10. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the negotiations between the Labour Relations Commission and the public service unions that have taken place since the rejection of the Croke Park II proposals. [24670/13]
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's intended schedule for the sale of State-owned assets. [24938/13]
272. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide figures comparing the State subvention to Bus Éireann with State subventions to coach services in other OECD countries. [24678/13]
201. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on allegations contained in correspondence (details supplied) sent to all Deputies alleging wrongdoing in County Mayo. [24679/13]
114. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in eliminating the problem of work arising from his Department's school building project falling into the hands of the black economy as detailed in a letter to him from a person (details supplied) [24793/13]
104. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond positively to the calls of parents of children with Down syndrome to amend the Special Education Circular 02/05 to include Down syndrome as a low incidence disability and allocate maximum resource hours for children with Down syndrome. [24677/13]
103. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in eliminating the problem of work arising from his Department's school building project falling into the hands of the black economy as detailed in correspondence to him from a person (details supplied) [24675/13]
154. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures by local authority area for the registration of property tax; the number of registrations that have been multiple registrations by one home owner; the number of properties in total that have been registered that are owned by owners of multiple properties as opposed to single home owners; the number of registrations that have been by post as opposed to electronic; the number of property tax payments that are below the estimate quoted by the Revenue Commissioners to the householder. [23758/13]
143. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the local property tax; the total number of households broken down by local authority area targeted by the Local Government Management Authority for registration for the local property tax; if he will provide a breakdown of figures of those households that have registered for the property tax between those that are the registrations of single home owners and those that form part of multiple registrations by the same owner. [24215/13]
51. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his interaction with the Northern Ireland Executive. [22454/13]
214. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for his decision made on 27 February 2013 (details supplied) to consider twenty-two Irish resident children with siblings that are Irish citizens as not having an Irish association for the purposes of naturalisation. [23243/13]
441. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the household charge; the total number of households broken down by local authority area targeted by the Local Government Management Authority for registration for the household charge; if he will provide a breakdown of figures of those households that have registered for the household tax between those that are the registrations of single home owners and those that form part of multiple registrations by the same owner. [22663/13]
313. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in relation to the findings made in favour of employees or former employees against employers by the Employment Appeals Tribunal since 2010 resulting in the the award of sums to employees, the number of instances in which employers have not adhered to those findings resulting in referrals to the National Employment Rights Authority for enforcement of payment; and the rate of success for NERA in dealing with such referrals. [22693/13]
306. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to ensure that parliamentary staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas enjoy the same protections from employment law as well as due process to prevent summary dismissal from Deputies. [22224/13]
209. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health his views on the progress made on providing for the needs of those currently in receipt of the mobility allowance when the current scheme will expire. [21897/13]
303. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the recent installation of automated passport checks in Dublin Airport, if data on the entry of Irish citizens into the State is retained; if so, the length of time for which such data is retained; the persons that would have access to such data and the purposes of same. [21574/13]
181. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if students of all religions who wish to attend their local secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in the multi-ethnic community, will be required to wear a Catholic crest on their school jumper, as is proposed by the patrons and as appears on their website. [21444/13]
163. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly in the correspondence (details supplied) whereby persons who complete a foundation course under the springboard initiative in order to access third level can be made ineligible for free fees in respect of their third level course on the basis that the foundation course is itself a major award. [21141/13]
30. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection following the Indecon Report into the JobsBridge scheme which revealed that 240 of the 7,300 companies surveyed admitted to availing of the scheme to displace paid jobs, the reason that only 12 companies have since been banned from participating in the scheme. [18969/13]
17. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures for the number of persons who have had their unemployment assistance and unemployment benefit cut because her Department was not satisfied that sufficient effort was being made by the people concerned to find employment. [18968/13]
665. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the cost to the State of the rental of continuous positive airway pressure machines for persons with sleep apnoea from private firms rather than purchasing the machines for their use. [19110/13]
453. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to providing any necessary funds to complete an action plan on noise reduction in the Strawberry Beds area following the noise mapping currently being conducted by the Dublin local authorities along the route of the M50 [18764/13]
260. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the decision by his Department to stop the funding for an autistic child (details supplied) [18304/13]
122. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the response of the International Transport Federation (details supplied) to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board report into the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme and specifically the proposal made to his Department that persons working illegally in the fishing trade in hazardous conditions be allowed a period of reflection during which they may approach the authorities for protection without fear of deportation. [18361/13]
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government after two years in office. [12514/13]
75. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount of additional revenue that will be raised for the Exchequer if the corporation tax rate here was raised by the same proportion, that is by 25%, as the increase to the Cypriot corporate tax rate in the original Cypriot bailout plan of 16 March 2013. [18152/13]
67. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that funding is immediately made available for a building project (details supplied) in Dublin 15 involving the removal of prefabricated classrooms and the provision of ten classrooms and sports hall. [17588/13]
25. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that funding is immediately made available for a refurbishment and building project (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [17589/13]
771. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the household charge; the total number of households broken down by local authority area targeted by the Local Government Management Authority for registration for the household charge; if he will provide a breakdown of figures of those households that have registered for the household tax between those that are the registrations of single home owners and those that form part of multiple registrations by the same owner. [16331/13]
624. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove or alter the qualifying period for the back to education allowance to enable greater access to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16817/13]
493. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the decision to remove funding for the construction of classrooms and sports facilities at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [17445/13]
18. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent contacts between the Economic Management Council and the banks. [12516/13]
52. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with his Spanish counterpart the situation facing Basque prisoners in the Spanish State as has been raised by the Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee, specifically the policy of dispersal and the resultant hardships on prisoners and relatives and the retroactive extension of sentences contrary to a ruling in the European Court of Human Rights (details supplied). [15416/13]
47. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with his Spanish counterpart the situation facing Basque prisoners in the Spanish State as has been raised by the Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee, specifically the denial of parole, inhumane treatment of terminally ill prisoners, the cancellation of visits, excessive use of solitary confinement and the harassment of prisoners and relatives by the prison authorities (details supplied). [15417/13]
96. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the new United States Secretary of State, John Kerry. [12510/13]
95. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent political contacts with political leaders in Northern Ireland. [12519/13]
604. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discretion will be allowed with the suitability case for taxis specifically in the case of prohibiting tinted windows (details supplied). [14919/13]
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent contacts that he has had with the International Financial Services Centre Clearing House Group. [12511/13]
163. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will, for the purposes of Section 10 (3) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2013, prescribe a list of developments in the State, being developments each of which that Minister is satisfied is incomplete to a substantial extent; the way the criteria will be interpreted; in particular, the circumstance (d) listed in Section 10 (4), the extent to which the development complies with the terms of any planning permission applicable to it; if, for example, the developer of an estate was found to owe the council development contributions attached as a condition of planning permission, would that constitute the development not being in compliance with the terms of planning permission and would it be sufficient for the development to be listed on the list detailed in Section 10(3). [14547/13]
530. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of claims under the Equal Status Acts 2000 - 2008, made since January 2009 against his Department or the Health Service Executive, arising from the application of an upper age limit in the case of the mobility allowance, and which were referred to the Director of the Equality Tribunal; the number of such claims which have been settled by his Department and or the HSE prior to an Equality Officer hearing; the most recent date on which such a claim has been settled ans if there have been settlements; and the terms on which such claims have been settled [13946/13]