Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Internship Scheme Placements

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of Government Departments that are making use of JobBridge interns with no hope of offering them employment due to the recruitment embargo and that almost 60% of JobBridge participants who undertook their internship in a public sector organisation did not progress into paid employment; and the steps she will take in response to same. [43367/13]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Mary Lou McDonald

27. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the impact of budget 2014 on fuel poverty. [43365/13]

IDA Job Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of posts that were expected to be created in 2012 for which €2.8 million of employment grants were returned to the Industrial Development Agency. [42587/13]

IDA Job Numbers

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new posts supported by the Industrial Development Agency that were to be realised in 2013; and the number of such posts that are in place to date. [42586/13]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will equality proof budget 2014 in advance of his announcement and publish the findings of the proofing process on budget day. [42567/13]

Ministerial Pensions

Mary Lou McDonald

26. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the post-Haddington Road agreement annual pension payment to former office holders and, where applicable, to provide former details of Ministers' and taoisigh TD pensions also in a separate column. [42512/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the legal proceedings initiated by the Rehab Group and Rehab Lotteries will have on the tendering process of the new national lottery licence. [42513/13]

Cross-Border Educational Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

66. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage cross-border studying. [42205/13]

School Uniforms

Mary Lou McDonald

119. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce legislation to compel schools to introduce generic uniforms that would reduce costs for parents. [42204/13]

Prison Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

192. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent appointment of a head teacher to Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow was preceded by an open competition; the number of applicants that applied for the position and the body that had overall responsibility for the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41791/13]

Medical Card Applications

Mary Lou McDonald

520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused renewal of their medical card. [41812/13]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Mary Lou McDonald

15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the reason banks relied 62% on legal letters to meet the Central Bank’s MARTs; and if he will review the targets and the definition of a sustainable arrangement. [41506/13]

Departmental Correspondence

Mary Lou McDonald

37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter of 19 November 2010 from Jean-Claude Trichet; and if this letter will be made available to any banking inquiry. [41520/13]

Human Rights Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, a prominent activist for sustainable people-centred and just economic and social development, in Laos; evidence that indicates the Laotian security forces may have had a hand in his disappearance; and if he will raise the issue with the Laotian Government and his European and international counterparts. [41161/13]

Trade Missions Participation

Mary Lou McDonald

69. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent four day political and trade mission to China; the discussions he had with Chinese officials; and what is expected to be achieved by the visit. [41167/13]

Sporting Organisations

Mary Lou McDonald

70. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the ability of sporting bodies to register as charitable bodies and the potential for this to enhance philanthropy towards sporting bodies. [40897/13]

Social Welfare Schemes

Mary Lou McDonald

126. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to work with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance to ensure that taxi drivers who become ill or are unable to work can better access social welfare supports. [40904/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

512. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Magdalen laundries restorative justice scheme to include the number of women who have applied to the fund; the number of the applicants that have received a payment, medical card, pension payment and-or additional supports as provided by the Magdalen commission report; and if he will confirm that the Irish Women’s Survivors Network has received the payment of €250,000 as announced earlier this year. [41104/13]

National Children's Hospital Status

Mary Lou McDonald

52. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the development of the new National Children’s Hospital [40049/13]

Hospital Services

Mary Lou McDonald

55. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the additional support that will be provided to the three existing children’s hospitals pending the completion of the new hospital at the St. James's site, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/13]

UN Conventions Ratification

Mary Lou McDonald

53. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

113. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of Haddington Road agreement applicable his Department and/or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [39096/13]

Ministerial Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

122. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all special advisers to him and his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [39114/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

141. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members' fees, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39285/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

142. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/13]

Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

143. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi-State CEOs' pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39287/13]

Child Care Reports

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure highest standards are reached and adhered to and an appropriate inspection regime across all pre-school child care facilities is in place; the time frame for achieving both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38764/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

83. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the position between his Department, An Post and National Lottery Company staff regarding the recent Labour Relations Commission negotiations which have finished; and, if like An Post, it is his Department's understanding that the LRC discussions have finished and that the issues and concerns of workers have progressed well and are concluded. [38961/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

84. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department uploaded the recently concluded National Lottery Company Labour Relations Commission proposal arising from discussions between his Department, An Post and the trade unions representing An Post National Lottery staff to a virtual data room set up by his Department for potential licence bidders, and if he will confirm if the LRC proposal document was presented to potential bidders as an agreement between all parties. [38962/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

85. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether it is appropriate, in the absence of the proposals being formally brought to current An Post National Lottery workers for ballot, for the recent Labour Relations Commission, An Post National Lottery Company proposals to have been presented to National Lottery bidders. [38963/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

86. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department officials have sought or supported a return to An Post by National Lottery staff on permanent secondment from the company; if not, the reason he or his officials did not seek or support this option. [38964/13]

Industrial Relations

Mary Lou McDonald

87. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Labour Relations Commission An Post National Lottery proposals include an option for An Post workers on permanent secondment to the National Lottery Company to return to An Post, and, if not, if this is contrary to his commitment that the welfare, transfer and safeguarding of National Lottery personnel must and will be encompassed in the whole process. [38965/13]

Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach don Ghaeilge

Mary Lou McDonald

41. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mary Lou McDonald den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir leis an ngá atá ann Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach a bhunú; an bhfuil aon phlean aige a leithéid d’Fhóram a chur ar bun; agus mura bhfuil, an dtabharfaidh sé míniú ina thaobh. [38489/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO's pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39263/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

242. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39272/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

243. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39282/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

250. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann make a profit from school transport in view of the existence of minutes of a meeting on 29 June 2011, which he attended, with Bus Éireann and his Department, where Bus Éireann chief executive and its company accountant explained that there was a fund containing a surplus of €2 million-€3 million from the payments received by Bus Éireann from his Department for delivery of the school transport scheme services. [38675/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

251. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the last year in which Bus Éireann made a profit from school transport. [38677/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

252. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the FGS report commissioned in 2008-2009 that investigated direct and indirect charges for school transport. [38678/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

253. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the arrangement between Bus Éireann and his Department for the provision of school transport services is of a commercial nature. [38679/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

254. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any profit is made by Bus Éireann from his Department for the provision of school transport services; the amount of profit that has been made each year since 2004 in compliance with the EU Commission directives on transparency. [38680/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

255. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he personally ever met anybody who expressed an interest in tendering for the school transport services that Bus Éireann currently receives payment for from his Department. [38681/13]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

256. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons his Department gave to the EU Commission for not putting the school transport scheme out to public tender; if these reasons are the same reasons that were given to the Public Accounts Committee by the Secretary General in February 2013 and in the commercial High Court in the case taken by Student Transport Scheme Limited against his Department in 2012 in relation to the scheme. [38684/13]

Education and Training Boards

Mary Lou McDonald

419. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all Education and Training Board CEOs salaries were reduced by 10%. [38642/13]

Teaching Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

420. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if the weekly teaching hours of third level lecturers were increased to 18 per week. [38643/13]

School Textbooks

Mary Lou McDonald

421. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of providing free schoolbooks to primary and secondary school children. [38645/13]

School Staffing

Mary Lou McDonald

422. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary full year saving to the Exchequer arising from the Haddington Road agreement measure to increase academic staff working hours by an additional 78 hours per annum; if he will provide the monetary full year additional saving if weekly hours were increased by an additional 45 minutes per week on top of the Haddington Road agreement additional hours. [38646/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

428. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO's pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39261/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

429. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39270/13]