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Tue, 31 Mar 2015
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Fuel Laundering
Patrick O'Donovan
660. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of correspondence he has received from environment authorities in Northern Ireland since 2011, relating to the contamination and pollution of water courses that rise in or flow through Northern Ireland, from processes connected to the illegal laundering of diesel, and which also flow through this jurisdiction; if any of the water courses in question are part of the drinking water supply in communities in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13185/15]
Tue, 31 Mar 2015
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Fuel Laundering
Patrick O'Donovan
662. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has evidence to suggest that aquifers and water courses in this jurisdiction have been contaminated by the illegal laundering of diesel in Northern Ireland; if he has raised concerns with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom; his views that the authorities in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom are treating this issue with appropriate seriousness; if consideration has been given to a complaint to the European Union authorities on the issue; if further consideration has been given to legal action against the relevant agencies to recover the clean-up costs in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13201/15]
Tue, 31 Mar 2015
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Commemorative Events
Patrick O'Donovan
730. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a flag captured by the 4th Battalion of the Leinster Regiment of the British Army in County Limerick in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, which is on display in the Imperial War Museum in London, England; if she will ensure the flag is returned to County Limerick as part of the commemoration of the 1916 Rising; if she will raise the issue with the British Ambassador to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13137/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Tax Code
Patrick O'Donovan
77. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the total amount raised in deposit interest retention tax in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the implications of attaching the universal social charge to deposit interest, including the amounts raised in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Motor Tax Collection
Patrick O'Donovan
246. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding commercial motor tax designation on scheduled commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12496/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Housing Adaptation Grant Data
Patrick O'Donovan
247. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the number of persons awaiting assistance under the housing aid for older persons scheme and the mobility aids grant scheme; the total amount required by each local authority in respect of approvals made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12504/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Drainage Schemes Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
63. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for funding submitted by Thurles Municipal District in respect of funding for the Loughmore Drainage Scheme in County Tipperary. [12313/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Felling Licences Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
83. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding a general felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12320/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Single Payment Scheme Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
84. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application made under force majeure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12189/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
161. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to decide the children who receive the July provision in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
163. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals mechanism in place for a school and-or parent who are not successful with a July provision application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12211/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
164. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school has discretion when it comes to deciding which students can participate in the July provision for special needs children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12219/15]
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
165. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department decides which schools receive the July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12220/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Social Insurance
Patrick O'Donovan
193. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to the possibility of counting the years that parents spend in the home looking after their children as a contribution towards social insurance benefits, such as the contributory pension; if such a proposal has been suggested to her Department by other Departments in the context of the provision of child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11440/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Tax Code
Patrick O'Donovan
265. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the provision of tax relief to families where one of the parents chooses to stay at home to care for children, in an effort to meet increased child care costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11499/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Tax Data
Patrick O'Donovan
281. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax paid by groups of income earners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11906/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Tax Data
Patrick O'Donovan
282. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the percentage of tax take in respect of income categories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11907/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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GLAS Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
348. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 10 March 2015, if he will confirm that all lands will be effectively designated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11537/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Afforestation Programme
Patrick O'Donovan
360. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department will not issue a letter of loss of premium in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, in order that this person can receive compensation from the Electricity Supply Board for the loss in premium in relation to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11596/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
363. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe as to when a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11661/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Felling Licences Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
367. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 12 March 2015, when his Department received the application for the felling licence for the person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Tax Reliefs Availability
Patrick O'Donovan
533. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has put forward any suggestion or proposal to the Department for Finance to enhances tax relief for those families where one of the parents chooses to remain at home in order to provide child care for their family; if he will provide details of any discussions that his Department has had with the Department of Social Protection in relation to acknowledging the role that stay at home parents play; his views on the possibility of having childhood years in the home being counted as contributions under the social insurance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11437/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Patrick O'Donovan
611. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of children with neurofibromatosis awaiting surgery at Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin 12; the maximum waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11468/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Hospital Staff Data
Patrick O'Donovan
612. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric anaesthetists operating in public hospitals on 1 January 2011 and on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Patrick O'Donovan
613. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by age, the number of children up to ten years of age who are awaiting surgery for scoliosis; the maximum length of time that children are waiting for procedures to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11470/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Health Insurance Community Rating
Patrick O'Donovan
708. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of a matter (details supplied) regarding the community rating for health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12003/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Passport Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
735. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the child of a couple who was born here in 2010, the couple having arrived from Romania in November 2007, is entitled to an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11215/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Bullying in Schools
Patrick O'Donovan
790. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines issued to the board of management of secondary schools in respect of bullying policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11550/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Summer Works Scheme Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
809. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of its application under the summer works scheme for the provision of a hard-court area at the rear of the school. [11885/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Departmental Funding
Patrick O'Donovan
839. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available through his Department for the maintenance of walking trails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11066/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Water Quality
Patrick O'Donovan
878. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide an allowance to householders in areas with hard water to assist with the additional costs associated with the flushing of water softeners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Building Regulations
Patrick O'Donovan
917. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in reviewing the inspection process for the new building regulations; when a decision is due to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Electricity Transmission Network
Patrick O'Donovan
933. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is implementing the new European electrical grid codes, 2015 to 2018, differently from other European Union Member States; if he will provide a rationale for that difference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11197/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Sports Funding
Patrick O'Donovan
986. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 11 March 2015, if he will provide details of allocations made rather than providing a website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/15]
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Patrick O'Donovan
31. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that carbon monoxide alarms should be installed in all public places such as hotels as a matter of public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/15]
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
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Felling Licences Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
134. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a felling licence will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10842/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Easter Rising Commemorations
Patrick O'Donovan
26. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, as part of the commemoration of 1916, consideration will be given to placing the national flag in classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10017/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Primary Medical Certificates Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
63. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if the primary medical certificate will be re-issued in circumstances to allow tax relief to be claimed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10670/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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SportNation Programme
Patrick O'Donovan
163. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the allocations which have been made under the SportNation programme for capital expenditure; the timeframe for the drawdown on these funds; if he anticipates that some local authorities may not avail of their allocation; if he will reallocate such unused funds to support projects that are ready projects in other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10716/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Departmental Properties
Patrick O'Donovan
145. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity, and occupancy of each premises as at the end of January 2015. [9472/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
153. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the dietary allowance for coeliac food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9885/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Departmental Funding
Patrick O'Donovan
169. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance is available from her Department in respect of a community initiative (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [10127/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
Patrick O'Donovan
255. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department imposed penalties and exclusions on entitlements under the single payment scheme for those areas of ground where trees were felled during the storms in 2014; if his Department provided reasonable time in all cases to landowners to have storm damage cleared to avoid penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9920/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Single Payment Scheme Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
256. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if penalties are applied, under the single payment scheme, for the non-cutting of rushes on eligible holdings; when these penalties were imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9922/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Departmental Meetings
Patrick O'Donovan
265. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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GLAS Administration
Patrick O'Donovan
268. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that no penalty will be incurred by a farmer wishing to transfer from the agri-environment options scheme to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme or the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme+; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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GLAS Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
270. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the recently announced green low-carbon agri-environment scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme+, the position regarding a farmer, part of whose land is designated for the protection of the hen harrier, and if it is the case that where there is one hectare out of a total of 30 hectares designated, all the lands will effectively be designated without the designation for the purposes of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10290/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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GLAS Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
271. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers owning Natura and hen harrier designated lands are eligible to receive the payment of €79 per hectare per year for the private Natura sites on top of the hen harrier payment under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme+; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10291/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
416. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10299/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Health Services Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
432. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if male cancer sufferers who donate sperm samples for future use will be offered such treatment free of charge if it becomes a medical necessity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/15]