111. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the strategy his Department has to sustain the post office network here; if he has had discussions with the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19991/14]
108. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the review of EirGrid's Grid25 project; when this review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/14]
958. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority is processing applications from drivers who have requested to have the entitlement to tow a trailer of unlimited size added to their driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19469/14]
908. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19545/14]
675. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding afforestation grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19604/14]
674. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of ongoing practices relating to TB testing, if it is still the position of his Department that a test must take place when an animal reaches six weeks old, it must have a TB test done to be sold at mart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19602/14]
682. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal position in relation to cattle travelling on roads upgraded on the community involvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17342/14]
341. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to plans to close the post office at Park Shopping Centre, Prussia Street, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16106/14]
337. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a new fiscal framework for the exploration and production of oil and gas here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15181/14]
336. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the current status of the memorandum of understanding between the Irish and UK Governments to progress plans for the trading of renewable energy between both countries; if he will state his view on the recent publication of energy targets from the European Commission for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/14]
335. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the work of the expert panel reviewing the Grid25 project; if the north-east connector plan will be fully reviewed by this panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15179/14]
229. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the resources raised by the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; if 50% of the revenue will be used for job creation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15210/14]
112. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his response to the criticisms of the child and adolescent mental health services in the recent report by the Ombudsman for Children entitled A Meta-analysis of Repetitive Root Cause Issues regarding the Provision of Services for Children in Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14883/14]
627. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with those involved in the Shannon LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/14]
626. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Shannon LNG project would be subject to a levy for pipelines it would not use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/14]
625. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Shannon LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13928/14]
617. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in the sale of Bord Gáis Energy; if a decision has been made as to where the revenue raised form this sale will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/14]
616. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Grid25 project is a point to point project; his views that this will best serve the regions of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13530/14]
615. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the Grid25 project is being financed; if this will increase the cost of electricity to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/14]
614. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on EirGrid's Grid25 project to date; if he will provide in tabular form the cost of public relations, consultancy costs and advertising costs since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/14]
367. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the expected completion date of the autism spectrum disorders, ASD, accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13709/14]
11. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had contact with his British counterpart regarding the higher than normal levels of radiation measured at the Sellafield nuclear plant in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10964/14]
370. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issues recently raised at a meeting of Killarney Town Council in respect of the lack of a replacement administrative structure for the town following the end of the town council this summer; if he will clarify whether any special arrangements have been made for other tourist towns similar to Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11949/14]
38. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the tenders process for the provision of expert advice on Ireland's oil and gas exploration development and production fiscal terms has been completed; the amount of oil and gas that was produced here in 2013; the amount of revenue received by the State from this production and exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10963/14]
32. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on EirGrid’s Grid25 plans; if the North-South interconnector will be part of the overall review of Grid25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10966/14]
30. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to reform the 50-50 time allocation by broadcasters at referendums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10965/14]
28. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the findings of his Department's report on the development of a sinkhole near Galmoy Mines in County Kilkenny; if he is concerned at this development; the inspections his Department carries out on mines operating here; how regular are these inspections and what they entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10962/14]
6. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will respond to the European Commission’s decision to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully transpose EU internal energy market rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11700/14]
3. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his plans to guarantee the future of the Irish post office network; if he is concerned at the possible movement to e-payments by the Department of Social Protection which would have a dramatic impact on the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11699/14]
236. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the required criteria during the next stage of development and design for proposals that have been approved to move to the next stage of the area based response to child poverty programme; the process and procedures that are in place to assess compliance with these criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9996/14]
235. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the scores awarded by the working group of the project team to each proposal submitted in May 2013 to her Department and assessed by the working group of the project team, in response to applications invited under the area based response to child poverty programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9995/14]
234. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the names and membership of the working group of the project team and the names and membership of the project team that assessed the proposals submitted to her Department in May 2013 in response to applications invited under the area based response to child poverty programme; the process, manner and procedures followed by the project team; the working group of the project team and her Department and the relationship and respective functions of these constituent parts, when assessing and scoring all proposals submitted against the criteria outlined in the material produced by her Department when inviting proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9994/14]
233. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all consortia, the respective lead agency and proposed geographical area submitted for proposals to her Department in May 2013 in response to applications invited under the area based response to child poverty programme; the consortia from whom proposals have been approved to proceed to the next stage of the area based response to childhood poverty programme or as it is now referred to the area based childhood; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9993/14]
225. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health in order to ensure that Ireland stays up-to-date with the latest scientific and health research findings in the area of public water fluoridation, if he has any plans to review the Fluoridation of Water Supplies Act 1960 in the near future. [8625/14]
721. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when he will open a new scheme to replace the now discontinued mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7850/14]
454. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify if an underground route-specific analysis of the North-South interconnector was ever carried out by EirGrid's consultants (details supplied), and if such a study took place would a map of the specific route analysed be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7559/14]
359. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the hardship the decision to discontinue the telephone allowance is causing to the persons affected, particularly those who have had to disconnect their landlines because of this cut and accordingly have to cancel their home alarm systems which require a telephone line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7513/14]
63. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the reason progress has not been made in providing access to the life-changing medication for severe asthma, omalizumab (Xolair), to patients in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/14]
55. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which access to the asthma medication omalizumab (Xolair) is provided to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/14]
120. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects EirGrid to lodge an application for planning permission in respect of the North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/14]
119. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether it would be fair and proper to exclude the North-South interconnector project from the scope of the review panel, therefore not subjecting that project to the same scrutiny and examination as the Grid Link and Grid West projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/14]
118. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the North-South interconnector project will be included for review by the newly formed expert panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/14]
329. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the areas of special conservation are being reviewed; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6475/14]
563. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment was reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/14]
157. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether there would be merit in the possibility of an exemption from the local property tax for houses that were deemed to be of heritage value as a means of ensuring that the upkeep of these buildings can remain affordable by the easing of this tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5317/14]
28. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has made submissions to the European Commission regarding Europe-wide regulations relating to the practice of hydraulic fracturing; when guidelines will be issued here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4251/14]
27. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by his Department in implementing the national digital strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress made to date with national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4252/14]
25. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in developing a new fiscal and regulatory framework for oil and gas exploration industry here; the person he has consulted in developing this new framework; the costs of developing this framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4249/14]
8. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to cover the reduction in funding to RTE of €5 million due from the Department of Social Protection; if he will provide an update on the proposed introduction of the broadcasting charge; the expense his Department has incurred thus far in introducing the broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/14]
4. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any concerns over the wide variation in the amount of energy generated from wind power on the national grid from week to week; the plans he has to integrate the Irish electricity grid into the European grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4480/14]