Parliamentary questions

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

162. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the area claimed in single farm and disadvantaged area applications for the years 2012 and 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11072/14]

National Treasury Management Agency Deposits

Brendan Griffin

34. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 28 January 2014, the reason maturity options forms for saving certificates in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry have not been provided for periods and have been provided for future maturity options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10582/14]

State Claims Agency

Brendan Griffin

83. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the report will be completed on the reviews of the school abuse claims initiated after the judgment on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/14]

County and City Enterprise Boards

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current waiting lists in county enterprise boards for initial meetings for persons wishing to start their own business and for start your own business courses run by the enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/14]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Brendan Griffin

167. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10458/14]

Harbour Authorities

Brendan Griffin

210. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a berth in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/14]

Broadband Service Charges

Brendan Griffin

231. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an early termination fee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who had a verbal agreement with the broadband provider to waive this fee in view of the regular difficulties experienced by the person with the service and the provider, will be waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10502/14]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

249. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if farmers are required to have planning permission to erect fencing on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/14]

Alcohol Sales

Brendan Griffin

302. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the introduction of a new code of practice for the sale and supply of alcohol in the off trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10868/14]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

334. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a derogation will be provided to farmers who were adhering to REP scheme plans and were unable to maintain areas of their lands and subsequently have been penalised for ineligible area in their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10455/14]

Sheepmeat Sector

Brendan Griffin

338. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10539/14]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Brendan Griffin

339. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will provide to farmers whose lands have been sterilised because of the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/14]

Beef Data Programme

Brendan Griffin

340. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional supports will be provided to farmers of suckler cows on top of the €80 proposed in new common agricultural policy pillar 2 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/14]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Griffin

341. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial support will be provided to persons whose forestry was completely destroyed in the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10588/14]

Alcohol Pricing

Brendan Griffin

482. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10867/14]

Alcohol Advertising

Brendan Griffin

483. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of a code to ban price based advertising of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/14]

Road Safety

Brendan Griffin

526. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will improve the quality of lighting at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/14]

Tobacco Smuggling

Brendan Griffin

58. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will invest in more scanners to detect the illegal importation of tobacco products at our ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10055/14]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Brendan Griffin

59. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider linking the licence fee paid by large off-licences to their annual turnover; his views that supermarket giants could afford to pay more than they are currently paying in view of the huge sales that they are making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/14]

Proposed Legislation

Brendan Griffin

90. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10053/14]

Architectural Heritage

Brendan Griffin

112. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been allocated by the Office of Public Works to a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/14]

Flood Relief Schemes Applications

Brendan Griffin

113. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be allocated to projects (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/14]

Irish Language

Brendan Griffin

147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the proposal made to initiate a twinning programme between Gaeltacht communities and non-Gaeltacht communities where there are efforts to improve levels of spoken Irish; his views that such an effort would be beneficial to both communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10054/14]

Wildlife Regulations

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the gorse burning season will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/14]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Brendan Griffin

166. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding available to renovate houses that are over 150 years old which are not listed and have not been subject to any preservation orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10196/14]

Liquor Licensing Laws

Brendan Griffin

175. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing a requirement to extinguish more than one existing licence for the establishment of new off-licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/14]

Prison Accommodation Provision

Brendan Griffin

180. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent annually on the accommodation of prisoners; the number of prison bed nights the State pays for annually; his plans to reduce this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/14]

Drugs Seizures

Brendan Griffin

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process involved in the disposal of seized illegal drugs; the measures taken to ensure that all such products are fully disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10056/14]

Criminal Legal Aid

Brendan Griffin

182. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce the State's annual expenditure on free criminal legal aid, which stood at over €50 million in 2013; his plans to limit the amount that any individual provider can draw from the State in professional fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/14]

Nursing Education

Brendan Griffin

249. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a decision will be made on an application for registration with the Nursing Board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that all the relevant documentation has now been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/14]

Sports Events

Brendan Griffin

275. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding efforts to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/14]

Rural Social Scheme Administration

Brendan Griffin

116. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/14]

Severe Weather Events Response

Brendan Griffin

201. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply to the EU solidarity fund for emergency funding for fishermen whose incomes have been devastated by the recent adverse weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9898/14]

Human Rights Issues

Brendan Griffin

166. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports of the deaths of 450 migrant workers from India in Qatar in 2012 and 2013; his further views regarding Qatar's hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup; the bilateral contacts Ireland has with Qatar; if he will express concern and protest about the deaths of these persons to Qatar, FIFA and the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/14]

Banking Sector

Brendan Griffin

187. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he is scrutinising the hospitality and corporate entertainment and other related expenditure by State owned banks; if he will provide the most up to date details of such expenditure; if he will meet with the heads of these banks to receive a full explanation on the reason such budgets still exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/14]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

269. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision on an independent application for a student grant did not issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry ; if a full review of the way Student Universal Support Ireland assessed this application will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9085/14]

Land Transfers

Brendan Griffin

354. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8714/14]

Heritage Sites

Brendan Griffin

355. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8715/14]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Brendan Griffin

376. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns in the post office network about the proposed changes in her Department's payment methods; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8998/14]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Brendan Griffin

409. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if funding to replace agricultural sheds that were extensively damaged in the recent storms will be provided from the humanitarian fund to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8619/14]

Foreshore Issues

Brendan Griffin

503. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps a person at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry would need to take to remove silt and other deposit material from a river bed as the material is causing flooding at this location; if his Department will agree to the removal of this material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9641/14]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Brendan Griffin

596. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of a single farm payment over claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8609/14]

Compensation Schemes

Brendan Griffin

597. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a compensation scheme for farmers who suffered damage to uninsured farm buildings and equipment in recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/14]

Legal Matters

Brendan Griffin

695. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will renew his efforts to establish the contributions paid by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from 1970 to 1990 in respect of their care at a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8663/14]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Brendan Griffin

696. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the MRSA problem in hospitals here; the most recent statistics for hospitals over the past five years; the number of deaths that have been linked to MRSA in each of the past five years and where these occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8754/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

697. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details provided) regarding a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8758/14]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Brendan Griffin

723. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if landowners have ownership and responsibility for trees verging road ways; if they are responsible for the removal of these trees if they fall on the roadway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8985/14]

Road Openings

Brendan Griffin

730. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open a new access road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8999/14]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Brendan Griffin

733. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to improve a section of road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9083/14]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

735. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a portion of the roads contingency budget will be provided over the next four years to complete a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9181/14]

Road Network

Brendan Griffin

744. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to link two roads (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8806/14]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Brendan Griffin

748. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will repair a piece of infrastructure (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9529/14]

Security Checks

Brendan Griffin

55. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out security sweeps of its own offices to ensure that no bugging or covert surveillance has been or is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8534/14]

Security Checks

Brendan Griffin

96. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out security sweeps of its own offices to ensure that no bugging or covert surveillance has or is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8532/14]

Emergency Planning

Brendan Griffin

104. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in the interest of safety for students and parents the introduction of compulsory closing of schools when there is a forecasted code red weather alert during schools hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8439/14]

Security Checks

Brendan Griffin

112. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has carried out security sweeps of its own offices to ensure that no bugging or covert surveillance has or is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8535/14]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

123. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing the rate of the living alone allowance for pensioners who are struggling to maintain a household with one income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8505/14]

Security Checks

Brendan Griffin

159. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out security sweeps of its own offices to ensure that no bugging or covert surveillance has or is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/14]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals

Brendan Griffin

180. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry against the request for reimbursement of their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8466/14]

Tourism Project Funding

Brendan Griffin

239. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a new tourism venture (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8601/14]

Commemorative Events

Brendan Griffin

152. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to mark the centenary of the beginning of the Great War; his plans to honour the Irish war dead from that conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7769/14]

Universal Social Charge Application

Brendan Griffin

168. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to alleviate the burden of the universal social charge on employees in view of its initial introduction as a temporary measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7512/14]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

175. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of a 1%, 2% and 3% cut in the standard and higher rates of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7756/14]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Brendan Griffin

176. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of a 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% cut in the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/14]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

177. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the threshold for entering the higher tax band for singles and couples by €1,000, €2,000, €3,000, €4,000 and €5,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/14]

VAT Rate Increases

Brendan Griffin

178. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the expected increase in indirect taxes such as VAT from which the State will benefit as a result of every €1 million cut in income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/14]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Brendan Griffin

179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the sale of mortgages from foreign owned banks to unregulated operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7760/14]

European Banking Union

Brendan Griffin

180. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his plans regarding Irish legacy bank debt; if he will make Irish agreement on European banking union conditional on a deal on legacy debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7761/14]

VAT Rate Reductions

Brendan Griffin

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT on construction work to 9%; if he will consider this on a pilot basis as an economic stimulus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7770/14]

Tax Rebates

Brendan Griffin

187. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the rebate available to persons with disabilities for expenditure on essential home adaptations, fuel, transportation, equipment and other related expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/14]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Brendan Griffin

240. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the declining standard of education being provided to Irish children in the small schools that are losing teachers under the budget 2012 changes to threshold requirements for teacher allocation; if he will reverse these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7805/14]

School Staffing

Brendan Griffin

255. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an English as an additional language post for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7733/14]

Value for Money Reviews

Brendan Griffin

257. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for not publishing the value for money report on two-teacher schools; the persons who carried out the report; the cost of same; when he received the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/14]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Brendan Griffin

258. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each pupil-teacher ratio reduction by one in the primary and secondary sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7768/14]

School Transport Provision

Brendan Griffin

292. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bus at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will make the pick up and drop off at a safer location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8283/14]

School Staffing

Brendan Griffin

295. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an English as an additional language post will be retained by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8333/14]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Brendan Griffin

312. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail his plans for further economic stimulus programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/14]

Office of Public Works Projects

Brendan Griffin

313. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on works at Derrynane House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/14]

Job Creation

Brendan Griffin

335. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the rate of job creation in County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the Industrial Development Agency record in County Kerry; the action he has taken on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/14]

Foreign Direct Investment

Brendan Griffin

336. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding County Kerry's status for grant aid for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/14]

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

403. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amounts in tabular form that her Department has paid in jobseeker's allowance and benefit in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the anticipated expenditure for these payments in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8171/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

404. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she anticipates a budgetary surplus in her Department in 2014 as a result of rising employment and falling unemployment; the anticipated and actual spend in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8172/14]

Social Welfare Code Reform

Brendan Griffin

405. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the efforts she is making to tackle high replacement rates; if she can point to circumstances where departmental changes since March 2011 have reduced replacement rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8176/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Brendan Griffin

406. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the efforts she is making to ensure her Department has a detailed breakdown of the skill sets of jobseekers; the way she is measuring the success of activation measures in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8177/14]

Social Welfare Fraud Investigations

Brendan Griffin

407. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the follow-up there has been on a case of reported alleged social welfare fraud since the report was first submitted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8199/14]

Film Industry Development

Brendan Griffin

430. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to expand the Irish film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7806/14]

Commemorative Events

Brendan Griffin

431. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to mark the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/14]

Heritage Sites

Brendan Griffin

439. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 28 January 2014, if he will provide an update on the case (details supplied) regarding farm fencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8066/14]

Flood Prevention Measures

Brendan Griffin

463. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps a landowner at a location in County Kerry (details supplied) would need to take to remove silt and other deposit material from a river bed as the material is causing flooding at this location; if Inland Fisheries Ireland would agree to the removal of this material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/14]

Flood Prevention Measures

Brendan Griffin

464. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps a landowner at a location in County Kerry (details supplied) may need to take to remove silt and other deposit material from a river bed, as the material is causing flooding at this location; if Inland Fisheries Ireland would agree to the removal of this material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/14]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Brendan Griffin

465. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all technical vacancies in the petroleum affairs division of his Department have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/14]

Water Charges Introduction

Brendan Griffin

493. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for farmhouses in respect of water metering; if existing meters and allowances will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/14]

Wastewater Treatment

Brendan Griffin

520. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the projected timeframe for the completion of the pilot waste water treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/14]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Brendan Griffin

559. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding gun control and availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/14]

Legal Aid Service Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

562. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the Exchequer for free legal aid; if a county breakdown exists for this figure; if the legal professional recipients of free legal aid will be disclosed; his plans to limit the amount of times a person can avail of free legal aid or at least change the free status to affordable, where a portion of income would be deducted in exchange for legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7810/14]

Firearms Licences

Brendan Griffin

587. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of illegal or unlicensed firearms he believes to be in circulation in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/14]

Firearms Licences

Brendan Griffin

588. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensed firearms in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8336/14]

Firearms Licences

Brendan Griffin

589. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensed firearms that have been stolen or reported missing in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8337/14]

Firearms Licences

Brendan Griffin

590. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms offences that have been committed using licensed firearms by the licensee in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8338/14]

Firearms Licences

Brendan Griffin

591. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of murders that have been committed using licensed firearms by the licensee in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8339/14]