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 gach suí
Leathanach 73 de 74
Céad, 5 Noll 2012
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Industrial Development
Peadar Tóibín
35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the purchase of sites adjacent to the Intel site is proceeding; and the date by which they will be completed. [54622/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will outline projects which the Department co-operates with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North. [54164/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline projects on which his Department co-operates with the Department of Education in the North. [54152/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Employment and Learning in the North. [54153/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Finance and Personnel in the North. [54162/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the North. [54156/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Departmental Agencies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
263. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total revenue raised by the sale, and by rent, of Industrial Development Agency premises for each year since 2006. [54142/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Departmental Agencies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
264. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total cost of maintenance, security and other costs of Industrial Development Agency owned premises for each year since 2006. [54143/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Departmental Agencies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total asset value of Industrial Development Agency property for each of year since 2006. [54144/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per jobs created, by Enterprise Ireland for each county, in each year since 2007. [54145/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per jobs created, by the Industrial Development Agency, for each county, in each year since 2007. [54146/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the North. [54158/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
269. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Employment and Learning in the North. [54159/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
315. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline projects in which the Department co-operates with the Department of Social Development in the North. [54163/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline projects which the Department co-operates with the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure in the North. [54148/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of the Environment in the North. [54150/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
389. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of the Environment in the North. [54154/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
458. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline projects on which his Department co-operates with the Department of Justice in the North. [54160/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
459. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North. [54161/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
512. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the North. [54147/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
552. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline projects with which her Department cooperates with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North. [54149/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Health, Social Service and Public Safety in the North [54157/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Peadar Tóibín
682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North. [54165/12]
Máirt, 4 Noll 2012
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Bus Éireann Services
Peadar Tóibín
695. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure that CIE Bus Éireann provide services to visually impaired customers on the 111 and 190 bus routes and fully implements the relevant findings of the Equality Tribunal on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54444/12]
Déar, 29 Samh 2012
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Irish Language Issues
Peadar Tóibín
17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place to increase the level of Irish language/bilingual broadcasting here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53335/12]
Céad, 28 Samh 2012
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Oibleagáid Seirbhíse Poiblí
Peadar Tóibín
2. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis gealltanas a thabhairt go gcoinneofar an maoiniú oibleagáide seirbhíse poiblí d'aeriompar chuig Árainn ag an leibhéal atá ann faoi láthair. [53113/12]
Céad, 28 Samh 2012
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Cíosanna Uas-Athbhreithnithe Amháin
Peadar Tóibín
36. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad tionónta de chuid Údarás na Gaeltachta sa Ghaeltacht atá faoi réir forálacha cíosa uas-athbhreithnithe amháin, agus cé na bearta atá tógtha aige chun deireadh a chur le feidhmiú forálacha cíosa uas-athbhreithnithe amháin. [52970/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Driving Tests
Peadar Tóibín
142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to keep the cost of taking driving tests down in view of the large increase in recent years. [52699/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Tourism Employment
Peadar Tóibín
153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to ensure that the tourism sector is delivering added employment from the 9% rate of VAT; if he will outline the effects of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52694/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Delays
Peadar Tóibín
272. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of additional resources released by his Department to resolve the delay in processing student grant applications; the date by which all outstanding applications will be processed; and the support offered to students struggling financially to stay in education due to this delay. [52171/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Departmental Agencies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of spend per head of population, on a county basis, by Enterprise Ireland and by the Industrial Development Agency since 2006. [52167/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
337. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or other payments made by his Department to Chambers Ireland, IBEC, ISME and the SFA for each of the past five years. [52173/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Peadar Tóibín
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in relevant pay brackets. [52514/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Peadar Tóibín
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is more than €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52515/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of outstanding applications for invalidity pension, broken down by months outstanding, the number of medical staff employed to conduct medical reviews and the number of additional staff deployed to clear the backlog. [52292/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Vaccination Programme
Peadar Tóibín
645. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which a comprehensive set of supports will be in place for those affected by narcolepsy associated with the vaccine pandemrix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52433/12]
Máirt, 27 Samh 2012
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Vaccination Programme
Peadar Tóibín
646. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will detail his contact with the SOUND group dealing with sufferers of narcolepsy associated with pandemrix; and any commitment made to the group [52434/12]
Déar, 22 Samh 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the target of creating 100,000 additional jobs by 2016 as claimed in the action plan for jobs will be met [52081/12]
Déar, 22 Samh 2012
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Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
Peadar Tóibín
5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made in the establishment of local enterprise offices including the role of individual Irish small and medium enterprises and SME representative groups as part of the committee overseeing the development of the local enterprise offices. [52082/12]
Déar, 22 Samh 2012
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Action Plan for Jobs
Peadar Tóibín
38. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the delay in implementing nine measures of the action plan for jobs that were due in Quarter three of this year. [51876/12]
Céad, 21 Samh 2012
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Public Sector Reform Review
Peadar Tóibín
19. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has completed his review of the grading structure of the Civil Service and public service; and if he will provide details of his plan to reduce the number of management grades. [51555/12]
Céad, 21 Samh 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Peadar Tóibín
50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the amendments that he intends to make to the Construction Contracts Bill. [51554/12]
Céad, 21 Samh 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of non-residential business users with access to broadband across the State and the percentage of non residential users with broad band speed less than 1.99Mbps, between 2Mbps and 9.99Mbps and speeds in excess of 10Mbps. [51714/12]
Céad, 21 Samh 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the levels of non-residential business users with access to broad band through DSL, cable, satellite or mobile platforms. [51715/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Payments
Peadar Tóibín
133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of existing students that have received their initial grant payments from the 66 vocational educational committees and local authorities for the 2012/2013 academic year. [51341/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
316. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA supported companies and the value of grants awarded and the value of grants refunded to the IDA for each of the past five years. [51201/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
317. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs announced by Enterprise Ireland; the number of jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies and the value of grants awarded and the value of any grants refunded to Enterprise Ireland for each of the past five years. [51202/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
318. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of each of the jobs announced or welcomed by his Department over the past five years; the numbers employed by the enterprise at the time of the announcement and the numbers currently employed by the enterprise. [51203/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Community Welfare Services
Peadar Tóibín
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the closing of the community welfare clinic in the Third Age Centre in Summerhill (details supplied) and to detail the way those with restricted mobility or living in poverty can access similar services. [50929/12]
Máirt, 20 Samh 2012
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Community Welfare Services
Peadar Tóibín
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of maintaining the community welfare clinic in the Third Age Centre in Summerhill (details supplied) and to detail any savings generated from its proposed closure. [50930/12]
Déar, 15 Samh 2012
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Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
Peadar Tóibín
53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the full remuneration packages currently being paid out to the previous four Secretaries General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/12]
Céad, 14 Samh 2012
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Trade Missions
Peadar Tóibín
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the recent trade mission that he led to Malaysia; and the expected economic outcomes of the trade mission. [50098/12]
Céad, 14 Samh 2012
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Economic Policy
Peadar Tóibín
34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any expected economic benefits arising from the Africa Ireland Economic Forum hosted by his Department; and his plans to increase trade with Africa in 2013. [50102/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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Carer's Allowance Eligibility
Peadar Tóibín
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending to 19.5 hours the number of hours a recipient of carer's allowance can work outside the home. [49846/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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Free Travel Scheme Administration
Peadar Tóibín
114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the companion travel pass for persons in receipt of disability allowance to cover a companion on the portion of the round trip during which the disabled person may not be present. [49847/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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FÁS Training Programmes
Peadar Tóibín
254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in detail the number, type, location and spaces available on FÁS courses in County Meath available to the unemployed. [49779/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
305. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 6 November 2012, if he will publish the Departmental review or assessment of the success of a school programme (details supplied) as part of the July provision scheme and any assessment of the changes to circumstances of children and parents that would prohibit involvement in the scheme at the same level for the coming year. [50013/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
326. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm the date on which the Protection of Employee (Temporary Agency Workers) Bill 2011 came into effect and the steps taken to ensure that all agencies, employers and agency workers are fully informed of their rights and responsibilities. [49443/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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FÁS Training Programmes
Peadar Tóibín
375. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if unemployed persons who have taken up FÁS training courses are excluded from consideration for Tús supervisor positions within 12 months of completing the course. [49780/12]
Máirt, 13 Samh 2012
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Peadar Tóibín
397. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and the target time taken to process such applications. [50020/12]
Déar, 8 Samh 2012
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Departmental Reports
Peadar Tóibín
40. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the Small Hospitals Report Securing the Future of Smaller Hospitals: A Framework for Development; if he will confirm that this report recommends the closure of the ICU and full ED services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, as well as at eight other sites; if he will provide an update in the proposed development of a new regional hospital in the Health Service Executive North East area; if he will commit to maintaining ICU and full ED services at Our Lady's Navan until such a facility is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48979/12]
Déar, 8 Samh 2012
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Energy Conservation
Peadar Tóibín
51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive budget overrun and consequent cuts in essential services, his views on whether the energy costs across the health sector, estimated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland at €80 million a year at least, should be reduced by up to 20% on an urgent basis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that existing voluntary projects show the potential for such savings by implementing targeted and low-cost energy efficiency programmes; the measures he and the HSE are taking to ensure that such savings are made within the next two years instead of unnecessary cutbacks to essential services and thus make these cuts that do not hurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48980/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
191. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance he total amount of vat collected at 13.5%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items; beauty treatments, massages, nail treatments, tanning or sunbed services, routine cleaning of residential property, non-oral contraceptive products, non-residential property building services related to non-residential property, including installation, routine cleaning of non-residential property, photographic services including photographic prints, works of art, antiques and literary manuscripts, cosmetic surgery, tattoo artists, tree surgery, valet cleaning of cars, collectors items and faith healers. [47271/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of vat collected at 9%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items, green fees, membership of commercial and local government golf courses, admission to lap dancing, hot take away food and hot drinks, fair ground amusements and hair dressing. [47272/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total value to the economy of golf club membership fees; transactions of investment gold; hire of chauffeur driven vehicle; air craft leasing and directors fees; and the amount of VAT raised on these transactions. [47273/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July programme in respect of a school (details supplied) [47816/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA supported companies and the value of grants refunded to the IDA for each of the past 10 years. [47274/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the grants refunded to the Industrial Development Agency by client companies includes grants that were not drawn down as well as grants returned due to failure to meet contractual targets. [47275/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total levels of grants awarded that were not drawn down by Industrial Development Agency client companies for each of the past 10 years. [47276/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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International Agreements
Peadar Tóibín
423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47674/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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IDA Site Visits
Peadar Tóibín
424. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by individual potential investors for each of the past 6 years. [47693/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Job Statistics
Peadar Tóibín
425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs directly employed in the air craft leasing industry. [47694/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer of shared services between Gaeltacht programme organisations which receive core funding from his Department, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Foras na Gaeilge. [47264/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer of shared offices between Gaeltacht programme organisations which receive core funding from the Department, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Foras na Gaeilge. [47265/12]
Máirt, 6 Samh 2012
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Radio Spectrum Management
Peadar Tóibín
623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department together with its sectoral regulator Comreg, has commenced the bid/auction stage of the Multiband Spectrum award process and if he anticipates that any Revenue will accrue to the Exchequer in the current financial year. [47277/12]
Déar, 25 DFómh 2012
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Foster Care Provision
Peadar Tóibín
34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made by the Health Service Executive in their efforts to ensure that all foster carers are fully compliant with all regulations and standards, including full vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46762/12]
Céad, 24 DFómh 2012
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Upward Only Rent Reviews
Peadar Tóibín
31. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps or proposals that are under active consideration by him to address the issue of the operation of upward only rents. [41613/12]
Máirt, 23 DFómh 2012
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Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
Peadar Tóibín
71. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make the mortgage to rent scheme more accessible for persons struggling to keep their home. [46201/12]
Máirt, 23 DFómh 2012
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Local Government Reform
Peadar Tóibín
91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for strengthening the reserved functions of elected members; the timeframe for these changes to be implemented; and if legislation will be required. [46078/12]
Máirt, 23 DFómh 2012
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Commercial Rates Valuation Process
Peadar Tóibín
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]
Déar, 18 DFómh 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the announcement; and the numbers employed at the last time such data was available for each of the past five years. [45475/12]
Déar, 18 DFómh 2012
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Industrial Development
Peadar Tóibín
154. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the information requested by the Industrial Development Agency as part of the monitoring progress for financial assistance from client companies. [45476/12]
Déar, 18 DFómh 2012
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Foreign Direct Investment
Peadar Tóibín
155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the average lead in time, from first engagement to a jobs announcement by the Industrial Development Agency client companies. [45477/12]
Céad, 17 DFómh 2012
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Human Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the newly formed Ireland Saudi Arabia Business Council; and the expected economic benefits of this council; if he will be raising the issue of domestic human rights abuses with the Saudi Arabian Government. [44809/12]
Céad, 17 DFómh 2012
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Trade Missions Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
30. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any trade missions planned to visit Russia in the near future, on the back of the trade mission he led to Russia in June. [44814/12]
Máirt, 16 DFómh 2012
oral
Disability Allowance Application Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the rate of refusal of disability allowance at first application in view of the fact that 33% of appeals against these refusals are successful. [44561/12]
Máirt, 16 DFómh 2012
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Free Travel Scheme Administration
Peadar Tóibín
88. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fears caused by the proposal to cut the free travel scheme for older persons and those with disabilities; and her intentions with regard to the scheme. [44562/12]
Máirt, 16 DFómh 2012
written
Road Traffic Accidents
Peadar Tóibín
716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish immediately the internal Bus Éireann investigation into the maintenance of the bus involved in the Kentstown, County Meath, bus incident and maintenance of Bus Éireann school bus fleet carried out by a person (details supplied). [44140/12]
Déar, 11 DFómh 2012
written
Radio Spectrum Management
Peadar Tóibín
13. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the 4G network to be rolled out across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/12]
Déar, 11 DFómh 2012
written
Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that all enterprises will have access to fibre based broadband connectivity. [41605/12]
Céad, 10 DFómh 2012
oral
Office of the Ombudsman Status
Peadar Tóibín
8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008 to extend the remit of the Ombudsman to prisons and all issues relating to asylum, refugees and naturalisation. [43490/12]
Céad, 10 DFómh 2012
written
Office of the Ombudsman Remit
Peadar Tóibín
39. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for his decision to exclude an additional 50 agencies from the Ombudsman’s remit despite his Programme for Government commitment to ensure that all statutory bodies and all bodies significantly funded from the public purse will be covered by the legislation. [43491/12]
Máirt, 9 DFómh 2012
written
Schools Refurbishment
Peadar Tóibín
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all schools in receipt of capitation funding to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of lighting, heating and electronic equipment; his views on the opinion that existing voluntary projects show the potential to save 15 – 40% of schools’ energy costs within two years, using models and guidance provided by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland but unknown to most schools; his views on whether such energy efficiencies could save up to €15 million annually on the €200 million cost of capitation funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/12]
Máirt, 9 DFómh 2012
written
Redundancy Payments
Peadar Tóibín
280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the continuing failure of his Department to pay outstanding redundancy and back pay owed to 28 former workers of St. Enda's Sports Complex, County Limerick, who were effectively employed by the State and who lost their jobs over 18 months ago as a result of a withdrawal of State funding from his Department. [43453/12]
Máirt, 9 DFómh 2012
written
An Teanga Gaeilge
Peadar Tóibín
302. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an bhfuil sé i gceist aige Gaeleagras a athbheochan; nó an bhfuil sé chun seirbhís dá shamhail a chur ar fáil. [41970/12]
Déar, 4 DFómh 2012
written
State Savings Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount that could be rasied for the State if interest from savings bonds was not exempt from tax. [42266/12]
Déar, 4 DFómh 2012
written
Tax Collection Forecasts
Peadar Tóibín
50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been made of the tax that could be raised for the State if Revenue audit activity was increased by 20% in 2013 specifically to target black market activity; and if there is a cost associated with increasing audit acitivity, for example, additional recruited staff for Revenue. [42265/12]
Déar, 4 DFómh 2012
written
IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if financial support from the Industrial Development Agency to client companies includes conditional targets for employment; and if he will provide an overview of the conditions of offer of support to client companies. [42366/12]
Déar, 4 DFómh 2012
written
IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial support held back from Industrial Development Agency client companies who have failed to meet employment targets. [42367/12]
Déar, 4 DFómh 2012
written
IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial support claimed back from Industrial Development Agency client companies who have failed to meet employment targets. [42368/12]