284. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement regarding the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme+, if there will be a maximum and minimum number of acres that payment will be made in respect of, and if persons in hen harrier designated areas must have a plan to avail of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9171/15]
265. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when is it likely that this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/15]
131. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the successes of the reading and mathematics recovery programmes in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if she will extend the programmes to non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8738/15]
118. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of her reply on the carrying out of whole-school evaluations, WSE, and specifically on the physical infrastructure and conditions within schools, if she is satisfied the WSE format adequately reflects the ability of teachers to properly deliver the curriculum at primary and secondary level in view of the physical condition of the school or classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8739/15]
257. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an opportunity for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications to consider the report from the Road Safety Authority into the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles, in advance of any decision being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/15]
256. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the report by the Road Safety Authority on testing the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; the timeframe for a decision to be made on any changes that are proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/15]
255. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the submissions that were received by the Road Safety Authority regarding a review carried out on the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/15]
254. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position, in respect of car hire costs and scheduled driving tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/15]
252. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the abolition of the community involvement scheme; his plans for the reintroduction of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/15]
216. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide full-time contracts to secretaries, employed by the board of management, in secondary schools, in order for them to be in receipt of the same entitlements as other permanent staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8544/15]
43. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to the decision to backdate the living alone allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if a review of this decision will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8533/15]
35. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when he plans to regularise the provision of home care, both public and private, provided to elderly persons, and vulnerable adults, in their own homes; his plans to extend the Health Information and Quality Authority inspection regimes to those organisations, and companies, that provide home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/15]
608. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to update broadband in the Ballycanew and Ballyoughter area of County Wexford. [7808/15]
353. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in regard to his Department's guidelines for children's home schooling for two days a week, while they attend school for the other three days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7914/15]
306. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason penalties on single farm payments were imposed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/15]
229. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the tax implications for a parent, who wishes to financially assist their child with mortgage repayments, where the mortgage is half-paid but the child is currently unemployed; and if the parent will be penalised in the same way as a parent helping a child with a deposit, under the new guidelines. [7826/15]
221. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports for microgeneration here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7299/15]
6. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Defence if home ports have been assigned by the Defence Forces to the new Naval Service vessels which have been acquired by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/15]
547. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if members of the Irish Farmers Association with designated lands have been, or will be, part of the body that will take part in the threat response plan, initiated by her Department, under section 39 of Statutory Instrument No. 477 of 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6844/15]
477. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total expenditure on the legal team acting for the planning tribunal; and in view of the findings of this tribunal now having been withdrawn with huge additional implications for the costs to the tax payer, if he will seek to recoup all or at least some of this additional money from the legal team. [6834/15]
476. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of recent announcements that the planning tribunal was withdrawing all findings of obstruction and non co-operation by persons who appeared before the tribunal, the level of expenses that will now become payable to the legal representatives of each of these persons; the subsequent effect on the total expenditure on the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6806/15]
417. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the verification and inspection process he has put in place to ensure the integrity of the grant award of €250,000 to a sports club (details supplied) in New York. [6916/15]
416. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a legal charge will be required on a sports club (details supplied) in New York, to safeguard the taxpayers' grant aid of €250,000, as would be required for a similar grant award to a sports club here; and the way this might be registered and enforced, if required. [6915/15]
415. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advertisements were placed inviting sporting clubs based outside Ireland to apply for grant aid for the development of their sporting facilities; if he will confirm where these advertisements were placed; the number of applications received; the criteria used to adjudicate on these applications; the total number of successful applicants; and the total amount of money allocated. [6914/15]
414. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funds available to his Department in 2014 and allocated for 2015, to grant aid sports clubs based outside Ireland. [6913/15]
413. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that he has approved a grant of €250,000 to a sports club (details supplied) in New York; the terms of this grant; if it is funded from current or capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/15]
392. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can impose a charge of €20 on medical card patients to provide a script for vital medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/15]
375. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans to include the new drug, Regorasenib Stivarg,a from a pharmaceutical company (details supplied), for inclusion in the community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/15]
362. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if a person in receipt of half-rate mobility allowance can have the rate increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6805/15]
302. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made, to date, on the recommendations made by Mr. Justice Quirke in respect of the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6816/15]
290. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the engagements her Department has had with officials in the European Commission in respect of an application for funding from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, in respect of funds under the access to justice proposal under the European Union Commission Justice Programme 2014 to 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6643/15]
223. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary does not qualify for the single parent tax allowance. [6997/15]
149. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's plans to address the difficulties faced by farmers whose lands have been designated as sanctuaries for protecting the habitat of hen harriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6621/15]
184. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if there are grants or assistance available to organisations which wish to buy a defibrillator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/15]
44. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current status of the family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6378/15]
41. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of visits made by the Industrial Development Agency to County Limerick in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/15]
666. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the hedge cutting time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6120/15]
428. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide resources through the Health Service Executive to staff the new cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5690/15]
423. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans the Health Service Executive has for the staff of the palliative care unit, which has been constructed at Saint Ita's Community Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5681/15]
387. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the retirement packages available for domestic staff in community hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/15]
214. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, in tabular form and by county and year, of the total number of new vehicles registered during the month of January in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/15]
655. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, a list of all external public relations firms hired by her Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4537/15]
654. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, for the years 1997 to 2007 the total photography costs in her Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4503/15]
653. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2007 to 2010 the total photography costs in her Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4487/15]
624. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all external public relations firms hired by his Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/15]
623. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 1997 to 2007 the total photography costs relating to his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4517/15]
622. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2007 to 2010 the total photography costs in his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4501/15]
598. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all external public relations firms hired by his Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4539/15]
597. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 1997 to 2007, the total photography costs in his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4505/15]
596. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2007 to 2010, the total photography costs in his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/15]