Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Arthur Spring

265. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the special needs assistant/pupil ratio in the special schools in counties Limerick, Kerry and Cork. [26988/13]

State Bodies Code of Conduct

Arthur Spring

481. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether it is contrary to the strategic interest of Irish indigenous companies involved in the seaweed extraction business that on 1 March 2013 a decision was made by the board of Údarás to sell a company (details supplied); the way this decision will affect the supply of seaweed material to Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27708/13]

Diabetes Strategy

Arthur Spring

993. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is equitable treatment of diabetes patients in rural areas outside Dublin; and if there is a satisfactory level of services such as the equitable provision of insulin pumps in such areas. [27496/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Arthur Spring

994. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health in the context of the centralisation of the switchboard for ambulance emergency calls, his views on whether the call centre should be compartmentalised by region, with each section containing staff with excellent geographic knowledge of a particular region and locality. [27497/13]

NAMA Loan Write-Downs

Arthur Spring

85. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance the total number of companies which have had loans transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; the highest value of such a loan; the discount that has been applied to that loan; and from which financial institution. [26159/13]

NAMA Loan Write-Downs

Arthur Spring

86. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance the total number of persons that have had loans transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; the highest value of such a loan; the discount that has been applied to that loan; and from what financial institution. [26160/13]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Arthur Spring

164. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 7 May 2013, in relation to the shared ownership scheme and concerning transactions that commenced on or after 1 January 2003, if the local authority equity in the property is revalued annually; and if the value of the property can be valued downwards or if the value of the property used in the calculation of the rent is determined only once at the commencement of the transaction and set as the base value for all further rent calculations. [25972/13]

Tax Code

Arthur Spring

197. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance the options available to a sports professional, who has availed of the Tax Relief on Retirement for Certain Income of Certain Sportspersons S480A TCA 1997 and would like to recommence a career in the same professional sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/13]

Tax Code

Arthur Spring

198. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if there is a maximum limit that a sports professional is allowed to earn per annum in direct earnings from the professional sport, post retirement without facing a claw back on the Tax Relief on Retirement for Certain Income of Certain Sports persons S480A TCA 1997, in view of the fact that the sports person's financial situation would permit qualification for a jobseeker's payment or other social welfare payments and that sports persons earning potential in the sport would be significantly reduced in relation to previous earnings. [25663/13]

Tax Code

Arthur Spring

199. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if the claw back on Tax Relief on Retirement for Certain Income of Certain Sports persons, S480A TCA 1997, would be immediate or staggered over an agreed period for a sports professional who availed of the scheme and now who wishes to recommence a career in the same sport. [25664/13]

Tax Code

Arthur Spring

200. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if a sports professional who previously availed of the Tax Relief on Retirement for Certain Income of Certain Sports persons scheme, S480A TCA 1997 and retired from the sport due to ill health would be entitled to recommence a career in the same sport without clawback on the tax relief in view of the fact that the sports person had recovered sufficiently from the illness. [25665/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Arthur Spring

234. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when the person will be entitled to a review of the latest decision in relation to the allocation of SNA hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25141/13]

Peace Commissioners Appointments

Arthur Spring

537. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there is an adequate number of peace commissioners in the town of Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Arthur Spring

635. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding through the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a final decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25231/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Arthur Spring

643. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding through the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a final decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25317/13]

Tourism Industry

Arthur Spring

723. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of positive national numbers for tourism for the first quarter of 2013, the action he has undertaken in conjunction with Bord Fáilte to promote greater balance in tourism between Dublin and the periphery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/13]

Respite Care Services

Arthur Spring

618. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the total budget allocated by the Health Service Executive to County Kerry for respite care in 2011; the projected spend on respite care for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22353/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Arthur Spring

619. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in nursing homes on the fair deal scheme in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22354/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Arthur Spring

620. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health when the current cessation of acceptance of fair deal applications will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22355/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Arthur Spring

621. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on the fair deal scheme in 2011 and the projected spend in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22356/13]

Excise Duties Yield

Arthur Spring

44. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in excise returns by category and by month from January 2011 to April 2013. [21915/13]

Excise Duties Yield

Arthur Spring

45. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the projected excise returns by category for 2013. [21916/13]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Arthur Spring

205. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection the maximum duration a recipient of disability allowance may remain outside the State in order to remain entitled to their payment. [21158/13]

Internet Safety Issues

Arthur Spring

256. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if websites promoting eating disorders, also referred to as pro mia and pro ana websites, can be censored here if the target market of the site is considered to be under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/13]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Arthur Spring

271. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for rent increases by local authorities in the shared ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/13]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Arthur Spring

272. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person in the shared ownership scheme when making a will in relation to the property; the options available to the benefactors of the will if the local authority holds equity in the house at the time of the death of the person; if the local authority can insist on the sale of the property or if a relative of the deceased person can live in the property by meeting the terms of the original agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/13]

Departmental Properties

Arthur Spring

258. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the State spent on lighting in State owned or operated public buildings in 2012. [19894/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Arthur Spring

259. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the State's current expenditure that is spent on social protection, health care and education. [19895/13]

Water Fluoridation

Arthur Spring

513. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the reason for fluoridation in the water here. [20113/13]

Water Fluoridation

Arthur Spring

514. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if the policy of fluoridation of our national water system has been reviewed recently. [20114/13]

Water Fluoridation

Arthur Spring

565. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the health benefits and the reason for fluoridation in water here. [20112/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Arthur Spring

186. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with agri-environment options scheme payments; if his attention has been drawn to the conditions that farmers are facing after the unfavourable weather that has been experienced; and the way he is going to rectify this. [19621/13]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Arthur Spring

158. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection the time frame a person has to be in receipt of a job seeker's payment prior to being eligible for placement on an internship through the jobBridge National Internship Programme; if the same timeframe applies to persons who were in receipt of carer's allowance immediately prior to receiving a jobseekers payment; the reason for such a waiting period and if the eligibility criteria for the jobBridge programme need to be reviewed. [19407/13]

Retail Sector

Arthur Spring

365. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance the way he intends to protect possible job losses in the retail sector (details supplied) in view of selling goods online at prices cheaper than the cost price of goods available to Irish retailers in the same industry; his views on the fairness of non-fluctuating exchange rates attributed to retail prices of goods to be sold in Ireland by UK distributors and if this is anti-competitive; and if there is a need for European legislation to compensate European Governments for loss of VAT revenue as a result of uncompetitive, unfair advantages gained by online companies established in EU countries with low VAT rates and favourable currency exchange rates relative to the euro. [17696/13]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Arthur Spring

623. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16813/13]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions

Arthur Spring

815. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an exemption can be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) from accumulated non-principal private residency penalties and charges due to the fact that the person was unaware of the NPPR charge having lived out of the country for a period of twenty years. [16970/13]

Rail Network

Arthur Spring

1409. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIÉ has any objections to citizens walking on disused railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/13]

National Cycle Network

Arthur Spring

1410. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current availability of funding for the development of cycling and walking trails here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/13]

National Cycle Network

Arthur Spring

1411. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the availability of funding for the further development of a trail (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/13]

National Cycle Network

Arthur Spring

1412. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the availability of funding for the further development a walkway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/13]

Coastal Erosion

Arthur Spring

286. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the strategy the Office of Public Works has developed to combat the coastal erosion to Rossbeigh Beach, County Kerry; the funding available to carry out this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/13]

Hospital Services

Arthur Spring

225. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health when items will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry by the prosthetic, orthotic and limb absence rehabilitation unit at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, in view of the importance of the items to their everyday living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13406/13]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Arthur Spring

288. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of support that will be provided for Kerry Technology Park's collaborative programmes, Young Entrepreneurial Programme, Junior Entrepreneur Programme, Coder DoJo camps, in view of the disbandment of Shannon Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13041/13]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Arthur Spring

289. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of support that will be provided for Kerry Technology Park's collaborative programmes, Young Entrepreneurial Programme, Junior Entrepreneur Programme, Coder DoJo camps, in view of the disbandment of Shannon Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

School Enrolments Data

Arthur Spring

92. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in County Kerry for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11839/13]

School Enrolments Data

Arthur Spring

93. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in Tralee, County Kerry for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11840/13]

School Enrolments

Arthur Spring

94. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in Killarney, County Kerry, for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11841/13]

School Enrolments

Arthur Spring

95. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in Listowel, County Kerry, for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11842/13]

School Enrolments

Arthur Spring

96. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in Dingle, County Kerry, for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/13]

School Enrolments

Arthur Spring

97. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment in primary schools in Castleisland, County Kerry, for 2013, 2014 and 2015; the percentage increase or decrease in the projected enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11844/13]