601. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the amendment to the Constitution in relation to children's rights will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25386/13]
348. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of deserted wive's benefit are eligible for jobseeker's benefit; and if she will outline the supports that may be available for persons who are deemed ineligible. [25068/13]
279. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider appointing a person from the planning section of his Department to arbitrate between the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Louth, the school patron, other schools principals and boards of management of other primary schools in the northern Drogheda region, County Louth, to resolve issues relating to pupil intake for September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25690/13]
264. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department have been in contact with the principal or board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Louth in relation to their planned intake for September 2013; if his Department have raised concerns on this issue; the steps being put in place to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25573/13]
113. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on comments by the chief executive officer of County Louth Vocational Education Committee (details supplied) who said the VEC will be forced to cut a number of its post-leaving certificate courses in the new academic year as a result of the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio and that it will result in the loss of seven full-time teaching posts across the county's two education institutes. [25393/13]
100. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any instances in which his Department is paying rental for prefabricated classrooms in schools for the purpose of use as autism units but where an autism unit has not been opened; if he will list the proposed autism units which are not yet opened but where the buildings/prefabs are in place; the cost of these unused accommodations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/13]
13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation of the Irish pillar banks at the European Council summit on 22 May. [25201/13]
33. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has concluded his review of the case for Ireland’s membership of the multilateral global Open Government Partnership. [24635/13]
24. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he has given to the Scottish model of equality budgeting. [24634/13]
42. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of young persons employed in March 2011; the number currently in employment; and the success of initiatives to create and retain jobs for young people. [24443/13]
669. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 April 2013, if he will acknowledge that a person (details supplied) has sought referral to the tertiary services in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, that Cappagh Hospital confirmed that the most appropriate place for treatment was abroad; that their consultant did identify a treatment abroad, as opposed to a request for a second operation; if he will advise on the way the persons can obtain the necessary treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24250/13]
656. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the medication Pradaxa is available for medical card holders; in the case of a patient who has been prescribed Pradaxa by a consultant cardiologist, the procedure used to ensure that this is issued under the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24084/13]
646. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no intermediate ambulance care services available in County Clare; if he will consider making these services available; when the review of these services within the mid western region including County Clare will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24013/13]
636. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the reason there was no availability of a patient transfer ambulance on 7 May 2013 for a person (details supplied) in County Clare, to take the person to surgical clinic appointment in the Mid Western hospital [23881/13]
608. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health in view of the acknowledgement by the Health Service Executive, as per correspondence dated 10 April 2013, that the most appropriate place for treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth is abroad, if he will advise on the way they should proceed to obtain the necessary treatment, in view of the fact that the HSE has not replied to my previous question [23685/13]
469. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 14 may 2013, if all residents in an electoral division (details supplied) now have access to 30MBps broadband at a minimum; the percentage of residents that have access to such broadband services; the steps that have been taken by the national broadband scheme and the rural broadband scheme in relation to broadband availability in that electoral division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24211/13]
468. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 14 May 2013, if statistics exist in relation to the percentage of residents in County Louth who currently have access to 30 MBps, 50MBps and 100MBps broadband respectively; and if he will provide those figures. [24210/13]
413. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures set out by her Department, and the criteria which must be met by persons who wish to apply for mortgage interest supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23797/13]
345. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department and the State Examinations Commission have failed to honour the contracts of 17 teachers in ISM International School in Tripoli, Libya, while his Department continues to provide this school with the Irish leaving certificate examinations; the reason these teachers have been left unpaid for teaching duties performed; if he will work to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24066/13]
285. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 9 of May 2013, if he will explicitly confirm whether the entities referred to in the answer concern the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation wealth management entities; if he will confirm the total euro nominal amount of loans IBRC has provided to borrowers for assets that are in the IBRC wealth management unit; if he is concerned that a sale of assets which are not wholly or majority owned on the equity side by IBRC's wealth management business could reduce the value of the loans provided against the asset sold if the asset is sold below the principal value of the loan outstanding on that asset; if he will confirm whether the special Liquidator has the power to discharge personal guarantees for loans for assets that are in IBRC’s wealth management business but are not wholly or majority owned by IBRC and where that equity interest in the asset is sold rather than the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/13]
284. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 48 and 49 on 9 of May 2013, if he will detail the type of asset class the other assets with a value of €370 million that are retained by the Central Bank of Ireland as consideration for the smaller amount of outstanding IBRC borrowing under the euro system’s main refinancing operation; if he will confirm whether NAMA through its ownership of the IBRC facility deed also has a charge over these €370 million of assets; if he will detail whether the Central Bank of Ireland intends to sell these assets; if he will confirm whether these assets, if intended for sale, shall be sold in an open market process with the appointment of an independent valuer and broker as per the IBRC assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24321/13]
283. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2013, if he will detail if he has discussed with the Central Bank of Ireland Governor of the scope for the Governor to conduct further discussions with various members of the euro system to borrow unused financial asset holding capacity for the Central Bank of Ireland to increase its holdings in Irish Government bonds through acquiring these bonds on the secondary market and thus returning the interest to the State paid on these bonds through the Central Bank of Ireland's profits; if he will consider discussing with the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland to acquire those Government bonds on the secondary markets from Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank and Permanent TSB thus reducing the balance sheet of those banks, freeing up capital costs for those banks who have to hold regulatory capital if retaining Irish Government bonds, reducing the amount of ECB funding that is extended on foot of the Irish Government bonds collateral to those banks and return the interest payable from the Irish Government on these bonds directly to the Central Bank of Ireland and thus ultimately back to the Exchequer from the Central Bank of Ireland profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24320/13]
282. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2013, if he will provide the reason and not the methodology for the reason the Central Bank of Ireland acquired the 5.4% Irish 2025 bond from Bank of Ireland; if he will confirm if the reason the Central Bank of Ireland purchased the bond was to avoid Exchequer obligations for him in honouring the Ministerial guarantee that was placed over the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bank of Ireland repo transaction with Bank of Ireland; if he will explicitly detail the way this transaction was financed by the Central Bank or Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24319/13]
180. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with European leaders in relation to the situation in Cyprus. [15995/13]
77. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in the possible recapitalisation of banks here through the ESM. [23943/13]
16. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Breezy Point during his visit to the United States for St. Patrick's Day. [14824/13]
15. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of outstanding issues from the Good Friday Agreement with President Obama during their meeting on 19 March 2013. [14823/13]
14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the undocumented Irish with President Obama during their meeting on 19 March 2013. [14822/13]
13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with President Obama during their meeting on 19 March 2013. [14821/13]
12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the need for an inquiry into the killing of Belfast human rights solicitor Mr. Pat Finucane with President Obama during their meeting on 19 March 2013. [14820/13]
11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with US President Obama during their meeting in the White House, Washington, on 19 March 2013. [14819/13]
10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on bilateral meetings he held while in the United States for St. Patrick's Day. [14818/13]
9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with US President Barack Obama in the White House, Washington, on 19 March 2013. [14817/13]
58. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of the his recent visit to Turkey, he believes that the PKK’s historic ceasefire will have a positive impact on the political and security environment of that country, and create conditions for meaningful dialogue between the two sides. [23238/13]
49. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the UN Security Council to adopt Resolution 2099, which extends the peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara MINURSO for one more year and if he believes there should be a human rights monitoring and a reporting element for MINURSO.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/13]
278. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 13 March 2013, when the sports capital fund stream of funding will be open for applicants in 2013; and whether a club (details supplied) will be entitled to apply [23128/13]
95. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the report by the National Youth Council of Ireland which indicates that 300,000 persons have emigrated in the past four years, if he will outline his strategy for dealing with the Irish diaspora. [23149/13]
90. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that employment in the accommodation and food services sector showed an increase in 2012 and that 123,100 people now work in the industry, if he accepts that decent pay and working conditions are vital if the sector is to develop, and that to date this has not been the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22855/13]
57. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the strategic investments his Department plans to make under the Tourism Capital Investment Programme; if he will outline the way the €19 million will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22854/13]
689. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider an application for primary medical certificate in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will outline the reason for refusal of same; if there is recourse for these persons to appeal the decision in view of the medical conditions and associated mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22843/13]
688. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the criteria for the purposes of application for primary medical certificates, and the process under which persons may appeal a decision made to refuse same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22842/13]
664. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the benefits of the drug Pirfenidone; the reason the NCPE has announced that pirfenidone will not be made available for patients with IPF based on economic grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22727/13]
474. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any arrangements in place to provide for the expunging of minor convictions for persons who wish to take up offers of employment overseas. [22493/13]
407. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of residents in County Louth that currently have access to broadband; the steps that are being taken to rectify this problem and provide for broadband availability across the entire county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22859/13]
287. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any issues arising where an English company will not accept a FÁS safe pass card; if the FÁS safe pass card is recognised in Britain; if there is an agreement in place with Britain or other EU member states to allow for mutual recognition of FÁS safe pass cards in respect of health and safety awareness training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22836/13]
171. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if there are any proposals to review the current qualifying criteria in respect of primary medical certificates; if his Department will consider revising the criteria to allow primary medical certificates to be issued on a shorter term basis, open to reviewing ongoing long-term medical conditions and associated levels of mobility; if there is a need to seek to include those affected primarily in childhood by medical conditions which currently cannot be diagnosed definitively as affecting mobility for the duration of a person's lifetime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22844/13]