325. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a Student Universal Support Ireland grant is paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5649/13]
448. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have their disability allowance appeal processed as a matter if urgency; the likely date for decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4322/13]
83. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland third level grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed and granted as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3256/13]
294. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland third level grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed and granted as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3137/13]
251. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland third level grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be processed and granted as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58019/12]
403. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57050/12]
356. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56647/12]
269. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined by a person (details supplied) in relation to their student grant; if he will outline the options available to them and if he will intervene on their behalf in view of the extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57052/12]
181. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55311/12]
589. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48599/12]
346. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44705/12]
345. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44704/12]
267. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41312/12]
362. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by a family (details supplied) in County Sligo in relation to their school transport. [37014/12]
474 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress on the status of an application (details supplied) in County Leitrim as the project has been approved for funding at county level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35008/12]
160 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will again review a person's (details supplied) in County Leitrim higher education access route application in view of the fact that her parents are not employed and she resides in a marginally below average area: and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35006/12]
71 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve the additional funding to this school (detail supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that there is not adequate space to hold whole school assemblies and the best option is to erect two functional classrooms with sliding sound proof partition between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34066/12]
415 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a favourable decision is made on a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied).
[33423/12]
238 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that an invalidity pension appeal is granted in view of the medical report submitted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33258/12]
172 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the correspondence submitted to his planning and building unit by a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will ensure that the additional funding is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33422/12]
171 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will encounter with school transport; if he will intervene with Bus Éireann on their behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33414/12]
144 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the three applications (details supplied) submitted to his Department are granted as this school cannot function without furniture and IT hardware and the essential upgrade of the electrical power supply is needed for health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32967/12]
395 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied).
[27039/12]
394 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo.
[27037/12]
218 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the allowance paid to Permanent Defence Force cadre staff in respect of working in conjunction with the Reserve Defence Force will not be abolished in view of the financial hardship this will cause to many members; if he will ensure that the allowance is retained in view of the fact that it has been in existence for over 40 years; the future plans for the RDF should this allowance be abolished; if the RDF will also be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4575/11]
209 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their full and corrected area aid payments in view of the fact that they received an incorrect 50% payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4626/11]
63 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be granted their redundancy money; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4161/11]
478 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the supports given by State enterprise companies to a company (details supplied); the number of new jobs promised following recent investment announcements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[3682/11]
116 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to produce a policy paper dealing specifically with micro companies in view of their importance to the economy.
[2651/11]
79 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to introduce additional measures to assist the domestic non-export sector of the economy, over and above existing measures.
[2650/11]
59 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has satisfied himself with the level of support for micro, small and start up businesses in relation to job retention and job creation; if support for incubation centres are adequate to help start ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2911/11]
382 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their single farm payment as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2030/11]
381 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive their single farm payment as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2029/11]
231 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[2239/11]
156 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Finance the number of appointments he has made to the Valuation Tribunal since his appointment; the names and details of the appointees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2028/11]
852 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment and area aid will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[48572/10]
137 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the decision to make full medical card holders liable for the new universal social charge in view of the extreme financial hardship many such holders are already experiencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[47719/10]
327 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their single farm payments and area aid payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[47242/10]
323 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their single farm payments and area aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[47221/10]
126 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has received a bill from the Revenue Commissioners for €3,200; if he will confirm that the bill is correct; if he will ensure that if correct, payment can be made on a phased payment basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[47153/10]
128 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their single farm payments and area aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46832/10]
240 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45991/10]
207 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, since the introduction of subsidiary protection in October 2006 under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006, the number of persons that have applied for such subsidiary protection under these regulations; the number of persons that have been granted subsidiary protection under these regulations; the number of persons that have been refused subsidiary protection; the number of applications still outstanding in which no decision has yet been made for the period October 2006 to December 2006, the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to 31 October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46491/10]
205 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason an appeal hearing scheduled for 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, 27 October 2010 was adjourned at 1.15 p.m. by the tribunal member due to the over running of a hearing that commenced at 10.30 a.m. in order to facilitate another hearing before the same tribunal member to proceed at 2 p.m., although the 11.30 a.m. appeal hearing was from the Galway refugee legal service office and involved personnel attending the hearing from Galway as well as language analysts from Sweden who had been requested by the applicant’s legal representatives to be summonsed by the tribunal, as opposed to the 2 p.m. appeal hearing, which was from Dublin and did not involve any additional such costs; the additional cost to the taxpayer of this rescheduled hearing, including travelling expenses, subsistence allowance and attendance fees in respect of the applicant, their legal representative, witness and interpreter for a new rescheduled hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46489/10]
206 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason close scheduling of appeal hearings has continued over the past ten years at the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, despite repeated complaints and requests by legal representatives to change this in order to allow more time between each appeal hearing and accordingly to eliminate additional costs; his plans to request the authorities at the Refugee Appeal Tribunal to change this scheduling procedure, in view of the current economic climate and the emphasis on eliminating unnecessary costs and making savings in all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46490/10]
204 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the extent to which the practice of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal of scheduling appeal hearings at hourly intervals daily — that is, at 9.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. — is causing wastage of taxpayers’ money, insofar as interpreters and legal representatives who are in attendance at the aforementioned times for such scheduled appeal hearings have to wait in some cases for hours for their appeal hearings to commence and in more cases for the appeal hearings to be adjourned completely, due to the close scheduling of the appeal hearings resulting in previous hearings over running; for the period 1 January, 2010 to 31 October, 2010, the number of appeal hearings that were late starting due to the over running of previous appeal hearings; the amount of time each such appeal was late commencing; the additional cost of interpreters for each such time delay; the number of appeal hearings that had to be completely adjourned by reason of time constraints due to this over-cheduling; the amount of the additional costs to the taxpayer due to the need for those involved to re-attend on new hearing dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46488/10]
139 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an investigation of the claim in a recent service plan for Letterkenny General Hospital that the medical discharge rate at Letterkenny General Hospital in 2009 was 7,608 patients or 146 patients per week on average, meaning that LGH is almost as busy as St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin in terms of medical discharge and 52% busier than Sligo Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[46411/10]
158 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, in the context of the Government’s recent announcement that it is to provide an additional €3 million to 34 city and county enterprise boards in order to generate 450 jobs, if he will indicate the person who will determine the amount allocated to each board; the number of applications for financial assistance each board has at present; if all the funding is to be used for grant assistance to companies or if part of it will be used for staff salaries and other running costs; the number of companies that received grant assistance over the past three years that are still in business; the number of enterprise board companies that have grown sufficiently to graduate to Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45684/10]
148 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive area aid payments as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45659/10]
3 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the additional supports for micro and small enterprises contained in the Government’s four year national recovery plan; the progress made in implementing commitments made at the Small Firms Association annual conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45799/10]