Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

348. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to designate famine workhouses as national monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/13]

Museum Projects

Sandra McLellan

349. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to establish an official record database of the Famine in the National Museum of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42313/13]

Wastewater Treatment Issues

Sandra McLellan

391. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason raw sewage is being released into the River Bride in Tallow, County Waterford; the person responsible for this; the actions that will be taken to end this practice immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41940/13]

Wastewater Treatment Issues

Sandra McLellan

392. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the commencement and completion dates for the waste water treatment plant in Tallow, Co Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41968/13]

Children in Care

Sandra McLellan

508. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are advocacy groups to assist parents whose children are in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41798/13]

Banking Sector Investigations

Sandra McLellan

32. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the report on Irish Nationwide Building Society of 2009; and if this report will be made available to any banking inquiry. [41521/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Sandra McLellan

36. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if will work with the Central Bank of Ireland to agree a definition of a strategic defaulter in relation to mortgages. [41507/13]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

Sandra McLellan

172. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41656/13]

Garda Vetting Application Numbers

Sandra McLellan

173. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to alleviate the backlog of persons seeking Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41657/13]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Sandra McLellan

197. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is acceptable that asylum seekers and their children are housed in reception centres which lack adequate facilities for any meaningful recreational activity; his views on whether it is imperative that children and young persons have access to open space and sports areas irrespective of their parents' status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40891/13]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Sandra McLellan

33. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his Department’s recent pledge of €3 million in funding to mother and child nutrition; the person who will receive the funding; the way it will it be spent. [41156/13]

Humanitarian Aid

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his Department’s recent pledge of €2 million in emergency assistance for Sudan and South Sudan; the person who will receive the funding; and the way it will be spent. [41165/13]

Water Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

210. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 24 September 2013, if a house owner or the local authority is responsible for leaks or sewerage blockages outside of a home owner's boundary located on a public footpath or road in view of information from Cork County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41398/13]

Water Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

211. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 24 September 2013, if there are grants available to assist home owners to replace leaking pipes or collapsed sewers where the problem occurs outside their boundary under a public footpath or road in view of information provided by Cork County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

245. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reasons persons who have life threatening serious illnesses are not granted a medical card for life (details supplied). [41239/13]

Medical Card Appeals

Sandra McLellan

254. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the backlog in the medical card appeals office; the actions being taken to speed up the length of time it takes the appeals office to inform persons of the appeal allowing them to reactivate a person's medical card for the duration of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41281/13]

VAT Rate Increases

Sandra McLellan

58. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential ramifications for the tourism and hospitality sector of an increase in VAT above the current 9% tax rate; if his attention has been drawn to the potential that this would have for job losses; if he has engaged with the tourism industry regarding same; and if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the VAT rate and retaining it at its current level. [41172/13]

Sports Facilities Provision

Sandra McLellan

94. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussion with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the potential for using that Department’s capital building programme as an opportunity to increase the provision of sporting facilities in local communities, in particular youth sports facilities, through co-location of sports facilities with educational campuses; if he envisages that savings could be made to his Department's capital expenditure in that regard; if he will outline those savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40890/13]

Tourism Data

Sandra McLellan

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Taoiseach the numbers of visitors to Ireland from emerging tourism markets, in particular China, India, Brazil, Russia and south-east Asia; and if there has been any noticeable increase in visitors from these countries in recent years. [40892/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

280. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the distance from college for students to be considered eligible for the non-adjacent grant to cover a distance less than 45km (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40966/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

281. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons persons earning less than the income allowed for the special college grant rate are penalised and ineligible for that rate if they are not in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40979/13]

Medicinal Products Prices

Sandra McLellan

30. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full roll-out of reference pricing and generic substitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40048/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight

Sandra McLellan

34. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if it is within his power by means of regulations, or if legislation is needed, to require private and voluntary nursing homes who are in the nursing home support scheme to provide a minimum number of places for higher dependency patients in order to avoid cherry-picking by these homes, resulting in higher dependency patients remaining at the back of the queue for places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40047/13]

Financial Services Regulation

Sandra McLellan

75. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the options that are available to persons who do not have utility bills to prove their address when applying to open a bank account; the acceptable ways to prove a person's address; if an affidavit, letter from the Garda or politician will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40184/13]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

171. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to persons who do not have utility bills to prove their address when applying for housing; the acceptable ways to prove a persons address; if an affidavit, letter from Gardaí of politician will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/13]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Sandra McLellan

34. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted wit the Department of Finance on the issue of equality budgeting. [39754/13]

Peace Commissioners Appointments

Sandra McLellan

37. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for the appointment of peace commissioners across the State. [39765/13]

Local Authority Housing Applications

Sandra McLellan

392. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) on disability allowance who has already been means tested to qualify for that benefit has to provide further proof of means from another country to apply for social housing in County Cork. [39394/13]

Departmental Agencies

Sandra McLellan

26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the chairperson designate of the child and family agency, Ms Norah Gibbons, will take up her post; when the number and make-up of the new board will be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38767/13]

Children in Care

Sandra McLellan

27. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the up-to-date figure for children in care with an allocated social worker; the number in care who still do not have an allocated social worker and the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38763/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

179. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a medical card currently under review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38848/13]

HSE Funding

Sandra McLellan

188. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding to the Health Service Executive to cover the transport costs for the 157 school leavers in the Cork area who received a full time place in adult services having moved on from the Cope Foundation to their new adult day facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38920/13]

Cultural Policy

Sandra McLellan

5. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of County Limerick's designation as City of Culture for 2014, the supports, whether in terms of personnel, resources, finance or otherwise, his Department intends to give to local arts and tourism bodies and the local authority in order to ensure that the City of Culture year is successful; and his Department's plans to promote Limerick domestically and internationally for 2014. [38687/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Sandra McLellan

26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the advertisement on 4 June, seeking board members for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library, the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, the Arts Council, the Irish Architectural Archive and Archbishop Marsh’s Library, the process by which he intends to appoint persons to these positions; and the measures he will take to ensure that the persons taking up those positions will have the appropriate qualifications and experience. [38503/13]

Arts Funding

Sandra McLellan

43. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views of the impact of cutbacks to the National Irish Visual Arts Library; and his further plans to ensure that there is an independent policy or advisory committee established for this library. [38504/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Sandra McLellan

139. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the amount of money raised from the local property tax in each local authority area in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38077/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Sandra McLellan

168. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if receipts will be issued to persons who pay the local property tax; when same will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37257/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

316. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the Student Universal Support Ireland website clearly states that under the student grant scheme, PLC students are entitled only to maintenance grants in order to save people applying when they are not eligible as their family income is over €45,790 for a family of fewer than four children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37634/13]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

611. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person signing for credits who applied for a commmunity employment scheme was told that they were not eligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37577/13]

Traveller Community

Sandra McLellan

1118. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Traveller ethnicity will be put before the Government for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/13]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Sandra McLellan

1213. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for four visitor moorings for the tourist town of Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

1326. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise an operation in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37256/13]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Sandra McLellan

1331. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if there are any implications for persons who travel to the Six Counties to have six different prescriptions filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

1366. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that more funding is provided to the Health Service Executive to enable surgeons to carry out more surgeries for scoliosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

1381. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times here and particularly in Cork for pre-adolescents suffering from scoliosis; if he will endeavour to improve these waiting times as the condition can deteriorate quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37635/13]

Disability Diagnoses

Sandra McLellan

1412. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for an autism diagnostic assessment for children nationally; his views on whether a six to eight month wait in Cork North Lee is acceptable; the way he plans to tackle these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37739/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

1573. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on the substantial increase in the number of persons being refused medical cards and replaced by a GP card; the number of persons, broken down by constituency, who have had medical cards refused, and, of those the number who were subsequently provided with a GP card in its place. [38629/13]

Tourist Accommodation

Sandra McLellan

1617. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines in place for motor home campsites, which incorporate price, value for money, on site facilities, distance to amenities and suitable terrain or landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37275/13]

An Comhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta

Sandra McLellan

207. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sandra McLellan den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí COGG; cén tionchar a bhí ag cinneadh an Aire COGG a thabhairt faoi bhráid CNCM; cé na himpleachtaí a bheidh ag an gcinneadh sin i dtaca leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge agus an bhfuiltear fós chun an cinneadh sin a chur i bhfeidhm. [36334/13]

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

256. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to incorporate Kilmainham courthouse into the Kilmainham jail experience; and if he will provide a timeline for the incorporation of the courthouse. [36406/13]