Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Black Economy Issues

Michael Creed

121. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional steps she proposes to take to tackle the problem of the black economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52055/12]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Michael Creed

179. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the context of the common agricultural policy negotiations, he will ensure that those farmers whose entitlements are produced entirely from rented lands both now and in 2011 are protected [52122/12]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

131. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their entitlement to invalidity pension withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51719/12]

Back to Education Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

144. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 559 and 560 of 6 November 2012, if she will provide as requested the circumstances and number of occasions where the requirement for progression has been waived under the back to education allowance; if she will address the specific circumstances of the two individual cases highlighted in Parliamentary Question No. 560; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50270/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

274. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding the progress at design stage for a new school (details provided) in County Cork; when he expects to be in a position to move this project to planning application stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49681/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

275. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the building contractor appointed in respect of the new school constructions announced in County Cork recently; when he expects construction to commence on these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49696/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

276. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm receipt of an application for additional accommodation/prefabricated classroom replacement from a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision on this request will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49697/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

393. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance was received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision may be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50004/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

186. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on a carer's allowance application has been appealed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49120/12]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Michael Creed

228. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the law and regulations surrounding the availability of UK terrestrial channels on satellite systems here; the reason some channels are not available in this fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49122/12]

Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure

Michael Creed

229. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made on the retrofitting of old housing stock with appropriate insulation; if any of the funding available for this initiative was secured from the EU; and if so, if any of this funding has had to be returned to the EU as a consequence of failure to provide matching funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49124/12]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Michael Creed

243. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the course open to residents living in unfinished estates who were unhappy with the national housing development survey 2011 and the exemptions granted therein from a liability for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49323/12]

Private Security Authority Remit

Michael Creed

252. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the law as it applies to the private security industry; the specific role and responsibility of the Private Security Authority; if his attention has been drawn to new regulations recently introduced by the Private Security Authority for the regulation of those involved in the provision of CCTV domestic and commercial security systems and so on; the associated costs for those in the Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49123/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

528. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in expediting a decision on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47773/12]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Michael Creed

550. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a request to review a decision to withdraw entitlement to carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47921/12]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Michael Creed

559. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances and number of occasions where her Department has waived the criteria for progression under the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48109/12]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Michael Creed

560. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the operation of the back to education allowance scheme and specifically the narrow interpretation of the requirement that the course being pursued must represent progression on qualifications already held; if she accepts that for example in two cases (details supplied) this excessively narrow definition is a de facto consignment of the applicants to the live register as in reality one is trying to reposition themselves in the employment market where their current qualification in the construction industry offers no employment prospects and the other is attempting to enhance their core qualification with computer skills to increase employment prospects; if she will consider assigning a role to the employment services within her Department to determining on a case by case basis if applicants and the courses they are pursuing offer a reasonable prospect of employment and a pathway back to work; if she will instruct her Department officials dealing with these applications to move away from the excessively narrow and restrictive interpretation of progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48110/12]

Capital Assistance Scheme Applications

Michael Creed

665. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of projects submitted by local authority for consideration under his Departments capital assistance scheme and if he will outline the priority attached to the various submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47600/12]

Prison Staff

Michael Creed

782. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the opportunities available for prison officers to retrain or redeploy within the public service particularly occupational injuries make it difficult to resume front line duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47735/12]

Defence Forces Deployment

Michael Creed

830. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding an Army unit (details provided) in County Cork if it is possible to have the personnel involved in this unit re-assigned to other units within their Barracks rather than relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Michael Creed

901. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has yet to receive his disadvantaged area payment for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47945/12]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Michael Creed

902. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid their disadvantaged and single farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47970/12]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Michael Creed

932. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48521/12]

Departmental Bodies

Michael Creed

1049. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he has given any consideration to the amalgamation of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council with HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47786/12]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Michael Creed

79. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reforms which have taken place within the public sector dealing with the facilitation of interagency staff transfers and transfer requests by staff within the same agency looking to relocate geographically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/12]

Public Sector Staff Increment Payments

Michael Creed

80. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 10 October 2012, if he will provide further information regarding the €810 million in sustainable savings in the first two years of the Croke Park Agreement, specifically, if he will quantify the amount of savings both in year one and year two that is directly attributable to the decision made by the Government prior to the commencement of the Croke Park Agreement to reduce public sector pay; if he will acknowledge that these savings have been achieved during the lifetime of the Croke Park Agreement, but are a consequence of an executive decision prior to the commencement of the agreement; if he will also quantify the savings achieved due to the voluntary redundancy scheme in public service and if he will quantify the cost of increments paid to date and the projected cost of these increments to the end of the agreement [46738/12]

HSE Staffing

Michael Creed

240. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the process if any made within the Health Service Executive regarding facilitation of staff transfer within the organisation including inter-hospital transfers for professional and administrative staff and in particular where vacancies arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46660/12]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Michael Creed

363. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their carer's allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46316/12]

Birth Certificates Administration

Michael Creed

364. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to facilitate registration of the death of Irish citizens who die abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46322/12]

Felling Licences Applications

Michael Creed

562. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the issuing of a felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46317/12]

Forestry Grants

Michael Creed

563. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 October 2012, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their forestry road grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46321/12]

Family Income Supplement Applications

Michael Creed

167. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the very considerable delays in relation to processing claims for family income supplement, she will consider processing all new claims as a priority and leaving ongoing claims in payment until such time as her Department has time to review these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45146/12]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Michael Creed

304. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44273/12]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Creed

349. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44721/12]

Milk Quota Application Numbers

Michael Creed

543. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made regarding the phased abolition of milk quotas which will enable farmers to gear up production on a phased basis and enable them to meet the ambitious targets contained for milk production in the 2020 vision document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44727/12]

Teachers' Remuneration

Michael Creed

69. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not being paid by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44007/12]

Garda Strength

Michael Creed

155. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána as of the 1 January 2012; if he will provide the numbers in the force for each of the previous ten years [44006/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

173. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he has received an application from this person for exemption from the stocking density requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43993/12]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

69. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current level and status of classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied), in County Cork; the projected enrolment for this school; his views on whether this projected enrolment will necessitate a further classroom teacher and the provision of additional temporary classroom accommodation; if he will indicate the cost being paid in respect of temporary classroom accommodation at the school and the way this might increase with increased enrolment; and if he satisfied that his Department's proposal in respect of the proposed capital works at this school for resource rooms as already sanctioned represents the best value for money in view of the level of envisaged enrolment and prefabricated classroom accommodation required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43608/12]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Michael Creed

106. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 2 October 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the €810 million reduction in the public sector pay bill for the first two years under the Croke Park agreement; if he will outline the amount of this wage reduction that was achieved by way of reduction of pay in the public service prior to the commencement of the Croke Park agreement; if he will provide further information regarding the increase in the public sector pay bill for employees remaining within the public service for the duration of the Croke Park agreement when the reductions due to voluntary redundancy and the embargo on recruitment are factored out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43607/12]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

Michael Creed

139. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on a State non contributory pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43659/12]

European Council Meetings

Michael Creed

133. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on the 15 October 2012; if the Israeli Palestinian conflict will be discussed; the proposals, if any, he intends pursuing regarding an EU policy on excluding Israeli settlement products from the EU market; his views on a unilateral approach by him in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43039/12]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Michael Creed

285. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing an amendment to the Valuation (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2012, to deal with the anomaly which exists in which not for profit organisations including sporting organisations who hold a club licence have rates levied on their entire complex as opposed to the commercial aspect therein, resulting in an exorbitant rate liability when compared with commercial operations of similar size including bar facilities where the bar is operated under a seven day licence as opposed to a club licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/12]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Michael Creed

493. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42597/12]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

525. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of the 13 March 2012, if he will indicate the contacts his Department has had on this matter with the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43287/12]

Departmental Offices

Michael Creed

531. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide detail regarding office rationalisation in Cork and Clonakilty as it relates to his Department and if specifically he will address therein the situation regarding offices owned or leased by his Department; the implications for staff involved; the impact on services delivered to the consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43337/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Creed

639. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the formula used by the Health Service Executive when calculating income from money on deposit in respect of medical card applications; if he will indicate how rental income from second properties are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43017/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Michael Creed

641. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the persons and organisations that he has met in respect of the promised legislation to roll out free general practitioner care; when he expects to publish this legislation and to have this scheme operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/12]

Hospital Consultants Remuneration

Michael Creed

642. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to medical consultants in the Health Service in 2011 and to date in 2012, in respect of their obligations under their public contracts; the anticipated savings in this area arising from recently concluded negotiations for the Health Service budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43037/12]

Hospital Consultants Remuneration

Michael Creed

643. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the level of salary cuts negotiated for medical consultants recently for both new entrants and existing contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/12]