7. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will, in the interest of accountability and full disclosure, call for the salaries of CEOs and directors of arts organisations which are in receipt of Government funding, either from his Department or from the Arts Council, to publish those salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17786/14]
6. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recorded number of golden eagles in Ireland; the number of Irish red deer recorded; if he is satisfied with the conservation efforts relating to both species here; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17787/14]
1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions he has taken to enhance inter-departmental co-operation in the arts; the way he has sought to engage more young persons in the arts; if he has discussed with the Department of Education and Skills the possibility of integrating the arts further into the primary and secondary school curriculums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/14]
114. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding the taking in charge of estates by local authorities; if he accepts that the Planning and Development Acts require a local authority to take all services in charge while the 2015 Act establishing Irish Water gives responsibility for all water services to Uisce Éireann; if he will produce a protocol to address this issue or whether legislation is required; if the matter will be addressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/14]
55. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the strategic plan, if any, his Department has for the provision of ASD units or other special education units in post-primary schools across the country; if he appreciates the need to ensure that such units are available in any reasonable-sized post-primary school; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that SENOs are advising second level students to access places outside their catchment area; if he accepts that this approach will give rise to students crisscrossing regions to access special education units while such units should be available if at all possible in their local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/14]
685. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under the new taxi licensing laws, where a person holds a licence, he or she does not have the right to pass this on to a family member or other upon retirement but a company may use its collection of licences as it sees fit with regards to succession, his views on whether this is unfair to individual holders of licences; his plans to remedy same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17386/14]
380. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on the national peatlands strategy; if turf cutting has now ceased on all raised bog SACs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17792/14]
378. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if plans for a new chapel in Glasnevin to celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Rising have been approved; if funding will be made available for this plan; if the chapel will be completed before the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17721/14]
321. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17385/14]
245. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact of a change in school uniform policy on a number of clothing manufacturers in the Monasterevin area directly employing 94 persons; if any similar issues in other parts of the country have been brought to his attention; if he feels the possible impact on local employment should be a factor in policy making on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/14]
183. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if it is proposed that the new children’s hospital at St. James’s will have helicopter access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17068/14]
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if the proposed children’s hospital at St. James’s will limit any future expansion of the adult hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/14]
181. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health his view on whether the size of the site for the proposed children’s hospital is adequate for any future expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17066/14]
180. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if there are alternative plans in place in the event of the proposed children’s hospital being refused planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17065/14]
174. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [16924/14]
173. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will issue an over 70s medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16912/14]
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16470/14]
8. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the guidance counsellor changes he has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16471/14]
652. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent attention to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the case of a person with motor neurone disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16544/14]
560. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will expedite this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15975/14]
248. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the payment details requested in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/14]
191. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for a devolved building project; if he will expedite its approval in view of the urgency of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/14]
197. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 25 March 2014, if the expansion of the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed to EUTM Somalia was exclusively linked to Ireland having the appointment of mission commander; and if he will confirm that all Defence Forces personnel will leave the EUTM Somalia mission in April 2014. [15766/14]
196. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence with regard to his previous statement that there is a broad consensus that the subsequent organisational changes have brought significant improvements to the Permanent Defence Force, the study that has taken place to underpin such a statement. [15765/14]
219. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [15498/14]
454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if any request was received from the Department of Justice and Equality to utilise the signal intelligence section of the Defence Forces communication and information services corps so as to establish whether the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission had been bugged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15324/14]
434. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 6 March 2014, and bearing in mind the operation of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993, if he will expand on his statement that the reason it was considered more appropriate to transfer his powers was due to the wider relationship which the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces has vis-à-vis the Minister for Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15273/14]
196. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14504/14]
112. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14640/14]
116. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will expedite same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14395/14]
88. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that sought the assistance of the reasonable accommodation unit of the State Examinations Commission during each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of same that were approved; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14394/14]
1128. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13738/14]
1099. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds, the objective of his Department and the Health Service Executive on the issue of out-of-hours payments to GPs; his views on whether the severe curtailment of such payments, which is envisaged in the draft agreement, will impact, in particular, on out-of-hours doctors' co-operatives and will make the funding of such co-ops far more vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/14]
1096. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds, the regularity with which he expects performance reviews to be carried out on general practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13559/14]
1095. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds, if he has particular concerns regarding the element of the draft agreement which states that the service provider shall not do anything to prejudice the name or reputation of the Health Service Executive; his views on whether such a curtailment of expression impacts on the ability of doctors to speak out and represent their patients and to act as their advocates; his further views on whether the inclusion of this clause in the draft agreement represents an effective gagging order on general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13558/14]
1085. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 25 February 2014, if all work done in the processing of payments-payroll for the Health Service Executive is carried out at the address supplied in Dublin; if any of the work is done off shore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13497/14]
1084. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an ambulance service is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare undergoing oncology treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13487/14]
856. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/14]
839. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13151/14]
838. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Force with regard to all three services; if he will provide the gender breakdown of same according to rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/14]
832. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of cash-in-transit escorts carried out by the Defence Forces in 2013; the number to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12949/14]
831. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit dealt with in 2013; the number to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/14]
830. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the new recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12946/14]
829. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Defence Forces’ participation in the UNDOF mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12945/14]
663. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13118/14]
651. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for the full guidelines to be issued to local authorities in respect of the housing aid for older people grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12951/14]
528. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an appeal of an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13570/14]
395. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a reader and any other requested exemption for a student (details supplied) who is sitting their leaving certificate examination in 2014 will be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14141/14]
340. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the case of a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare, if he will ensure that a reader is provided to this student for their leaving certificate examination; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this student had such a provision for their junior certificate examination and that this support resulted in the student performing well in that set of exams; if his Department will not provide a reader, if he will allow the pupil's parents pay for such a support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13441/14]
150. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans regarding the Army Equitation School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/14]