Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Patient Transfers

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

484. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the policy position in place within the Health Service Executive to deal with the issue of patient transfer by taxi; if taxi use is carefully co-ordinated; if a budget for this mode of transportation is clearly identifiable; the cost of such services in 2014; if such costs are incurred across regions, health services, and / or hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8195/15]

Planning Issues

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

601. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if landowners who are subject to a historic land sterilisation order have a right to have the order partially lifted by means of a review of that order, in view of the fact that the agricultural land in question is protected under designated zoning in a county development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8196/15]

EU Programmes

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

640. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department and an agency under its aegis, (details supplied), have recently been forced to abandon involvement in a major European online collections project, resulting in significant financial and reputational loss, and the necessity to return funds drawn down; if she has ordered an investigation into the reasons for the failure of this project; her views that it should be referred to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8186/15]

Air Corps

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

96. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence to provide details on the weapons that two Russian military aircraft which entered Irish-controlled air space in January 2015 were carrying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/15]

Diplomatic Representation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

164. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocols or agreements that are in place to allow for the entry into Irish controlled air space, or Irish sovereign air space of British military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/15]

Aviation Issues

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

209. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances in which two Russian military aircraft entered Irish controlled air space in January 2015; if his attention had been drawn to the fact that these aircraft were going to enter Irish controlled air space; the details that he knew of this situation at the time; the details regarding the episode now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/15]

Defence Forces Personnel

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the further developments with regard to the 21-year rule for service, for certain ranks, in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7074/15]

Defence Forces

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

7. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence with regard to his July 2014 statement that the Defence Forces contribute to economic recovery and should not be seen purely as a cost to the State, and that the Defence Forces can be used for the development of new design and innovation, the way he is advancing this agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/15]

International Agreements

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the key elements of the memorandum of understanding recently entered into with the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom; if work has commenced on the drafting of a three-year action plan that contains the detailed programme of bilateral co-operation activities for the forthcoming year and sets the objectives for the succeeding two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6890/15]

White Paper on Defence

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

20. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6888/15]

Defence Forces Reorganisation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

29. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his response to concerns that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade of the Defence Forces in 2012 has had a negative social impact in the midlands, west and north west of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6892/15]

Defence Forces Personnel

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

30. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his response to the arrest in Lebanon of a suspect in the murder of two Irish soldiers in 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6891/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

200. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7335/15]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

227. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form, of the number of applications received from each local authority, for project funding, under the sustainable transport allocations for the greater Dublin region scheme; and the criteria which determined the success of an application, under the scheme. [7340/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

257. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when, further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 14 January 2015, a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6639/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

258. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when, further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 14 January 2015, a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will be made payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6640/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

340. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health when a full re-imbursement will be made under the drug payment scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6637/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

341. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the process to be followed, where, in relation to the drugs payment scheme, more than one dispensing chemist is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6638/15]

Passport Applications

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

412. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6779/15]

Youth Cafés Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

171. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding for the development of youth facilities and a youth café for a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this funding has been awarded to date; if not, when it is planned to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/15]

School Curriculum

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

216. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to add the Polish language to the leaving certificate curriculum, in view of the fact that more persons here speak Polish than Arabic, Japanese, Russian or Hebrew which are on the curriculum. [6412/15]

NAMA Property Leases

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

44. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a proposal by a person to establish a small business in a property controlled by the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/15]

Defence Forces Fatalities

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

89. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence regarding reports that a person (details supplied) suspected of involvement in the killing of persons (details supplied) could go free under an amnesty covering crimes committed during the 1975 to 1990 Lebanese civil war; if he has established whether this is likely to happen; the action he is taking in relation to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6330/15]

Emergency Works Scheme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

161. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not as yet provided funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to address serious problems with a series of staircases where irregularities have been noted by an accident investigator and by a health and safety professional acting on behalf of the board of management; if she will accept liability in respect of any accident which occurs on these staircases arising out of the failure to date to provide the requisite funding to rectify the situation; if she will review the overall project at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/15]

National Concert Hall

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

130. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the National Concert Hall; her further plans to place it on a statutory footing; if the resignation of five members from its board in 2014 raised any issue of concern for her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5596/15]

Heritage Centres

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

136. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions she has had with regard to the development of the Bank of Ireland building on College Green, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5528/15]

Cultural Policy

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

139. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to publish a national cultural policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5526/15]

Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

142. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters who have made application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme for raised bog special areas of conservation; the number of applications that were successful; the numbers that were not successful; and the number pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5530/15]

Legislative Measures

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to revise the Wildlife Acts with a view to enhancing protection of certain species and increasing penalties for any contraventions of the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5529/15]

Commemorative Events

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

159. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a fixed day of remembrance for victims of the Irish Great Famine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5527/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

171. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5548/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Training

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

314. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of training field days held for the Reserve Defence Force in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number of units that participated, the number of members in these units; the number of members in these units who attended each field day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5864/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Training

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

315. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the reason when a Reserve Defence Force member is in attendance at a field day for in excess of 12 hours, the member's record will only show four hours of attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5865/15]

Defence Forces Contracts

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

316. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the contractual relationship between a volunteer member of the Reserve Defence Force and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5866/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Training

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

317. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if serving members of the Reserve Defence Force are excluded from all national and European Union legislation governing employment rights when undergoing full-time paid training for periods exceeding 21 consecutive days; and for periods not exceeding 21 consecutive days; and when undergoing unpaid training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5867/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

318. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Force will be covered under the non-statutory personal injuries compensation scheme for members of the Reserve Defence Force if they sustain an injury whilst training on their own time to achieve and maintain a level of fitness to pass the Permanent Defence Force fitness tests; if the members of the Reserve Defence Force will be granted the use of training facilities and access to Permanent Defence Force physical training instructors; if not, if the Defence forces will pay for gym subscriptions, as in the case of the Territorial Army in Britain, to help them achieve the fitness levels they are required to pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5868/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

319. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Reserve Defence Force whose units are based more than 50 km from their home address; more than 100 km from their home address; if all members have been assigned to units as per their preference in the reorganisation of March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5869/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

320. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in regard to the Reserve Defence Force and the years 2011 to 2014, the number of members who attended training in each year; the number of recruits in each year; the number paid a gratuity in each year; the cost of the Reserve Defence Force in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5920/15]

Defence Forces Allowances

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

321. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid in allowances, over and above salary, to personnel of the Permanent Defence Force employed with the Reserve Defence Force and with the Naval Service Reserve for the years 2011 to 2014; the number of personnel in receipt of such allowances; the rate per kilometre per engine capacity as regards travel allowances; the amount paid in travel allowance in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

322. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in respect of annual training, the amount deducted from the Reserve Defence Force and the Naval Service Reserve in each of the years 2011 to 2014 for officers and men in respect of rations, accommodation, PRSI, PAYE and universal social charge, showing the amounts separately and providing the numbers in respect of each rank; the numbers of each rank on annual training; the class of PRSI applied; if the PRSI, PAYE and universal social charge deductions were notified to the Department of Social Protection and to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5922/15]

Guardian Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

368. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the position of a family (details supplied); her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6067/15]

Stay Safe Programme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

517. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the names, roll numbers and locations of all the schools that indicated to her Department, in respect of the 2012 Lifeskills study, that they were not implementing the Stay Safe programme; and the interaction her Department has had with these schools since then with a view to ensuring 100% implementation of the programme. [5797/15]

Departmental Programmes

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

520. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns (details supplied) regarding teachers in schools, other than in respect of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, being denied the opportunity to take part in the reading recovery programme. [5817/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

540. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if planning permission for the project has been applied for yet; when the school will go to tender; when construction will commence; and when the new building will be completed. [5991/15]

School Enrolments Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

541. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department is planning for sufficient school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13, in view of the number of children in the area and the fact that the existing school is heavily over-subscribed. [5992/15]

School Accommodation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

542. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on the current building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13, since the school opened; the amount that was spent on the main building; the amount that was spent on pre-fabricated units; and the additional cost of providing more pre-fabricated units for the next school year. [5993/15]

Medical Qualifications

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

551. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement she and her Department have had with the request for Medical Council accreditation from the Royal College of Surgeons, Bahrain; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that have been expressed by Members of the Oireachtas and human rights bodies regarding the hospital environment in which the Royal College of Surgeons, Bahrain students have to complete their placements; her views on these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6102/15]

State Examinations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

552. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students are now required to answer all the questions on the mathematics paper in the junior certificate examination, and no longer have a choice of questions, and her views and concerns (details supplied) regarding same. [6103/15]

Primary Online Database

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

543. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is developing a primary online database; the reason her Department is seeking to collect data in relation to the ethnicity and religion of students; the length of time which it is planned to store data collected via the primary online database system; the places this data will be stored; the persons that will have access to this data; if her Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4897/15]

Commemorative Events

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

657. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the studies available within her Department to identify Famine graves as they are dispersed across the country; if a register of these graves exists; if local authorities maintain any records in relation to Famine graves; her plans to mark any as yet unmarked Famine plots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4594/15]