Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Seamus Kirk

76. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34906/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Seamus Kirk

81. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35297/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

106. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35290/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

110. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35292/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

123. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of her Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35298/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

126. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35291/15]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Seamus Kirk

143. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health the course of action he is proposing to deal with the Health Information and Quality Authority report on the threat of legionnaires' disease to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34861/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

156. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to departmental or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35296/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

157. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to departmental or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35295/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Seamus Kirk

179. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of her Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35293/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Seamus Kirk

210. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35301/15]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

62. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if retirees who participate in a pension scheme are permitted to claim tax relief for the full year in which they retire, or only up to the date of retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33804/15]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

215. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of remarks made by the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority in relation to financial challenges facing Dundalk Institute of Technology; the problems involved; and her plans to address these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33697/15]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

345. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding farmers who purchased milk quota during the period 1983 to 2000; if the amount of expenditure on same can be off-set against capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31440/15]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

372. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if the capital gains tax allowance on milk quota purchased between 1983 and 2000 is time limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31664/15]

Dairy Sector

Seamus Kirk

531. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the income prices in the dairy sector and the apparent oversupply of dairy products on the world market, if he will urgently re-examine the industry's marketing strategies here with a view to sharpening future projections for the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31609/15]

Tourism Promotion

Seamus Kirk

1631. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the serious dissatisfaction in relation to the Ireland Ancient East map that still does not include the north and mid-Louth areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31663/15]

Motor Tax Collection

Seamus Kirk

261. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that heavy goods vehicles currently pay on road tax; if he will provide a breakdown by county for each of the years 2005 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28133/15]

Job Creation

Seamus Kirk

277. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of jobs that are created by the heavy goods vehicle industry; if his Department has any action plans to increase job creation in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28134/15]

Milk Quota Cessation

Seamus Kirk

95. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on short-term borrowings in the dairy sector and the negative impact this has on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/15]

Primary Care Services Provision

Seamus Kirk

154. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minor ailment scheme, similar to a scheme which is running in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27754/15]

Primary Care Services Provision

Seamus Kirk

155. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the Pharmacy First scheme in the United Kingdom; his plans to introduce a similar scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27755/15]

Social Enterprise Sector

Seamus Kirk

167. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reappoint a Minister with responsibility for social enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27149/15]

Social Enterprise Sector

Seamus Kirk

168. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for social enterprise; the current update on the recently published Forfás report on the same subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27150/15]

Social Enterprise Sector

Seamus Kirk

169. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for social enterprise; if he has discussed with his Scottish counterparts ways of making social enterprise more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27151/15]

Public Procurement Regulations

Seamus Kirk

24. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to overhaul the procurement legislation in order that it will give small and medium enterprises a better chance to compete with tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26115/15]

International Driving Permits

Seamus Kirk

276. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish drivers who have received an international driving permit in each of the past four years; the costs associated in awarding these permits; the most popular countries for which Irish drivers have obtained an international driving permit; his views on the security features in the international driving permit; if he is satisfied with the corresponding use of international driving permits here by non-European Union drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25419/15]

Startup Funding

Seamus Kirk

217. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a definition of a first time entrepreneur for the purposes of the startup relief for entrepreneurship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24984/15]

Startup Funding

Seamus Kirk

218. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if the startup relief for entrepreneurship scheme will extend to primary food sector industries in the agriculture sector, including pig, poultry, dairy and beef farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/15]

National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

559. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, by county, a breakdown of the cost of running the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24986/15]

National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

560. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by hours, of the schools that the National Educational Psychological Service partakes in, and the costs of this, in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24987/15]

National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

561. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments that were made by the National Educational Psychological Service in counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24988/15]

Hedge Cutting Season

Seamus Kirk

659. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the working group was established to consider burning and hedgecutting controls, and when will it make its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24693/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

50. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in a case where a social welfare applicant is applying for a means-tested payment and transfers property to a family member to outline the impact such a transfer has on the calculation of means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24353/15]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Seamus Kirk

807. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total Exchequer funding allocated to the Western Development Commission, in the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23911/15]

RAPID Programme

Seamus Kirk

808. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total Exchequer funding allocated to the revitalising areas by planning, investment and development programme in the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23912/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

856. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on foot of the recent announcement in relation to the rural broadband scheme, his plans for the type of broadband for the Smarmore, Ardee area in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23931/15]

Rural Broadband Scheme

Seamus Kirk

227. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the recent announcement in relation to the rural broadband scheme, his plans for broadband for the Hackballscross area in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22883/15]

Decentralisation Programme Data

Seamus Kirk

364. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of all the decentralisation projects, by county, from 2003 to 2011; the number of jobs decentralised; the economic benefit of each job to the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21919/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Seamus Kirk

335. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to overhaul the procurement legislation in order to provide small and medium enterprises with a better chance to compete on tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20428/15]

Dormant Accounts Fund Administration

Seamus Kirk

454. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown on the disbursement of dormant account funding over the past five years, by county and by project basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19347/15]

Dormant Accounts Fund Administration

Seamus Kirk

455. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to release dormant account funding to community groups; the grant schemes available regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19348/15]

Horticulture Sector

Seamus Kirk

16. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's estimate for the development of the protected crops sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/15]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Seamus Kirk

264. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if residents in an unfinished private estate are obliged to pay property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/15]

Horticulture Sector

Seamus Kirk

339. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to ensure an adequate supply of skilled manpower to focus on the nursery crops and landscape sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18596/15]

Food Marketing Programme

Seamus Kirk

368. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the increase in milk production levels, if he will review the resources available for marketing agencies to ensure they will be in a position to pursue developing markets in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18591/15]

Food Imports

Seamus Kirk

369. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's strategy for tackling the high level of imports of food products that can be produced here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18594/15]

Poultry Industry

Seamus Kirk

370. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated value of the total poultry sector from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18597/15]

Health Services

Seamus Kirk

499. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health the status of major centres of excellence for the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18590/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

616. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the broadband scheme; the time frame of same to maximise growth potentials in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18595/15]