34. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current investigation into the failure of marine emergency position indication radio beacons utilised by boat users and fishermen here; the date on which he became aware of the problems with these beacons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54399/13]
31. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the reduction of carriages on Iarnród Éireann intercity, commuter and DART services; his views on whether these reduced services are appropriate especially during the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54396/13]
28. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the lack of competition in Dublin Port in terminal operations and stevedore services; if he is concerned at the pricing of services at Dublin Port compared to other European ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54397/13]
4. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the critical comments of Mr. Justice Michael Peart towards the Irish Sports Council during the proceedings in court action taken against the Sports Council by a board director, the action he intends to take regarding the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54706/13]
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the most up-to-date figures for fatalities on our roads in 2013; if he is satisfied that the necessary resources are currently available to the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54705/13]
579. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn from a severely disabled child (details supplied) in County Clare with Down syndrome, bowel issues, major behavioural problems, sleep issues and many other health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53968/13]
562. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53892/13]
291. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has reached 18 years of age and is unemployed is not entitled to a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53706/13]
242. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of motorway maintenance; under what authority this maintenance is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/13]
241. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the analysis he utilised when he stated in August 2013 that no Dublin Bus route was making a profit; if he will publish this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/13]
240. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total annual passenger numbers by service for all State subsidised public transport services, including services receiving subventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53502/13]
239. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the subsidies paid by his Department to all public and private transport operators here including subventions; if the number of public transport routes currently privatised will be put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/13]
117. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department is aware of the current regulatory difficulties surrounding the air strips at Inishbofin and Cleggan in Connemara; his plans to resolve these difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/13]
252. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department plans to improve the reliability and frequency of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services; the current statistics as to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann punctuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52449/13]
170. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has requested the continuation of Operation Freeflow this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52448/13]
576. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a disadvantaged areas payment for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49022/13]
555. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the disposal of lands in his ownership at Lahinch, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48901/13]
372. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of plans to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48902/13]
15. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources to be allocated to the Road Safety Authority for the coming year; his views on whether these resources are satisfactory; if he is concerned at the increasing number of deaths on the roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47163/13]
4. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact on the National Roads Authority and local authorities' road maintenance programmes of the reduction in revenue allocated in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47217/13]
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how he intends to address the increasing cost of public transport here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47216/13]
746. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in seeking a new agreement on shared visitor visas with the UK; if there are any further countries with which he is considering seeking such an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40839/13]
79. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda currently in the force; the number of retirements due by the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/13]
43. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of septic tank inspections conducted to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/13]
38. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he plans to change the climate change policy in view of the recent International Panel on Climate Change report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44873/13]
612. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €0.9 million reduction in funding for the rural transport programme will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/13]
611. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €3.1 million reduction in funding for the Irish Sports Council will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44575/13]
610. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the breakdown in the €46.5 million in cuts relating to his Department's road budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44574/13]
609. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown in the reduction of expenditure of €18 million in his Department's budget for public transport contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44573/13]
608. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the tourism programmes that will be discontinued due to his cut of €12.9 million in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44572/13]
607. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact on services the €1 million reduction in his Department's expenditure for regional airports will have on services in these airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44571/13]
606. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the final negotiations on financial close for the Gort-Tuam N17-N18 motorway; if this project is still a priority for his Department; the timescale he envisages for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44570/13]
13. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether changes made in recent years to the one parent family payment create a disincentive to take up employment; her plans to change this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43336/13]
9. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact on job creation and entrepreneurship of the mandatory PRSI increase on the self-employed recently advocated by the advisory group on tax and social welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/13]
8. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will subject the sale of any State assets to a post-sale value for money review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42484/13]
98. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there is an increase in the student assistance fund for this academic year to ensure that all students who experience hardship through the fund can be assisted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42232/13]
49. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance if he expects payments to be made in 2013 from the credit union fund established to facilitate the restructuring of the sector; if he expects additional funds will be required over and above those already allocated; his plans for the future of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/13]
11. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia; his views on the human rights legislation currently in place in the Russian Federation; the actions has he taken to raise these concerns with his Russian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41195/13]
60. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise certain public transport routes; how this will improve services to commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41062/13]
57. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken in relation to the allegations aired on Channel 4's "Dispatches" programme entitled "Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit". [41061/13]
98. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is only receiving a portion of the training allowance while participating on a FÁS course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/13]
17. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardai in the force and his estimate of the number of Gardai by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39592/13]
64. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the single farm payment in 2013; the number that have been examined and cleared for payment; the number that have been examined and where issues have arisen and if the farmers have been contacted in relation to these issues; the number that remain to be examined and the latest date that the examination of these applications will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39526/13]
591. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being put in place for persons who reach the age of 65 years in 2014 and are not eligible for the State pension until they reach the age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37260/13]
326. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has a valid Garda National Immigration Bureau card was refused a Student Universal Ireland Support application for the academic year 2012/2013 on the basis that their GNIB status was not in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37808/13]
325. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland refused to assess a mature student (details supplied) from County Clare independently from their parents despite the fact that they are living independently for over ten years and are nearly 30 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37807/13]
7. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Timmy Dooley den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [38461/13]
311. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the current status of the proposed legislation for the special position of retained fire fighters with regard to social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36001/13]
234. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate when the horticultural industry can avail of the Common Agricultural Policy scheme; when applications will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35633/13]
233. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to the recent changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, if horticulture as a sector of agriculture under the Act have admittance to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/13]