355. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider designating Longford town as a strategic development zone for the midlands under the management of Longford County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14946/14]
352. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the promised funding for the construction of the Legan group sewerage scheme in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14927/14]
350. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a funding grant in 2014 for the construction of the extension to the Ballinalee group sewerage scheme in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/14]
268. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding provided for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14829/14]
249. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will target assistance towards the small and medium enterprises sector in Longford-Westmeath for job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/14]
248. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he raised the issue of Longford-Westmeath's high unemployment rate with IDA Ireland and, if so, the measures it plans to improve the employment situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/14]
247. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following his visit to Longford town late last year if he will provide an update on his efforts to create new jobs in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15213/14]
151. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements purchased through an auctioneer in April 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if he will examine and clarify same in respect of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/14]
585. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on proposed additional funding to purchase the motte in Granard and bring it into public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13101/14]
385. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application to have a reader for the leaving certificate was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford even though the person had been granted a reader for the junior certificate. [13903/14]
394. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11926/14]
351. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing single farm payments and disadvantaged area aid payments for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10778/14]
174. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was only granted for a four and a half week period after the death of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10530/14]
197. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has had to wait over a year in relation to an outpatient's appointment, such a delay is unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8405/14]
122. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has been diagnosed with a long-term illness which causes them to undergo bone marrow transplants and will never work again, has been denied entitlement to an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8493/14]
355. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for the back to school grant was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7876/14]
615. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their full medical card taken from them after five years and a general practitioner card issued instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/14]
198. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be re-investigated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6391/14]
522. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford who after 40 years of living in Ireland has not received citizenship or a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5243/14]
52. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mature student grant assistance in respect of a third level student (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/14]
57. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be reconsidered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4527/14]
164. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Barr report following the Abbeylara siege, including improved firearms training for gardai, new non-lethal weapons and improvements to the command structure of the emergency response unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3014/14]
116. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application submitted through the Longford office on 16 December 2013 for assistance regarding an internship on JobBridge in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3021/14]
73. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to fully assist a student (details supplied) with a travel pass to attend a school in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3107/14]
67. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extreme anger and disillusionment with his Department's decision to withhold the recently announced book rental grant moneys from those schools (details supplied) which have taken the initiative and set up a partial book rental scheme of their own in County Longford and have a rental scheme for older classes for one subject only, English; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3064/14]
66. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and reverse the decision not to assist a school under refurbishment (details supplied) in County Longford with sanction and funding for an additional two classrooms under the major capital works scheme rather than advising the board of management to go down the devolved grant route; if he will send an inspector from the building unit to assess the classroom situation at the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3039/14]
64. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and revise the decision not to assist a student (details supplied) in County Longford to attend a school in County Longford with a school travel pass which is the nearest secondary school to their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3010/14]
574. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the frustration that the spy in the sky is causing to progressive farmers who improved their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2902/14]
529. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the sale of metal from burglaries in view of the increase in value of those commodities that is, the price of copper has gone up from €3,000 per tonne to €6,000 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2942/14]
528. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of grow houses for the cultivation of drugs identified or detected in the Longford-Westmeath district in the years 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2931/14]
503. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of property stolen and recovered for the years 2010 to 2013 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2447/14]
492. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the registration arrangements currently provided for in the Building Control Act 1997 in respect of the grandfather clause, relating to practically trained persons providing architectural services here; if he will give Architects Alliance of Ireland the opportunity to address these issues; the way this will be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2937/14]
417. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to merge two State companies, Bord na Móna and Coillte, into one powerful, strategically-placed energy company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2929/14]
388. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the intervention he has made to save the school attended by Michael Collins at The Pike, Lisavaird, County Cork, which so moulded his early years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2448/14]
918. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a driving test exemption for farmers who hold a full car or jeep and trailer licence for more than ten years. [55529/13]
784. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by his Department to create public awareness of osteoporosis which is a preventable and treatable disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/13]
779. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for hip replacement operations; the numbers of persons on the waiting list from Longford-Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55494/13]
759. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have retired from the Health Service Executive on pensions and lump sums and are now back in temporary employment in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55351/13]
718. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of state funding allocated to the Attic youth café since it was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55495/13]
650. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are struggling to get information from his Department on the reason their REP scheme and single farm payments for 2013 have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55528/13]
649. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the savings made by his Department since the closing of the DVO office in Longford, the agricultural environment structures office in Athlone and the DVO in Mullingar in July 2009 by the then Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55526/13]
647. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual costs of renting the DVO building in Tullamore; if it makes sense that the building in Mullingar is owned by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/13]
206. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of payments by his Department for the rental of prefabricated buildings for national and secondary schools in County Westmeath over the five year period from 2007 to the end of 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount paid for each school and the company the prefabricated buildings are rented from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55508/13]
205. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of payments by his Department for the rental of prefabricated buildings for national and secondary schools in County Longford over the five-year period from 2007 to the end of 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount paid for each school and the company the prefabricated buildings are rented from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55507/13]
204. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a funding application under the summer works scheme in respect of general necessary repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55505/13]
232. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has only been awarded a medical card under EU regulations while their two children were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54541/13]
220. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason Longford patients are now deemed to be outside the catchment area for the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; the new procedures that have been put in place to facilitate those patients from County Longford in need of appointments/operations and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54510/13]
450. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for disadvantaged areas payments in County Westmeath last year that had penalties imposed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53113/13]
449. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for disadvantaged areas payments in County Longford last year that had penalties imposed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53112/13]
421. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not receiving their orthodontic treatment. [51556/13]