Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Access

Patrick Nulty

508. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the long waiting times for occupational therapy in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting time for occupational therapy in Dublin 15 is sixteen months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28728/13]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications

Patrick Nulty

145. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the 30 June deadline for tenants to purchase their local authority home under the 2011 scheme to allow more tenants to avail of this scheme's favourable terms. [28271/13]

Human Rights Issues

Patrick Nulty

122. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to raise the alleged discrimination and persecution of the Falun Gong faith with his counterparts in the Chinese Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27620/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

155. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 2 May 2013, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised in each of the VRT categories for the aforementioned years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27328/13]

Excise Duties Yield

Patrick Nulty

156. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised by the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 from excise duties on a packet of 20 cigarettes and rolling tobacco; if he will also indicate the gross national tobacco related excise for each year; if he will provide the rate of excise that corresponds to the revenue information already provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27330/13]

School Enrolments

Patrick Nulty

301. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure adequate school places for children living in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/13]

Departmental Properties

Patrick Nulty

335. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a building (details supplied) in Dublin 15 owned by the Office of Public Works; the date on which the building was acquired by the OPW; the cost at which the building was acquired by the OPW; the financial outlay by the OPW or other Government authority in respect of this building since its acquisition; the ongoing annual cost of insuring and making secure this building; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of local voluntary and charitable organisations have made enquiries regarding the potential for using this building; the detail of any such enquiries made to the OPW or to him directly; if he will make this building available on a temporary basis to local voluntary and charitable organisations, pending a decision on the building’s long term future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27675/13]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Patrick Nulty

367. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received the National Consumer Agency 2012 annual report; when he expects the report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27623/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Patrick Nulty

414. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department intends to implement the recommendations contained within the report Not Fair Enough published by FLAC in 2012 in relation to the social welfare appeals process. [26852/13]

Back to Education Allowance Expenditure

Patrick Nulty

432. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total savings made by abolishing the €300 for back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27362/13]

Motor Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

546. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised through motor tax in each emissions category for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of persons who paid motor tax in each of these categories for the aforementioned years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27329/13]

Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report

Patrick Nulty

581. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the Boundary Commission on the Local Elections; if so, when he intends to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/13]

Noise Pollution Legislation

Patrick Nulty

614. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Noise Nuisance Bill; if he will ensure the speedy progression of this Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27614/13]

EU Conventions

Patrick Nulty

672. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence [27257/13]

Drugs Seizures

Patrick Nulty

682. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the estimated street value of all illegal cannabis or cannabis derived substances seized by the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide an estimate of the total size of the black economy in this area for the aforementioned years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/13]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Patrick Nulty

938. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the filling of the 414 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2012, the number of these positions that have been filled by existing HSE staff members; his plans regarding the back-filling of the positions these staff members have vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26834/13]

Patient Transport Provision

Patrick Nulty

951. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that arrangements are made to assist an elderly wheelchair-bound person (details supplied) in County Wicklow with assistance towards taxi transport to and from hospital for essential treatment; if direct contact can be made with the person's next of kin in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26949/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Patrick Nulty

953. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26942/13]

Rail Services

Patrick Nulty

1082. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a train station (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will open and be fully operational. [26819/13]

Tobacco Industry Lobbying

Patrick Nulty

73. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on its behalf in 2013; the persons present at these meetings; the matters that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26050/13]

Tobacco Industry Lobbying

Patrick Nulty

179. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on its behalf in 2013; if he will outline who was present at these meetings and the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/13]

Tobacco Industry Lobbying

Patrick Nulty

239. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on their behalf in 2013; if he will outline who was present at these meetings; the matters that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/13]

FÁS Training Programmes Provision

Patrick Nulty

215. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that training courses are provided for jobseekers in Oracle and Java computer software to ensure they have the IT skills needed to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25150/13]

Teacher Recruitment

Patrick Nulty

235. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that new qualified teaching graduates can take up employment in their profession here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many newly graduated teachers have been forced to seek work abroad, and the great loss this is to the education sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25145/13]

FÁS Training Programmes Provision

Patrick Nulty

236. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if training courses are provided by FÁS-SOLAS in Oracle and Java computer software in order to ensure trainees can secure the IT skills needed to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25151/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Patrick Nulty

241. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding actions that are needed to bring a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 from stage 2b to stage 3 in the construction process. [25254/13]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Patrick Nulty

242. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will outline when construction will begin. [25255/13]

Literacy Levels

Patrick Nulty

293. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the National Adult Literacy Agency's request that a specific commitment be included in the Further Education and Training (SOLAS) Bill 2013 to raise adult literacy and numeracy levels and to develop a national adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/13]

School Accommodation

Patrick Nulty

306. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he or his Department have had regarding the provision of funding to build an extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [25256/13]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Patrick Nulty

353. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Patrick Nulty

374. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of instances recorded, either through the relevant form or on the integrated short-term schemes system, in 2011 by area and the number of instances in 2012 by area in which a community welfare officer has noted Article 38 of S.I. 412 of 2007 in the reason for an increased payment of rent supplement; the number of these that makes any reference to homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25319/13]

House Purchase Schemes

Patrick Nulty

473. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who hold affordable housing mortgages with local authorities are allowed apply to transfer their mortgage to a larger home, if their current home no longer meets their family needs due to overcrowding, or due to them having children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/13]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Nulty

500. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine if it will be appropriate or possible to amend the legislation that established the Property Services Regulatory Authority to allow existing property managers who are in business to retain their licence to operate if they have at least 120 ECTS credits and are working to get the 240 credits required by the legislation in order to maintain employment in the economy. [25576/13]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Nulty

501. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to amend the legislation that established the Property Services Regulatory Authority to allow existing businesses which are in operation and have been registered for at least two years between 2007 and 2012 to continue to operate provided they are tax compliant. [25577/13]

Health Services Staff Data

Patrick Nulty

622. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time and full-time equivalent environmental health officers covering the Dublin region employed by the Health Service Executive for each year from 2006 to 2013, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/13]

Disability Services Funding

Patrick Nulty

651. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form funding for intellectual disability services in Dublin for 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [25421/13]

Disability Services Funding

Patrick Nulty

652. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for respite care in respect of families with intellectual disability services has been reduced in Dublin; and the reason respite care was suspended in the Daughters of Charity service in St. Vincent's on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. [25422/13]

Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists

Patrick Nulty

691. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged under 18 years waiting for the fitting of dental braces by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 15; if he will outline in tabular form, each treatment waiting list category, including a written explanation and definition for each category; the number of persons awaiting treatment in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25889/13]

Third Level Fees

Patrick Nulty

97. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 5 February 2013, if a matter raised in correspondence in respect of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 15 regarding their registration fees will be examined; if the student's concerns can be addressed in detail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/13]

International Labour Standards

Patrick Nulty

133. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join the call for brands and retailers active in the Irish and single European markets to accede to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/13]

Health Services

Patrick Nulty

603. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will examine ways in which continuous positive airway pressure machines could be purchased by those who need them as an alternative to long-term renting of these machines; if he will put in place a scheme by which these machines can be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/13]

Health Services Provision

Patrick Nulty

622. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cuts to chiropody treatments offered by HSE north west Dublin: his view on whether three visits to a chiropodist per medical card holder is insufficient; if he will intervene to change the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/13]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Patrick Nulty

688. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of Sativex medication for the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European mutual recognition procedure has been ratified in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24360/13]

European Union Accession

Patrick Nulty

6. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the urgent need for the European Union to conduct a strategic re-assessment of its approach in Bosnia in view of the serious concerns raised by leading civil society activists in the country and the Bosnian community here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

126. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 45% was introduced on incomes over €80,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

127. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 50% was introduced on incomes over €125,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Patrick Nulty

150. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if we will reclassify Down's syndrome as a disability in all cases so as to ensure that all children with this condition are provided with resource teaching hours which was the pre-2005 position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/13]

Invalidity Pension Application Numbers

Patrick Nulty

179. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these the number that were granted on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23332/13]

Child Benefit Rates

Patrick Nulty

180. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if the present rates of child benefit will be maintained in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/13]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria

Patrick Nulty

189. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will reduce eligibility for the rental accommodation scheme from 18 months in receipt of rent supplement to six months as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/13]