154. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of appointing a Teagasc dairy adviser for County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12805/15]
286. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Meath has made an appeal through the Medical Board under the disabled drivers and the disabled passengers scheme 1994; if the appeal was unsuccessful, the other options available to this person especially if their condition has not deteriorated after six months of the appeal. [12019/15]
25. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the revised wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/15]
125. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will develop a nationwide scheme for equal access for children with special needs to the early childhood care and education scheme, which provides a free year of childhood care and education for children of preschool age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7737/15]
218. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the criteria for those seeking an exemption from the property tax due to pyrite in their homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/15]
560. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised guidelines for wind energy will be published; and if they will apply to projects that have prior applications submitted. [3893/15]
555. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health his views on extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include under 25 year olds; if the scheme will be extended on the basis that should a person under 25 years decide they require a smear test, based on family history, if they will then be included; the amount it would it cost to include under 25 year olds in this programme; if he will provide the figures for the number of women under 25 years of age who die from cervical cancer each year. [49601/14]
453. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage target figure for renewable energy for the State for 2020. [46754/14]
548. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position in the event of a landlord having to deduct water charges from a tenant’s deposit if a tenant refuses to or cannot pay the water charge along with deducting money due to damage of the property, and if both deductions exceed the total deposit initially provided the way the landlord will recoup all that is owed. [46234/14]
224. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that existing wind farm project applications that have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála where no decision has been made will have to adhere to the new wind energy guidelines when they are published; and the date when the revised guidelines will be published. [43595/14]
39. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the revised wind energy guidelines to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34300/14]
519. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects funding towards housing needs and repairs will be released to Meath County Council as there are a large number of properties across the county lying vacant and funding is required to ensure they are fully habitable for new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29441/14]
338. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any planning application lodged under the current wind energy guidelines will be subject to new guidelines should they be published before the application has been approved or denied (details supplied). [28398/14]
38. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of schools that are already operating a book rental scheme (details supplied), if such schools will be given some financial support to maintain their schemes; if he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23284/14]
971. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department received proposals from Meath County Council over the past ten years to construct a bridge over the River Blackwater in Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/14]
343. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the pension charges working group, set up to initiate actions that followed up on the report on pension charges will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19011/14]
273. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be included in the book rental scheme grant, in view of the fact that the parents and the school provided funding for a book rental scheme which has impacted greatly on the schools financial resources; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7932/14]
12. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the traffic statistics for Slane, County Meath, during the recent toll holiday; the increase or decrease in the number of HGVs travelling through the village during the toll holiday period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54139/13]
124. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that it saves his Department thousands of euro every year through the services it provides and by keeping people out of jail or juvenile facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53259/13]
123. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by his Department to progress the recognition of Irish Sign Language as an official language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53258/13]
105. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the evacuation of apartments in Navan due to fire safety issues, and in view of the fact that there have been other similar incidents in recent months, the measures being taken to ensure that other apartment blocks are inspected with regard to fire safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51992/13]
88. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Irish Planning Institute's claim that the renewable export framework is premature without an overall national energy plan and the completion of a national landscape strategy, which is required in response to Ireland’s ratification of the European landscape convention in 2002. [51991/13]
649. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grants will become available; and when may interested groups begin submitting their interest in same. [41077/13]
122. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a toll holiday for HGVs; the motorways and toll roads he will include in a trial; and if he will consider using the M1 and M3 motorways as part of the toll holiday trial. [40874/13]
555. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reverting to applicants for fair deal assistance (details supplied). [30151/13]
47. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of CIS applications and a breakdown on a county basis; when a decision will be made on the allocation of funds and the amount of funding that will be allocated. [22959/13]
38. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the newly created community involvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/13]
178. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Finance in view of the publication of the Mercer report and his recommendations to the covered institutions that they reduce their cost base by between 6% and 10%, if his attention has been drawn to fact that a covered institution (details supplied) will ask for a significant contribution from its pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22238/13]
77. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if a family (details supplied) in County Meath may be exempt from the local property tax on the grounds that the family home had extensive adaptions carried out in 1996 to accommodate a severely disabled dependent at which time the extension was more than 25% of the value of the house. [21803/13]
164. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance to all those affected by Down syndrome that the awaited National Council for Special Education report on whether Down syndrome should be reclassified as a low-incidence disability in all incidents regardless of assessed cognitive ability will be examined and acted upon by his office promptly on receipt of the report. [21143/13]