603. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to help nurseries that have been affected by ash dieback; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many of these nurseries find themselves in huge financial difficulty and in some instances jobs have been lost as a result of ash die back; his plans to provide any compensation to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29794/14]
215. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth who regularly imports goods through Dublin Port, was selected for a random stripping examination by Revenue and Customs on 14 June 2014, was charged €650 plus VAT for the examination of their container by a shipping group on the instruction and under the supervision of the Revenue and Customs; the procedures in place by the Revenue and Customs for conducting stripping examinations; the reasons Revenue and Customs and their agents have started to charge to conduct these examinations; the method used to determine or calculate fees and/or charges prior to stripping examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/14]
135. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised at the EU summit the worsening humanitarian crises in South Sudan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. [28983/14]
134. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised at the EU summit the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, which has seen efforts to revive the stalled initiative to encourage dialogue and agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. [28982/14]
133. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the imprisonment of al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt was raised at the EU summit in Brussels. [28972/14]
104. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions on the election of a new EU Commission President with other Heads of State at the Brussels conference. [28985/14]
103. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, the election of a new EU Commission President. [28984/14]
102. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister the role of the Irish and British Governments in contributing to a resolution of matters raised during the Haass talks. [28981/14]
101. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he took the opportunity to discuss with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, the Ballymurphy, Pat Finucane and other legacy issues. [28980/14]
100. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, the current negotiations to resolve outstanding issues arising out of the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent issues. [28979/14]
99. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in events to mark the start of the First World War 100 years ago. [28978/14]
98. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions at the EU summit in Brussels on 26 and 27 June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/14]
97. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the case of the hooded men with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, during the Brussels EU summit. [28975/14]
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with former US President Bill Clinton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12757/14]
581. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the outcome of his examination of the possibility of amending the prescription and control of supply regulations to facilitate the wider availability of adrenaline pens without a prescription in emergency situations. [28476/14]
580. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will look again at introducing a scheme to make epi-pens available in schools, workplaces and other public places, similar to the provision of defibrillators; and if he will introduce a scheme to train volunteers as first responders. [28475/14]
579. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing emergency legislation either by ministerial order or statutory instrument that will allow a potentially life-saving anaphylaxis pilot initiative, the first responder anaphylaxis autoinjector programme at UCC, to go ahead. [28474/14]
578. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a State-wide education programme to alert teachers, health care professionals, citizens and parents about the dangers of anaphylaxis. [28473/14]
577. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will review the definition of anaphylaxis and include it under the long-term illness scheme, as is the case with diabetes, haemophilia, epilepsy and other diseases and medical conditions. [28472/14]
559. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if this restriction on citizens from Northern Ireland being able to donate blood is based in law or in policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/14]
558. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if there is a restriction on citizens from Northern Ireland being able to donate blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/14]
7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Irish and Gaeltacht Cabinet committee that have taken place since Christmas. [12763/14]
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on economic infrastructure that have been held in the past three months. [8950/14]
194. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 15 April 2014, when a response will issue. [27608/14]
129. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 641, when a determination will be made in respect of the foreshore licence application from Louth County Council relating to the proposed maintenance dredging at Annagassan Harbour; if he will consider compensation for the fishermen concerned including the repayment of harbour dues that have been paid even though the fishermen have not had use of the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/14]
487. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries that have been reported in County Louth in the past three years; the average Garda response times for call outs in County Louth; the number of arrests and successful convictions in relation to these burglaries in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27270/14]
363. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to correct the public record regarding the whistleblower (details supplied). [26673/14]
362. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the results of the report he has commissioned will be published. [26672/14]
361. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the consultants appointed have contacted a person (details supplied). [26671/14]
360. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the independent assessment he has commissioned will consider and investigate instances of alleged conflict of interest on the part of local authority officials or others. [26670/14]
359. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the 12 actions identified in the original report furnished to him have been carried out. [26669/14]
358. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contents of the sectoral policy division briefing he received with respect to the dossier of allegations of planning irregularities; the results of the internal review conducted by Department officials at that time; and the independent review process he initiated as a result. [26668/14]
357. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not use the successful bidders for the independent review contract that were to have been appointed, as identified in January 2011. [26666/14]
356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 30 April 2014, the basis of the appointment of MacCabe Durney Barnes consultants; and if there was an invitation to public tender for this contract. [26665/14]
355. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a commission of investigation or public inquiry regarding planning corruption allegations received by his Department. [26659/14]
354. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the findings and recommendations of the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/14]
189. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries in DEIS schools are recognised by his Department and paid directly by it, whereas school secretaries in other schools are not; his plans to change this to ensure that all school secretaries are treated and paid equally; his plans to give the same equality and structure in the workplace to school secretaries as has been given to special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26652/14]
187. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the lease on the premises will be renewed at the end of July; if new admissions have been accepted for September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/14]
183. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills how the tendering system introduced by Bus Éireann for its school routes works; if there has been any consultation with smaller bus operators regarding this system; the measures in place to ensure all bus routes are divided equally among bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/14]
173. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if St Vincent's Hospital Dublin has suspended life-saving gastric bypass operations for dangerously obese public patients; the exact number of patients who are on the waiting list for this surgery; the number of patients on the outpatient list to see a specialist; the reasons this surgery has been suspended; the way he plans to deal with the patients waiting for surgery and outpatients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26191/14]
120. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the discovery of pyrite and the planned demolition of newly constructed homes at the North and East Housing Association Ltd. development in Moneymore, Drogheda, any on-site inspections were carried out over the course of construction by planning control inspectors and-or engineers; under building regulations, if any inspections or tests are carried out regarding quality of building supplies-suppliers; and if there will be a cost to the public purse. [26314/14]
119. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is aware of any other new developments about which there is concern at the possible presence of pyrite. [26313/14]
118. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department will take to ensure that the 25 new homes in the Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth area are completed and available to citizens on the council housing list. [26311/14]
117. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with the North and East Housing Association Ltd. in respect of the pyrite discovered in houses it is constructing at Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth. [26310/14]
116. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure the problem of pyrite that has emerged in this instance is not repeated in other housing developments. [26309/14]
115. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the pyrite problem that has emerged in the construction of 25 homes at Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth. [26308/14]