Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Protection of Architectural Heritage

Sandra McLellan

353. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to introduce legislation to compel banks, in particular Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank to deal with the issue of abandoned property held in safe keeping, as much of this property is more than 100 year old it has the potential to be of significant historical and cultural value to the Irish nation, it belongs to either traceable beneficiaries or the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14678/13]

Commemorative Events

Sandra McLellan

354. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he accepts that Moore Street and the 1916 Battlefield site, considering the events that took place there and the globally important works of literature these events inspired, should be added to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14681/13]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Sandra McLellan

355. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the urban regeneration of heritage quarters in counties Limerick and Waterford other than those outlined in the Living City Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/13]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

371. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person must be in receipt of rent allowance to qualify for the rent accommodation scheme; if the person has a valid housing need can they not be considered for RAS regardless of rent allowance; if any exceptions may be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15370/13]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Sandra McLellan

387. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority tenant who has been sentenced to time in prison is required to keep up rent payments during their prison term or if a family member is required to do so on their behalf to ensure their tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15109/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Sandra McLellan

405. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the following estates (details supplied) in Youghal, County Cork, are not exempt form the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/13]

Youth Services

Sandra McLellan

501. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the excellent work done by youth services in Dublin, her plans to reverse her decision to cut their budget in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14682/13]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Sandra McLellan

502. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the rights, welfare and entitlements of children who live in direct provision accommodation are vindicated under the current system in a manner that is in keeping with the Children First Guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14683/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

593. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to have an operation on their knee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15367/13]

NAMA Credit Facility for IBRC

Sandra McLellan

17. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the decision of the National Assets Management Agency to provide €1bn in credit to a bust bank, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, at an interest rate of 1.52% per annum; the reason there is not such a scheme for small and medium enterprise; and the State aid implications of this order. [14081/13]

EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues

Sandra McLellan

59. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a planned date for when Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance it has received from other member states; and the effects of this post-programme surveillance and the way any move to prolong the maturities of EFSM and EFSF loans will affect this period. [14068/13]

Medical Card Applications

Sandra McLellan

258. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will re-instate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether it is acceptable not to inform a person that their card is no longer valid even though it was not due to expire until June 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14562/13]

Home Help Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

16. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will restore home help hours in 2013 to at least their 2011 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/13]

Hospital Bed Numbers

Sandra McLellan

76. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute public hospital beds and the number in March 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/13]

Living City Initiative

Sandra McLellan

231. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the living city initiative pilot project to the walled town network and-or the walled towns historical initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13125/13]

Living City Initiative

Sandra McLellan

232. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will broaden the remit of the living city initiative to include a broader range of houses with the specific aim of maximising the regeneration process and ensuring that it is more community based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/13]

Living City Initiative

Sandra McLellan

233. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the link between the selection of Limerick and Waterford due to their extremely low ranking on the Relative Deprivation Index for Irish Cities, –6.66 and -4.51 respectively, for inclusion in the pilot project for urban regeneration under the living city initiative and the refurbishment of owner occupied Georgian homes; the rationale for selecting this particular scheme; the way he expects it to address the related issues of chronic unemployment and high levels of deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/13]

Living City Initiative

Sandra McLellan

234. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend tax breaks under the living city initiative to small retailers who rent premises adjacent to historic buildings and quarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13135/13]

Living City Initiative

Sandra McLellan

235. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline in detail the way tax breaks for the refurbishment of owner-occupied Georgian houses as outlined in the living city initiative will assist the regeneration process in Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/13]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Sandra McLellan

275. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to grant funding in respect of emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14024/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

542. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at the South Infirmary in Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14003/13]

Commemorative Events

Sandra McLellan

5. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will seek to add the GPO-Moore Street battlefield site to the current list of sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List submitted by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13162/13]

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

38. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will refuse to sign approval for the plans of chartered land for works on the national monument at 14-17 Moore Street, in view of the fact that the company is now presenting modified plans which are subject to approval of planning applications which have not yet been submitted by chartered land and in view of the fact that if ministerial approval is given at this stage there is no guarantee that any such modification will be made or revised planning applications submitted subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13123/13]

Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge

Sandra McLellan

43. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Sandra McLellan den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar thodhchaí Ealaín na Gaeltachta agus cén maoiniú a bheidh ar fáil don eagraíocht sa tréimhse atá le teacht agus ráiteas a dhéanamh ar thodhchaí Óige na Gaeltachta agus cén maoiniú a bheidh ar fáil don eagraíocht sa tréimhse atá le teacht. [13100/13]

Local Authority Funding

Sandra McLellan

410. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the money collected for the household charge will be distributed to local authorities in view of the fact that it is a year since the charge was introduced and local authorities are yet to see the benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12830/13]

Teaching Contracts

Sandra McLellan

60. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the numbers of post primary school teachers who, since 2010, have been awarded full-time contracts under the European contracts of indefinitive duration directive; if he will provide a breakdown of teachers who have been awarded full-time contracts on hours that are less than the maximum 22 hours per week. [11994/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Sandra McLellan

59. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if persons on pensions who cannot afford to pay the tax long-term and opt to defer it are subject to an additional 8% annual charge or a 4% charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Sandra McLellan

60. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance with regards to the local property tax, if he will take the money at source from those who cannot or will not pay or will they add 8% onto the tax annually until it is paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11737/13]

Departmental Correspondence

Sandra McLellan

158. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a response will issue to representations made (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12028/13]

Garda Transport Provision

Sandra McLellan

166. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will deploy more Garda vehicles to the Mallow area of County Cork in view of the fact that the public there are concerned about the lack of vehicles in the Garda fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11801/13]

National Internship Scheme Funding

Sandra McLellan

124. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to encourage a contribution from the benefitting employer/host in lieu of the free labour they get under the JobBridge programme. [11385/13]

Medical Ethics

Sandra McLellan

469. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if it is ethical for a doctor to refuse a patient a medical examination required to join a sporting organisation because they do not agree with the sport in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11010/13]

Property Taxation Application

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an impact assessment on the potential effect on the numbers in mortgage distress if local property tax is introduced. [10566/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Sandra McLellan

60. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if a person with multiple sclerosis who had a house built to their specific needs will be exempt from paying the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10518/13]

Energy Schemes Issues

Sandra McLellan

133. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the private sector resources he expects to match Government funding in the energy efficiency fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9983/13]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

366. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 19 January 2013, if she is implying that a community welfare officer can use their discretion as to whether to continue payment if a person has to leave the country more than once; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10095/13]

Magdalen Laundries

Sandra McLellan

512. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of persons who are now deceased but who spent time in the Magdalen laundries will be entitled to claim from the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10110/13]

Respite Care Services

Sandra McLellan

654. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide two weeks respite care urgently to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/13]

General Practitioner Services

Sandra McLellan

697. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will include children in the first phase of the introduction of free general practitioner care to all as well as to those with chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/13]

Prompt Payments

Sandra McLellan

32. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to ensure that small businesses are not adversely affected by late payments by Government agencies. [9054/13]

Prompt Payments

Sandra McLellan

36. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the impact of late payments by Government agencies on the small business sector. [9055/13]

Human Rights Issues

Sandra McLellan

15. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Moroccan authorities to place 23 Saharawi civilians and human rights activists on trial before a military court on 1 February 2013; and if he will raise this human rights issue with the Moroccan ambassador. [8843/13]

Ministerial Travel

Sandra McLellan

41. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the travel plans of Ministers have been finalised for Saint Patrick’s Day this year; the countries that each Minister will visit; and the expected cost of these trips. [8849/13]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Sandra McLellan

105. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the reason he rejected funding applications under the sports capital programme for public sports facilities in disadvantaged RAPID areas in the south inner city (details supplied); if he will meet with a delegation from the local community to discuss this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/13]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

440. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 12 February 2013, if she will change the rule to allow persons on social welfare allowance to travel for medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8751/13]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria

Sandra McLellan

492. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will have inspectors, independent of local authorities, inspect local authority houses to investigate the number that are up to the 2008 housing regulations and that a grant be made available to upgrade all stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8176/13]

Defence Forces Review

Sandra McLellan

593. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Defence if he will raise the age limit for joining the Navy and Army to at least 30 years old, in view of the fact that this would give young persons who have been made redundant the opportunity to gain meaningful employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/13]

Adoption Records Provision

Sandra McLellan

639. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that persons who spent time in Bessborough House in Cork and other such institutions around the country be given access to their records for the time they spent there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8687/13]

National Car Test

Sandra McLellan

768. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated annually from national car testing since its introduction; the amount generated from re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/13]

HSE Savings

Sandra McLellan

9. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail where the €15 million in savings in probity on local schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/13]