26. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the reason he did not attend this year's biennial RACO conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52905/13]
20. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency co-ordination committee will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52904/13]
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the most recent meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council of Defence Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52907/13]
14. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have a target for gender balance among members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52906/13]
13. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Government has approved Defence Forces participation in any future battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52903/13]
4. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if, with regard to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Defence Forces sought or conducted a medical risk assessment of lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53120/13]
1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his views on recent comments by the representative association for commissioned officers that the strength of the Defence Forces has been reduced as far as it can go, that the Government cannot expect badly needed weaponry and equipment to be funded by savings from further personnel reductions, that the recent incident in Syria where 36 Irish troops serving with the United Nations were shot at and their armoured vehicles hit by sustained gun fire and a landmine underlined the need for the best equipment possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53119/13]
207. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; if she will ensure that the payment is expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52233/13]
94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school project (details supplied) in County Kildare in the Department's capital programme; the way the project is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52336/13]
11. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has assessed the cost benefits of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51930/13]
108. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if will set out, in tabular form, the funds allocated by his Department to county councils (details supplied) for the purpose of combatting homelessness in each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52037/13]
48. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all primary and post-primary students to undertake instruction in swimming and life saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52036/13]
448. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the purpose and the public interest that is served by delaying publication of national treatment purchase fund waiting list data so as to coincide with the publication of Health Service Executive monthly performance reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51775/13]
416. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will issue a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51537/13]
316. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 20 November 2013, the date on which the Defence Forces commenced electronically recording the medical classification code of Defence Forces personnel; the number of members of the Defence Forces that have received an overseas medical since the introduction of electronic recording of the codes; the numbers that did not pass the overseas medical during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51741/13]
315. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of telecommunications or postal intercepts that he or his predecessors have authorised in each of the past five years on foot of a request from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51702/13]
21. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact he has had with the National Asset Management Agency and Chartered Land relating to the national monument on Moore Street, Dublin 1; the progress made on the redevelopment of this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51455/13]
19. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that his Department’s current strategy relating to philanthropy here will result in a rise of donations to philanthropic causes in the coming years; the actions he will take in 2014 to ensure a strong philanthropic community here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51456/13]
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made any progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to make the Culture Night initiative a twice yearly event; the actions he plans to ensure this commitment is kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51457/13]
14. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place for the Limerick city of culture initiative; if he is satisfied with the budget allocated to the city of culture programme; the long-term benefits expected for the artistic community in Limerick as a result of this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51454/13]
4. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of the airstrips at Inishbofin and Cleggan in Connemara; the way his Department plans to ensure that the airstrips are successful in their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51572/13]
1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Ulster-Scots Agency spent more than €480,000 of public funds over 12 months without proper authority in 2010; the reason there is a delay of two years in the publication of the agency’s annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51571/13]
160. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51175/13]
94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he and his Department have taken to secure the employment of persons at a company (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he has or has had discussions with senior executives of the company; the level of engagement the industrial development agency has had with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50983/13]
39. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will assist in securing the payment owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50955/13]
476. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list all the applications his Department has received from Kildare County Council for small sewage-waste water treatment systems in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50601/13]
326. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that an appeal is processed in respect of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50152/13]
241. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the progress that has been achieved towards the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50602/13]
213. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he proposes to take to ensure that gym facilities are available to students attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50165/13]
103. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil staidéar déanta aige ar na modhanna trína múintear an Ghaeilge, go háirithe i dtaca leis na moltaí atá sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [44492/13]
203. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken an evaluation of the savings involved in the centralisation of the medical card application process; the resuts, if any, of this evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49860/13]
177. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who have been excluded from the usage of lariam following the military authorities' screening process; if he will provide this information, on an annual basis, as far back as the year 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49861/13]
129. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether it is unusual that Kildare County Council has included only seven structures on the Curragh Camp in its inventory of listed buildings in its most recent county development plan; if the Department or the authorities on the Curragh Camp have actively engaged with the planning department of Kildare County Council in identifying buildings that might be listed; if planning officials from the council have carried out a thorough survey of all relevant buildings on the Curragh Camp; if the Department has sought in any way to influence the county council with regard to the buildings it might list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49859/13]
68. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given by the planning unit of his Department to the need for additional second level places in Newbridge, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is an area where extreme pressure for places currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49894/13]
38. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the total deposits held by a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare at the time his special manager was appointed at the behest of the Central Bank; the level of deposits in the credit union immediately prior to its transfer to the Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/13]
162. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces' records of its members fitness to serve abroad, as defined by the medical classification code used for such purposes, are recorded electronically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/13]
713. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if his Department has secured expert advice in relation to the development of an anti-malaria policy; the names and qualifications of those providing such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49510/13]
681. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the specific factors that caused him to increase the risk equalisation levy on health insurance that he announced on 12 November; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49340/13]
668. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who should have a medical card will be exempted from hospital charges recently incurred by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49138/13]
651. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/13]
645. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will restore a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/13]
561. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has secured expert advice on the development of an anti-malaria policy; the names and qualifications of those providing such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49511/13]
557. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the names and qualifications of all those appointed by him to serve on his Department of Defence working group on Lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49040/13]
503. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tiger kidnappings that occurred per annum from 2005 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013. [48852/13]
283. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a work visa in the Philippines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49140/13]
152. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he considers it unusual that Kildare County Council has included only seven structures, on the Curragh Camp, in its inventory of listed buildings included in its most recent county development plan; if his Department or the authorities on the Curragh Camp have actively engaged with the planning department of Kildare County Council in identifying buildings that might be listed; if planning officials from the council have carried out a thorough survey of all relevant buildings on the Curragh Camp; if his Department has sought in any way to influence the county council in relation to the buildings it might lIst; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48589/13]
170. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure to be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48435/13]
531. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken by his Department on the impact of Ireland signing the Antarctic treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48328/13]
490. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken by his Department on the impact of Ireland signing the Antarctic treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48322/13]
432. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47813/13]