Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Foras na Gaeilge

Gerald Nash

127. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of Foras na Gaeilge from 2010 to 2014; the dates on which each member was appointed to the board; if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all expenses paid to individual members of the board for each of the years since the date of their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28807/14]

Departmental Agencies

Gerald Nash

130. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission from 2010 to 2014; the dates on which each member was appointed to the board; if he will provide a list, in tabular form of all expenses paid to individual members of the Board on an annual basis for each of the years since their respective appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28811/14]

Departmental Agencies

Gerald Nash

178. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the details of the names and occupations of each member of the board of SafeFood from 2010 to 2014 the dates on which each member was appointed to the board; if he will provide a list in tabular form of all expenses paid to individual members of the board on an annual basis for each of the years since their respective appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28810/14]

Water Charges Exemptions

Ged Nash

309. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water and the CER are considering introducing any mitigating measures in terms of the water charges tariff structures for consumers who have expended large sums of money on systems to deal with the impact of hard water on household appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/14]

Garda Recruitment

Ged Nash

419. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the recent Garda recruitment drive; if a panel has been formed from which candidates will be drawn for consideration to be Garda recruits; the number of gardaí that will be recruited; when the first batch will be in training in Templemore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28153/14]

Children in Care

Ged Nash

647. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the provision of high-support services for young persons aged 12 to 17, specifically the Crannóg Nua facility, Portrane, County Dublin; the planned redesignation of the service to special care; if funding has been agreed for this project; if a construction team has been appointed to complete the project; when Crannóg Nua will be established and formally opened to provide a service in the area of special care; if he will outline current demands for special care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28479/14]

Hospital Staff

Gerald Nash

142. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the current position regarding the staffing arrangements pertaining to nursing, psychology and dietetics for IBD patients at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; if the Health Service Executive will provide on a ring-fenced and exclusive basis a psychologist, a nurse and a dietician to operate exclusively with IBD patients at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/14]

Alcohol Advertising

Gerald Nash

112. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of submissions received by the interdepartmental working group on alcohol sponsorship of sport, chaired by his Department, and from whom; when the working group envisages that it will review the submissions; the number of meetings in total the working group has had to date since it was established; when it expects to report; to whom the working group reports; the person that makes the final decision on the matter; and when he expects a final decision to be made. [26898/14]

Living City Initiative

Gerald Nash

159. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living cities initiative in 2015; if he will consider including Drogheda, County Louth, in any such expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27273/14]

Direct Provision System

Gerald Nash

469. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the system of direct provision; the number of persons who are accommodated in direct provision centres across the State; if she will provide figures in terms of the number of children, those aged under 18 years, who are subject to the direct provision system; if she will provide figures in terms of the number of young persons who were born here who are currently accommodated in the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26827/14]

HSE Properties

Gerald Nash

527. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive board will formally dispose of a site (details supplied) to an organisation for the purposes of the development of a new school building. [26615/14]

Medical Card Applications

Gerald Nash

567. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the current status of the application; the reason the temporary card was not renewed pending the processing of the application. [26862/14]

Jobs Data

Ged Nash

75. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Louth in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 in tabular form; the number of jobs supported in County Louth by the agencies in the years concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26438/14]

Jobs Initiative

Gerald Nash

339. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update, on a county basis and in tabular form, of the number of jobs supported under the JobsPlus scheme since its inception; the number of applications currently waiting to be processed through the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25671/14]

Family Income Supplement Expenditure

Gerald Nash

340. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the increased spend in her Department, year on year, on the family income supplement measure; if she will provide details of her plans to create a wider awareness of the scheme for qualifying families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25672/14]

Labour Market

Gerald Nash

341. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of the Labour Market Council; if she will outline its key successes since its inception; the council's key objectives and targets in terms of the remainder of 2014 on the implementation of pathways to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25673/14]

Hospital Services

Gerald Nash

701. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health the plans his Department or the Health Service Executive have to improve conditions for young persons with inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, who depend on the services at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; if he is concerned that there are no dedicated wards with adequate facilities to cater for the needs of young inpatients with IBD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25867/14]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Gerald Nash

115. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will consider lowering the qualification age in all cases for participation in community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25079/14]

Health Services Provision

Gerald Nash

229. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health the number and location of pulmonary rehabilitation services available across the country; if he will provide details of waiting lists-waiting times for these services in tabular form in each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/14]

Health Screening Programmes

Gerald Nash

230. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health the extent and coverage of the COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outreach programme in each county; the Health Service Executive's plans to roll the service out to other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25081/14]

Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation

Gerald Nash

168. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will take measures to regulate the tattoo and piercing industry; his views that regulation is required to protect the health and safety of customers and artists working in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/14]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Ged Nash

163. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken with the Central Bank of Ireland to protect the interests of Setanta Insurance policy holders; if he is considering the introduction of measures to permit the return of premiums due to policy holders and to provide clarity regarding the payment of pending claims; the date on which his Department first became aware of the difficulties facing the company; the action his Department took to protect the interest of policy holders here; the new mechanisms that will be put in place to protect the customers of companies regulated outside of Ireland; and if his Department will support a review of passporting in-out requirements in the industry. [24354/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Ged Nash

202. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a project (details supplied) in County Louth; when the land will be transferred to allow the development to progress; the proposed start date for construction; the date on which the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24085/14]

School Completion Programme

Ged Nash

601. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the funding reduction to the Deeside school completion programme in 2014; if he is concerned at the impact of this reduction on the service; if this decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/14]

Information and Communications Technology

Gerald Nash

92. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form amounts invoiced, allocated or assigned by her Department to other public bodies and agencies for information communication and technology services for each year from 2010 to 2013 inclusive, along with amounts of any relevant cost drivers for these charges, such as numbers of users or storage capacity used or similar, and amounts paid by public bodies and agencies, either to his Department or to ICT providers, each year for these services. [24032/14]

Community Development Projects

Gerald Nash

558. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has decided that the LCDP measure must go to tender whereas the RDP measure will not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22920/14]

Primary Care Services Provision

Gerald Nash

750. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health the exact nature of the services the Health Service Executive intends to provide at the Bettystown Primary Care Centre, which is expected to be opened in quarter 4 of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22363/14]

Medical Card Data

Gerald Nash

651. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, on a county basis and in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards provided to persons in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide information on the percentage reductions year in year on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/14]

Betting Legislation

Gerald Nash

46. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance when the relevant legislation will be enacted to allow betting shops to open on Easter Sunday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19364/14]

Defence Forces Personnel

Gerald Nash

634. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider reviewing the upper service limit of 21 years in respect of privates and corporals in the Defence Forces; if he will have regard to PDFORRA's view that a new upper service limit of 50 years of age for such ranks should be introduced instead of the 21 year limit subject to fitness and medical standards; his views on the contention that this approach can deliver savings of approximately €1 million in the first year; if his Department will engage with PDFORRA on these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18901/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Gerald Nash

770. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the additional space and facilities which will be made available in terms of paediatric ED services in the extension to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18821/14]

Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times

Gerald Nash

772. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently engage the Special Delivery Unit to develop a solution to the ongoing and unsustainable situation regarding patients being treated on trolleys at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/14]

Hospitals Data

Gerald Nash

773. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the activities of the Special Delivery Unit since 1 January 2014 in the case of all of the major emergency departments in acute hospitals across the State; if he will outline the specific objectives set down for the SDU in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18831/14]

Health Services Staff

Gerald Nash

234. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the fact staff who work in residential care settings are consistently required to work in excess of the legal maximum 48 hours per week; if his attention has been drawn to the fact this breaches national legislation and the EU working time directive; the steps his Department and the Health Service Executive are taking to address this serious matter for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/14]

Company Law

Gerald Nash

261. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will make any amendments to company directors legislation to ensure a more robust response against company directors who are prosecuted and convicted for failing to remit contributions to a pension scheme having deducting them from an employee's pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16059/14]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Gerald Nash

375. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the consideration of a foreshore licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/14]

Peace Commissioners Appointments

Gerald Nash

433. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the concept of automatically appointing Commissioners for Oaths as Peace Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/14]

National Monuments

Gerald Nash

233. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider further enhancing the tourism and heritage experience at Old Mellifont Abbey, County Louth by ensuring that there is a full-time complement of guides on-site, bringing it in line with other locations in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14796/14]

Garda Operations

Gerald Nash

413. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the practice of An Garda Síochána that telephone calls to and from Garda stations are recorded; the legal basis for this practice; when this practice commenced; the number of Garda stations involved in this practice; when this practice was discontinued; the reason the practice was discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15090/14]

Garda Operations

Gerald Nash

446. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of recording incoming and outgoing phone calls was carried out in Drogheda Garda station; if he will provide details on the purpose of such a practice; when the practice commenced; when it was discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15377/14]

Herd Numbers

Gerald Nash

899. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an existing dormant herd number can be reactivated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13823/14]

Health Services Provision

Gerald Nash

998. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive will provide an update on plans involving a project (details supplied); the scope of the project in terms of the number of beds involved; the person who will operate the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12979/14]

Long Stay Residential Units

Gerald Nash

1079. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 the number of long-term and respite care nursing home beds available to the Health Service Executive in the Louth-Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13439/14]

Health Services

Gerald Nash

1082. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 874 of 1 January 2012, if he will confirm that a series of murals by the late Sean O'Sullivan RHA depicting the work of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Africa have been conserved; and if the Health Service Executive can confirm future plans for their display [13472/14]

Rural Transport Programme

Gerald Nash

1273. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the terms of reference for the newly formed transport co-ordination units; when they will be in place; the stakeholders who will be involved in the TCUs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13897/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Gerald Nash

111. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants receiving rent supplement payments in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12582/14]

Railway Stations Upgrade

Gerald Nash

289. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will seek to have Dunleer train station reopened to serve communities in the mid-Louth area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/14]

Proposed Legislation

Gerald Nash

91. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the proposed revised legislative framework in respect of registered employment agreements and in response to the May 2013 Supreme Court judgment in McGowan and others versus the Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General; if he intends to publish legislation soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/14]

Tax Residency

Gerald Nash

61. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of high net worth persons who meet the domicile levy criteria with whom it has been in contact in 2013 in order to ascertain the reason they have failed to pay the levy for that year; the number of persons who are considered to be non-resident for tax purposes; the total tax take available to the State if all persons liable to pay the domicile levy paid in full; the number and type of actions the Revenue Commissioners has taken against those who have failed to pay the levy since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10119/14]

Revenue Commissioners Investigations

Gerald Nash

62. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been obtained in terms of the Revenue Commissioners audit and investigation programmes in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10120/14]