466. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position on a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35165/13]
439. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, on their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried out while they were on agency business overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36048/13]
388. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, on their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried out while they were on agency business overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36043/13]
371. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the monetary value per school invested by his Department in primary and post-primary schools in Galway West since March 2011, including new school builds, emergency funding and extensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/13]
305. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, on their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried out while they were on agency business overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36045/13]
297. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the analysis that has been done by his Department on the role played by the impact of high inflation, due to lack of control of interest rates, in creating the current economic crisis; the way his Department proposes to deal with a possible recurrence of such high inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/13]
296. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that conditions do not exist for the re-emergence of a property bubble in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35366/13]
295. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he expects to raise from the local property tax from July to December this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/13]
294. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by local authority, of the amount of revenue he expects to raise annually from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/13]
176. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure a robust business case is submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures that the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, on their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried out while they were on agency business overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36046/13]
134. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure there is a robust business case submitted before travel is sanctioned; if the agency ensures the objective of the travel cannot be achieved through other means; if, on their return, the staff have to submit a report on the work carried out while they were on agency business overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35446/13]
475. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he intends to introduce legislation for the regulation of sunbeds; the reason there has been a delay in introducing this legislation; if he will provide a time line for the introduction of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33603/13]
434. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, and the nationality of those persons, who, in 2011, 2012 and the first six months of 2013, after attempting to enter here, have been transferred or returned to the UK by the Irish authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33441/13]
433. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been detained following a refusal of leave to land here in 2011, 2012 and the first six months of 2013; their length of detention, place of detention, their nationality and if they were subsequently removed from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33440/13]
429. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when and why the decision was taken for Ireland not to participate in the recast asylum procedures directive, which was successfully negotiated under his chairmanship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/13]
252. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a closed public building located in a town (details supplied) in County Galway; if there is a plan for it to have a public amenity value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/13]
142. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the 9% VAT rate for the tourism industry into 2014 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/13]
485. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when Gate 4 project offers will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/13]
484. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if there is a timescale for persons to take up the offers in relation to the Gate 3 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32141/13]
483. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have availed of the offers in relation to the Gate 3 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32139/13]
136. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the fact that tax crimes be made a predicate offence of money laundering and that this be agreed as part of the revision of the third anti-money laundering directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31782/13]
81. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the fact that publicly accessible Government registries of beneficial owners of companies, trusts and foundations be agreed as a part of the revised anti-money laundering directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31781/13]
595. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will revisit the possibility of having new medical stoma appliances and accessories made available through the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30524/13]
331. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will specify the breakdown of the numbers of females and males who have acquired finance under the microfinance loan fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30287/13]
278. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any European educational fund which members of the European Union can avail of through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30530/13]
158. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has ever carried out surveys, polling or information gathering, on the perception of the Irish immigration and asylum system in countries or places outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29474/13]
103. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway was unsuccessful in its appeal for emergency funding; if there are any other possibilities for it to receive an extension or temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29584/13]
180. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters to the Equality Tribunal, per year, from 2007 to the most recent year readily available; if he will provide, in tabular form, the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of said services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/13]
179. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters to the Labour Court, per year, from 2007 to the most recent year readily available; if he will provide, in tabular form, the representative bodies or persons with the highest number of requests for the provision of said services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29005/13]
231. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the disabled parking places for the benefit of those reliant on them in circumstances where mothers with disabled children have difficulty in getting rollators and associated equipment open in such confined spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/13]
175. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to protect rare sheep breeds; if he will include them in Common Agricultural Policy negotiations and-or any other scheme administered by his Department in order to ensure rare breed survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/13]
107. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe within which schools in County Galway will be connected to high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28483/13]
106. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate a timeframe within which schools in County Galway will be connected to high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28463/13]
89. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reassess social welfare policy and associated legislation pertaining to women who gave up work by virtue of the marriage bar and now no longer qualify for full pension entitlement on reaching the age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28462/13]
214. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount the new mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will cost if the alternative scheme is put in place before the present mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme is rescinded; if it will be available to persons over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28204/13]
1106. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reintroduce the local road improvement scheme for the benefit of roads in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/13]
1038. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the funding provided for the recruitment of diabetes nurse specialists (details supplied) in County Galway; when he envisages the posts being filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/13]
757. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the reason a business (details supplied) in County Galway lost its public contract; if the company should have been entitled to prior notification of losing the contract; the reason it was not made aware of the public tender prior to the new company being granted the tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/13]
697. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken to open competition for contracts for direct provision per the recommendations of the Value for Money Report 2010; the reason the awarding of these contracts is not governed by European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations 2006 (SI 329/2006); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/13]
551. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to regulate funeral businesses and ancillary services relating to this primary activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/13]
475. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow persons who have been claiming social welfare payments for less than six months to obtain a position on the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28027/13]
372. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will use Ireland's Presidency of the EU to ensure that fuller country by country reporting for all European countries is followed through on; the form this fuller reporting will take; the way it will be monitored and regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/13]
371. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the proposal for fuller country by country reporting for all large European countries which will expand on the recent agreement on the EU accounting and transparency directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/13]
207. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be made available to adoption agencies such as ARC Adoption in Dublin to allow them move forward with their research and development into working with the various adoption agencies in the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26034/13]
198. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for disowned horses located on commonage area (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will statement on his intentions for the horses in the longer term. [26035/13]
197. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek funding for rare animal breeds under the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26031/13]
166. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of a support local business clause being inserted in a percentage of business transactions or dealings undertaken by local authorities and or the municipal authorities to be set up. [26033/13]
156. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to connect a town (details supplied) in County Galway to the natural gas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/13]
130. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the JobBridge scheme to the not-for-profit sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26032/13]
122. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconsider the nature of Government contracts relating to stipulations, particularly pertaining to pension schemes, which must be utilised in order to satisfy the requirements of that contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26030/13]