142. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank of Ireland to Ernst and Young for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/15]
528. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with class teaching resources for schools where the class pupil numbers range from 30 to 34 and 35 to 39; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25957/15]
272. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a Topical Issue debate of 3 December 2014 on a project (details supplied) in County Clare, if the tendering process is completed; if the tender has been awarded; the reason for the delay in commencing work; when is it envisaged that work will commence; the contract duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25802/15]
112. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the function the herd register continues to perform for an Irish farmer, and for his Department, in view of the operation of the animal identification and movement system and the cattle movement monitoring system; the reason it is considered as a breach, and with respect to its operation and maintenance, can lead to possible penalties, following on from farm inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/15]
71. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the revised application forms issued by her Department and replace them with the previous issue of forms, where payment at the post office was the first option given and no recommendation was made on the application form as to the best payment option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25541/15]
232. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance his views and those of his Department in respect to the plans by Allied Irish Banks to transfer application and development management to a third-party service provider in the context of consumer service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/15]
39. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on the historic towns initiative, and the way funding support was allocated under this scheme; the cost of this initiative; the total number of projects supported; if she will consider extending this initiative to other towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23553/15]
31. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various initiatives funded by her Department that support the restoration of built heritage projects; her views on the success of the built heritage jobs leverage scheme; if she will extend that scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23939/15]
353. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with respect to the allocation of entitlements under the old young farmers criteria, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23134/15]
349. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; when the applicant may expect to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23081/15]
296. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of signage in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/15]
295. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in relation to the completion of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/15]
294. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23306/15]
293. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 10 February 2015, if he will provide a further update in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/15]
1165. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress on the development of a greenway along the route of the old west Clare Railway between Ennis and Ennistymon in County Clare; if agreement has been reached with landowners on the four individual planned sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/15]
1083. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the commercial rates system to ease the significant burden on small to medium sized business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22289/15]
1002. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22287/15]
853. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 24 of March 2015, when a new motorised transportation grant or similar scheme will be reintroduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22251/15]
485. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine notwithstanding a general election between now and early 2016, his plans for a young farmers scheme in the allocation of entitlements from the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22257/15]
341. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend a property tax incentive to larger towns, similar to that offered by the Living City Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22250/15]
256. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the additional child care facilities and subvention that have been put in place for single parents since the phased changes to the qualification for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22286/15]
255. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the phased nature of changes to the lone parent's allowance since 2012, whether the full impact of the changes has been considered with respect to the current position of more common zero-hours employment contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22284/15]
88. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements on a herd number (details supplied); if a payment may be expected under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21094/15]
87. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the avenues of determination for proof of postage when there is disagreement between his Department and an applicant under the 2014 area-based schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21088/15]
177. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the payment of a grant under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme, given that the grant was sanctioned in January 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20965/15]
962. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the deaf advocacy service, as operated by the Irish Deaf Society; his views on providing a new tranche of funding for this essential service when the current allocation expires at the end of May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20431/15]
950. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to make this year's funding allocation to Clare County Council in respect of the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability, housing aid for older people, mobility aids housing grant scheme and the housing adaptation grant for new houses; if he will provide an increased level of funding towards these vital schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/15]
564. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the school completion programme; if he will rule out any further budgetary reductions in delivery of the programme for the forthcoming academic year; if he will make himself available to meet with the umbrella group that represents those who deliver the programme in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/15]
506. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a new urban and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/15]
136. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 12 March 2015, when it is envisaged that a patient (details supplied) in County Clare will undergo a procedure, in view of the fact that the person has been classified as an urgent clinical priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17957/15]
591. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the studies (details supplied) with respect to hydration while driving; his plans to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17276/15]
525. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the regressive nature of the motor taxation system, as it applies to both pre and post-2008 registered cars, and the use of the option to pay either three-monthly, six-monthly or annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17275/15]
299. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a voluntary redundancy scheme, offered to administration staff working in the Health Service Executive, similar to that offered in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17288/15]
117. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16868/15]
423. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the introduction of a new scheme to help those who are in difficulty meeting their final lump sum payments under the shared ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16469/15]
422. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in relation to the transfer of responsibility for the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks to the Department of Justice and Equality; when this process is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16463/15]
116. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the qualification criteria to benefit from the home renovation scheme for those sons and daughters or family members that may wish to provide enhanced living accommodation for elderly parents who cannot avail of the tax credit, in view of the fact that departmental grants for housing aid for older people, as administered by local authorities, are now so limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/15]
355. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding land eligibility issues in the creation of entitlements for marginal land, especially for those farmers who may have increased production on the same land since the original reference years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/15]
849. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative position regarding the licensing of motorcycles or motortrikes for the carrying of paying passengers; his plans to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13909/15]
480. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14054/15]
307. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the skillset and qualifications available to the inspectorate of his Department for those charged with the carrying out of ground inspection visits of commonage type land, in determining its eligibility for payment under the schemes administered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14801/15]
291. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria whereby a farmer can participate in his Department's basic payment scheme in 2015, for the first time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14568/15]
97. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position, as per his Department's definition, whereby a young farmer can create entitlements on naked hectares farmland which has had purchase finalised in 2015, when that farmer is only now farming in their own right for the first time and has an off-farm income in excess of €40,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13656/15]
175. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when local authorities will be informed of their 2015 funding allocation for the development of group sewage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/15]
174. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's long-term strategy in relation to the provision of group sewage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13459/15]
343. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum, minimum and average times to bring to a conclusion an appeal in respect of ground eligibility for the years 2011 to 2014, for discrepancies between 3% and 20%, submitted by a farmer to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13224/15]
342. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum, minimum and average times to bring an appeal submitted by a farmer to a conclusion, in respect of a ground eligibility appeal submitted to his Department for the years 2011 to 2014, for discrepancies in excess of 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/15]
905. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in dealing conclusively and sustainably with the scheme to support national organisations' funding of neurological charities, in view of the fact that last year's arrangement was interim and was not to extend beyond June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11862/15]
824. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of population growth, if she is satisfied that post-primary schools in the immediate Ennis area, County Clare, can between them cater for all pupils seeking school places in Ennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12058/15]
552. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reintroduction of a motorised transportation grant or similar type scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/15]