18. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38929/14]
78. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38647/14]
75. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the balance of their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/14]
34. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a decision on a domiciliary care allowance review in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38596/14]
221. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns being expressed regarding a governance issue at an organisation (details supplied) which is funded by his Department; if he is satisfied that the public funds which he provides to this organisation are properly accounted for; if he is further satisfied that the community alert service which is administered by this organisation but funded separately by the Health Service Executive and the Department of Justice and Equality is secure; if he will work with the HSE and the Department of Justice and Equality to secure continuing operation of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/14]
102. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns that have been expressed about governance issues at an organisation (details provided) which receives funding from her Department for the operation of the community alert scheme; if she will take necessary steps to ensure the continued viability and operation of this essential community-based service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38524/14]
80. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has information on the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis in Irish farms; the strategies which his Department is promoting to contain this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38350/14]
479. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the importance of the student assistance fund, and in view of the increasing financial pressure on third level students and their parents and the rising rate of drop outs at third level, her views on funding for this fund in the forthcoming budget for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37972/14]
476. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the cash balances held by the higher education sector have been depleted; if so, if she proposes to reinstate the €25 million budget cut to the sector initiated in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37927/14]
468. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to promote the rent-a-room relief scheme as a partial solution to the crisis in student accommodation provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37887/14]
159. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the level of take-up of the rent-a-room relief whereby a room may be rented in a private house for up to €10,000 tax free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37886/14]
197. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation regarding veteran, vintage and classic cars and their current liability for NCT; if his Department is considering changing the regulations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/14]
157. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made by her Department towards the elimination of rented prefabricated classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37307/14]
81. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to monitor a US court hearing (details supplied); the contact he has had with the Lebanese Authorities regarding the range of charges which the person at the centre of the US court hearings may face if extradited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37224/14]
180. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on targeted rent allowance increases in view of the upward pressure on rents in certain locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37185/14]
156. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the law in relation to mandatory retirement for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36781/14]
155. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to comply with a Labour Court recommendation on the issue of pension provision for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36780/14]
255. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on negotiations between his Department and Irish Water regarding the taking in charge of housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/14]
92. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications approved to date under the Syrian humanitarian admissions programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35980/14]
1775. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of landowners who availed of the compensation scheme available arising from the designation of their lands as special areas of conservation; the advice she has received in relation to the non-availability of compensation for this designation to affected land owners given that the compensation scheme was an integral part of the process of designating these lands as SAC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34717/14]
1341. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the building contract used by her Department in school buildings adequately protects subcontractors; if she will provide a comprehensive report on the dealings by her Department with the main contractor in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if in this instance she or her Department are aware of the adverse financial implications for subcontractors involved in this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33761/14]
338. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding legislation designed to protect the financial interests of sub contractors on building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33762/14]
231. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance the contracts he has had with the National Asset Management Agency in connection with the sale of developer loan books; if in view of the housing shortage and the stated Government objectives to address this issue he has discussed with NAMA the way the sale of developer loan books should proceed in this regard; his view on whether it is desirable to insert conditions of sale to ensure that the purchasers are obliged to proceed with housing construction on land banks within these loan portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33524/14]
459. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork, which are the subject of negotiations between his Department, Irish Water and Cork County Council with regard to a possible takeover by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32019/14]
553. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the balance of their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/14]
287. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; if she has considered the case therein and in particular the non-availability shortly of sufficient places for all-Irish second level education at this location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31043/14]
89. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision made by his Department regarding a student boarding grant (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30004/14]
157. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if an epidural injection is covered under the medical card scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/14]
145. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 26 March 2014, if he is satisfied that sufficient resources, including resources for theatre availability for surgery and post-operative care, are available within the public health service to deal with adolescent scoliosis; the information available to him regarding the numbers of young adolescents awaiting surgery in this area; the number of procedures carried out weekly in our public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27446/14]
96. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27463/14]
431. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their 2012/2013 AEOS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/14]
99. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish a list of all landowners in County Cork who were corresponded with in respect of their lands being designated for the protection of the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26294/14]
755. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport of the 2,036 applications received for funding under the 2014 sports capital programme, the number of invalid applications received on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25325/14]
700. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the questran drug has been taken off the market and replaced with questran light but that the latter is not covered by the medical card; if his attention has been drawn to the financial consequences of this for transplant patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/14]
588. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department under the Syrian refugee initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25888/14]
529. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns in the farming community regarding new restrictions on the slaughtering of Irish born bovines in Northern Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/14]
528. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider reimbursing dairy farmers for slaughter costs for removing BVD, bovine viral diarrhea, calves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25881/14]
229. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding school catchment boundaries for primary school and the way these impact on enrolment; if parents are entitled to enrol their child in a primary school outside their immediate catchment boundary; the criteria that can be applied by school authorities when determining enrolments in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/14]
160. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding eligible lands for single farm payment as it relates to unenclosed commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/14]
375. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in expediting a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22353/14]
374. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22351/14]
373. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22350/14]
129. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork are the subject of negotiations between his Department, Irish Water and Cork County Council with regard to their possible takeover by Irish Water; if, in these circumstances where the pumping station-treatment facilities are regularly malfunctioning and the developer is no longer in business, he will clarify the way the requisite works to address infrastructural deficits in the treatment plant can be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21720/14]
232. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's decision to decline provision of additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that all existing accommodation is utilised to the maximum and the school faces the prospect of not being able to accommodate children in September 2014 without the provision of additional classroom accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/14]
46. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a grant application for home tuition in respect of a student (details supplied) with a view to backdating the approval to the date the application was originally submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/14]
225. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20069/14]
629. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of recruitment envisaged to An Garda Síochána in 2014; the number of applicants that may be held in reserve from this process for future Garda recruitment campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19660/14]
290. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who attended an oral hearing on 8 April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18616/14]
289. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18615/14]
680. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the restrictions in place regarding the transportation of ink toner cartridges in and out of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17332/14]