Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Official Travel

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the closure of the US prison in Guantanamo and the release of prisoners at his meeting with US President Obama in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22634/13]

Shadow Banking Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if the issue of shadow banking here was discussed at the meeting of EU Finance and Economic Ministers that he attended last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23986/13]

Property Tax Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the contract with Abtran to run the local property tax help line; the cost of a call to this help line when calling from a mobile phone; his views on whether the outsourcing of this service is appropriate in view of the revelations with regards to an employee abusing credit card details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/13]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance with regards to the planned Dublin Array project, the tax that will apply if the project goes ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/13]

EU-IMF Programme of Support

Richard Boyd Barrett

184. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the discussions, if any, he held on Ireland's exit from the IMF programme with Christine Lagarde; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18601/13]

Eurozone Crisis

Richard Boyd Barrett

185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions with his Cypriot counterparts; if those discussions included implications for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/13]

Harbour Authorities Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to problems with the pension fund of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour company in view of the fact that the workforce have raised concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22944/13]

Northern Ireland Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Britain's membership of the EU and the proposed referendum in Britain on that issue during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22139/13]

Northern Ireland Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

31. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his participation in events around the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22141/13]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the plan for health services in South County Dublin with regards to the new configuration of services at Loughlinstown, St Michael's and St Vincent's Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/13]

Departmental Records

Richard Boyd Barrett

468. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that officials keep accurate visa statistics regarding the number of tourist visas being issued in the Beijing office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/13]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

469. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality under the MEI pilot programme, the number of visas that were issued to non-MEI schools; the exact number of visas issued and the number refused under the MEI pilot programme. [22419/13]

Tourism Ireland Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

732. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland budget for promoting English language schools in Ireland for 2013; the way marketing targets are agreed with the EFL industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/13]

Tourism Ireland Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

733. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Failte Ireland will fund the MEI workshop in 2013; and the number of meetings that have taken place with Enterprise Ireland to discuss the marketing of Ireland as a centre of excellence in international education. [22421/13]

Youth Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider reversing the recent cuts to the City of Dublin Youth Services Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22121/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Richard Boyd Barrett

101. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the possible legal difficulties or obstacles to the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte; in particular, if such a sale might breach articles in the Aarhus Convention in relation to public participation and environmental issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Richard Boyd Barrett

195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has studied the international experience of privatisation of public forests, particularly in New Zealand and the brief experiment in Sweden, in his consideration of the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Richard Boyd Barrett

197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte is unlikely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21884/13]

European Council Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meetings on 14 and 15 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/13]

Property Taxation Application

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the way a joint owner of a house who has no communication at all with the other owner of the house should complete the local property tax form, when they are not in a position to follow the instructions in the booklet that read, if you are not the sole owner of the property, you should agree with the other owner(s) who is to complete and submit the return and pay the tax due. [21389/13]

Departmental Staff Numbers

Richard Boyd Barrett

148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that are employed at the local property tax help line; the grade of these people employed; the nature of their contracts and if he will give details of the customer charter that applies to them. [21390/13]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the result of the review promised by his Department last year in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20698/13]

House Purchase Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when legislation underpinning the proposed incremental purchase scheme for existing local authority houses will be drafted, in view of the fact that there is currently no scheme available to tenants to purchase their local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/13]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on all meetings he had during the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland and the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18599/13]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with Ms Christine Lagarde; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18601/13]

Electricity Generation

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the planned Dublin Array project, the licensing terms that will apply if the project goes ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/13]

Jobs Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council owned Ballyogan recycling depot, where a number of persons have been taken on to the JobBridge scheme which has resulted in other workers being displaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/13]

Rented Dwellings Register

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering revising the rent caps in urban areas in view of the recent reports that rents are increasing in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18803/13]

School Curriculum

Richard Boyd Barrett

87. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider setting up a pilot project in primary and secondary schools to start coding clubs with the aim of incorporating coding skills into the national curriculum. [19206/13]

Harbour Authorities Appointments

Richard Boyd Barrett

274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regards to the new Commercial Executive Officer that has been appointed to Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, the place in which the details of the job were advertised; the selection process; and the amount the new officer is being paid. [19203/13]

Harbour Authorities Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

275. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the persons, if any, employed within his Department or within the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company to work on the Diaspora Centre project; the selection process for the job; and the salary details. [19204/13]

Road Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for the placing of mobile speed cameras. [19205/13]

Programme for Government Review

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government as we reach the end of the second term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2755/13]

Post-Leaving Certificate Courses

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the change to the pupil-teacher ratio and lifting the cap on student numbers in colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17580/13]

Post-Leaving Certificate Courses

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impact that the changes in the pupil teacher ratio will have on colleges of further education, on teaching jobs and on opportunities for young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17581/13]

Government-Church Dialogue

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has had with Church organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15011/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs last met. [15012/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

24. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Economic Management Council has met since this year's budget. [15014/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of times that the Cabinet sub-committee on health has met in 2013. [15015/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

26. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council intends to meet the banks in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15016/13]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

28. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Economic Management Council will next meet. [17263/13]

Human Rights Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israelis are only allowing fishermen from Gaza to fish three miles from the coast; if he will consider making a statement of protest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15569/13]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

184. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of students that have applied for the MEI Chinese adult pilot programme; and the number who have been refused. [15748/13]

Harbour Authorities Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 19 February 2013, if the legal proceedings referred to have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15297/13]

Harbour Authorities Appointments

Richard Boyd Barrett

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 19 February 2013, if he has appointed a new chairperson to the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, Dublin; if this vacancy has been filled; if he has taken up the outstanding issues of remuneration to the CEO with the new chairperson; if the position has not been filled, when he expects to fill it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/13]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

317. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a number of taxi drivers have not registered on the driver check app despite the National Transport Authority's completion date of 31 January for final date of registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15468/13]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

318. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason, despite the primary licensing organisation, An Garda Síochána, and the carriage office issuing a renewal licence the National Transport Authority is taking upwards of 90 days to process the photographic licence on display to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15469/13]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent meeting of the Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56787/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the appointments he has made to State boards and the process being employed in these selections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15010/13]

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his input to the proposed sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/13]