Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Genetically Modified Organisms

Eoghan Murphy

229. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his policy in relation on the labelling of GMO ingredients in foods. [33681/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Issues

Eoghan Murphy

410. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector workers who are not members of a union will face greater uncertainty and or unequal treatment regarding their future working conditions as a result of not being a member of a union in the context of the Haddington Road Agreement. [31799/13]

Light Rail Projects Status

Eoghan Murphy

13. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being achieved in the development of the Luas Cross City project. [30936/13]

Rugby World Cup Bid

Eoghan Murphy

35. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the possibility of Ireland bidding to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or 2027. [30937/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

366. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering waiving the requirement to be available to work in respect of jobseeker's benefit for persons who are obliged to retire at the age of 65 but who are not entitled to the State pension until the age of 66; if she is considering increasing the payment; and if she is considering an alternative method of payment (details supplied). [30283/13]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Eoghan Murphy

488. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the reason the current criteria for eligibility to be admitted as a cadet in the Air Corps include having no previous corrections made to the candidate’s eyesight, regardless of whether the candidate’s current eyesight fits the Air Corps criteria; and if he is considering amending this criterion in line with advancements in corrective laser eye surgery and bearing in mind practices employed by private airline companies and military air forces in other countries. [30284/13]

Primary Care Strategy

Eoghan Murphy

578. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a date has been set for the rolling out of the free general practitioner scheme for children with special needs. [30285/13]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Eoghan Murphy

624. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is considering categorising Addison’s disease as an illness under the long-term illness scheme. [30745/13]

Education Grants

Eoghan Murphy

96. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to receive the remaining allotment of their educational grant. [29855/13]

National Identity Card

Eoghan Murphy

179. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the official standing of Garda identification cards here; and the reason some Government agencies do not accept Garda cards as appropriate identification. [29852/13]

Medicinal Products Supply

Eoghan Murphy

244. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will revise the current dosage criteria for certain prescribed drugs and medicines for medical card recipients, for example Prozac, to ensure that patients who are recipients of a medical card and in need of certain medication are not over-subscribing on their recommended dosage in order to avail of medicine that is covered by the medical card. [29854/13]

Driving Licence Issues

Eoghan Murphy

265. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason note 9 on the D401 application form for driving licences does not indicate the fee associated with renewing a driving licence (details supplied). [29853/13]

Universal Social Charge Application

Eoghan Murphy

89. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible that some persons will end up paying the universal social charge on their pension twice (details supplied). [28829/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Eoghan Murphy

125. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the eligibility of the July educational programme to children diagnosed with dyspraxia (details supplied). [28825/13]

Community Work Initiatives

Eoghan Murphy

215. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering giving an exemption to professional actors from the Tús initiative (details supplied). [28828/13]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration

Eoghan Murphy

314. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering offsetting the liability of the non principal private residence charge against the local property tax. [28826/13]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Eoghan Murphy

521. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the filling of the five sanctioned integrated diabetes nursing posts. [28827/13]

Roads Maintenance

Eoghan Murphy

585. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has estimates of the own resource expenditure by local authorities on regional and local roads over the past three years. [29014/13]

Diplomatic Representation

Eoghan Murphy

110. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department or the European Union has made any representations to the Palestinian Authority (details supplied). [26882/13]

Property Taxation Application

Eoghan Murphy

188. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering offsetting the liability of the local property tax against the cost of home repairs (details supplied). [27502/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Eoghan Murphy

287. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering ring-fencing the current teacher pupil ratio of 23:1 for fee paying Protestant schools. [27503/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoghan Murphy

288. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if is considering a contingency plan for Protestant parents who may no longer be able to afford to send their children to Protestant fee paying schools (details supplied). [27504/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Eoghan Murphy

289. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his committment to equal right of children with respect to education; if he is prepared to keep the teacher-pupil ration at 23:1 and commit not to further cut the funding to fee paying Protestant schools, or if he will proceed with discrimination against pupils of Protestant ethos. [27507/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoghan Murphy

290. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he decides to proceed with the budgetary cuts and discriminate against protestant pupils, the backup plan for families when they will no longer be able to send children to a Protestant ethos school as the only other non-fee paying protestant ethos school (details supplied) in County Dublin in the vicinity is full. [27510/13]

Tourism Promotion

Eoghan Murphy

353. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will list the top ten OPW managed tourist sites in Dublin; the pricing structure for each site; and the number of visitors to each site per annnum. [28026/13]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

376. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the criteria used to abolish the book allowance grant for students eligible for the back to education allowance; and if she will outline what alternative grants are available that BTEA students could apply for (details supplied). [27511/13]

Direct Provision System

Eoghan Murphy

701. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the mandate of the Reception and Integration Agency and whether or not the RIA has the power to delegate the care of asylum seekers and inspection of direct provision centres to privately operated, for-profit companies. [26947/13]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Eoghan Murphy

247. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Student Universal Support Ireland student grant administration, the number of service providers that were invited to tender for the contract; the performance criteria set for delivery of the contract by City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee; if City of Dublin VEC will pay any financial penalty for their under performance over the past eight months; if the contract will be offered to other public and private service suppliers for the 2014/15 academic year as part of public sector reform and the date on which the Accenture report on SUSI's performance will be published. [25371/13]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Eoghan Murphy

314. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, including State bodies, agencies and boards, that have been abolished, merged, or absorbed into existing State bodies, respectively; the level of savings that have been achieved as a result; and the number of quangos that now remain; the difference between this figure and the figure of March 2011; and his future plans in this area. [25409/13]

Youth Guarantee

Eoghan Murphy

358. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering coordinating the relevant agencies in developing a youth guarantee tailored to assist at risk young persons to secure a home, education and work experience over a two year period. [25148/13]

Tourist Sites

Eoghan Murphy

699. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Office of Public Works will list the top ten tourist sites here; the pricing structure for each site; and the number of visitors that each site receives per annum. [25128/13]

Housing Grants

Eoghan Murphy

68. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering making the cost of home maintenance and repairs tax deductible, as is done in Sweden, in order to eliminate the growing black economy. [24592/13]

Departmental Strategies

Eoghan Murphy

156. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the work her Department is doing to close the welfare trap (details supplied). [24591/13]

Disability Allowance Payments

Eoghan Murphy

157. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering making the disability payment to Irish citizens portable across the EU when persons leave Ireland to work within the EU (details supplied). [24593/13]

Job Assist Scheme Expenditure

Eoghan Murphy

428. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the IMF ninth report on Ireland observed that unemployment and underemployment stands at 23% and the review called for plans to increase resources through redeployment or by engaging private sector firms should be pursued without delay, the steps being taken to develop Pathways to Work options to include private sector firms to assist, support and complement the current employment and advisory services; when he will publish the CESI report on activation services which was commissioned in November 2012; and when tenders will be issued for activation and support services under Pathways to Work. [24068/13]

Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

126. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering broadening the definition of the Further Education and Training Boards Bill to include community education. [23459/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Eoghan Murphy

160. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering extending the mortgage arrears information and advice service to include financial brokers. [23460/13]

Sporting Events

Eoghan Murphy

20. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to the possibility of Ireland bidding to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or 2027. [22685/13]

Penalty Point System

Eoghan Murphy

88. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on measures to harmonise the penalty points regime on an all-island basis. [22686/13]

Vocational Education Committees Staff

Eoghan Murphy

258. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will consider taking direct action into the number of outstanding issues and reported ongoing irregularities (details supplied) regarding the conduct of County Cork Vocational Education Committee. [22442/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Eoghan Murphy

288. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering giving an automatic qualification of individual teaching hours for all children with Down's syndrome. [22861/13]

Employment Support Services

Eoghan Murphy

110. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to develop the pathways to work option to include private sector firms to assist, support and complement the current employment and advisory services. [21630/13]

Employment Support Services

Eoghan Murphy

111. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the CESI report on activation services which was commissioned in November 2012. [21631/13]

Employment Support Services

Eoghan Murphy

112. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when tenders will be issued for activation and support services under pathways to work. [21632/13]

Visa Applications

Eoghan Murphy

296. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the number of persons that have applied for, and the number of persons that have received a visa under the visa investment scheme programme and the start-up visa scheme. [21337/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Eoghan Murphy

84. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he if will be maintaining the current student - teacher ratio of 17:1 in the further education sector in the budget for 2014. [20902/13]

Departmental Bodies

Eoghan Murphy

229. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is considering appointing a toxicologist to the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health. [20901/13]

School Enrolments

Eoghan Murphy

237. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a primary school place in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [20146/13]

Free Education Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

274. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any financial arrangement of either a capital or current spending nature, provided by the State to Kilkenny College as part of the move by that school from the fee charging to the non-fee charging school system. [18682/13]

Residency Permits

Eoghan Murphy

499. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing a earned regularisation scheme for undocumented migrant workers [18768/13]

Information and Communications Technology

Eoghan Murphy

623. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of unique visitors to a website (details supplied) on a weekly basis; and if he will outline the top five most visited pages on that website [18767/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Eoghan Murphy

91. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on considering amending Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (1) under Health Expenses to simply read Physiotherapy. [17826/13]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

223. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the reduced VAT rate for certain goods and services beyond 31 December 2013. [16145/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Eoghan Murphy

261. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering putting in place a Revenue e-mail address to cater for e-mail queries regarding local property tax. [16413/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Eoghan Murphy

262. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the local property tax deadline beyond the 7 May 2013 for written submissions and the 28 May 2013 for electronic submissions for persons who receive their local property tax return form late from the revenue. [16414/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Eoghan Murphy

338. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering an exemption for student residences from the local property tax. [17390/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Eoghan Murphy

339. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way student residences are to be valued for the local property tax. [17391/13]

Commercial Rates

Eoghan Murphy

511. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way commercial rates are determined for private houses that are used as businesses, for example doctor's surgeries. [16417/13]

Commercial Rates Calculations

Eoghan Murphy

512. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way commercial rates are determined for units in surburban shopping centres. [16418/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Eoghan Murphy

1138. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has had any recent meetings with the Irish Thalidomide Association or the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society and if he will provide an update of the outcomes of those meetings. [16146/13]

Medical Examinations

Eoghan Murphy

1177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the Medical Council's reason for requiring doctors who have been registered for two years on the supervised division of the medical register to take the pre-registration exam as a prerequisite for transfer to the general division. [16415/13]

Bus Éireann Services

Eoghan Murphy

15. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that last summer the National Transport Authority carried out a public consultation and that, during the autumn, it submitted its report to him; the recommendations of same; if he has decided to follow through on any of these recommendations; if he will give an indication as to what is likely to happen with public service obligation routes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15029/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Eoghan Murphy

139. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the date for the appointment of a design for a new school building (details supplied). [15637/13]

Proposed Legislation

Eoghan Murphy

147. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering including the natural environment as a category for financial support in the upcoming national lotteries Bill. [15638/13]

Retail Sector

Eoghan Murphy

176. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to ascertain the profits earned by foreign retailers operating here; and if he will distinguish between the element that remains here and that which is repatriated abroad. [14697/13]

Public Private Partnerships

Eoghan Murphy

232. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred by his Department by the categories of technical, legal, financial and other services for cancelled public private partnership projects for the years 2011 and 2012. [14692/13]

Commercial Rates Issues

Eoghan Murphy

372. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way commercial rates are determined for private houses that are used as businesses, for example, doctors' surgeries. [14694/13]

Commercial Rates Issues

Eoghan Murphy

373. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way commercial rates are determined for units in suburban shopping centres. [14695/13]

Public Order Offences

Eoghan Murphy

414. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is illegal to beg in the vicinity of a cash machine; and the actions the Gardaí can take to deter such activity. [14693/13]

Charities Regulation

Eoghan Murphy

415. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the permit required for those who wish to collect money for charity; and the entitlements and role given to collectors by the permit. [14696/13]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Eoghan Murphy

69. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoghan Murphy

97. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle inpatient and day case waiting lists in St Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14310/13]

Charities Regulation

Eoghan Murphy

349. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason ComReg requires charities to obtain a premium rate services licence, when charities do not appear to come within the definition of a premium rate service provider as defined by the Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Act 2010. [13957/13]

Road Toll Operators

Eoghan Murphy

567. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the State of the traffic guarantees provided for the Limerick tunnel scheme; the estimated cost in 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the traffic guarantee based on no traffic growth on existing levels, 1% traffic growth, 2% traffic growth, 3% traffic growth and 4% traffic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/13]

Road Toll Operators

Eoghan Murphy

568. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the State of the traffic guarantees provided for the M3 scheme; the estimated cost in 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the traffic guarantee based on no traffic growth on existing levels;1% traffic growth, 2% traffic growth, 3% traffic growth and 4% traffic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13630/13]

Overseas Development Aid

Eoghan Murphy

49. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the following article (details supplied) regarding Israel and the Middle East; if he is of the opinion that it the article indicates bias; his views on whether it is inappropriate given the fact that Trocaire receives €15.5 million annually from State funding; and if he intends to raise the issue directly. [13441/13]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering making the property tax deductible against rental income. [13438/13]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

66. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering other ways of taking into account household income when calculating property tax. [13439/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Eoghan Murphy

67. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has calculated the potential effect the property tax will have on the property market. [13440/13]

Tourism Promotion

Eoghan Murphy

241. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a disparity in the spending of Tourism Ireland in Dublin with only 6% of all advertising spend in 2009 spent in Dublin, compared to the 32% of national tourism revenues that are generated in Dublin; and the future potential in Dublin to expand the tourism market. [13436/13]

Tourism Promotion

Eoghan Murphy

242. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Dublin is not more prominent in tourist advertising information, with Dublin not even featuring on the official website of Tourism Ireland website, www.ireland.com, in the first 13 places to go; and if he plans to rectify this. [13437/13]

Excise Duties Yield

Eoghan Murphy

187. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in excise returns by category and by month from January 2011 to February 2013. [12950/13]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Eoghan Murphy

188. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount his Department estimates the illicit trade in tobacco to be worth in terms of lost revenue to the State and lost trade to the economy. [12951/13]

School Patronage

Eoghan Murphy

239. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to set up an Educate Together primary school in the Sandymount-Ringsend area of Dublin. [12952/13]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Eoghan Murphy

240. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding inclusion for the consideration of the Residential Institutions Redress Board. [12953/13]

Gambling Sector

Eoghan Murphy

285. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Enterprise Ireland does not support companies that operate in the gambling sector including high-tech companies that earn their revenues from online betting, betting exchange, gambling, competitive social gaming and tipping markets. [12947/13]

Gambling Sector

Eoghan Murphy

286. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason that companies that earn their revenue from supplying products and services that operate in the gambling sector are not supported by Enterprise Ireland. [12948/13]

Gambling Sector

Eoghan Murphy

287. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider changing the remit of Enterprise Ireland to facilitate Irish initiated or Irish based tech companies that operate in online betting, betting exchange, gambling, competitive social gaming and tipping markets or companies that earn their revenue from supplying products and services that operate in the gambling sector. [12949/13]

Employment Support Services

Eoghan Murphy

345. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for excluding certain unemployed persons from State supported re-employment and re-entry courses because they have not been unemployed long enough; and if any efforts are under way to reduce the relevant period. [12942/13]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

346. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria that must be met to be eligible for the exceptional heating payment. [12943/13]

Planning Issues

Eoghan Murphy

417. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to follow the development contributions guidelines for planning authorities as issued by his Department. [12944/13]

Planning Issues

Eoghan Murphy

418. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to follow the development contributions guidelines for planning authorities. [12945/13]

Planning Issues

Eoghan Murphy

419. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 27 February 2013, if he will clarify the meaning of his statement that guidelines published by Dublin City Council are substantially in accordance with the draft guidelines. [12946/13]

Parking Regulations

Eoghan Murphy

266. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to examine the operation of clamping companies and the practice of clamping by local authorities. [12070/13]

Planning Issues

Eoghan Murphy

214. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the meaning of guidelines regarding waivers in relation to change of use requests in planning applications (details supplied). [10665/13]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Eoghan Murphy

320. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 18 December 2012, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding public sector pensions. [9588/13]

RAPID Programme

Eoghan Murphy

463. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of those streets in Dublin that are in RAPID areas. [10241/13]

Speech and Language Therapy

Eoghan Murphy

718. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a graduate programme for speech and language therapists will be introduced in 2013. [10242/13]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Eoghan Murphy

719. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow Polio survivors to qualify for a medical card automatically and if he is considering categorising Polio as an illness under the long term illness scheme. [10243/13]

Smarter Transport

Eoghan Murphy

139. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the status of the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 and any forthcoming legislation from his Department that might include elements of it. [8386/13]