908. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been any sale of the fibre network owned by CIE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5942/13]
600. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations regarding wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5941/13]
573. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the studies that have been carried out on the impact of electro magnetic fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/13]
548. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of fibre to the kerb broadband connection to every domestic property here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/13]
547. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of fibre to the home broadband connection to every domestic property here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/13]
546. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a national wind energy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/13]
545. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a process of public consultation if new wind turbines are to be erected following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/13]
544. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with energy companies prior to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5935/13]
543. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a tax on wind energy; if not, if he intends to introduce a tax on wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5934/13]
542. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to import electricity using the proposed interconnector between Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/13]
541. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Irish domestic users receive their electricity from wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5932/13]
540. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of energy he expects to be produced from wind farms following the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/13]
539. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs he expects to be created in the wind farm industry after the signing the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5930/13]
189. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make available the report issued on the threat posed by Sellafield; and if not the reason for same. [5413/13]
156. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on discussions he had with the Irish Local Development Network; the progress made with the ILDN on proposed recommendations for the alignment of local government and local development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5410/13]
116. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to redress the regional differences in broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/13]
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will specify the level of drilling in terms of width, depth and subterranean that is permitted if an exploratory licence for hydraulic fracturing were permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4675/13]
27. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Exchequer funds that will be provided for the construction of wind turbines following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4677/13]
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consultation process he will instigate with local residents who may have concerns regarding wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4877/13]
102. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a memorandum of understanding signed with the lighting manufacturing company G-LED will be fulfilled; if the 100 jobs promised in County Sligo will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4691/13]
49. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the 1926 census will be published in view of the work that has been done to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/13]
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work of Government agencies to redress regional differential in employment; and his assessment of this work. [3237/13]
21. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the regional differentials in the labour market, if he will now develop a regional approach to job creation and the allocation of support based on need. [3238/13]
58. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if equality is integrated as a principle into the planning, design, implementation and review of the Governments expenditure related decisions. [3070/13]
34. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the equality audits carried out by his Department in relation to any area of public expenditure since his Department was set up in 2011. [3071/13]
61. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, he will confirm the nominal value of the CCNs sold and the book value of the CCNs sold. [1796/13]
40. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, he will confirm the amount of interest receivable by the State on the CCNs in respect of 2012 and to the date of sale in 2013; and the period to which that interest receivable relates; and when that interest will be received by the State. [1797/13]
1037. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the current plans regarding the provision of inpatient bed numbers based in the Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Services campus in Ballytivnan, Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1204/13]
610. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to the State of producing and printing or broadcasting advertisements for payment of the television licence fee if advertised by way of television, radio or in the print media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1809/13]
609. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total revenue raised by way of the television licence fee in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; the rate of compliance as regards TV licences in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; the number of people prosecuted for failure to comply in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1808/13]
608. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any plans to introduce a communications charge and if so when he proposes to introduce such a charge; the level at which the charge will be levied initially; if the charge will be levied on the occupier, or the owner of the property; if all properties will be liable to pay such a charge; if there will be any avenue to appeal the levying of the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1807/13]
479. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding the rural social scheme will receive in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1208/13]
30. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he held talks with the Turkish Minister for Europe when he visited Dublin; the agenda that was discussed at these meetings; if Ireland’s Presidency of the EU will include any talks on the barriers to Turkey’s accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1663/13]
26. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that in the long term interest of peace in the region, Israel should urgently place its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards as required by UN Security Council resolution 487, which was adopted unanimously on 19 June 1981 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly on 3 December 2012 by 174 votes to 6; and if has raised this matter with the Israeli authorities. [1659/13]
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed account of the plans to merge Shannon Development’s functions with Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57261/12]
67. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the fair deal scheme in Budget 2013; if he will advise if the review of the scheme is completed and if and when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57008/12]
47. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if any of the 1,201 public nursing home beds closed from January 2011 to August 2012 will be reopened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57009/12]
689. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding from the capital sports grant will be allocated to a school (details provided) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/12]
359. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if those who successfully conclude the TÚS scheme will receive their first three days payment after returning to social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56664/12]
107. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the McCrystal judgement in the Supreme Court last week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56782/12]
399. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in County Sligo regarding an agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55319/12]
90. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to disability groups and organisations over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54477/12]
63. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in MM v United Kingdom, ruled that the indefinite retention and disclosure of minor criminal records infringed Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which protects private and family life; and his plans to address same in the context of the recently passed National Vetting Bureau Bill. [54478/12]
113. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the refurbishment and rebuild plans being considered for Priory Hall, Dublin; the reforms he will introduce to prevent recurrence of such a disaster including the end of self-regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54249/12]
142. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any person or agency working on behalf of his Department had any meetings with personnel from a company (details supplied); if they have, the nature and outcomes of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/12]
48. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any form of hydraulic fracturing will be permitted should an exploratory licence be granted in the Lough Allen Basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53331/12]
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tax percentage the State would take from a company (details supplied) following oil extraction from the proposed site off Dalkey, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53500/12]
30. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Michael Colreavy den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé míniú ar na critéir a d’úsáid sé chun baill Bhord nua Údarás na Gaeltachta a roghnú, ar chuir an tAire critéir ar nós taithí i bpleanáil teanga, i bhfiontar, agus i bhforbairt pobail san áireamh, ar chuir sé san áireamh an raibh buntáiste ag baint le duine a bheith ina chónaí nó ina cónaí sa Ghaeltacht, cén fáth nach bhfuil, i gcomhréir leis an gcleachtas Eorpach is fearr, 40% ar a laghad de Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta ina mná, an bhfuil, ina thuairim, an bord nua ionadaíoch do phobail na Gaeltachta i gcoitinne, agus cé na bearta a thóg sé chun a chinntiú go raibh sé ionadaíoch, agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [52978/12]
19. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the €1m in costs and fees he expects to save as a result of the abolition of the boards of the National Museum and the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53060/12]
351. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a derogation provided to her Department from European competition law to continue using post offices to administer social welfare payments into the foreseeable future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52702/12]