Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Student Retention Rates

Michael Colreavy

145. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether, in order to sustain the current rise in pupil retention rates, current levels of investment in education must be maintained at the present levels; and if adequate resources will be made to fund programmes that target marginalised students. [51349/12]

Adoption Records Provision

Michael Colreavy

562. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is any legislative requirement for prospective adoptive parents to use the services of ARC Adoption Services for any or all aspects of processing adoption of children from Bulgaria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51466/12]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Michael Colreavy

60. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that are on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000, between €200,000 and €300,000, between €300,000 and €400,000; and the number with more than €500,000 at Bank of Ireland. [50512/12]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Michael Colreavy

65. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, with respect of Allied Irish Bank, the number of staff whose annual salary at 31 December 2011 fell into the bands €400,000 and above, €300,000 to €399,000, €200,000 to €299,999 and €150,000 to €199,000. [50511/12]

Ministerial Meetings

Michael Colreavy

40. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the discussion he had with the EU Humanitarian Commissioner and the EU Development Commissioner regarding Ireland's proposed programme of work during our Presidency of the EU Council. [50100/12]

Child Benefit Rates

Michael Colreavy

119. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for a poverty and gender impact assessment to be conducted on all budget proposals relevant to her Department in advance of the announcement of budget 2013. [49858/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Michael Colreavy

134. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-introduce the freefone number for callers to the central rents unit and allocate case officers to specific geographic regions. [49840/12]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Colreavy

259. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49558/12]

Business Parks

Michael Colreavy

333. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ballymote Business Park, County Sligo, is still owned by Ballymote Enterprise Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50087/12]

Water Quality Issues

Michael Colreavy

469. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the chemicals and impurities identified under the current local authority water testing and sampling programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50079/12]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Michael Colreavy

535. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their agri environment option scheme payment for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49561/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Michael Colreavy

603. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health his plans to close the learning disability service based at Cloonamahon, County Sligo by 2018; if so, the location at which the users of the service will be accommodated; the role envisaged for the Cloonamahon campus in relation to health service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49559/12]

Hospital Services

Michael Colreavy

636. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if protocols will be put in place to ensure patients in the northwest can avail of CT scans in Sligo Regional Hospital, while attending an outpatient clinic of a consultant in another hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49789/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Michael Colreavy

651. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health when the podiatry post in Sligo Regional Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Michael Colreavy

54. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health his response to the appeal by nine leading disability organisations issued on 17 September 2012 calling on him to halt cuts to funding for services for persons with disabilities [48969/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Michael Colreavy

86. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that some older persons are receiving just 30 minutes of home help support a week while others are forced to wash and toilet themselves with the help of their overstretched home help within 15 minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48968/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Michael Colreavy

88. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a flat rate payment under the reformed common agricultural policy would benefit most Irish farmers. [48738/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Michael Colreavy

91. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the likely outcome of the common agricultural policy reform on Pillar 2 payments to farmers in disadvantaged areas. [48739/12]

National Children's Strategy

Michael Colreavy

13. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the adherence to and impact of the first children's strategy Our Children-Their Lives, across all Government Departments and relevant State agencies; the way that experience is informing the preparation of the new Children and Young Peoples Policy Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46761/12]

Court Procedures

Michael Colreavy

10. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the family law and family courts system here to address the delays, cramped and stressful court conditions and increasing legal bills that families are currently facing. [46418/12]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Michael Colreavy

83. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing health and safety concerns voiced by numerous experts including the Health Service Executive regarding an estate (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46194/12]

Climate Change Policy

Michael Colreavy

88. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contact that has been made with each Department in his preparation for the drafting of a Climate Change Bill; and the date the heads of bill will be made available. [46072/12]

Tourism Promotion

Michael Colreavy

12. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he has taken to promote an all Ireland tourism strategy; the steps he has taken to bring about closer coordination in terms of marketing and planning between the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45121/12]

Insurance Costs

Michael Colreavy

18. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the importance of tourism, the steps he will take to ensure that tourists and others are given accurate quotes when booking rent a cars online particularly in relation to hidden insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45116/12]

Offshore Exploration

Michael Colreavy

322. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the event of an oil spill at the Dalkey oil site, the contingency plan in place to prevent the oil spill reaching Dublin’s coastline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43736/12]

Hospital Services

Michael Colreavy

701. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of patients from counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal who travelled to Galway University Hospital for cancer services no longer provided in Sligo Regional Hospital had to return home without the required treatment; the number of patients to whom this has happened; the steps he has taken to ensure that this will not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44798/12]

Hydraulic Fracturing Policy

Michael Colreavy

2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when public information and the consultation process on hydraulic fracturing, fracking, will commence, either EU or Government sponsored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43959/12]

Postal Services

Michael Colreavy

24. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that any solution selected for postcodes will support standard location tracking systems, for example satellite navigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43731/12]

Hydraulic Fracturing Policy

Michael Colreavy

42. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with Members of the Legislative Assembly and officials in the Stormont Assembly to discuss a possible joint policy on hydraulic fracturing or fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43734/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Michael Colreavy

164. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43894/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Michael Colreavy

91. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specialised training given to teachers tasked with teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; and the numbers of teachers who have availed of this training. [43115/12]

Higher Education Institutions Issues

Michael Colreavy

119. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills has he received the Van Vught report on higher education; his views on the report’s recommendations, particularly in relation to merging Trinity College and University College Dublin; and if he will provide a date on which the report will be published. [43096/12]

Banking Operations

Michael Colreavy

158. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if full banking services such as a night safe and the lodging of cheques is available to customers of AIB due to the contract the bank has signed with An Post to continue banking services at local post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/12]

Banking Operations

Michael Colreavy

159. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if banking services will be made available to older residents of Collooney, County Sligo, who do not have easy access to Sligo Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42988/12]

Refugee Status Applications

Michael Colreavy

473. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding asylum status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42982/12]

Garda Stations Closures

Michael Colreavy

474. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to close the Garda stations in areas (details supplied) in County Sligo; the remedial actions he intends to take in order to alleviate policing deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/12]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Michael Colreavy

32. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to prepare and publish a full cost benefit analysis, including the cost to the Exchequer, of all existing tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42275/12]

Tax Reliefs Cost

Michael Colreavy

58. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the direct cost to the Exchequer of all existing tax reliefs, including a distributional analysis of which households by income decile group are expected to benefit from each existing tax relief; which firms are expected to benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42276/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Michael Colreavy

233. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health when will the person who was offered the post of midwife, prior to the recruitment moratorium, at Sligo Regional Hospital, be appointed to the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42443/12]

Forbairt na Gaeilge

Michael Colreavy

14. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Michael Colreavy den Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad atá déanta aige chun an togra Líofa a chur i bhfeidhm sa Stát seo. [41976/12]

Industrial Development

Michael Colreavy

50. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to promote enterprise and employment and address the employment differentials across the State. [41610/12]

Job Initiatives

Michael Colreavy

77. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the way in which the proposed industry-led clustering proposals will address or exasperate existing regional employment disparities. [41609/12]

Farm Assist Scheme Appeals

Michael Colreavy

278. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41423/12]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Colreavy

458. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans for developing new schemes to support small farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/12]

Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments

Michael Colreavy

459. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his future plans for the suckler welfare scheme; if the scheme will be cut or abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/12]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Michael Colreavy

460. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if a meaningful scheme like REP scheme 3 and 4 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41405/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Michael Colreavy

21. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the progress made, if any, regarding the proposed development of primary care centres at Ballymote, County Sligo, and Ballaghadereen and Boyle, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/12]

Mental Health Act Review

Michael Colreavy

45. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the review of the Mental Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/12]

Child and Family Support Agency Remit

Michael Colreavy

25. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to proceed with the recommendation of the task force on the Child and Family Support Agency to include children and adolescent mental health service within the new agency; the way this will deliver better inter-agency co-operation between HSE, CAMHS and the child welfare and protection services; if she will ensure that this will be addressed in the Child and Family Support Agency Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40721/12]

Foster Care Provision

Michael Colreavy

33. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reduce the cost of private foster care; if her Department has examined the policy of utilising private foster care companies with a view to the Health Service Executive providing a more cost-effective in-house service for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40720/12]