Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

368. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43603/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

369. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

298. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41843/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

307. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41987/13]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

310. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in communicating the outcome of an oral hearing of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42032/13]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

311. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal for supplementary welfare allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42034/13]

Data Protection

Michael Creed

529. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation within his Department regarding the provision of patient information to Oireachtas Members who have received representation from their constituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41854/13]

Public Sector Pensions Issues

Michael Creed

172. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current situation regarding the public service pension reduction as it relates to combined or aggregated pensions and the application of the 28% reduction in same as provided for in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 and amended by the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; if he has signed an order setting a commencement date for this aggregation of public service pensions for public service pension reduction purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41535/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

160. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the poor weather and extra costs associated with same, his Department is agreeable to renegotiating and deferring specific commitments in REP scheme plans to a later date by agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/13]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Michael Creed

322. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding recently established panel rights for special needs assistants; the way this operates on a geographical basis; if he will clarify the discretion allowed to local Boards of Management to recruit outside the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37720/13]

School Transport Provision

Michael Creed

416. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the changes in the primary school transport scheme that have commenced in September 2013 as they relate to closed schools and or central schools; if he will clarify that persons resident more than 3.2 km from their nearest school are still entitled to transport on a priority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38621/13]

Forestry Premium Payments

Michael Creed

1153. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the remainder of their forestry grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36821/13]

Forestry Grants

Michael Creed

1201. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to pay a forestry grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/13]

Tourism Project Funding

Michael Creed

1671. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any supports available for a private enterprise that wishes to establish a sports/tourism facility for commercial purposes, which will have a beneficial impact as a tourist attraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38079/13]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Michael Creed

235. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will pursue with the Revenue Commissioners the requirement for a tracking mechanism for former employees who switched to being C2 operators without any intervening period of unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34492/13]

Money Laundering

Michael Creed

244. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Irish Post Masters Union regarding the requirement for anti-money laundering regulations to be complied with in respect of the sale of prize bonds over €25 in value; if he sees merit in its suggestion that this limit be set at €100; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34638/13]

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions

Michael Creed

1122. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the current regulations regarding hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors; if Irish hospitals are compliant with labour law in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35175/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

119. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33991/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

169. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33696/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

280. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32873/13]

Youth Services Funding

Michael Creed

237. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the level of funding received by an organisation (details supplied) under the youth services grants scheme each year since 2008; if in view of the increasing membership of this organisation she will favourably consider their application for funding for 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32676/13]

Social Insurance Issues

Michael Creed

158. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 25 June 2013, if her Department has a mechanism of tracking employees who have switched from direct employees to C2 operators without any intervening period of unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32448/13]

Forestry Management

Michael Creed

200. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will account for the discrepancy in respect of the calculation on the size of a forestry plantation as determined by the Forest Service in both March 2008 and again in respect of the same plantation in early 2013 in view of the fact that the Forest Service used maps digitised by his Department in its initial calculation; the extent to which this issue is replicated in other cases and the negotiations if any which his Department is having with the company which carried out the digitising process in respect of redress for the errors involved; the number of forestry plantations with problems arising from these digitising errors; if his Department has taken advice as to the liability of individual land owners in respect of his Department's request for recoupment of over payment of premiums and overpayment of plantation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32425/13]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

449. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be expedited on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31684/13]

Children in Care

Michael Creed

613. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children born to female children in the care of his Department or its agencies for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31653/13]

Social Insurance Rates

Michael Creed

152. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has a facility to track the switch over of direct employees in the construction sector to C2 operators; if she is satisfied that all C2 operators are compliant with the regulations and that the increased number is not a reflection on the reluctance of employers to pay the appropriate PRSI contributions for their employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31138/13]

Teacher Recruitment

Michael Creed

253. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the procedure involved for a school which is being sanctioned a post of responsibility before payment for this post is sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/13]

Social Insurance Rates

Michael Creed

363. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a facility of tracking the switch over of direct employees in the construction sector to C2 operators, if she is satisfied that all C2 operators are compliant with the regulations and that the increased number is not a reflection on the reluctance of employers to pay the appropriate PRSI contributions for their employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30220/13]

Social Insurance Rates

Michael Creed

364. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the regulations governing payment of voluntary PRSI contributions post self-employment where self-employment has terminated due to illness or disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30223/13]

Community Development Initiatives

Michael Creed

410. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in detail a breakdown of the annual salaries paid to the CEOs of the respective local development partnership organisations; if he will detail the annual expenditure on administration in each group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30071/13]

Credit Availability

Michael Creed

209. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the negotiations, if any, he has had with the lead financial institutions involved in agri lending; if he will outline the progress that has been made regarding securing finance for on-farm investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/13]

Child Care Services Funding

Michael Creed

223. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a community preschool (details supplied) has not yet received notification of its funding from Pobal for September 2013; if she will intervene in order to expedite such notification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29776/13]

Fodder Crisis

Michael Creed

178. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 782 of the 11 June 2013, if he will consider under the fodder transport scheme reimbursing the verifiable transport costs incurred whilst importing fodder by individual farmers who imported fodder independent of the Dairy Co-operatives and prior to the announcement of his Department's initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29515/13]

Institutes of Technology Issues

Michael Creed

122. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department has in the proposed restructuring of the department of science at Cork Institute of Technology and the course offerings at the institute; if his attention has been drawn to these changes; his views on the the level of consultation that has been carried out regarding these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/13]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

169. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the 20% levy applying to public service pensions in excess of €100,000 is applicable when pension holders are in receipt of more than one public service pension or when the combined total of pensions exceeds €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/13]

Illness Benefit Appeals

Michael Creed

248. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to illness benefit; if not, the social welfare payments available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29205/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Michael Creed

261. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the range of supports available from his Department for students with narcolepsy including reasonable accommodation at exam time, home tuition and any other supports deemed necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26933/13]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Michael Creed

421. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will recognise narcolepsy as a condition which would entitle persons to disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26935/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

423. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the current situation regarding a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26922/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

467. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an appeal of an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27938/13]

EU Conventions

Michael Creed

718. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to sign the European Convention on Violence against Women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27422/13]

Fodder Crisis

Michael Creed

782. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the funding available from his Department towards the cost of importing fodder to private individuals who organised importation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27218/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility

Michael Creed

835. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was not approved to participate in the new agri-environment option scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28037/13]

Health Services Provision

Michael Creed

947. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of supports available from his Department for persons suffering from narcolepsy; if he is satisfied that the supports that are available are being brought to the attention of those suffering from this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26934/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Creed

948. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long delays for surgery for those diagnosed with adolescent scoliosis; the steps being taken to address this problem where undue delay can cause irreversible damage to the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments

Michael Creed

140. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26419/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

206. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26238/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure

Michael Creed

576. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible to seek EU approval for an extension of the REP scheme 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/13]

Family Income Supplement Expenditure

Michael Creed

162. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact that withdrawal of one parent family payments will have on those parents who are in the work-force and in receipt of family income supplement; if she will ensure that their level of FIS entitlement will be reviewed immediately on the withdrawal of their one parent family payment rather than the annual review which is presently the case; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in most such cases entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance as an interim measure is not an option where earnings will put them over the rate for adult and dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24712/13]

Civil Bills

Michael Creed

202. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any concerns regarding the validity of civil bills issued where the Court Services facilitated the stamping of blank documents which were subsequently used in the issuance of civil bills and where the stamping date pre-dates the incidents referred to in the civil bill; his views on the validity of such civil bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/13]