Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Training

Sandra McLellan

232. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the expected training and development and incidental expenses with the list of training and development courses he expects officers in his Department to undergo in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24856/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

233. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport under the category of office premises expenses, if he will list the individual offices operated by his Department in the State alongside the expenses that they will incur in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/13]

Swimming Pool Projects

Sandra McLellan

234. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grant applications he has received for swimming pool builds or repair or maintenance for 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/13]

Job Creation

Sandra McLellan

47. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the relationship between the increase in the value of enterprises exporting goods and services and the impact on job creation. [24450/13]

NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures

Sandra McLellan

87. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 8 May 2013, the investigation that has taken place in the National Asset Management Agency to identify incidences in which its staff have provided loan information to its borrowers showing the par value of loans and the NAMA acquisition price. [23955/13]

Debt Resolution Pilot Scheme

Sandra McLellan

93. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank of Ireland’s pilot scheme for consumer multi-debt restructuring launched on 8 May 2013. [23956/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Sandra McLellan

19. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent upsurge in violence in Nigeria between the Government and Boko Haram; and if he has discussed this issue with his European counterparts. [23231/13]

Foreign Conflicts

Sandra McLellan

57. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has plans to provide further assistance to Syrian refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries considering the poor conditions they are living in and the strained resources of these countries, and the potential for political instability, particularly in Lebanon. [23233/13]

Arts and Culture Funding

Sandra McLellan

186. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding he has allocated for the City of Culture programme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23423/13]

Arts and Culture Funding

Sandra McLellan

187. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline his plans to make Limerick Ireland's first National City of Culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23424/13]

Arts and Culture Funding

Sandra McLellan

188. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the closure of the Belltable, if he will outline his plans to ensure that Limerick city has a designated arts centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23425/13]

Arts and Culture Funding

Sandra McLellan

189. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the long-term artistic and economic benefits he expects to accrue to cities that are designated cities of culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23426/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

255. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the reason that no ambulance was available in Midleton, County Cork, on 6 May 2013 to respond to a seriously injured toddler who fell from a balcony and died later the same week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23427/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

256. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that in a recent incident in Midleton, County Cork, when a seriously ill child was being transported to Cork University Hospital by ambulance, a fully qualified and trained paramedic drove while a very inexperienced trainee paramedic attended to the ill child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23428/13]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Sandra McLellan

257. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a badly injured young person who was assaulted in Youghal town centre, County Cork, during the May bank holiday had to wait more than fifty minutes for an ambulance to take him to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

258. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that members of the public who dial 999 are informed that no ambulance is available, and that they are then advised to organise their own transport and take a seriously ill child to South Doc and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23430/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

259. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on the restructuring of the National Ambulance Service; if this restructuring has delivered a better and more reliable service to persons in towns across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23431/13]

Sports Funding

Sandra McLellan

11. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the criteria to be applied by his Department, or by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association when assessing applications for the €1m allocated for clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22845/13]

Proposed Legislation

Sandra McLellan

22. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the Sports Ireland legislation and the anticipated date of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22846/13]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

124. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the neuro-rehabilitation plan published in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/13]

Cochlear Implants

Sandra McLellan

141. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a bilateral cochlear implant programme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22581/13]

Garda Operations

Sandra McLellan

487. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred to the Irish State, if any, for the recent visit to Ireland by the Duke of Kent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23032/13]

Tourism Industry Issues

Sandra McLellan

724. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a specific set of indicators that can usefully benchmark Ireland's tourism competitiveness in relation to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/13]

Tourism Promotion

Sandra McLellan

725. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that our tourism marketing is rated as highly effective as reflected in WEF Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index the action he will take to build on this performance; and his efforts to seek further efficiencies and value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22229/13]

Tourism Ireland Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

726. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State funding his Department spends on research and development in tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22230/13]

Adoption Records Protection

Sandra McLellan

29. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic births placed for adoption in each of the past three years, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21763/13]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Sandra McLellan

30. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the signed agreement with Vietnam regarding inter-country adoptions came into operational effect before the end of April 2013 as previously advised; the up-to-date position regarding arrangements for inter-country adoptions with Ethiopia, India and Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21762/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Sandra McLellan

130. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will include bank holidays in payment of jobseeker's allowance for casual workers who do not receive bank holiday pay from their employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21787/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Sandra McLellan

124. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the online system for the local property tax for properties in joint ownership to recognise both PPS numbers to ensure that the Revenue Commissioners know that the tax has been paid on the property regardless of which spouse paid it (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/13]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Sandra McLellan

204. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21156/13]

Health Services Issues

Sandra McLellan

383. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason a consultant will not sign a person (details supplied) in County Cork fit for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21142/13]

Driving Licence Renewals

Sandra McLellan

421. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current processing times for driver licence renewals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/13]

Proposed Legislation

Sandra McLellan

18. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce consolidated and reformed legislation on domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20844/13]

Protection of Architectural Heritage

Sandra McLellan

142. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to introduce legislation to compel banks to deal with the issue of abandoned property held in safe keeping in view of the fact that of this property has the potential to be of significant historic and cultural value to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20980/13]

Youth Work Projects Funding

Sandra McLellan

217. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason she, at a recent Irish Presidency conference where the theme was quality youth work and social inclusion, gave a commitment to youth work at the European level, while at the same time she cut funding to quality youth work projects at the national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20978/13]

Youth Work Projects Funding

Sandra McLellan

218. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of fact that at the recent Irish Presidency conference on quality youth work and social inclusion a set of conclusions was agreed with the expressed aim of influencing EU policy, if she will now support the Irish youth sector to make these conclusions a reality for marginalised young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20979/13]

Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers

Sandra McLellan

251. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the number of applications from city and county councils for funding under the sports capital programme in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20981/13]

Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers

Sandra McLellan

252. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a detailed account of the reason applications from city and county councils were rejected for funding under the sports capital grant scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20982/13]

Diaspora Centre Establishment

Sandra McLellan

253. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his emphasis on The Gathering, if he has any plans to establish a world class museum of the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/13]

Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers

Sandra McLellan

254. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to introduce the next phase of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Sandra McLellan

13. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to treat domestic abuse as a serious cause of social housing need and homelessness; and if he will prioritise the addressing of this need in the interests of protecting vulnerable adults and children. [20494/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Sandra McLellan

414. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts of funding available to heritage projects under the rural development, Leader programme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/13]

Medical Card Applications

Sandra McLellan

551. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20000/13]

Medical Card Reviews

Sandra McLellan

593. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the number of random financial reviews that have been carried out on medical card patients whose cards were not due to expire until 2021; the number of reviews that are due to take place; of the reviews that have taken place, the number of persons who have lost their entitlement to a full medical card and have had it replaced with a general practitioner only card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20507/13]

Arts Funding

Sandra McLellan

44. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether considering the size of the Irish market and the downturn in the economy the focus solely on philanthropy as a source of funding for the arts is realistic and his further views on whether a broad acknowledgement of multiple sources of public and private investment is vital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19363/13]

Redundancy Payments

Sandra McLellan

36. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 March 2013, in which she stated that a person must be employed for 104 weeks before they have a reasonable attachment to employment in order to receive a redundancy payment, her plans regarding a potential reduction in this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/13]

Redundancy Payments

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which her Department’s website will reinstate the practice of showing a statistical breakdown of redundancy figures based on industry, county and gender. [18832/13]

Jobs Data

Sandra McLellan

108. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs in exporting enterprises; the number in the domestic economy; and changes in these since 2007. [18618/13]

Job Creation Targets

Sandra McLellan

131. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the current rates of change his views on when an additional 100,000 jobs will be created in the economy. [18619/13]

Tax Code

Sandra McLellan

177. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from their employers from the proposed tax on maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/13]