183. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 7 February 2013, if he will ensure that the school is given back the bandwidth of at least four as it had prior to Christmas when it was reduced from four to one without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7984/13]
72. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail where the €15 million in savings in community schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/13]
9. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail where the €15 million in savings in probity on local schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/13]
691. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will approve funding for a car harness for a child who suffers from angel man syndrome, ADHD and epilepsy (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7132/13]
462. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are permitted to evict tenants or if there is an injunction in place prohibiting it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/13]
457. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork applying for social housing; and if the Revenue Commissioners will not stamp the HPL1 form. [6861/13]
359. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the extremely high cost of medical and dental treatment, and in view of the fact that some treatments are not covered by medical cards, if people who are on supplementary welfare allowance chose to have the treatment abroad because of the significant difference in the cost, that an exception be made to the rule that they can only leave the country for one two week period in any one year to allow them to avail of treatment abroad, which often needs a couple of follow up appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6664/13]
226. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners would not stamp a HPL1 form for a person (details supplied) in County Cork applying for social housing in Cork. [6860/13]
180. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Taoiseach the number of retired public sector workers on pension who have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/13]
170. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will ensure that amenity areas within our forests are protected following privatisation of our forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4502/13]
220. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any office-body under his aegis who have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector. [6764/13]
209. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any office-body under his aegis who have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/13]
198. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to sanction staff appointments immediately in order that both EMU units in Cork University Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, can be fully opened to ensure that the safety and welfare of people with epilepsy will be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6445/13]
182. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within her Department or any office-body under her aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6757/13]
178. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6756/13]
160. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Defence the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any office-body under his aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6759/13]
120. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is only a two week timeframe on submissions to be made towards the focused review of the Wind Energy Guidelines of 2006; and if he will extend the time allowed to at least six weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/13]
112. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6758/13]
108. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within her Department or any Office/Body under her aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6763/13]
91. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the changes necessary to ensure that Public Representatives currently on class K stamp are eligible to sign on for job seekers allowance or other assistance when they lose their seats, now that plans to make around 800 town councillors redundant with pending local Government reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6403/13]
79. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public sector workers on pensions who have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6405/13]
72. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that schools depend so much nowadays on the Internet as a school resource that a greater bandwidth be made available for a school (details supplied) in east Cork. [6448/13]
62. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any office/body under his aegis who have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/13]
48. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public sector workers on pensions within his Department or any Office/Body under his aegis that have been re-instated in other positions within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/13]
56. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation on corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6008/13]
713. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are restrictions in place on the amount of seaweed that may be harvested; if there are particular times that harvesting is not allowed; if a license is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/13]
634. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for a delay in issuing Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5261/13]
153. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to support voluntary housing bodies to develop their housing stock to meet rising demand and the increased difficulties in sourcing finance. [5555/13]
31. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in putting in place the national plan for special areas of conservation and turfcutters on the 53 bogs; if solutions have been found to all of these bogs at this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/13]
2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will clarify the position in relation to funding the air service to the Aran Islands in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/13]
756. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 16 January 2013, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that coach and bus operators were in receipt of a rebate on diesel which was stopped with the promise of being re-introduced in a different format; his plans to re-introduce it in a different format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4555/13]
218. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 16 January 2013, if he will provide the figures for Irish hauliers who purchase their diesel abroad; the rate hauliers contribute to the economy here through diesel in comparison to the coach and bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/13]
152. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants there were under the supplementary assistance payment or other social protection payments for help due to severe flooding in Dublin and elsewhere in the country since major floods on 24 October 2011; the number granted a payment and the amount of the additional €10 million she had allocated for flod relief that year since; and if she has had any further discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the question of quicker and more targeted payment. [4076/13]
196. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will re-open the 4 beds in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in order that persons suffering from life threatening epilepsy may undergo immediate treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3510/13]
193. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover to be provided in West Cork, limited to the four main towns; the hours per day to be covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3493/13]
158. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will allow hedge cutting to be extended well into April as the bad weather has hampered farmers efforts to get the hedges cut within the allowed timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/13]
41. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of construction related public procurement projects awarded in 2012; the value of each project, and if the project was awarded to an Irish company including the six counties. [3073/13]
27. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of his commitment to reform, if he will consider setting up a unit within his Department with responsibility for integrating equality horizontally across all Departments with regards to public expenditure decisions. [3072/13]
589. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the numbers of persons whose medical cards have been replaced by general practitioner cards who cannot afford to purchase their medication; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons whose medical cards have been replaced by GP only cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/13]
349. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when payment of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2562/13]
199. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance if thatched cottages will be exempt from the property tax in view of the amount of work that goes into maintaining the thatch annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/13]
159. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that will be lost as a result of the increase in the pupil teacher ratio from 17:1 to 19:1 in the further education and training sector; the consideration that has been given to the difficulties that will arise from having to replace teachers who teach specialised subjects. [2674/13]
85. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the quota of educational assessments through NEPS applied to each primary and post primary school in east Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2060/13]
84. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the quota of educational assessments under the scapa scheme applied in each primary and post primary school in east Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/13]
39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the IMF staff report in December 2012 which commented that the National Assets Management Agency’s investment of €2bn would be back-loaded to the end of the four year period ending in 2016, the rationale for this approach in view of the immediate economic situation and the anticipated effect of NAMA’s investment on employment and economic activity. [1779/13]
18. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the methodology and process that will be used by the Revenue Commissioners in the assessment of the property tax on private homes, local authority properties and those owned by approved housing associations. [1778/13]
1136. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding will be maintained for the Special Olympics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57994/12]
1088. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that all pensioners between 66 and 70 years are over the threshold financially for a medical card because the income limit for a single person is €201 and their pension is €238, he will consider disregarding more outgoings such as refuse, heating, fuel, electricity for that age group in view of the fact that the current outgoings that are disregarded are mostly not applicable to that age group in view of the fact that their mortgages are generally paid off and they do not have to travel to work or have childcare expenses, or if he will consider raising the income limit for eligibility to a more reasonable figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1653/13]
1084. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that all pensioners between 66 and 70 years of age on State pensions are over the income level to be eligible for a medical card as the threshold is €201 per week, he will consider introducing a waiver for hospital visits and overnight stays which cost €75 per day for those who have already paid out €144 per month for their medications. [1616/13]