Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

96. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he has taken to reduce energy costs in 2012. [46073/12]

Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

143. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to limiting the granting of a financial licence to financial institutions selling mortgages and related property products that they have to partake in State run mortgage relief schemes such as the mortgage to rent scheme. [45831/12]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

327. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the rules and regulations associated with the mortgage interest supplement and in particular the way the reasonable housing costs figure is reached and the other factors that are taken into account when determining if an applicant is granted the payment or not. [45830/12]

Back to Education Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

333. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was to move home to live with their parents, if their back to education allowance which currently involves a zero payment be reassessed and a payment be instituted. [45870/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

374. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if any review has been undertaken by her Department on the impact which cuts in rent supplement, implemented earlier this year, are having on those living in the private rented sector and who are dependent on the payment; if she has particular concerns about the effects that the cuts are having on households who find it difficult to find accommodation within the rent supplement limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46479/12]

Expenditure Reviews

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

378. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 16 October 2012, confirming a higher expected out-turn for 2010 of €20.7 to €20.8 billion, if she still intend to target €540 million of new cuts in Budget 2013 as per the Comprehensive Expenditure Review or will she be revising this target and if so by how much. [46491/12]

Mobile Telephony

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

395. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the auction and bidding for 4G spectrum will take place; the timeframe for that process and the persons likely to be in the bidding; and his views on the proposed 4G roll out. [46014/12]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to include more mortgage lenders, in particular sub-prime lenders, in the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will list the mortgage providers operating here who are and are not participating in the scheme. [45829/12]

Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

626. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has decided to close on Thursdays; the alternative that has been provided for users suffering from Dementia and if there are plans to close the kitchens in the centre. [45989/12]

Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

644. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans for the future use of a unit (details supplied) in Dublin 8 [46213/12]

Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

645. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the remaining services provided at a unit (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and the locations to which the services that no longer use the unit have been redeployed [46214/12]

Community Care Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

646. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the €12.4 million community nursing unit in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not been opened [46215/12]

Community Care Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

647. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health with regard to a nursing unit in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8, what, if any, is the temporary use of same [46216/12]

State Airports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is undertaking to ensure that no more US military personnel or war machinery pass through Irish airports. [45137/12]

Sports Facilities Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

84. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of recreational facilities for special needs children and for the differently abled; his plans to address this imbalance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45122/12]

Middle East Peace Process

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recently released UN report, 27 August 2012, which states that Gaza will not be liveable by 2020, barring immediate action; if he has raised the damning report with the Israeli Government; and if he will take any action on this report. [44802/12]

Human Rights Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the group styling itself the Patriotic March, an amalgamation of civic society groups and individuals in Colombia; his views on whether it is a new and positive development that will encourage civil participation and engagement; and whether they be afforded the necessary security and space to develop. [44824/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to a person who has their jeep adopted with a swivel chair to allow access by a person with a disability with the work done by a HSB recommended person; and if where the jeep was originally purchased has any bearing on the entitlement to relief. [45262/12]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

223. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accommodation centres closed by the Reception and Integration Agency since August 2012, and the decreased number of asylum seekers spaces taken out of the system as a result of the closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45285/12]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

224. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State, paid in excess capacity versus occupancy, in the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers, from May 2010 to 1 October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45286/12]