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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2014
485. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on meeting Ireland's overseas aid target of allocating 0.7% of GNP. [37176/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2014
384. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made considering the time the review has taken to date. [36764/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2014
331. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health in respect of qualification for a medical card under the EU scheme, whether a person is considered subject to Irish social security legislation if that person's partner or spouse is in receipt of a contributory Irish social welfare payment or is engaged in work here and subject to PRSI. [36631/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2014
280. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant aid is available to new or start-up travel companies, especially companies that aim to target non-traditional markets in a bid to attract additional tourists to Ireland. [36191/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2014
414. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place for applying for an emergency medical card; the way the application procedure and the application processing procedure differs from the standard medical card application. [35890/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2014
268. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be provided to newly founded animal welfare groups; the way such grants can be applied for [35824/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2014
172. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [34877/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1676. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local communities will be allowed to seek permission from local authorities to erect additional signs denoting the Wild Atlantic Way route and, in addition, the attractions/activities which are found on that particular stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way. [33073/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1642. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of broadband coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; the impact this has on the local community; the steps he will take to compel private broadband service providers to improve significantly broadband coverage in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33948/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1502. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the setting up of a national property authority, containing persons from all aspects of the property industry including bodies involved in the provision of social housing, with a purpose of advising and offering guidelines to policy makers. [33299/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1501. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the granting of planning permission for the conversion of small apartments to suitable sized homes for young families should be fast-tracked. [33291/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1500. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the introduction of a vacant site levy in cities to increase the supply and development of land to meet housing demands. [33289/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1488. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an obligation on a person to pay a fire service charge when the person's property was set on fire as a result of an arson attack and the fire services were not alerted by the victim. [33128/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1236. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school bus pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [33257/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
1180. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government is taking to ensure Irish aid gets delivered cross-border to those in most acute need in opposition controlled areas in Syria. [33247/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
957. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has had their medical card reviewed when they were initially awarded a medical card under the EU medical card scheme. [33677/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
833. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the duration of agreed contracts between the National Treatment Purchase Fund and a private nursing home in relation to the nursing home's approval for the provision of the nursing home support scheme. [33193/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
832. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have plans to expand the provision of long-term care to a greater number of patients in St. Columbanus' Hospital, Killarney, County Kerry. [33192/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
830. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to roll out a vaccine for meningococcal B; if negotiations have taken place with pharmaceutical suppliers for the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33189/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
812. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for a public patient (details supplied) in County Kerry to get an appointment for an eye operation in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
627. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the progress of the criminal law (sexual offences) (amendment) Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33810/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
312. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if an insurance company licensed here is permitted to include a flood exclusion endorsement in a client's household insurance despite the area in which the client lives not being designated as a flood risk area but in which flooding occurred in the storms of early 2014. [34613/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
208. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider permitting the approved retirement fund option, available to most pensioners, accessible to personal retirement bond holders considering that many members of wound up defined benefit schemes had their funds transferred to PRBs. [33300/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
207. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance if the rent a room scheme should be altered in order that only income above the €10,100 amount should be taxed and not the whole amount if the income exceeds the €10,100 amount. [33293/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
206. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance his views that a universal mortgage insurance model should be introduced. [33292/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
205. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance his views that the National Asset Management Agency should consider selling properties individually or in smaller groups as the demand for property grows in view of the fact that the need to sell to investment firms is dissipating in recent months as demand grows. [33290/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
195. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Finance the way a personal alarm monitor (details supplied) is liable to VAT at a higher rate due to the fact that it is not a luxury item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33110/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
146. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34440/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
116. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if ADHD is classified as a disability when considering an application for domiciliary care allowance. [34020/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2014
108. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a definition of immediate family when referred to in relation to Social Protection payments. [33837/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2014
285. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if a further update will be provided regarding the waiting time for a public patient (details supplied) in County Kerry to receive an appointment for an eye operation in the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31894/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2014
174. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the list of works considered eligible for the housing grant for persons with a disability should be amended to include repairs to roofs in view of the storm damage earlier this year and that many persons with disabilities require the home to be maintained to a higher temperature. [31896/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2014
173. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 26 March 2014 if the medical circumstances of an applicant who is under the age of 66 may be taken into consideration by the local authority when assessing a request to have the priority assigned to the needed works changed to a different category. [31895/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2014
164. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided for house improvements in relation to roof repairs in respect of a patient who is recovering from an illness or surgery in order to ensure that the patient recovers in a suitable heated and insulated home. [31795/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2014
666. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if financial assistance with living costs will be provided to Irish citizens when receiving a treatment abroad if the same treatment is not available here. [31202/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2014
597. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether the timeframe applied to asylum applications is appropriate; and if the living standards in the accommodation provided is meeting best practice standards for families with young children. [31553/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
204. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his plans to include a diabetic treatment medical device called the I-Port Advance to the updated GMS scheme or the long-term illness scheme. [28856/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
203. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional consultant endocrinologists to Cork University Hospital. [28855/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
202. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a paediatric diabetes nurse specialist to Kerry General Hospital. [28854/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
201. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a paediatric endocrinologist to Kerry General Hospital. [28853/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
200. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health his plans to relocate diabetic services to a more suitable environment in Kerry General Hospital. [28852/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
167. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in the Irish asylum process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28894/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
138. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of the climate action and low carbon development Bill; and the anticipated date of publication. [28796/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2014
123. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost per household of water charges envisaged when the memorandum of understanding with the troika was signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28692/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2014
122. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of water to the State on the date the memorandum of understanding was signed with the troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28691/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
610. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost per mile of construction of additional roadway on existing two lane local roads to facilitate, where possible, the addition of cycleways and if such a project has been completed on Irish roads. [28098/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
340. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the discretion to reduce the amount of the non principal private residence charge including fines outstanding by a house owner. [28416/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
294. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the monthly percentage in variation, not amount from the monthly mean of rental accommodation scheme reviews issued in the preceding twelve months in which the relevant data is available. [27828/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
255. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a list of all social welfare payments; if the payment can be reviewed; and how often reviews can be carried out for each relevant payment. [28423/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
199. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the development of the code of practice under the provisions of the Construction Contracts Act; and when the code of practice will be completed. [27972/14]