Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Services

John Deasy

913. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps being taken to ensure adequate service provision across Irish hospitals for cystic fibrosis patients, both children and adults, including specialist isolated treatment facilities, in view of the fact that Ireland has the highest CF rates in the world, with one in 19 people here carrying the gene. [1809/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Deasy

914. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported transfer of up to 1,200 cataract operations awaited by patients on the Waterford Regional Hospital list to private hospitals; the average cost to the Health Service Executive of outsourcing such surgery per patient; if there was any consultation with the salaried consultants at WRH who are both contracted and keen to carry out these procedures; and if he is concerned that this effectively represents a double payment by the State. [1810/14]

Hospital Services

John Deasy

915. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health to outline the level of services that will be provided by the eye unit at Waterford Regional Hospital in future in the context of the rearrangement of hospital services. [1811/14]

Garda Recruitment

John Deasy

452. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the Garda Reserve gain any credits from their work in the Garda Reserve when making a full application to join An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54282/13]

Fish Quotas

John Deasy

205. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing an increase in the quota allocated to smaller vessels less than 20 m in the sentinel Celtic Sea herring fishery in the weeks prior to Christmas; if he is satisfied the 2011-12 review resulted in an equitable distribution of Celtic Sea herring quota in view of the influx of vessels into the country's only open-access pelagic fishery in the past two seasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52372/13]

Planning Issues

John Deasy

272. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if attic or internal conversion was intended to be included in the development contributions attached to planning permissions; if this is being implemented by each local authority; his views that it is fair to implement such a charge where the work being carried out is internal only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51949/13]

State Pension (Contributory) Numbers

John Deasy

119. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons living here who received a contributory State pension or non-contributory State pension top-up from the Government, in addition to their UK pension payment in 2012. [50064/13]

Third Level Courses Availability

John Deasy

255. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the range of agriculture-related courses available to prospective young farmers in each of the country's State-funded third level institutes, universities and colleges in the current 2013-14 academic year. [49470/13]

State Properties Data

John Deasy

265. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State-owned buildings in each county that were unoccupied in each of the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive. [49465/13]

State Properties Data

John Deasy

266. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual maintenance and security costs attached to unoccupied State-owned buildings in each of the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive. [49466/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

386. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made through mapping and other means by his Department’s underwater archaeology unit to establish the location of the estimated 15,000 shipwrecks lying in Irish territorial waters. [49467/13]

Offshore Exploration

John Deasy

411. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest estimates regarding the potential oil and gas reserves within Ireland's 652,000 sq. km of offshore; and his plans to encourage greater exploration. [49468/13]

Broadcasting Sector Regulation

John Deasy

412. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the advertising rates charged to registered charities by RTE television and radio; and the State subsidy, if any, that is given towards the cost of suicide prevention and awareness campaigns on RTE. [49469/13]

Local Authority Charges Non-Payment

John Deasy

106. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who are accumulating penalties as a result of not paying the non-principal private residence charge; and the amount outstanding. [48418/13]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection

John Deasy

294. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of introducing an easy-payment system for persons who inadvertently did not pay their non-private principal private residence charge in time and who wish to comply but have accumulated penalties and are unable to pay this amount in one full payment as is currently requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48374/13]

Early Retirement Scheme

John Deasy

345. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early retirements from the post-primary education full-time teaching pool in each of the past seven years, 2006 to 2012, inclusive. [47098/13]

Early Retirement Scheme

John Deasy

346. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early retirements from the primary education full-time teaching pool in each of the past seven years, 2006 to 2012, inclusive. [47099/13]

Springboard Programme Issues

John Deasy

347. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who availed of third-level courses subsidised under the Springboard initiative in 2011 and 2012. [47100/13]

Gender Balance Issues

John Deasy

389. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to meet the new EU rules requiring that Irish listed company boards should have 40 per cent female membership by 2020 and by 2018 in the case of State-owned companies in view of the fact that the current average in Ireland is 10.7%, compared to an EU average of 16.6%. [45777/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

John Deasy

609. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recommendations from the international commission of experts report on the possibility of undergrounding all or part of the Meath-Tyrone interconnector he considers applicable to the proposed Grid Link overhead power line route linking Munster and Leinster. [45731/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

John Deasy

610. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding to the erection of electricity pylons and overhead lines in areas of outstanding natural beauty and high scenic amenity generally. [45732/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

John Deasy

611. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there have been any advances in technology to change the accepted view that the cost of underground cabling is multiples that of transmission via overhead powerlines. [45733/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

John Deasy

637. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of income generated by Electric Ireland from residential electricity charges in the 12 months up to 1 October 2012 and in the subsequent 12-month period to 1 October 2013. [47138/13]

Electricity Transmission Network

John Deasy

638. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain the differentiation in lower urban and higher rural standing and usage charges applied by Electric Ireland to its customers; and if this price gap will be reduced in favour of rural consumers if and when the existing transmission infrastructure is upgraded. [47139/13]

Medical Card Reviews

John Deasy

1020. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health the checks he has put in place to ensure that doctors cannot overclaim for medical card patients who have died or emigrated; if his Department has a fraud control system similar to the one operated by the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45607/13]

Medical Card Reviews

John Deasy

1021. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews that were carried out on over 70's medical card applications following the budget changes introduced in 2012; if these same applicants will have to go through a further review following the 2013 budget changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45608/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

John Deasy

1022. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health if applicants for the over 70's medical card are subject to the same discretionary conditions as those under 70 whereby financial hardship as a result of medical need may be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45606/13]

Driving Tests

John Deasy

1250. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for a driving test in Waterford City and Dungarvan, County Waterford. [45778/13]

Driving Tests

John Deasy

1251. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average driving test pass rate in Waterford City and Dungarvan, County Waterford. [45779/13]

The Gathering Initiatives

John Deasy

1257. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he proposes to build on the impact of The Gathering in future years in view of the fact that a recent analysis of the latest United States census shows there are almost seven times more Irish-Americans than the entire population of Ireland. [45781/13]

EU Funding

John Deasy

1258. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that will be prioritised in view of the European Commission’s agreement to triple transport infrastructure financing to €26 billion from 2014 to 2020 to create a unified trans-European transport network under the connecting Europe facility of the multi-annual financial framework. [45782/13]

Driving Licence Issues

John Deasy

1296. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the inconvenience caused by the restriction of the new driving licence renewal technology to just 34 sites countrywide; if there are plans to increase the number of National Driver Licence Service identity verification locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47097/13]

Energy Schemes Issues

John Deasy

155. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request EirGrid to grant an extension on the current deadline for submissions for the Grid Link project for the south east to allow members of the public ample time in which to make their submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45443/13]

European Court of Justice Rulings

John Deasy

114. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the European Court of Justice ruling as to the Irish State’s obligation to adequately protect the pension entitlements of former Waterford Crystal employees; when the judgment is likely to go to be reviewed in the High Court. [43674/13]

Education Schemes

John Deasy

85. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the proposed cutbacks in primary teaching resources will have on outreach sessions for children of circus and fairground families. [42961/13]

Education Schemes

John Deasy

86. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that children of circus and fairground families will receive improved secondary education supports. [42962/13]

Motor Tax Exemptions

John Deasy

131. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by members of the Irish Showmen's Guild in obtaining motor tax and avoiding prosecution in respect of vehicles conveying funfair and circus equipment, due to the absence of a special vehicle taxation category; and if he proposes to follow most other EU states in providing a taxation derogation for vehicles used for this specific purpose. [42960/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

108. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on charging entrance fees to national monuments and national historic properties. [35822/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

109. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of national monuments in State care; the number open to the public; and the number that charge visitors an entrance fee. [35823/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

110. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall annual cost of managing, maintaining and staffing the total number of national monuments in State care in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [35824/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

111. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated from visitor entrance fees at national monuments in State care in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [35825/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

112. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who visited national heritage attractions, managed by the Office of Public Works, in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [35826/13]

National Monuments

John Deasy

113. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated from visitor entrance fees at Office of Public Works managed heritage sites in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [35827/13]

World Heritage Sites

John Deasy

161. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of the tentative list of seven candidate sites submitted to UNESCO for potential World Heritage Site status in March 2010. [35828/13]

Waste Management Issues

John Deasy

196. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the regulations and control systems that are in place to ensure Ireland complies with current, and proposed European Commission legislation, on national inspections of waste shipments; if he will detail the location from which waste shipments leave here; the frequency at which they depart Irish shores; and the location of their first port of call and ultimate destination in each case. [35829/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

John Deasy

382. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Down's syndrome is not on the list of 11 low incidence disabilities that qualify for resource teaching hours in view of the fact that it occurs in 0.2% of the population; the action that is being taken to deliver a more appropriate model than GAM to meet the complex learning needs of children with Down's syndrome following the critical report of the Children’s Ombudsman. [35502/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

John Deasy

914. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the average four to seven month delay in processing Garda clearance applications for unemployed persons interviewed by community employment supervisors for placement on schemes involving working with persons with disabilities; the steps he will take to relieve this impasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35091/13]

Air Services Provision

John Deasy

1216. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the submission the Government will be making to the European Commission review of state aid rules on the public financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines prior to the adoption of revised guidelines in early 2014. [35503/13]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

John Deasy

247. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs, including annual operational, maintenance and energy overheads, for Farmleigh each year since it opened in 2001. [32992/13]

State Visits

John Deasy

248. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an annual breakdown of the Heads of State and other dignitaries who have stayed at Farmleigh each year since 2001. [32993/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

John Deasy

249. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revenues generated from the 39 high level events held at Farmleigh in 2012. [32994/13]

Office of Public Works Staff

John Deasy

250. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time and part-time staff employed at Farmleigh. [32995/13]

Space-Related Enterprise Activities

John Deasy

262. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline Ireland's financial contribution to the European Space Agency each year since 2002 inclusive. [32996/13]

Space-Related Enterprise Activities

John Deasy

263. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish companies or persons who have won contracts awarded by the European Space Agency each year since 2002 inclusive. [32997/13]

Space-Related Enterprise Activities

John Deasy

264. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of Enterprise Ireland's annual budget, in percentage and actual terms, which is devoted to space related enterprise supports and activities. [32998/13]

Unemployment Levels

John Deasy

277. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views as to the reason Ireland has an unemployment rate of 30.3% in the 15 to 24 age group, almost double the OECD average of 16.2%. [32999/13]

Departmental Expenditure

John Deasy

352. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend on artworks in each of the past seven years by his Department and bodies under his aegis. [33000/13]

State Artwork

John Deasy

353. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated value of artworks owned by the State, under the aegis of his Department, that are currently in storage. [33001/13]

Planning Issues

John Deasy

385. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Questions Nos. 360 and 361 of 20 March 2013, when the circular letter referred to in the reply will be issued to planning authorities, in view of the fact that a number of applications are in limbo due to the ambiguity surrounding the five year grant of permission time limit; and the clarification proposed in relation to sections 41 and 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. [33290/13]

Commercial Rates Issues

John Deasy

185. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times an order has been made since the enactment of the Valuation Act 2001 requiring a rating authority to exercise its powers to make rates in such a manner that it does not exceed the amount of rates to be paid to it in the first year following a revaluation, except for any increase determined by the consumer price index. [32802/13]

Commercial Rates Issues

John Deasy

143. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the massive increases in commercial rates due to be levied on businesses in County Waterford on foot of a statutory revaluation of commercial rates in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/13]

State Properties

John Deasy

124. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an estimate of the current number of vacant properties, by county, which are in the ownership of the State and under the management of the Office of Public Works inclusive. [31163/13]

State Properties

John Deasy

125. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the Exchequer, across all Departments, of maintaining Farmleigh House, Dublin; and the number of overnight State visitors, high-level meeting delegates, and members of the public who attended events there in the years 2010 and 2012. [31165/13]

Unemployment Statistics

John Deasy

132. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to EUROSTAT data showing that citizens of other EU states living here had a higher employment rate than Irish nationals in 2012; and the reason that this is the case. [31152/13]

National Museum

John Deasy

161. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of donations made to the National Museum of Ireland in the past ten years. [31164/13]

Electric Vehicle Grants

John Deasy

176. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electric vehicles that have been purchased by consumers here in each of the past seven years. [31153/13]

Electric Vehicle Grants

John Deasy

177. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State's investment in electric vehicle infrastructure in the past seven years. [31154/13]

Electric Vehicle Grants

John Deasy

178. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received and granted, by county, under the electric vehicles grant scheme, since January 2011. [31155/13]

Forestry Sector

John Deasy

212. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of privately owned forests, by county, here. [31157/13]

Forestry Grants

John Deasy

213. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the afforestation grant and premium scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31158/13]

Forestry Sector

John Deasy

214. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the woodland reconstruction scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31159/13]

Forestry Sector

John Deasy

215. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the woodland improvement scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31160/13]

Forestry Sector

John Deasy

216. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the native woodland establishment scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31161/13]

Forestry Grants

John Deasy

217. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the forest road scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31162/13]

Information and Communications Technology Issues

John Deasy

142. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the practical skills of third level graduates in the information communications technology sector before they enter the workplace. [29152/13]

Pension Provisions

John Deasy

190. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a new European Commission study, The Gender Gap in Pensions in the EU, indicates that Irish women aged 65 years and over receive an average pension which is 35% lower than the average for Irish men in the same age group; her view on the reason for this imbalance; and the efforts being made to address same. [29150/13]

Fisheries Protection

John Deasy

260. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his policy regarding the culling of seals to protect fish stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29143/13]

Fishing Rights

John Deasy

270. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legal position regarding public access and fishing rights as they apply to naturally occurring lakes here. [29144/13]

Irish Water Staff

John Deasy

340. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in further detail the number and type of jobs to be created by the new Irish Water utility company; and the latest timeframe for recruitment to these positions. [29147/13]

Anti-Social Behaviour

John Deasy

390. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the legal position regarding the powers of an Garda Síochána to deal with anti-social behaviour in private residential streets and estates; and the avenues of civil redress citizens may pursue. [29148/13]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

John Deasy

391. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding planning for the proposed extension and refurbishment of Waterford courthouse; what the development will entail; the estimated total cost; and when he expects the project to commence construction. [29149/13]

Agriculture Schemes Data

John Deasy

454. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved, by county, under the milk production targeted agricultural modernisation scheme in 2011 and 2012. [29145/13]

Milk Quota Application Numbers

John Deasy

455. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved, by county, under the scheme for the allocation of milk quota to new entrants in 2011 and 2012. [29146/13]

Ceremonial Protocol

John Deasy

170. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence the number of times in the past nine years that a full or partial ceremonial guard of honour was afforded to the President of Ireland; and if he will list the occasions when these guards of honour within that timeframe were formed. [28765/13]

Employment Data

John Deasy

100. Deputy John Deasy asked the Taoiseach the percentage of the overall workforce that is employed in small and medium enterprises. [26494/13]

Trade Statistics

John Deasy

107. Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide trade figures between Ireland and China for each of the past five years. [26608/13]

Exploration Licences Approvals

John Deasy

511. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the oil and gas companies that have current licences for exploration, onshore and offshore; the number actively exploring; and the locations. [26609/13]

Migration Data

John Deasy

690. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of immigration of non-nationals into the country in each of the past five years. [26603/13]

Deportation Orders

John Deasy

691. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been deported from the State each year in the past four years. [26606/13]

Asylum Applications

John Deasy

692. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum requests that were refused and were granted each year in the past five years. [26607/13]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

John Deasy

756. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence the number of retirees from the armed services, all ranks, in each of the past five years. [26604/13]

Local Authority Funding

John Deasy

1087. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the transport capital investment programme’s roads sub-programme in each of the past six years. [27083/13]

Local Authority Funding

John Deasy

1088. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the transport capital investment programme’s public transport sub-programme in each of the past six years. [27084/13]

Local Authority Funding

John Deasy

1089. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the transport capital investment programme’s Smarter Travel sub-programme in each of the past three years. [27085/13]

Local Authority Funding

John Deasy

1090. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the non-national roads grants programme in each of the past six years. [27086/13]

Local Authority Funding

John Deasy

1091. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the national roads programme in each of the past seven years. [27087/13]

Rural Transport Programme Funding

John Deasy

1092. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding County Waterford operators have received from his Department under the rural transport programme in each of the past seven years. [27088/13]

Capital Expenditure Programme Issues

John Deasy

1093. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding Waterford Airport Company has received from his Department under the regional airports operational expenditure subvention scheme in each of the past eight years, 2013 inclusive. [27089/13]

Capital Expenditure Programme Issues

John Deasy

1094. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding Waterford Airport Company has received from his Department under the capital expenditure grant scheme in each of the past eight years, 2013 inclusive. [27090/13]

Regional Road Network

John Deasy

1095. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of grant aid his Department has historically allocated for works, including construction and land acquisition costs, specifically relating to the Waterford Airport Road, which is designated as a strategic non-national route. [27091/13]