Parliamentary questions

Fuel Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

118. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2170/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Bernard Durkan

119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the procedure to follow to transfer a rent supplement payment as quickly as possible to a new address in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2191/16]

Direct Provision Data

Willie O'Dea

120. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016, based on the projected number of persons accessing direct provision, of increasing the weekly adult rate from €19.10 to €23.00, €24.00, €25.00, €27.00, €28.00, €30.00, €32.00, €34.00, €36.00, and €38.74; and of increasing the weekly child rate from €9.60 to €12.00, €14.00, €15.00, €16.00, €18.00, €20.00, €22, €24.00, €26.00, €28.00 and €29.80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2192/16]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

John McGuinness

121. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the invalidity pension scheme will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2198/16]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Brendan Griffin

122. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of linking claims under the jobseeker's benefit scheme, given the difficulties it is causing seasonal workers who make repeat claims each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2225/16]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Charlie McConalogue

123. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if application processes for all schemes will continue to have paper-based options for those who do not have access to broadband and who do not wish to apply online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2243/16]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

124. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a list of all buildings surveyed and evaluated by the Office of Public Works, which it has furnished or not to her, regarding the provision of a new building in which to house the Department of Social Protection offices currently situated on Main Street in Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2265/16]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

125. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the instructions she gave to the Office of Public Works on providing office space in which to house the Department of Social Protection offices currently located in Ballybay, County Monaghan; what was taken into consideration when reaching the decision to give such instructions; if she was lobbied or requested by any public representative or third party to have these offices removed from Ballybay and placed in Monaghan town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2266/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Bernard Durkan

129. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if arrears have issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2273/16]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Bernard Durkan

130. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of eligibility under the fuel allowance scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2274/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Rabbitte

131. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the participants who enter the 12-month residential programme for men with addiction problems, and who are homeless, in Tallaght in Dublin 24 are mostly in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance, which is terminated after 14 weeks when they are entitled to a supplementary welfare allowance, and that they are then ineligible to go on to community employment schemes, SOLAS training courses, education courses and Tús programmes, in respect of which continuous entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance is required; if she will authorise the local office to extend the entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance for six months to facilitate participants returning to work and education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2279/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Tom Fleming

132. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2284/16]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Willie Penrose

133. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the precise basis upon which a case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the disability allowance scheme has been reviewed and the circumstances thereof; if she will give cognisance to the considerable outlay and expenditure incurred by this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2292/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Thomas Pringle

134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount Seetec Employment and Skills Ireland has been paid for its work under the JobPath scheme; how many persons it has assisted; her views on whether this represents value for money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2315/16]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the organisations she uses for outsourcing departmental work, including the processing of applications, the value of the contracts in place and the tasks they carry out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2316/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Robert Troy

136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her proposals to deal with community employment schemes where their insurance per participant has increased six-fold in some instances; and if she is aware of this and the measures she will take to assist schemes and to ensure their sustainability. [2318/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

John Browne

137. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of a decision refusing domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will reconsider this decision and grant the allowance in the circumstances. [2325/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

138. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with credited contributions for the period the person was in receipt of a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2327/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

139. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application that was submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in October 2015 under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2332/16]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Willie Penrose

140. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to the full rate of a carer’s allowance, given the person's recent application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2334/16]

Departmental Staff Promotions

Seán Fleming

142. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in her Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2582/16]

Insurance Costs

Brendan Griffin

143. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the Irish Insurance Federation to ascertain why returning emigrants with clean driving licences and a history of driving abroad in countries such as Australia, the United States of America and Canada are being charged exorbitant amounts for their premia; if he will prioritise dealing with this injustice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1670/16]

Vehicle Registration

Barry Cowen

144. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the costs of extending the vehicle registration tax rebate for electric vehicles until 2017 and until 2020. [2124/16]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover

Michael McCarthy

145. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1862/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Michael McGrath

146. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency will allow individual potential home buyers an opportunity to purchase units it is selling rather than disposing of them to investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1883/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Michael McGrath

147. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with spiralling arrears in mortgages held by non-bank financial institutions; if he will make these institutions subject to targets for restructuring solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1884/16]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Michael McGrath

148. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to instruct banks to make greater use of split mortgages and other long-term solutions in preference to arrears capitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1885/16]

Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products

Michael McGrath

149. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the efforts the Revenue Commissioners and Customs officials are making to clamp down on smuggling of tobacco and fuel; the cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1886/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Michael McGrath

150. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace at which the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is investing the cash it has available and the economic impact of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1887/16]

Tax Reliefs Application

Michael McGrath

151. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of tax relief changes introduced in budget 2014 on private medical insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1888/16]

Mortgage Lending

Michael McGrath

152. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has or intends to formally request the Central Bank of Ireland to review any aspect of its mortgage rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1889/16]

Fiscal Policy

Michael McGrath

153. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the fiscal space that will be available in each of the next five years following the publication of the Exchequer returns for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1890/16]

State Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

154. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to return Allied Irish Banks to the private sector; the issues that need to be addressed in the Irish banking sector generally before this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1891/16]

IBRC Liquidation

Michael McGrath

155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance when an updated projection of the final outcome of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidation will be available; if the State expects to pay all unsecured creditors including junior bondholders; when cash will be returned to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1892/16]

Tax Exemptions

Patrick O'Donovan

156. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for an exemption from vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/16]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Michael McNamara

157. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the status of the PDFORRA claim to the Revenue Commissioners for a flat rate expenses allowance under section 114 of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1930/16]

Tax Yield

Michael McGrath

158. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has revised his budget 2016 day forecast of €6,614 million for corporation tax receipts in 2016, given the outturn for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1991/16]

Pension Provisions

Robert Troy

159. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if the guaranteed income of €12,700 associated with drawing down a private pension early is remaining at the current rate or if it will be increasing back to over €18,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2037/16]

Insurance Industry

Seán Fleming

160. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the status of the payment of claims by Setanta Insurance; the level of payments that are expected to be made; the approximate timeframe for this matter to be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2098/16]

European Central Bank

Joe Costello

161. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the benefits and drawbacks of the European Central Bank increasing its inflation target from 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2109/16]

Universal Social Charge Exemptions

Patrick O'Donovan

162. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the universal social charge on incomes below €80,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2151/16]

Debt Collection

Seán Fleming

163. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Revenue Commissioners ceasing to engage with a taxpayer on an amount owed after referring the collection of the debt to an external solicitor or sheriff; if it is appropriate for the Revenue Commissioners not to engage in further negotiations, even though there may be matters to be negotiated after the referral of the case to a third party; if it is further appropriate that the Revenue Commissioners can devolve responsibilities in relation to the collection of taxes in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/16]

Departmental Offices

Joan Collins

164. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance if his Department was refurbished recently; the work done; and the cost. [2298/16]

Property Tax Exemptions

Gabrielle McFadden

165. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance if he will temporarily exempt homes from property tax on the basis that they should be re-valued at zero until such time as they regain their value after flood defences are put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/16]

Departmental Staff Promotions

Seán Fleming

166. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in his Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2576/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Timmy Dooley

167. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a decision on a funding allocation on the basis of Clare County Council’s submission of a feasibility study which examined the flooding issues and proposed a flood defence scheme for Seafield and Clohaninchy in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1837/16]

Office of Public Works Properties

Michael Healy-Rae

168. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a property (details supplied) under the ownership of the Office of Public Works in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1880/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Ciaran Lynch

169. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available to assist businesses in flood-prone areas of Cork city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2215/16]

Public Service Reform Plan Update

Michael McNamara

170. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when internal vacancies in the Civil Service will be centrally advertised, as proposed in the reform plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46361/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Michelle Mulherin

171. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the application process for the pilot scheme for individual home protection measures in Crossmolina in County Mayo will be open; how will it operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1865/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Mick Wallace

172. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his response to the ongoing flooding, particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2002/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Mick Wallace

173. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce a grant scheme for flood relief and prevention measures for households and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2003/16]

Public Expenditure Policy

Mick Wallace

174. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the level of investment in public services here, given our standing in relation to the rest of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/16]

Departmental Projects

Mick Wallace

175. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects and initiatives he has funded in County Wexford in the past year, including the announcement date of each funding package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2006/16]

Departmental Staff Promotions

Seán Fleming

176. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer across different Departments through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2055/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Applications

Dara Calleary

177. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from Mayo County Council for flood defence works for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the application will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/16]

Heritage Sites

Seán Kenny

178. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who visited each Office of Public Works heritage site in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2175/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Jim Daly

179. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the due date for the return of tender packages for the Skibbereen flood relief scheme; when he will confirm the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2214/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Dessie Ellis

180. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the measures in place to alleviate the losses to local businesses in County Dublin, in particular, in the Dublin 2 and 4 areas, should these areas experience flooding in the future. [2231/16]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

181. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the steps he took in advertising for an available and suitable building to house the Department of Social Protection offices, which the Government intends on moving from Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2260/16]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

182. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the tendering process in obtaining alternative office space for the Department of Social Protection offices which are currently located in Ballybay, County Monagahan; the replies he received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2261/16]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

183. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the square footage of the building he has chosen in Monaghan town to re-locate the Department of Social Protection offices currently in Ballybay, County Monaghan; the square footage of the existing building in Ballybay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2262/16]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

184. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the annual rent agreed on the building which he has chosen in Monaghan town to re-locate the Department of Social Protection offices, which are currently located in Ballybay; if this rent equates with rents for similar buildings in Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2263/16]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

185. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any public representatives, and in particular public representatives in County Monaghan or County Cavan, asked him, whether in verbal, written or electronic communication, to take into consideration the building that he has chosen to relocate the Department of Social Protection Offices, which are currently located in Ballybay, County Monaghan; the person who first brought this building to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2264/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Michelle Mulherin

186. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the status of the examination by the community sector high-level forum on the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008 for supervisors and assistant supervisors in community employment schemes; when the final report will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2317/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

187. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the extent to which the principles of public expenditure monitoring and reform remain part of and a requirement of Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

188. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government expenditure remains on target with budgetary projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/16]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Bernard Durkan

189. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the extent to which financial provision can be made for off-balance sheet funding of vital infrastructural projects that may be necessary, such as arterial drainage, flood relief, emergency housing or other vital and unforeseen issues meeting expenditure; if Government bonds may be a resolution in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2355/16]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Bernard Durkan

190. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the extent to which reform will remain central to Government policy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2356/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the extent to which specific provisions will be required to trigger area warnings in the event of a departure from good practice in respect of spending or departure from reform principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2357/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

192. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the extent to which he has observed tendencies by Departments or bodies under their aegis to exceed expenditure guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

193. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if particular tendencies or issues relating to over-expenditure by Departments have been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2359/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the extent to which he can incentivise all Departments and public bodies to follow good or best practice in respect of public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2360/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

195. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the savings directly and through the principle of reform achieved by his Department over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2361/16]

Budget Targets

Bernard Durkan

196. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the extent to which he has achieved the targets set in respect of public expenditure and reform five years ago; if future targets will be met in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2362/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Eric J. Byrne

197. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a matter concerning a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1844/16]

Equality Issues

John Browne

198. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person whose human rights were discriminated against but who does not fall within the criteria allowed by the Workplace Relations Commission can pursue the discrimination through another mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1867/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Terence Flanagan

199. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of zero-hour contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1908/16]

Action Plan for Jobs

Dara Calleary

200. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the activities his Department paid for in promoting the Action Plan for Jobs and the various regional Action Plans for Jobs in each of the years since the plan was launched in 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/16]

Job Losses

Dara Calleary

201. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2070/16]

Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses

Dara Calleary

202. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to incorporate social clauses in public procurement criteria that other European countries have implemented to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to tender for a greater share of procurement contracts, given that he is the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2193/16]

Work Permit Applications

Bernard Durkan

203. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); if this application will be quickly processed given the expiry date of the visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2196/16]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Finian McGrath

204. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to support a jobs proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2255/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Mick Wallace

205. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in its current form and, in particular, the regulatory co-operation provision, is weighted heavily in favour of corporations at the expense of citizens and; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2338/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Mick Wallace

206. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, at any of the recent consultations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, he or any other delegate raised concerns regarding the shifting of some of the more controversial issues in the TTIP to a time after the conclusion of the agreement, as has been flagged by many international democracy watchdogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2339/16]

Economic Growth Initiatives

Barry Cowen

207. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of developing a cross-Border development zone in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2342/16]

Departmental Staff Promotions

Seán Fleming

208. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under the Civil Service reform programme, the number of clerical officers who have been promoted to higher executive officer and the number of executive officers who have been promoted to assistant principal officer in his Department through internal competitions after the significant change in eligibility rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2579/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

209. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the online system dealing with farmers' maps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1838/16]

Farm Retirement Scheme

Dara Calleary

210. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when he will reintroduce the farm early retirement scheme; the criteria he will use to assess applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1839/16]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Áine Collins

211. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the non-payments under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015 and the part-payment for these in 2014 will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in County Cork based on a recent announcement which stated that no penalties would accrue to persons who were unjustly penalised for alleged ineligible lands. [1848/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Michael McNamara

212. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason for the delay, given that the person's circumstances have not changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1849/16]

Competition Law

Michael McNamara

213. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concerns regarding the proposal by a company (details supplied) to acquire a 50% stake in Slaney Foods and, in particular, the fact that it will also acquire its rendering facility, given that there would now effectively be only four category three outlets for handling animal by-products, known as "fifth quarter products", on which all abattoirs in the State are reliant, and that this would give the company control of over a quarter of the beef processing industry in the State; if he proposes to investigate the proposed acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Joe Carey

214. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Clare including the agri-environment options scheme and the basic payment scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1869/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Michael Creed

215. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible for entitlements from the national reserve as an applicant under the older young farmer section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1873/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Áine Collins

216. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received a young farmer's payment which the person was informed was approved before Christmas 2015. [1879/16]

Single Payment Scheme Administration

Seán Kyne

217. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why there is a delay in transferring entitlements to a person (details supplied); when the transfer will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1902/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

John Perry

218. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1907/16]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Dan Neville

219. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1912/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

220. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the disadvantaged areas scheme. [1967/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Pat Breen

221. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1973/16]