Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Brendan Smith

323. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or any of the State's industrial promotion agencies have been able to assist in having production resumed as a processing plant (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51606/12]

Leader Programmes Funding

Brendan Smith

462. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will issue to the Cavan/Monaghan LEADER programme in respect of projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51579/12]

Property Taxation Collection

Brendan Smith

38. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the current state of logistical planning by Revenue in respect of the proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50507/12]

European Stability Mechanism

Brendan Smith

52. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the alternatives to the European Stability Mechanism of taking a direct equity state in the pillar banks, such that the bank debt will be reduced in a manner consistent with the declaration at the June summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50505/12]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Smith

1. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Northern Executive and with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following the recent murder of a prison officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50248/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

4. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date on reviewing the auditing system in his Department in view of misappropriation of overseas development aid funds by Ugandan officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50249/12]

Human Rights Issues

Brendan Smith

6. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date in supporting imprisoned Irish trained doctors in Bahrain who have had their appeals rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50162/12]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Brendan Smith

52. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date in relation to the appointment of a chief risks officer and a professionally qualified head of finance in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/12]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Brendan Smith

199. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision to cease funding for a project (details supplied); if he will ensure that urgent consideration will be given to the provision of the necessary funding to enable this project continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/12]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Brendan Smith

310. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if analysis of the Peace Programme have been carried out; if such analysis will inform the introduction of the successor programme to the Peace III Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49411/12]

Garda Transport Provision

Brendan Smith

478. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a patrol car will be allocated to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49589/12]

Defence Forces Reserve Training

Brendan Smith

513. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the training centre for the Reserve Defence Forces will remain in Cavan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49590/12]

Care of the Elderly

Brendan Smith

57. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the action he will take on foot of the recent NESC report Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Home Care for Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Brendan Smith

82. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the numbers of discretionary medical cards that have been withdrawn to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48950/12]

Public Sector Allowances Payments

Brendan Smith

7. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he will give an undertaking to maintain the border allowance for those Defence Forces personnel currently in receipt of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48501/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Brendan Smith

103. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy in relation to the less severely handicapped areas under the proposed new common agricultural policy; if he will confirm that if these areas were to be reduced it would mean a loss of finance to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48248/12]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Brendan Smith

143. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme 4 payments and agri environment option scheme 1 and 2 payments will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48249/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

171. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to respond to the revelation about the misappropriation of Irish ODA to Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48398/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

172. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish aid given to Uganda in 2009,2010,2011 to date in 2012; the number of staff involved, the primary goals of our engagement with the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48399/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

173. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the non-governmental organisations Ireland is engaged with in Uganda; the steps he has taken to review their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48400/12]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Brendan Smith

174. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans he has to review the auditing system of Irish ODA, any future changes to the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48401/12]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Brendan Smith

175. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans he has to designate a Chief Risks Officer and appoint a professionally qualified Head of Finance in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48402/12]

National Internship Scheme Numbers

Brendan Smith

583. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will refer to the qualifying criteria for employers who wish to partake in job bridge national internship scheme; if tax-compliant self-employed persons who have no employees/cannot afford to take on an employee qualify for the internship scheme and if not, the number of self-employed persons in this category who have applied to be included in the scheme and if she will consider extending qualifying criteria to include self-employed persons in this category in the job bridge internship scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48395/12]

Household Charge Exemptions

Brendan Smith

724. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) who is not liable to pay the household property charge but who nonetheless paid the charge can obtain a refund of the charge they paid in error; the reason it is taking so long for him to obtain the refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48396/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Brendan Smith

25. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Social Protection with regard to the child benefit budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46708/12]

Departmental Programmes

Brendan Smith

42. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had to date in relation to the establishment of a successor programme to the current Peace III Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47137/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Smith

75. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any progress in restoring a proposed building project to his Department's School Building Programme (details supplied) in view of the need to replace temporary accommodation which has been in use for some time at a high cost; if he will accept that the long-term permanent accommodation needs of this school have been finalised for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46994/12]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection

Brendan Smith

141. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline on a county basis the level of revenue collected each year under the non principal private residence charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46993/12]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

256. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had to date in relation to possible sources of funding for the construction of the Narrow Water Bridge between Omeath and Warrenpoint for which planning permission has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47089/12]

Global Economic Forum

Brendan Smith

58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made on achieving global tax transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/12]

Irish Language Issues

Brendan Smith

159. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his discussions with the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Executive in Northern Ireland in relation to the Irish Language Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46646/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Brendan Smith

223. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to farmers in County Cavan under the disadvantaged areas scheme in 2011; the total amount paid to date under the 2012 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46813/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Brendan Smith

224. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to farmers in County Monaghan under the disadvantaged areas scheme in 2011; the total amount paid to date under the 2012 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46814/12]

Flood Risk Assessments

Brendan Smith

289. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the north-west Neagh-Bann catchment flood risk assessment and management study; the date on which the study commenced; the timescale for its completion; if any particular drainage improvement works have been undertaken as a result of that study to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/12]

Road Safety Issues

Brendan Smith

1. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 19 July 2012, if he will have further urgent consideration given to the requests of Clones Town Council that the north/south joint secretariat arrange a meeting with the relevant statutory agencies both north and south to deal with serious anti-social driving practices on the N54/A3 road which are a source of concern to residents on both sides of the border; if he will agree that a coordinated approach is needed by statutory agencies in both jurisdictions to deal with these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/12]

Middle East Peace Process

Brendan Smith

4. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has agreed with his EU counterparts in ending illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank; if he will implement a boycott of goods from the illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45091/12]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Smith

34. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken on the issue of the undocumented Irish in the USA; if he has discussed the E-3 Visa amongst members of Congress and the White House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44878/12]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Smith

60. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that he has made to date on the issue of the undocumented Irish in the USA; if he has lobbied for the reviving of the E-3 Visa amongst members of Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45092/12]

End of Life Vehicles Certification

Brendan Smith

210. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the process or legislation from which end of life vehicle certification emanates; if there is a system of recompense to operators of authorised treatment facilities who issue ELV certificates; if he will explain that system and the way in which an operator of an AFT might apply to such a scheme in order that they may be recompensed for acceptance of end of live vehicles and the issuing of an end of life vehicle certificate; if there is a payment recoverable by the operator from his Department or agency under his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45280/12]

National Drugs Strategy Publication

Brendan Smith

293. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a project to employ specialist staff (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if this request will be given urgent consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45219/12]

Disability Allowance Application Numbers

Brendan Smith

73. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications that have been made, accepted and rejected to date in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44410/12]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments

Brendan Smith

74. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering reversing the increase in personal contributions to the mortgage interest supplement introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44424/12]

Flood Prevention Measures

Brendan Smith

275. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deal with a drainage problem (details supplied) in County Monaghan as outlined through representations to the Office of Public Works; if the necessary remedial works will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44592/12]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Brendan Smith

294. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts that are being undertaken to have production resumed at a company (details supplied) processing plants in counties Monaghan and Dublin; if he and the State's industrial development agencies are involved in such discussions in relation to the need to create much needed replacement jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44924/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Brendan Smith

322. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be paid carer's allowance. [44524/12]

Redundancy Payments

Brendan Smith

371. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all former employees of a company (details supplied) in counties Monaghan and Dublin are awarded their full entitlements without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44922/12]

Road Safety Issues

Brendan Smith

472. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 9 October 2012, if his attention has been drawn to incidents on the weekend of 15 September 2012 on the N54/A3 Clones to Cavan Road in relation to antisocial dangerous driving practices such as private vehicle with a flashing blue light and civilians wearing high visibility jackets directing traffic off the N54/A3 on to a different route where initially persons travelling that route assumed it was an official checkpoint; if the concerns of the local community have been conveyed to him in relation to such dangerous practices along a busy arterial route including substantial ambulance traffic between Monaghan General Hospital and Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44598/12]

HSE Funding

Brendan Smith

663. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the services that have been reduced by the Health Service Executive North/East as a result of the cutback of €130 million in expenditure announced at the end of August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/12]

Broadcasting Legislation

Brendan Smith

8. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce amending legislation to the Broadcasting Act insofar as it relates to balance on broadcasting during referendum campaigns; his views on whether he believes that balance in broadcasting should be more reflective of the balance of opinion generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/12]

Alternative Energy Projects

Brendan Smith

21. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his plans for developing wind energy exports; the targets he has in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43714/12]