128. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure a review is undertaken regarding a decision to refuse carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29755/13]
55. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of disadvantaged area scheme applications that were received in 2012; the number paid to date, broken down on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29364/13]
54. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compliance with the stocking prescriptions in commonage framework plans is a condition of cross compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29355/13]
593. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, having regard to the stimulus package and with particular reference to his response to a topical issue debate on 28 May 2013, he considers that a project (details supplied) in County Kildare warrants inclusion in any future stimulus programme; his views on whether the project is one to which his Department is already committed, in line with his response to Dáil Éireann on 28 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29249/13]
329. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the strategies his Department is currently employing to minimise the number of deaths by drowning in the State; if these strategies are regularly reviewed and if he will detail the outcome of the most recent review; if he will indicate the annual expenditure since March 2011 on promoting water safety and preventing deaths by drowning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/13]
132. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the estimated 500,000 primary school pupils currently in the system who avail of swimming lessons and instructions in water safety; if he will indicate the strategies his Department is using within the primary and post-primary systems with a view to ensuring a high level of awareness of water safety; if he will indicate if his Department incurs any expenditure in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28920/13]
13. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans to reform the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/13]
10. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will meet with the parents of a person (details supplied) to discuss their ongoing concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29386/13]
186. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the personnel model adopted for enlisted personnel entrants to the Permanent Defence Force, PDF, since 1994 will be adjusted to facilitate the continued service of soldiers who meet high fitness and health standards of the organisation and who have high skill levels that the PDF needs to carry out its assigned roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28376/13]
1024. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been sought by an organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the funding that has been approved in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27758/13]
962. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/13]
851. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the situation with regard to the implementation of the Workforce Development Plan in the early childcare sector; the aspects that have been fully implemented since its publication in late 2010; what remains to be implemented; the timeline for same; the annual estimated cost for its full implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27030/13]
773. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently based in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; if there are any plans to transfer any of them to other locations; if so, the locations and the number of personnel involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/13]
764. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel who remain in the Defence Forces having joined under the 1994 personnel model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27402/13]
748. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to transfer the Garda training unit from its current location in Templemore; if so, to what location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27940/13]
654. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding boy racers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28375/13]
404. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26667/13]
224. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application, under the school building programme, for Stage 2B approval from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this school will now be allowed to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/13]
222. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he has offered vocational education committees with regard to making savings in their budgets in view of reduced allocations; the number of VEC’s that have formally contacted or corresponded with him or his Department in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27133/13]
231. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if grass cut on lands at Baldonnel, County Dublin, or any lands under the control of is Department, will be made available to farmers, whose animals are suffering as a result of the shortage of fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26400/13]
4. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions he will take to ensure the preservation of numbers 14, 15 and 16 Moore Street, Dublin 1; if there is a compulsory purchase order planned for these sites or is it already in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26307/13]
1. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé riachtanach pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta a aithint mar gheallsealbhóirí i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26306/13]
208. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relevant childcare facilities in existence in County Kildare; the procedures in place to conduct regular inspections of such facilities; if anything has emerged in recent years that has given cause for concern in relation to the operation of such facilities; if any such facilities have been closed within the past three years, or if directions have issued to any such centres in the past three years to significantly amend or review their operational systems; if parents of children attending such facilities have been so advised; the procedures in place to ensure the childcare facilities meet the highest possible standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26181/13]
468. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns raised regarding the grandfather clause in the building regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25349/13]
378. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25373/13]
229. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 29 January 2013 the way his Department has justified a situation in which €207,854.02 is approved in funding for a special educational unit at a school built as part of the same bundle of PPP schools while another school in that same bundle received approval for only €13,500.00 for its special educational unit; if he will explain the reason the school receiving the lesser amount was directed by his Department to provide a special educational unit as part of its construction; the way the special education provision differs between each school where the second school is expected to equip its unit with one fifteenth of the money approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25115/13]
213. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/13]
107. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Kildare, undertaking their leaving certificate, who had, due to their learning difficulties, a full time special needs assistant at primary level and throughout secondary school, has been denied a reader and an exemption from grammar and spelling at the impending leaving certificate examination, when such a derogation has been provided to the student up to and including their mock leaving certificate; the reason that the student has only recently been told that they must now attempt the leaving certificate without any of these facilities, which they had come to rely upon; if he will review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24743/13]
609. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23687/13]
525. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the vacant position of community garda will be filled at a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23879/13]
23. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any discussions he has had with his EU counterparts and other Foreign Ministers with regard to military action in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/13]
446. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities together with the number of grant applications made for works in lieu of housing in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/13]
436. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the benefits, if any, available to first time buyers from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22440/13]
293. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take immediate action to provide improved accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare or, if it is his intention to provide a new school at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/13]
292. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has now completed the acquisition of land for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/13]
92. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to reduce the waiting lists for the provision of mental health services for children and adolescents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/13]
31. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who now have an allocated social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21854/13]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statistics Act 1993, in relation to the first census of population of Ireland taken since the establishment of the State; to afford that census a special heritage status and to have such released to the public for genealogical, historical and other research
Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for purchase by existing tenants of dwellings owned by voluntary housing bodies, under incremental purchase arrangements, in circumstances where the voluntary housing body and the local authority agrees that it would be beneficial to a tenant and a relevant local authority area to dispose of a particular dwelling; the ring-fencing of the proceeds of the sale of such a dwelling towards the provision of additional housing by approved bodies and, in exceptional cases, to upgrade existing housing stock in the relevant local authority area and related matters
113. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider correspondence from a person (details supplied) who is seeking a suitable internship placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21649/13]
45. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the adjusted figures for farmers following the revised CAP reform who had a single payment of €100/ha, €200/ha, €300/ha, €400/ha and €500/ha respectively in 2005, based on the best possible outcome under the proposals contained in the Council of EU Ministers agreement of the 19 of March, taking into account modulation cuts since 2005, EU budget cuts 2013/2014 and his proposed internal convergence and greening approximation proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21499/13]
37. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in the negotiations on the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/13]
270. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Kildare County Council for funding to provide for a water softening programme at the River Barrow abstraction plant; if his Department will approve such a funding request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21278/13]
211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21213/13]
96. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on his work programme for Ireland's EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/13]
77. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if it his intention to deepen Defence Forces' participation in any UN mission in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/13]
75. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the savings that will be secured in the Defence Forces budget this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/13]
72. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the changes he announced for the Reserve Defence Force in November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21514/13]
6. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address visa issues with visitors to the Schengen agreement area who subsequently want to travel here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20768/13]
67. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the dormant accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the inception of the fund; the total amount transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/13]