Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Insolvency Service of Ireland Applications Data

Ann Phelan

613. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have engaged with the Insolvency Service of Ireland to date; the number of cases that have dealt with mortgage arrears specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28971/14]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Ann Phelan

680. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug Fampyra, which is licensed by the Irish Medicines Board, is not available on the drug rebate scheme; if it is due to a decision, on cost grounds, by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if so, the support he can provide to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29031/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Ann Phelan

761. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health if the review of governance structures in mental health services in Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary has been completed; when same will be published; when same will be made available to Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29703/14]

Public Participation Networks

Ann Phelan

144. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in considering the roll-out of pilot counties and their findings, if he would consider amending the guidelines for the roll-out of PPN structures, in respect of County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28876/14]

Proposed Legislation

Ann Phelan

145. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate action and low carbon development Bill to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas and be approved by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/14]

Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers

Ann Phelan

165. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have engaged with personal insolvency service to date; the number of cases that have dealt with mortgage arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28868/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Ann Phelan

208. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the free screening service provided by BreastCheck, to women aged between 65 and 69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28875/14]

Youth Guarantee

Ann Phelan

231. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection following the successful introduction of the pilot project in Ballymun of the Youth Guarantee scheme, if there is a timeline in place to establish such a scheme in a rural constituency; the supports that will be put in place to enable young persons to access these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28061/14]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Ann Phelan

319. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the announcement will be made regarding funding for the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector 2014-2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in delaying this announcement small organisations, including some dealing with persons with disabilities, have had to put their staff on protective notice with redundancies to begin from 30 June onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28062/14]

Medicinal Products Prices

Ann Phelan

647. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of families who exceeded the drug rebate limit of €144 per month in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount that was paid out to such claimants in those years; if he will quantify the savings to his Department on a yearly basis for 2011, 2012 and 2013 due to savings on the costs of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27272/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight

Ann Phelan

541. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the review of the fair deal scheme; if it will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24569/14]

Nursing Home Services

Ann Phelan

196. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health based on the population projections by the centre for aging research and development confirming ESRI projections on major growth in the number of persons needing nursing home care, if he will ensure that a meaningful forum on long-term residential care, co-ordinated and led by his Department, will be established to discuss and plan the future of long-term residential care and the broader care requirements of our ageing society, bringing together all of the relevant stakeholders and including the NHI, State bodies, including his Department, the Health Service Executive, the National Treatment Purchase Fund, the Health Information and Quality Authority and representatives of older people, with clear terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/14]

Medical Card Data

Ann Phelan

716. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health if he will quantify on a county basis the number of persons who have lost their medical cards in the 12 months up to the end of March 2014; the number of said persons who have been given GP only cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22143/14]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Ann Phelan

110. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the humanitarian aid scheme arising from flooding in January and February 2014, if she will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the number of families assisted from this fund; if she will provide a breakdown of the moneys allocated to each county from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21752/14]

State Properties

Ann Phelan

151. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of public land available, by county, that could be used by equine rescues; if there are currently any National Asset Management Agency properties, with stables and paddocks, that could be made available for use by animal welfare organisations such as horse sanctuaries; if there is a database with this information publically available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20071/14]

Employment Rights

Ann Phelan

258. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the transport industry and, specifically, with regard to the use of tacograph records as an acceptable means of time recording, the reason the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, refuses to recognise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/14]

Control of Horses

Ann Phelan

662. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a policy on discouraging the re-homing of equines impounded by local authorities; the amount his Department pay each local authority per equine impounded under the following circumstances; equine impounded, kept for five days then euthanised, equine impounded, kept for five days then reclaimed by owner, equine impounded, kept for five days then re-homed through an animal rescue organisation and-or equine impounded, kept for five days then re-homed by a person who is not the owner of the horse; the amount the different pounds charge the local authorities for the same services per horse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/14]

Control of Horses

Ann Phelan

663. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department does not have a policy that discourages the local authorities from re-homing animals, he will remove the fee now being imposed on rescue organisations who wish to re-home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/14]

Control of Horses

Ann Phelan

664. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when animals are euthanised in the pounds throughout the country, the method used; if it is not by barbiturate injection then why is this so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19329/14]

Control of Horses

Ann Phelan

665. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any mares in foal are euthanised once they have been impounded; the number that were euthanised in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/14]

Control of Horses

Ann Phelan

666. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department spent in 2013 on impounding and killing equines; the amount the local authorities spent in 2013 by county on impounding and killing equines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/14]

Equine Data

Ann Phelan

667. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equines that were exported live for Ireland for slaughter in Europe in 2013; the number of thoroughbred equines that are sent to factories here each year for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of other equines that are sent to factories here each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19332/14]

Disability Support Services Provision

Ann Phelan

756. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health the funding streams that have been put in place for the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/14]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers

Ann Phelan

431. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the mortgage to rent scheme is still being rolled out; if this in not the case, the reason it has ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/14]

Planning Issues

Ann Phelan

435. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the establishment of the planning regulator; if this has been set up, if it will be publicly announced; if members of the public contact the planning regulator if they have a grievance with the planning process or section in their area; the way they can do this; if the planning regulator will be able to investigate planning errors or cases retrospectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17851/14]

Rural Development Policy

Ann Phelan

441. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the recommendations of the CEDRA report; when it is due to come before Dáil Éireann; if it will be debated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17887/14]

Defence Forces Personnel

Ann Phelan

506. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Defence the status of negotiations with PDFORRA on its claim for a review of the maximum service of privates and corporals who enlisted post 1 January 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/14]

Defence Forces Personnel

Ann Phelan

507. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Defence if allowing fully trained personnel to leave the PDF after only 21 years is inefficient use of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/14]

Defence Forces Personnel

Ann Phelan

508. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Defence if personnel recruited post 1994 face a disadvantage in comparison to those members recruited pre-1994 in terms of the gratuity payment, pension arrangements and promotional opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17627/14]

Personal Insolvency Act

Ann Phelan

127. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality based on the information provided by the Insolvency Service of Ireland that only four deals were struck involving mortgage debt in the past three months; the number of deals that have been struck since the establishment of the Personal Insolvency Service; the cost of the deals struck; his views on re-examining the Personal Insolvency Act with a view to amending same to make it more accessible in general as persons are not able to engage the service as they are unable to afford the services of the PIP in most cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16841/14]

Planning Issues

Ann Phelan

377. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding establishment of the planning regulator, as recommended in the report of the Mahon tribunal almost two years ago, who would be entrusted with the power to investigate possible systemic problems in the planning system, including those raising corruption risks; if he will outline who the inspector will be; the remit of his or her role; the way members of the public may contact and meet with the inspector in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15236/14]

Maternity Services Provision

Ann Phelan

588. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health when a protocol will be established in respect of the discharge of tracheostomy babies from hospital as soon as they are well enough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15317/14]

Health Services Staff

Ann Phelan

1021. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when it is expected that the Health Service Executive staff who have been working in an acting capacity, will transition into full post, as stipulated as part of the Haddington Road agreement, which was meant to take place in October 2013 with full back payment from July 2013, there are 12 positions that fit this criteria in Kilkenny alone; if he will confirm when this transition is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13105/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Ann Phelan

59. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a number of customers being refused engagement by MARP when their circumstances improved because the bank claims that once a customer has been deemed unsustainable or similar, they cannot be considered even if their circumstances improve; if he approves of this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12126/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Ann Phelan

60. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether many customers who engage tirelessly with the banks and are compliant are not being offered resolutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12127/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Ann Phelan

61. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the location of the letters demanding voluntary surrender and sale categorised in the Department of Finance and Central Bank mortgage arrears statistical reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12128/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Ann Phelan

62. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if he has confidence in the figures regarding repossessions in the view of the banks without audit and without the banks' own quality control; his views on whether it is fair and right for the Irish people to accept data from these sources in view of the history of the same institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12129/14]

Banking Sector Staff

Ann Phelan

63. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the banks that incentivise their mortgage arrears staff; the way these bonuses are calculated and paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12130/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Ann Phelan

102. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the application of the Iceland model for addressing mortgage distress, whereby mortgages are reset to 110% of current values; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Ann Phelan

158. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of a flat rate fee for apprentices attending the various institutes of technology, as part of their apprenticeship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/14]

Postcode Implementation

Ann Phelan

306. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposed timeline for the introduction of a new post code system; the benefits this is expected to bring to the national and local economies; the implications for businesses, particularly for small and medium enterprises, jobs and opportunities for postal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11759/14]

Action Plan for Jobs

Ann Phelan

307. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the areas under his remit that have experienced growth through the Action Plan for Jobs 2013; the areas identified for further supports and investments under his remit in the Action Plan for Jobs 2014; the core implications for the communications systems, energy requirements and natural resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11760/14]

Local Government Reform

Ann Phelan

386. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the LDC alignment process will affect the roll-out of the Tús programme; the stakeholders and elected members that will be represented on the LDCs and on the LEOs; the way this will be decided and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12118/14]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Ann Phelan

389. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if his Department is willing to reduce the age limit to 60 years for the HOPS grants for applicants solely reliant on DSP payments such as invalidity pension and disability payments to assist those most vulnerable and most in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12160/14]

Personal Insolvency Act

Ann Phelan

422. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the justification for not having an independent arbitrator in the insolvency process to act on behalf of debtors, when one party to the process, that is, the financial institution, is allowed a clear veto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11984/14]

Insolvency Service of Ireland

Ann Phelan

423. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether lenders forcing debtors into the minimal standards of living set out by the insolvency service are sustainable solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11985/14]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Ann Phelan

40. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on stimulus projects since 2011 in the areas of health, education, transport, child care infrastructure and so on; their importance for the national economy; a breakdown at local and-or regional level of the various projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9407/14]

Building Regulations Compliance

Ann Phelan

492. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the building control amendment regulations, which are due to be enacted in March 2014, if he will consider amending SI 9, which currently states that a certificate of compliance on completion must be signed by a principal or director of a building company, to state that it is to be signed by the builder or home owner, thus making it legal for the home owner to sign the certificate, a circumstance which does not exist at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9476/14]

Personal Insolvency Act

Ann Phelan

543. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, on a county basis, who have engaged, so far, with the Personal Insolvency Service under the three separate headings outlined by the Personal Insolvency Act; the number of debt relief notices that have been issued since the Act’s inception; the number of debt relief arrangements that have been entered into; the number of personal insolvency arrangements that have been struck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9478/14]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Ann Phelan

624. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason dossiers are not being sent to India, as per the US-Mexico model, for those couples who have been approved by the Health Service Executive to adopt from India, despite that country being closed to Ireland for adoptions; if the declarations and extensions will be extended beyond two years for declarations and one year for extensions of declarations; when she expects an accredited agency will be set up for adoption from India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/14]