84. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November 2013, if she will confirm the total amount of fraud detected as a result of the detections at State airports; if the money in question has been returned to her Department; if there are plans to extend the inspections to the other airports and passenger port terminals and other entry points to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51182/13]
80. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has yet to receive a decision based on their application for a fee-only grant for the academic year 2012-13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50984/13]
48. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has had the liability for the household charge added to the local property tax liability for their properties; if they can make payments for 2014 via a payment service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51051/13]
561. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50816/13]
494. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of penalty points issued to persons as a result of detection by the speed camera vans since their introduction; the amount of revenue that has been raised as a result; if all the revenue has been returned to the Exchequer; the amount of fines levied which is overdue by more than three months; the proportion of those detections that were made in 50,60,100 and 120 km/h zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50233/13]
466. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any correspondence to local authorities to encourage them not to increase their water charges or commercial rates for 2014; if he will provide details of the amount charged by each local authority in tabular form by standard unit for water in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50287/13]
463. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind allowing local authorities to charge for the disposal of fats, oils and greases; if he will acknowledge that the charge for disposal of brown water for commercial properties should cover the disposal of all waste waters from commercial properties; if he has limited the amount that local authorities can charge for disposal of fats, oils and greases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/13]
440. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislative plans he has to deal with the issue of sponsorship by commercial entities of current affairs programmes by the public service broadcaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50714/13]
343. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of exceptions that may be made for the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50301/13]
327. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); when it is likely a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50172/13]
193. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may avail of mortgage interest relief on part of their overall mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50698/13]
176. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the outstanding issues that still have to be sorted between persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50451/13]
98. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increased numbers taking up higher level maths for examination at leaving certificate as a result of the reintroduction of bonus points, if he will consider a similar initiative for those students taking up applied math, physics and chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50117/13]
231. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the data in response to a parliamentary question regarding applications for drivers' licences and learner permits in 2012, if he is satisfied that the provision of driver licence centres in Limerick is adequate in comparison to the data relating to applications and distances from centres in counties Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon, which was raised with him by way of Topical Issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49993/13]
223. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the legislative and regulatory controls that exist to cover the sale, advertising and promotion of electronic cigarettes. [49995/13]
112. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department officials carried out interviews on persons travelling through Irish airports and ferry terminals as a means of detecting social welfare fraud; if she will provide details in tabular form of the number of interviews per airport and ferry terminals that were carried out in 2012; the number of payments that were discontinued as a result of these interviews; if she will provide details of any prosecutions that have been initiated as a result of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49994/13]
26. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding financial assistance (details supplied). [50045/13]
186. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he has been requested to establish a process to roll out the delivery of orthodontic therapy in accordance with best international practice, in order to reduce the waiting lists for children waiting for orthodontic treatment; if he will provide details of all meetings that officials of his Department have held with the Dental Council and dental colleges in this area; if the Dental Council has offered an opinion to him on the introduction of dental therapists; if the Dental Council has signalled its intent to support a modernised system; if he will provide details of correspondence to and from the Dental Council on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49631/13]
164. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not received a headage payment for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49683/13]
57. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if a home owner with a mortgage under the repairs in lieu of rehousing scheme from the local authority should have been informed of their liability under the local property tax; if these owners have an exemption to the LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49689/13]
730. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form by local authority, of the number of road projects at the various stages of planning, including the preliminary stage of planning, the preferred route corridor stage, and the preferred route selection and approval stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/13]
613. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the forthcoming abolition of quotas, if he will provide details of interactions between his Department, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the relevant State agencies and semi-State companies with a view to encouraging the extension of the natural gas network to those towns in the country which currently do not have a gas connection but have a milk processing facility, and are likely to see increases in processing and as a result an increased energy requirement which could be further secured by connection to the national gas network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49596/13]
596. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49268/13]
590. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stock density for farmers under the disadvantaged areas scheme for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49151/13]
589. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals submitted to the disadvantaged areas scheme appeal committee by way of the minimum stock density derogation application for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and of the appeals received the numbers successful. [49141/13]
443. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current legislation on noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/13]
403. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his legislative plans to introduce guidelines to cover the area of programme sponsorship to the public service broadcaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49271/13]
173. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons who opted to have their local porperty tax deducted from their Department of social welfare payment for the 2013 period; of those persons the number who actually had the charge deducted from their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49097/13]
106. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined the level of reduction in the overseas aid budget of other EU-IMF programme countries; his views on whether the current percentage of expenditure is sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48804/13]
203. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the need for an allocation of funds to be made to complete plans for urgent safety measures at Ferry Bridge, Clarina, County Limerick on the N69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48617/13]
42. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if an assessment as part of an appeal for a primary certificate to the disabled drivers medical board of appeal can be carried out in Limerick instead of Dublin on discretionary grounds in view of the applicants age and mobility restrictions which affect them when travelling long distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48451/13]
499. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be provided with a specialised hospital bed and mattress for care at home. [48370/13]
377. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons specialist heifer feeders were excluded from the beef premium payments system; if he has considered a form of redress system for these farmers as a consequence of them only receiving a relatively small single farm payment or none at all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48223/13]
345. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47658/13]
325. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent announcement of the New Zealand Minister for Justice to introduce a Cyber Bullying Bill which contains provision to create a new offence of incitement to commit suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48104/13]
259. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form for 2013, the amounts paid by each local authority under the rental accommodation scheme; the number of houses in respect of which this expenditure applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48393/13]
128. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a timetable for the recruitment of new teachers as announced in budget 2014; and if he will consider the issue of qualified teachers being unable to complete their probationary period as part of the recruitment process. [47915/13]
84. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may pay the outstanding household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47951/13]
76. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance following the death of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if the local property tax for 2013 was paid; if he will indicate the person liable for the local property tax for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47821/13]
243. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form regarding each of the new national driver licence centres, the population of each of the local authority areas in which the centres are based; the number of personnel in each centre on 30 October 2013 who dealt with customer applications; the number of applications on that date; the number of personnel whole-time equivalent who dealt with driver licences in the same local authorities prior to the introduction of the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47477/13]
226. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of the new drivers licence centres; if the centres are publicly or privately owned; if lease agreements have been entered into for these centres; the duration of the leases for each individual centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/13]
223. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form by local authority, of the number of driver licences issued in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47421/13]
148. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of personnel-WTE attached to the processing of drivers licences in each local authority for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47421/13]
31. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the high failure rate of the knowledge test element of the small public service vehicle test; if he is satisfied that the knowledge test that is being applied adequately reflects the geographical area where a person is likely to serve; his views on whether a person from a large county is at a disadvantage and is more likely to fail the knowledge test because of its current construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46947/13]
163. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet been called for a cataract removal operation despite the fact that they are on the waiting list for over ten months. [47215/13]
139. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm grants due to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when payment may issue. [47214/13]
84. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to a companion free travel pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47315/13]
1293. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the frequency of testing of commercial vehicles was increased recently; the basis for the increase; his views that this is adding another cost to the associated businesses who use these vehicles; if he will provide details of the way this testing frequency compares to other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47022/13]
1264. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in regard to the upcoming sports capital programme, I have been informed by a GAA club that this year the club would have to register for VAT on OSCAR; if he will advise on the position regarding clubs registering for VAT and applying for sports capital grants; if a club or other group will have to be registered for VAT in order to qualify to receive a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45994/13]
1242. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who did not visit a general practitioner, or any other medical practitioner, in 2012; the cost of administering these cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47018/13]