Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vehicle Registration Data

Billy Timmins

610. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of heavy goods vehicles registered for the years 2005 to 2014, inclusive; and the amount of income received in road tax for these vehicles for each of those years. [25832/15]

National Monuments

Billy Timmins

288. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the persons and bodies responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of archaeological monuments, the protection of which come within her remit under the various National Monuments Acts. [25430/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Billy Timmins

181. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding her Department recommending to persons, on pension application forms, to use banks for payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24900/15]

Banking Sector Staff

Billy Timmins

243. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding proposals by Allied Irish Banks to outsource work and staff from the application and development management teams within its information technology division to a third-party service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24799/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Billy Timmins

517. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stage which plans for a new mixed secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 have reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24492/15]

Road Traffic Legislation

Billy Timmins

131. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding roadside breath testing; if a lower alcohol to breath limit than normally applies for those with a full driving licence will be applied where a driver does not have a full driver's licence to hand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24239/15]

Departmental Funding

Billy Timmins

272. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her predecessors received a request from the Beit Foundation for assistance in the upkeep of Russborough House in Blessington in County Wicklow; if so, the details of same; and the action that was taken. [24355/15]

Departmental Funding

Billy Timmins

273. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that was provided to assist in the promotion or upkeep of historic houses, which are the responsibility of trustees, in the years 2000 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the amounts provided and the houses to which they were provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24356/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Billy Timmins

102. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which post-tender negotiation takes place in respect of contracts awarded through the public procurement process, despite this practice contravening the Irish rules for public procurement (details supplied); if during the lifetime of the current Government any contracts awarded through the public procurement process were contingent on, or awarded as a result of, successful post-tender negotiation; if the results of these negotiations materially disadvantaged other tenderers who would otherwise have been the winning bidder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24097/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure

Billy Timmins

103. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money which has been spent by this Government since 2011 to ensure that suppliers who, through outsourcing or by other means, are dependent on offshore suppliers to win contracts meet all requisite ethical standards for contracts awarded through the public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/15]

Public Procurement Regulations

Billy Timmins

104. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that all contracts awarded through the public procurement process during the lifetime of this Government were so awarded only after the company to which the contract was awarded was fully incorporated, including those contracts with a value of below €5,000, which were awarded but which still require the successful party to have corporate capacity to contract, for the award to be legal, fair and proper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure

Billy Timmins

105. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total quantum of expenditure with suppliers on contracts of value less than the €5,000 threshold, below which contracts may be awarded on the basis of a verbal quotation; when he plans to extend the national e-procurement system to cover all public procurement contracts, with a value both above and below €5,000; if he has confidence that the existence of less stringent requirements for public procurement contacts with a value below €5,000 is not being abused by State bodies, Government Departments or their proxies; the controls that are in place to prevent such abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Billy Timmins

106. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if persons and bodies corporate without any training in procurement or commerce are permitted to put services out to tender through the public procurement process; the training that persons or bodies must undertake in order to be eligible to run tendering processes and interpret responses received using the public procurement process, and award work to bidders that is funded by the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Billy Timmins

107. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ethical standards public servants must conform to when they contract on behalf of the State; if there is a central register where public servants personally declare that they have no vested interest in the awarding of contract, and no conflict of interest in awarding any contracts of any value whatsoever; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24102/15]

Public Procurement Regulations

Billy Timmins

108. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any measures are utilised to ensure that competing parties in the public procurement process are compared on a like-for-like basis in respect of standards in workplace safety and employment regulations, notwithstanding that a competing party may use inputs from low-cost countries outside of the European Union in the supply-chain process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24103/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Billy Timmins

109. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appeal mechanisms, outside of judicial review, that are in place for parties who are unsuccessful in the public procurement process; his plans to introduce such an appeal mechanism; the specific steps the State takes to ensure that parties who are unsuccessful in the public procurement process and undertake a judicial review against the awarding body are not disadvantaged when competing in subsequent public procurement processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24104/15]

Census of Population Data

Billy Timmins

156. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Taoiseach the number of persons over 65 years of age, by county, in counties Wicklow, Wexford, Louth, Tipperary and Mayo. [23866/15]

Disability Allowance Data

Billy Timmins

221. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on a disability allowance, by county, for counties Wicklow, Wexford, Louth, Tipperary and Mayo. [23865/15]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Billy Timmins

806. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and availed of by the local authorities in Counties Wicklow, Tipperary, Louth, Wexford and Mayo for housing adaptation grants for the elderly and the disabled, for the years 2005 to 2014 and for 2015 to date. [23864/15]

Stability and Growth Pact

Billy Timmins

348. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the comments of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on the Government's spring statement and stability programme update submission to the European Union Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/15]

Hospital Investigations

Billy Timmins

878. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the details of an incident that occurred in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4 (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken as a result of the incident. [22453/15]

Overseas Development Aid

Billy Timmins

901. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in relation to a time frame to achieve the 0.7% in official development assistance in foreign aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21849/15]

Teacher Training Provision

Billy Timmins

994. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of the skills, specialisms and expertise of each seconded member of the support services, such as her Department's constituent agency, the Professional Development for Teachers, was carried out by her Department when derogations to the five-year secondment limit were being decided, in spite of the fact that her Department's officials decided secondments would not last in excess of five years; the number of persons who started on this scheme; the number who are currently still on the secondment; the number who have had the secondment extended beyond five years; the basis and the persons involved in the decisions allowing each secondment to be extended beyond the five-year term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22172/15]

Irish Water Administration

Billy Timmins

1050. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all the data sources used by Irish Water to set up its household database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21607/15]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Billy Timmins

1102. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how the funding for housing adaptation grants for the elderly and disabled, as allocated from Exchequer funds to the relevant local authorities, was calculated; how Wicklow County Council received €280,000 as opposed to €1.6 million for County Tipperary, €2.2 million for County Mayo and €1.2 million for County Wexford, in view of the fact that each county has a similar population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22455/15]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Billy Timmins

81. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on conditions attached to the beef data and genomics programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20967/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Timmins

607. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national list of aids and appliances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/15]

Social Insurance Payments

Billy Timmins

99. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a pension matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19790/15]

Beef Exports

Billy Timmins

118. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agreement to export beef to the United States of America was signed; if he will provide details, and the amount of beef that has been exported to the United States of America under this agreement to date. [18846/15]

Farm Inspections

Billy Timmins

119. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a charter for farm inspections was introduced; if he proposes any amendments to this; and if so, when. [18847/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Billy Timmins

186. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the list of the proposed social housing building programme projects submitted by Wicklow County Council; if these were in any order of priority, the way Dunlavin and Rathdrum in County Wicklow were selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18716/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Billy Timmins

189. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason sanction for only a proportion of the allocated funding for housing construction and acquisition was granted to Wicklow County Council; when the remainder of the €33 million will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/15]

Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility

Billy Timmins

346. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his views on correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow under the installation aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18206/15]

Hospital Services

Billy Timmins

449. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development and future of Kilcreene Hospital in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Billy Timmins

562. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the allocation of funding for the social housing building programme was decided; the criteria applied; the reason there was such a difference in allocation between counties Tipperary and Wicklow, in view of the fact that both have similar populations; and if instructions have been issued to local authorities with respect to their building programmes and where building would take place. [18185/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications

Billy Timmins

574. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a decision, or a date, on when persons who are living in local authority housing will have an opportunity to buy out their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Timmins

469. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for new classrooms; if so, the status of the application; if the application can be looked at in a favourable manner in view of the fact that the current accommodation is very substandard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17474/15]

Electoral Commission Administration

Billy Timmins

545. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the instruction he has given, written, electronically or verbally, to county returning officers in relation to the appointment of presiding officers and staff in polling booths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/15]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Billy Timmins

223. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under his control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14972/15]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Timmins

535. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure to outpatients of the primary ST segment elevation myocardial infarction facility at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; if he will ensure that the service remains open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15795/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Billy Timmins

179. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal under the Student Universal Support Ireland Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15028/15]

Semi-State Bodies

Billy Timmins

122. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under her control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14970/15]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Billy Timmins

166. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the high variable interest rates Irish banks are charging (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/15]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Billy Timmins

186. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance his plans to assist home owners in arrears and facing repossession; if he will develop a scheme that permits the home owners to remain in their houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14923/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Billy Timmins

187. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he will have discussions with the banks to examine the possibility of a small loans policy which would include the option of having repayments taken from source on social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14924/15]

Tax Code

Billy Timmins

188. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance the cost of lowering the top rate of income tax by 1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14926/15]

Tax Code

Billy Timmins

189. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance the cost of lowering the marginal rate of income tax by 1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14927/15]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Billy Timmins

190. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under his control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14936/15]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Billy Timmins

195. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy he has with respect to dividend payments to the Exchequer from commercial semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14925/15]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Billy Timmins

196. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of restoring the public sector pay cuts that took place over a number of budgets, by each Government Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/15]