Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Citizenship Applications

Clare Daly

135. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review cases similar to Mallak v. the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, following the decision of the Supreme Court in relation to the lack of transparency and fairness in the process of applying for Irish citizenship. [56090/12]

Citizenship Applications

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to progress with the introduction of an independent review mechanism for those whose applications for Irish citizenship were turned down, following the highlighting of the lack of transparency and fairness in the process by the Supreme Court Mallak v. the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [56091/12]

EU Battlegroups

Clare Daly

33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the cost of Ireland's participation in the German led EU battlegroup. [54756/12]

Penalty Point System

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received information regarding the write off of a number of motoring offences for a person (details supplied). [54508/12]

Penalty Point System

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he received information regarding the write off of substantial numbers of motoring offences by some Gardaí. [54507/12]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any warning or input from the school. [55228/12]

School Accommodation

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children have had to be moved to the PE hall, denying that facility to the entire school. [55286/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was the decision made; and the reason for same. [55297/12]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding applied for by Fingal County Council in relation to coastal protection works in its administrative area, broken down by geographical location; and amount sought and awarded per annum since 2000. [55291/12]

Building Regulations Application

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 27 November 2012, the reason he believes that the National Standards Authority of Ireland has no role in the ongoing monitoring of the unit (details supplied); and the remedy available to those who purchased and installed the units. [55292/12]

National Internship Scheme Numbers

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the way an organisation (details supplied) was able to employ a number of jobbridge workers while at the same time moving to dismiss nine full time workers; and the action she will take regarding same. [55238/12]

Arts Funding

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht while protecting funding to the arts in general, if he will ensure that no taxpayers' money is made available to circuses which use animals. [55289/12]

Electricity Transmission Network

Clare Daly

280. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department has assumed responsibility for a non-ionising radiation monitoring programme in relation to the monitoring programme for the east west interconnector magnetic field [55293/12]

Electricity Transmission Network

Clare Daly

281. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria for independence applied to the formation of the independent monitoring programme for Eirgrid's east west interconnector's magnetic field and its members, including when and where the positions were advertised; the person who appointed them; their names and their terms of reference. [55294/12]

Air Pollution

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will take following the revelations by the European Environmental Agency of the substantial cost of air pollution from a number of industrial facilities particularly ESB power plants amounting to the sum of €1 billion for 2009 [55235/12]

Property Services Regulation

Clare Daly

327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact details of the Property Service Appeals Board; and the procedure that must be adopted to make an appeal. [55288/12]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

391. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can protect existing open access and recreational amenities on Coillte lands if he intends to sell the forest assets and have private operators manage the estates; his views on whether it is preferable to ensure that the resource is maintained for the benefit of the people. [55290/12]

Food Prices

Clare Daly

411. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest data on agriculture inflation and the measures that are being put in place to stabilise food input and output prices after global crop failures during 2012. [55502/12]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

480. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns raised by his Department and the Health Service Executive working group [55295/12]

Site Acquisitions

Clare Daly

25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the criteria used for the donation of a school site from Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin, to his Department; and the rationale for the development. [54891/12]

Student Grant Scheme Reform

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the selection panel criteria the reason Student Universal Support Ireland was specifically chosen; the cost saving the State has incurred to date by centralising the student grant award and payments function through SUSI; and the persons who were on the independent selection panel and the way they were chosen. [54892/12]

Coastal Erosion

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prohibit hydraulic dredging for shellfish in the Portrane area, County Dublin, in view of the concerns that the impact of this activity so close to the shore is a factor in recent coastal erosion. [54980/12]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken with regard to the fluoridation of water, and in the context of the banning of this practise in other countries, the reason it is continuing here [54893/12]

Building Regulations Application

Clare Daly

64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the increasing incidence of post construction exposure of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in timber frame construction and it would appear that all these structures were confirmed as fire safety complied by persons who were certifying their own work or may not have monitored the construction, he will allay the concerns of thousands of home owners by instructing inspections to competent fire safety specials of all timber framed apartment blocks to ensure their safety. [54251/12]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the draft NSAI pyrite testing and categorisation protocol will increase the cost of inspections; and if this will lead to categorisation of more damaged houses as amber and delay the necessary remedial works at a time when the structural guarantee liability period is running out for money of the home owners. [54250/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specification and to which cost was the revamped etenders.gov.ie website built. [53999/12]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Clare Daly

295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for their application for an invalidity pension to be processed by the appeals office and the measures she will take to rectify this. [53998/12]

Regeneration Projects Status

Clare Daly

381. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the operation of Ballymun Regeneration Limited; if he is satisfied with the level of engagement that the company has with the local community, and the way that involvement is monitored [53996/12]

Election Management System

Clare Daly

382. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the Dublin County Sheriff operated a fair and transparent method of recruitment for polling station operatives in view of his suggestion that preference should be given to unemployed persons. [54000/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

394. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the villages/towns with a public foul sewer network discharging to a public effluent treatment plant; and the level of treatment, whether primary, secondary or tertiary treatment. [54272/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

395. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the public sewer networks discharging directly to rivers, lakes of sea outfall. [54273/12]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Clare Daly

396. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list for each county, the villages/towns without a public foul sewer network. [54274/12]

Housing Statistics

Clare Daly

397. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed housing units that have been completed here since 1992. [54275/12]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

451. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve accountability of the legal profession in view of the lack of independent procedures and penalties operated by the Law Society of Ireland. [53995/12]

Equality Issues

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation of the Ombudsman in ensuring that the motorised transport grant scheme is operated in accordance with the requirements of the Equal Status Act [53720/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

615. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no independent inspections of private or voluntary intellectual disability services here [53997/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

616. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied), who is extremely ill, has to wait nine months for an operation in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [54001/12]

Telecommunications Services Expenditure

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will agree that with regard to the 4G spectrum licences which run until 2030, much shorter licence periods would better suit Ireland's best interests. [53326/12]

Broadcasting Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the digital switch over/analogue switch off is complete, his plan for reuse of what are known as white spaces in the broadcast spectrum in and around the new digital transmission and across the part of the spectrum used previously by analogue; and if he will ensure that the spectrum is put to best use for citizens and not sold off to private telecommunications companies in long licences. [53121/12]

Industrial Relations Issues

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider introducing a Trade Union Ombudsman, which could be funded through union contributions. [53614/12]

Fire Service Issues

Clare Daly

167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that proposals by the National Directorate and Fire Emergency Management Body if adopted would reduce manning levels for Dublin to below the agreed minimum; and if he will assure the public that those proposals will not be accepted and minimum levels will be maintained. [53464/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of insurance issues, recommendations 21 and 22 of the Pyrite Panel, will commence, in view of comments (details supplied). [53616/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the scope of the review of structural guarantee policies beyond exclusions and limits of cover to ensure that warranty providers are independent of the entities who built the insured dwellings. [53617/12]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

183. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the composition of the various pyrite related technical committees that have or are to be established. [53618/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

184. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe to develop a stand-alone specification for hardcore as per Recommendation 15 of the Pyrite Report. [53619/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe to provide a single, publically accessible information point with up-to-date information on standards readily available to all involved in the construction industry as per Recommendation 24 of the Pyrite Panel Report. [53620/12]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Health Service Executive report surrounding the absconding from Gleann Alainn Special Care Unit in October 2011 will be published. [53471/12]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans for the approval, development or analysis of artificial disk replacement surgery as an approved treatment for a disease of the spine that requires surgery [53407/12]

Inland Waterways Maintenance

Clare Daly

42. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason an indemnification is being sought for Waterways Ireland from residents who are seeking a combined mooring and passage permit in view of the fact that insurance companies will not cover such an indemnity. [52867/12]

Waterways Ireland Remit

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the basis upon which third parties can change mooring fees for marinas under the remit of Waterways Ireland. [52868/12]