205. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farmer who was renting land in 2006 and was not aware that they could have consolidated their entitlements, that is, never stacked entitlements on their own land, if there is a maximum number of years for stacking and if there a minimum time before which it has to be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54711/13]
195. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was deducted €467.15 from the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54577/13]
57. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons who were granted a primary certificate from 2010 to date that were receiving dialysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54511/13]
29. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent revelations into the use of voluntary contributions and proceeds from shops and other facilities to top up the pay of chief executive officers and other officials within organisations covered by sections 38 and 39, if he will consider legislative or other measures to insist on capping of salary grades for persons within organisations as part of future funding arrangements from the State for such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53974/13]
27. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health in view of recent controversies regarding the use of proceeds from shops and other facilities in institutions covered by section 39 of the Health Act, if he will consider examining the legislation covering such organisations with a view to ensuring that pay, salaries and conditions for senior officials in these organisations that are funded by the Exchequer can be scrutinised and revised accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53977/13]
656. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned development of the M20 as well planned developments along the route at Rourkes Cross and Charleville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54036/13]
622. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the reason changes have been communicated on dispensing arrangements at the Health Service Executive dispensary (details supplied) in view of the fact the nearest pharmacy is in Dromcollogher, County Limerick which is more than 3.2 miles away, and the contract to the dispensing doctor states dispensing shall continue in the absence of a pharmacy within three miles of the dispensary in Broadford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/13]
474. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single payment grants in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when will payment issue. [53754/13]
473. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm grant 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when payment will issue. [53753/13]
405. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details, in tabular form by local authority area and year, of the number of meetings which have been held between local authority management and Oireachtas members in accordance with provisions which were made in legislation following the abolition of the dual mandate where Oireachtas members could no longer be members of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54060/13]
162. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/13]
194. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a review being carried out on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53240/13]
154. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final deduction on a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53343/13]
130. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the number of coroners approved by his Department who practise in County Mayo; the number of inquests held and completed by each coroner for each of the past five years; the total remuneration paid to each of these for each of the past five years; and if he will compare the number of inquests in County Mayo with the corresponding inquests in each county for each of the past five years. [53340/13]
68. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce legislative or regulatory measures to make provision for mandatory audit rotation in the instance of public interest entities, including but not exclusively banks and other financial institutions in which the State has a financial interest; his views on whether the introduction of these mandatory measures would be in the public interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53254/13]
67. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the term "servant" appears in a number of instances in existing companies legislation and in the proposed Bill, if he will provide the Department's definition of "servant"; if he will undertake to incorporate the definition into the Bill, as the absence of same could lead to potential abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53250/13]
57. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a query that Student Universal Support Ireland referred to him a number of months ago regarding two student grant applications (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will address the delay in processing these two applications. [53248/13]
7. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Defence in view of the recent helicopter crash in Scotland, if he will confirm if all helicopters owned and operated by the Defence Forces are fitted with flight recorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52686/13]
491. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if there is a national register of all hospitals public and private; if there are published criteria in place for facilities to be registered as a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52692/13]
490. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when he expects to sign the commencement notice for regulations allowing for the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out unannounced inspections in public hospitals for all purposes other than for hospital acquired infections, which it is already allowed to do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52691/13]
440. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specialist heifer feeders were excluded from the beef premium payments prior to the establishment of the three reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52993/13]
348. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 4 December 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the grades and numbers for each employee and the salary scale for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53097/13]
259. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52683/13]
249. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November, in relation to social welfare fraud detection at airports, if she will extend the detection to the other airports in the State and the passenger ferry terminals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52479/13]
248. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered recent suggestions from the British Prime Minister in relation to the issue of welfare tourism, specifically that it is the intention of the UK Government not to pay benefits to persons immigrating to the UK for the first three months and that, on approval for benefits, they would be paid for a maximum of six months; her plans to introduce similar measures here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52477/13]
206. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form by county, the number of inspections carried out by the Chief Inspector in 2012; the number of inspections that were carried out as a result of a request from the building and planning units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53009/13]
205. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the situation where whole-school evaluation reports identify inadequacies in teaching and where the Department's inspectorate is not in a position to act on those findings for second level inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53006/13]
128. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the auditors who audited Irish banks prior to the introduction of the bank guarantee; if these audit companies continue to have an audit role within the same banks covered by the guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52671/13]
182. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent report of the Law Reform Commission in relation to the issue of online harassment and its opinion regarding the effectiveness of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, if he will consider the introduction of new legislation similar to that which has recently been adopted in New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52335/13]
89. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52281/13]
57. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a deduction for local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52288/13]
147. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the recent reports into the use of donations and proceeds from shops to top-up the salaries of chief executive officers and other officials, in sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the Health Service Executive, if she will seek clarifications from the organisations funded by her Department to determine if similar practices exist in those organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52164/13]
109. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the grades and numbers for each employee at all levels that will be employed by Irish Water plus the salary scales for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52038/13]
57. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recent reports into the use of donations and proceeds from shops to top up the salaries of chief executive officers and other officials in sections 38 and 39 organisations funded from the Health Service Executive, if he will seek clarifications from the institutions who are funded by his Department to determine if similar practices exist in those organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52165/13]
49. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can submit an appeal to the student grants appeal board when there is a review of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52040/13]
42. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding vehicle inspections in the Limerick area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52153/13]
41. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Bus Éireann inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52152/13]
40. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann engages the services of the UK-based association (details supplied) to conduct inspections on school buses; if this service is tendered for; and if so, if any Irish companies have put forward a tender for this operation. [52134/13]
27. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent reports into the use of donations and proceeds from shops to top up the salaries of chief executive officers and other officials in sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the Health Service Executive, if he will seek clarifications from the NGOs funded by his Department to determine if similar practices exist in those organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52163/13]
9. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered introducing guidelines, regulations or other legal instruments to cover the issue of user generated content being broadcast on TV, radio or other broadcast platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51568/13]
472. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when grant applications for funding for 2014 festivals will be accepted; the headings under which the applications were made; and the conditions attached to the awarding of funds from his Department and-or agencies under his remit in 2013. [51780/13]
301. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the number of persons applying for Garda vetting on more than one occasion particularly those actively engaged in the local voluntary sector, if he will consider a consolidated or joined up Garda vetting system, where a person could be certified as vetted for a particular period of time rather than for a particular purpose; if he will consider making the Garda vetting process a more active process with more regular updates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51754/13]
251. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be made available from his Department in respect of a unit (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/13]
228. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in tabular form of the different publicly provided metropolitan area networks in the country; the year of completion; the total cost of the MAN; the year that the MAN was lit; if that is the case, details of the volume of traffic on the MAN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51729/13]
154. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details, in tabular form and by country of origin, the number of PPS numbers that were awarded to inward migrants into Ireland during 2012; if she will provide details of the number of those PPS numbers to which payments from her Department were awarded in 2012; the total amount paid in respect of such PPS numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51333/13]
118. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51854/13]
107. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons an allowance is not paid to persons that fill a co-ordinator's post on a temporary basis in adult education. [51523/13]
75. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if there is any circumstance in which a home owner may have the valuation of his or her property altered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51730/13]
158. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the different locations at which specialised beds, that is, hospital beds for use in a person's home, are stored and the quantities in each. [51162/13]
104. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing section 42 of the Planning and Development Act and Article 45 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2000-2013 with a view to making amendments to allow planning authorities to request further information to be sought on substantive planning issues and to allow conditions to be imposed on the extended permission to address planning inadequacies in the original permission, so as to facilitate a situation where grants of permission can be extended, particularly in circumstances where financial difficulties prevent a person from availing of the permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51263/13]