231. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have established the possible motives behind petrol stretching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/15]
230. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases of reported petrol stretching the Revenue Commissioners have detected, or received, since January 2014; the number of these cases that are in counties Longford and Westmeath; if anyone has been prosecuted in relation to petrol stretching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7839/15]
203. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection outside of school transport schemes for children with special education needs and the free travel companion pass for visually impaired children, the free travel schemes that are available for intellectually or disabled children under 16 years of age; her views that this cohort is adequately catered for, in terms of free travel entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8012/15]
202. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the current situation where parents of certain children with disabilities may qualify for free travel if they are in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance and qualify for carer’s allowance, but the child for whom the allowance is granted is not eligible for free travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8011/15]
201. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the free travel companion pass for visually impaired children is not widened to include children with other physical or intellectual disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8010/15]
185. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the opportunities available for persons who have completed their three year participation in a community employment scheme, especially those who are 60 years of age or over; if she is satisfied that there are plenty of opportunities for persons, especially those 60 years of age or over, when they finish these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7842/15]
142. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number and types of consultant posts which have been approved for Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if there are consultant posts planned for the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/15]
69. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Enterprise Ireland €100 million funding programme, as part for Action Plan for Jobs regional, will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/15]
68. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the person with overall responsibility for managing the regional Action Plan for Jobs when it commences shortly in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/15]
513. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a waiver scheme was recognised by the State with no loss accruing to the local authority, such as with the free travel pass, free electricity and so on; if waivers will be offered to relevant customers of a private collector. [7119/15]
512. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the power to ensure private waste collectors contracted to local authorities have waivers in place for low-income households and pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7118/15]
511. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private waste collectors contracted to local authorities operating waiver schemes for low-income households and pensioners; if he will provide details of those local authorities; the way customers, who were eligible for waivers when local authorities operated waste collection services, can now afford to pay private waste collectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7117/15]
284. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7116/15]
85. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to support those farmers under 40 years of age who have been farming full-time for five years but are unable to get access to the national reserve and are also excluded from getting the 25% basic payment scheme top-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6320/15]
68. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific plans that are being, or have been, put in place by the Industrial Development Authority to market a new factory (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which is now complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/15]
642. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme for 2015 will be announced; when the programme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/15]
438. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health when the emergency aeromedical service will be made permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/15]
431. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive’s 2015 capital plan will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5703/15]
325. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence the specific roles and positions the 12 new recruits at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath have been assigned to since their posting; if and when more recruits will be posted to the barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6049/15]
324. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence if a satisfactory resolution has been reached in relation to addressing the 21-year limit for certain members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6048/15]
222. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance when the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland will be fully operational; the total amount of funds available from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the retail banks it will have a relationship with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5789/15]
608. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of areas in counties Longford and Westmeath that will require State intervention under the national broadband plan; if work has commenced in providing fibre broadband to these areas; the work that has been undertaken to date in these areas; when fibre broadband is scheduled to be operational in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5021/15]
83. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of dairy farmers out of the total number of dairy farmers around the country who are over quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/15]
82. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures to be put in place in the event of Ireland facing a substantial superlevy fine, in the order of €100 million; if Ireland stays at 6% over quota when the milk quota concludes on 31 March 2014. [4246/15]
132. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4061/15]
104. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant geriatricians working here in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/15]
103. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant geriatricians currently working here; the hospitals they are attached to and the cohort attached to each hospital; his plans to hire additional consultant geriatricians in 2015; if they will work in a community setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4062/15]
379. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health his views on delays in processing applications for nursing positions of whatever scale and grade and that this is an urgent matter in view of the current nurse shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3640/15]
378. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average time the Health Service Executive national recruitment service processes applications for nursing positions of whatever scale and grade; the action being taken to address processing times in the event of any delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3639/15]
377. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average time the Health Service Executive national recruitment service processed applications for nursing positions of whatever scale and grade in the years from 2010-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3638/15]
241. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county of the new jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [3642/15]
240. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county of the 19,705 new jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in 2014. [3641/15]
22. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health his views that a sufficient number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse working in communities could help relieve pressures on bed occupancy in hospitals, particularly at times of over-capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2333/15]
16. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse currently operating here; his plans to expand such services nationwide to help relieve pressures on bed occupancy in hospitals, particularly at times of over-capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2332/15]
280. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will establish with the Industrial Development Agency the number of companies located at the business and technology park in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the efforts the IDA has made in the past 12 months to attract investors to the park, including current active leads; the plans the IDA has to attract investors to the park in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2808/15]
279. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has set specific job creation targets in counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, as part of the midlands regional enterprise strategy; if so, if he will outline those targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/15]
278. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job creation project submissions in counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, made to date as part of the midlands regional enterprise strategy; the number of these that are or will be actively supported and how; the category of projects submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2806/15]
713. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the amount it would cost on an annual basis to employ full-time consultants filling the same roles at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1767/15]
712. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount it currently costs the Health Service Executive on an annual basis to employ locum consultants at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1766/15]
711. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the type of locum consultants who are currently attached to Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1765/15]
710. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of locum consultants currently attached to Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1764/15]
367. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence if new personnel have been stationed at Custume Barracks as part of the Defence Forces recent recruitment drive; the number of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1308/15]
366. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence the number of submissions that were received as part of the public consultation process on the White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1307/15]
365. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence the timeframe the defence policy framework will cover arising from the new White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/15]
364. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence when the new White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/15]
256. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the third-party adjudication into the review of the 21-year limit on contracts for certain members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/14]
39. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the respective levels of rent supplement issued in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48933/14]
38. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to review the current level of rent supplement for families in view of the increasing levels of rent being charged by landlords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48932/14]
178. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the progress to date regarding the planned three-month review of St. Hilda’s services in Athlone, County Westmeath, and St. Christopher’s Services in County Longford; the specific objectives of the review as set out in the review; if one of those specific objectives is to ensure that no services will be cut at St. Hilda’s services or St. Christopher’s services; the date the review commenced; the date it will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48717/14]
133. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of petrol stretching received by the Garda districts in counties Westmeath and Longford respectively in each of the months since May 2014; the position regarding these complaints; the number that have been investigated resulting in a person being charged or a file being forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48724/14]