in each income band; the combined total pay-related social insurance paid by all persons, or tax couples, in each income band, for each year from 2005 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

63. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of Permanent TSB's plans to sell non-performing mortgages; the number, and book value, of mortgages for sale; the current position, with regard to the proposed sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8632/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

64. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of plans Allied Irish Banks or the Educational Building Society may have to sell non-performing mortgages; the number, and book value, of mortgages under consideration for sale; the current position with regard to any proposed sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8633/15]

IBRC Liquidation

Michael McGrath

65. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the efforts made at mediation between KPMG, as special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and former directors of the Irish Nationwide Building Society; if a meeting, aimed at mediation, took place; the date of any such meeting; those in attendance; if he will provide details of any court action being taken by KPMG against former directors of the building society; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8639/15]

Revenue Commissioners Investigations

Michael McGrath

66. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide for a Revenue Commissioners investigation into offshore pension transfers; the amount of pension savings the Revenue Commissioners believe has been shielded from tax; if he will list the countries the Revenue Commissioners believe have been used for such transfers; the number of cases involved, amount of tax levied, fines imposed, and settlements agreed, as part of the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/15]

Employment Data

Michael McGrath

67. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons his Department believe to be self-employed in the State and, therefore, do not receive the pay-as-you-earn tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/15]

Pension Levy

Willie Penrose

68. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Finance his plans, in terms of the pension levy, which has significantly impacted upon pensions of retired workers who are on fixed incomes; if the said levy will be abolished in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/15]

Departmental Strategies

Lucinda Creighton

69. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the reason he, or his Department, did not consult with the Central Bank of Ireland, before announcing a mortgage insurance proposal, in May 2014; if he intends to continue with the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8651/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Lucinda Creighton

70. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the total numbers of meetings he, or his officials, have held with a person, or company (details supplied), in the context of a proposed bid to purchase Permanent TSB mortgages; if he will confirm that he was aware of any form of this proposal that would include fees from the company being paid to the person or other company, or the company obtaining rent supplement for the borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8653/15]

NAMA Debtor Agreements

Lucinda Creighton

71. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance if he will issue guidelines, or directions, to the National Asset Management Agency that none of the agency's borrowers will be allowed to use any funds to pay for the living expenses, or legal costs, of a person (details supplied), in that person's fight against bankruptcy appeal and extradition hearings; if he will confirm whether the agency has conducted any investigations concerning its non-performing borrowers, providing any money to that person to pay for that person's living expenses or legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8655/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Finian McGrath

72. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed changes to the regulation of community-based credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8685/15]

Mortgage Data

Michael McGrath

73. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance , using records available to his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland, if he will provide details, for each financial institution with a banking licence, separate from the number and book value of residential and buy-to-let mortgages sold between 2010 to date in 2015; if he will identify the purchaser of the mortgage book in each case; if he will confirm, in each case, whether the purchaser is a regulated entity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8701/15]

Corporation Tax Regime

Michael McGrath

74. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he, or officials from his Department, have had discussions with Ministers in the Stormont Executive, or their officials, regarding the proposal to cut the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland; if he will state whether an assessment has taken place of the impact of a cut in the Northern Ireland corporation tax rate on the economy in the Republic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/15]

Bank Stress Tests

Michael McGrath

75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of additional capital required by Permanent TSB, arising from the recent European Central Bank stress tests; the steps the bank, he and his officials are undertaking to address the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8703/15]

NAMA Debtors

Michael McGrath

76. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of debtors the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, had on its books when all the loans were transferred; the number of debtors and the book value of loans that remain on the agency's books; the number of debtors the agency has concluded a final deal with; the number of such deals that involve balances owed to the agency being ultimately written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/15]

House Prices

Terence Flanagan

77. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on house prices in Dublin and the new mortgage rules introduced by the Central Bank of Ireland recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8706/15]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Terence Flanagan

78. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on tax breaks lost for those who purchased hotels in 2009 and the scrapping of tax reliefs in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8715/15]

IBRC Operations

Catherine Murphy

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the relationship framework which governed the interactions between his Department and the former management and board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, prior to its liquidation; if he will indicate the precise financial thresholds under the framework which would have triggered mandatory consultation in advance of a transaction and-or disposal; if he will provide a list of all instances where such consultation took place and the sums involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/15]

By-election Issues

Denis Naughten

80. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each by-election to the current Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/15]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Colm Keaveney

81. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8498/15]

Flood Risk Assessments

Michael McCarthy

82. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has deemed a portion of land (details supplied), in County Cork, to be a flood plain; if this adjudication could be reviewed in view of the fact that this land has never been the subject of, or at risk to, flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8502/15]

Valuation Office

Michael McNamara

83. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average length of time taken by the Valuation Office to issue a valuation certificate; if that time period has increased during the Thirty-First Dáil; if this represents a satisfactory level of public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8508/15]

Ombudsman's Remit

Seán Fleming

84. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Ombudsman's remit extends to An Bord Pleanála and EirGrid; when this changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/15]

Work Permits Eligibility

Robert Dowds

85. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a Canadian national who is married to an Irish citizen but has not previously worked or been a resident here requires a work permit to work here if that person accompanies an Irish spouse here; if so, if this can be applied for in advance of arrival here or whether that person, or a potential employer, must apply for a work visa following a specific job offer. [8539/15]

Work Permits Eligibility

Robert Dowds

86. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is the case, except in certain specific employment, that an applicant for a job from the European Union must always have priority over an applicant who is not from the European Union, even if the non-European Union applicant is married to an Irish citizen. [8540/15]

EU Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been discussions between his Department and the local enterprise offices in relation to grant-aid to companies and businesses which require training in order to be able to comply with the new regulation requiring a CE (Conformité Européenne) mark on structural steel; the progress made with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/15]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Colm Keaveney

88. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January, 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9092/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

89. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 2 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8509/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Noel Coonan

90. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the Single Payment Scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8516/15]

Bord na gCon

Niall Collins

91. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Irish Greyhound Board will publish its annual reports for 2013, and 2014; the reason the board has not produced those reports, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/15]

Inland Fisheries

John Halligan

92. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received feedback in relation to the European initiative FARNET, which covers 10,000 km of inland fisheries in Europe; his views that this needs to be extended to areas where tidal water stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/15]

Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments

Frank Feighan

93. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a BTAP payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if same will be expedited. [8634/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

94. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the specific disadvantage provision, under the national reserve, to cover young farmers who became established since the closure of the previous National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

95. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reduce the 90 hectare cap on the National Reserve, to ensure that farmers with an eligible specific disadvantage, can access it on their existing holding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

96. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to use the option, under the permanent grassland rules as set out in article 4(h) of the Direct Payments Regulation 1307/2014, to identify land, which forms part of the established practices, where herbs and grasses are traditionally not predominant in the grazing area; if so, the areas that will be defined as permanent grassland, under established local practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/15]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Colm Keaveney

97. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January, 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9088/15]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Colm Keaveney

98. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Defence the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January, 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her EU colleagues can counter the propaganda of ISIS which continues to lead to the indoctrination of young persons and their subsequent endangerment as a result of becoming involved with such radical organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8659/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her EU colleagues can combat the radicalisation of young persons throughout Europe who may find themselves drawn to ISIS or associated groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8666/15]

Registration of Title

Michael Healy-Rae

101. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the land registration status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8495/15]