142. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23955/14]
141. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has sought to sell milk quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23954/14]
95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried cohabitating couple, who have worked and paid social insurance in the past, lived together and raised children together and were on disability allowance with qualified adult allowance and one of the couple then dies, the widow's or widower's contributory pension is not payable to the survivor and no claim can be made in respect of the qualified children of the relationship; if the refusal to make a payment in such circumstances amounts to discrimination against the bereaved partner and children on the basis of the martial status; her plans for change in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23760/14]
58. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available for students here who wish to study in the UK, aside from the Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/14]
21. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of decommissioned former Garda stations that have been handed over to community and voluntary organisations; the number of those which are being actively considered by his Department for handing over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/14]
119. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 6 May 2014, if he will provide an urgent response on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford regarding the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/14]
29. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on the issue of allowing students from outside the European Union to study for fixed periods of time in second level schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/14]
16. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any plans to incentivise the number of students taking physics, chemistry and applied mathematics at leaving certificate higher level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23385/14]
96. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/14]
95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23432/14]
70. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue on an application for funding submitted by North Tipperary County Council for the purpose of cleaning the River Suir between Templemore and Holycross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23526/14]
32. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that is being made on the reopening of the Irish Embassy to the Holy See; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23131/14]
27. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held discussions with the Nigerian ambassador to Ireland on the issue of abduction of young girls within Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/14]
1000. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of any funding his Department may have available for persons to apply for in order to set up a mother and toddler group for children. [22667/14]
883. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each clerical grade within the Health Service Executive; the total salary cost of each grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22984/14]
882. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of clerical promotions that have taken place within the hospital structure without interview in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22983/14]
881. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by general hospital of the number of persons in each of grades three to eight, as of 30 April 2014; if he will provide the same detail for 30 April 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22982/14]
709. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the mobility allowance and mobility transport allowance; the scheme that has been put in place since the removal of those allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/14]
702. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a replacement proof of citizenship will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford as their first time passport application cannot be issued without same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23294/14]
635. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants or assistance available from his Department for the building of an underpass under a road to carry stock safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/14]
608. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/14]
601. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment for 2013 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22558/14]
591. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to transfer 2012 entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22390/14]
534. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown on the length of time that the 13 lease applications for offshore renewable energy projects are waiting to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/14]
533. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form by county of the number of applications that are deemed by his Department as dormant; the number of those applications which are dormant specifically as a result of habitat directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22491/14]
532. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of the number of applications that have been progressed as far as possible; the current longest period of time that an application has remained in that situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22490/14]
531. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of the number of applications that have received ministerial approval and are with the Chief State Solicitor's office; the current longest waiting time of an application with the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22489/14]
495. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the provision of broadband in the Ballinena, Newcastle West, County Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/14]
442. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind moving the community welfare officers and the services they provide from the town of Bruff to Kilmallock in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22911/14]
315. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to the public service pension reduction; if he will consider either abolishing or reducing the bands of this income graduated reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/14]
309. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols that are in place in his Department in the event of a status red - severe weather warning for schools in the interest of child safety. [23398/14]
308. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the current situation relating to the probation of teachers for primary schools where teachers who complete their probation in special classes are not eligible for panel placement in mainstream classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23397/14]
225. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the obligations for primary and secondary schools to compile accounts on a yearly basis; and the person who signed off. [22429/14]
218. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a year-on-year in tabular form the categories for indirect costs charges to his Department by Bus Éireann as tabulated in FGS Report 2009, page 9, table 1.4, for each year from 1997, being ten years prior to the EU Commission's opening statement in state aid investigation C31/07, as published in the Official Journal on 15 September 2007; if he will ask Bus Éireann to prepare a balance sheet for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/14]
217. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that Bus Éireann made an internal calculation that it saved his Department €30 million due to efficiencies of Bus Éireann in the provision of the service and Bus Éireann claimed the majority of this €30 million was spent on new services provided by Bus Éireann over the period specified, if he will provide in a year-on-year tabular form the alleged savings made in each category of charge as set out in the format as in the annual statement of account for direct costs and also the categories for indirect costs charges as tabulated in FGS report 2009, page 9, table 1.4, for each year that Bus Éireann claimed the total savings of €30 million over the said years as claimed by Bus Éireann to the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 7 May 2014 in respect of school transport; if he will provide in tabular form the €30 million in extra services provided over the same said period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22329/14]
216. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of routes, the total number of children carried and the cost per child carried for primary and post-primary schools; the total revenue of Bus Éireann and the percentage increase or decrease year on year from 2004 to date under the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/14]
24. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on passenger numbers in Shannon Airport following the decision of the Government to separate Shannon from the Dublin Airport Authority. [21524/14]
23. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received correspondence from any tier two or tier three ports as identified in the national ports policy of their intention to carry out major expansion of their facilities; if it is his intention to uphold the categorisation of ports as contained in the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/14]
175. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/14]
141. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the grassland sheep payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/14]
99. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is being pursued for a jobseeker's allowance overpayment when the error was on the part of the social welfare officials; if the overpayment can be cancelled at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21657/14]
508. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has participated in ERS 2 scheme and now finds that they cannot establish allocation rights in view of changes being introduced under the new EU Common Agricultural Policy be given a situation of force majure, that is, lease to run its course then entitlements returned to them if force majure is not possible, the options that are available to them. [20949/14]
394. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to reduce rent supplement to families who are experiencing great difficulty while on council waiting lists and cannot afford to meet the increasing rents being imposed by landlords, which is resulting in families being accommodated in hotels at very high cost to the State. [21415/14]
269. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision in an application under the summer works scheme which is now under appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/14]
268. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will issue on an appeal against the decision not to approve sufficient funding to equip two new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21453/14]
251. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a status update on a staff appeal application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to maintain their third teaching post for the next school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21176/14]
197. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription levy in the near future for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20749/14]
111. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue on the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20723/14]
24. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the teaching staff numbers in agricultural colleges in view of increased enrolments together with the commitments laid out in Food Harvest 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20217/14]