Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
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Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
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Planning Issues
Ann Phelan
467. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding establishing the independent planning regulator's office; if he will indicate who the inspector will be; the remit of this role; the way members of the public may contact and meet with the inspector in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50333/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
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NAMA Portfolio
Ann Phelan
473. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that houses (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be transferred from the National Asset Management Agency into Kilkenny local authorities as part of its social contract; the number of houses that will become available; if he will outline specifically the number of two-bedroom and three-bedroom houses that will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50517/13]
Máirt, 26 Samh 2013
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Cochlear Implants
Ann Phelan
643. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding cochlear implants, following the unanimous endorsement of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to support the case for a bilateral cochlear implant programme; and if that programme is to be included in the Health Service Executive's national service plan for 2014, in order that the programme may be rolled out. [50700/13]
Déar, 21 Samh 2013
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Unfinished Housing Developments
Ann Phelan
140. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government under whose ownership an estate (details supplied) in County Carlow resides, the estate being a category 4 unfinished housing estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49845/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
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VAT Rate Reductions
Ann Phelan
21. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance in the view of efforts made to make Ireland tobacco free by 2025, if he will consider lowering the VAT rate on items such as nicotine replacement therapies, and other items which aid persons giving up smoking, to a new special rate, lower than the currently affixed 23% (details supplied). [49073/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
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Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
Ann Phelan
139. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department plans to implement a mortgage-to-rent scheme for families who are experiencing severe financial difficulty; the merits of implementing such a scheme in respect of its ability to retain the family home as another measure of dealing with the level of indebtedness that families currently have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49757/13]
Céad, 20 Samh 2013
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Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
Ann Phelan
140. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the amount of funding being allocated to counties Carlow and Kilkenny as part of the housing adaptation programme for 2014; if he will consider removing the monetary figure attached to the funding such as the €6,000 for walk-in shower, €10,500 for housing aid for older people grants, €30,000 for HGDs and instead base each application on its own merit, on a case-by-case basis; if he will consider prioritising cases of elderly couples who are in receipt of the contributory-non-contributory pension only for adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49761/13]
Máirt, 19 Samh 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Ann Phelan
381. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main provisions of the upcoming monuments Bill, and any proposed changes to existing legislation which the Government has scheduled for publication next year. [49332/13]
Déar, 14 Samh 2013
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Credit Unions
Ann Phelan
39. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Finance the differences between a credit union and its members in County Kilkenny (details supplied) and that of the case outlined in the Sunday Times on 29 September 2013; if he will outline in detail the criteria for same; his views on the matter with particular reference to the credit union in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48619/13]
Céad, 13 Samh 2013
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Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
Ann Phelan
80. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the new social welfare checks announced recently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48407/13]
Céad, 13 Samh 2013
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Personal Insolvency Act
Ann Phelan
130. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the qualifying criteria for persons whom the Personal Insolvency Act was designed to help; if he will consider a nine month review of the legislation enacted, to find out the number of persons that have engaged with the process; and the way the legislation is actually helping those who need it most. [48510/13]
Céad, 13 Samh 2013
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Animal Breeding Regulations
Ann Phelan
146. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the request from the Irish Draught Horse Society to seek the licence for the studbook of the Irish draught horse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48522/13]
Máirt, 12 Samh 2013
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Student Support Schemes Issues
Ann Phelan
146. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in regard to the residential qualifications for those applying to Student Universal Support Ireland, if an applicant is under 23 years of age on 1 January in the year of entry, or re-entry, to an approved course, the applicant is not considered to be living independently of their parents-guardians, even if the applicant is not living with them; if this is the case where the applicant has a spouse; if only mature students, that is those over the age of 23, who are living away from home are considered to be independent applicants and will be assessed as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48264/13]
Máirt, 5 Samh 2013
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Office of Public Works Properties
Ann Phelan
369. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of properties in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that are under the ownership of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46183/13]
Máirt, 5 Samh 2013
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Seniors Alert Scheme Issues
Ann Phelan
662. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the importance of personal alarm systems for elderly persons, if he and his Department are in the process of expanding the roll-out of the personal alarm schemes and are currently working with technical companies to devise a way of linking the alarms in question to mobile telephones, instead of sole reliance on a landline telephone service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/13]
Déar, 24 DFómh 2013
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Living City Initiative
Ann Phelan
151. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the extension of the Living City initiative announced by him in budget 2014 (details supplied) will have an effect on the three existing pre-1915 houses in Vicar Street, Kilkenny, in view of the proposed central access scheme for the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45424/13]
Céad, 23 DFómh 2013
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State Properties Data
Ann Phelan
114. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of land in public ownership in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will identify all lands owned by the public, including land owned by local authorities and semi-State bodies. [45286/13]
Máirt, 15 DFómh 2013
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Energy Resources
Ann Phelan
192. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding geothermal energy here in the future; if the energy and technology used is the same as that used in fracking, and his plans to consult with the public in seeking approval for the use of such technology. [43251/13]
Máirt, 15 DFómh 2013
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Energy Resources
Ann Phelan
193. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the geothermal industry; his plans for the future regulation of the industry in view of the lack of the primary legislative framework for the exploration, development and commercialisation of geothermal energy [43252/13]
Máirt, 15 DFómh 2013
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Energy Resources
Ann Phelan
194. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to geo therrmal energy and its development hre, if there are subsidies available to support renewable projects like GT Energy and his views on the preparation to harness the power of GT Energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/13]