Written answers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding approval of ocean energy projects for 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his commitment to the biofuels directive; the outcome of the public consultation process...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if RTE will be expected to roll out a full digital terrestrial television service in the absence of a commercial...
- Telecommunications Regulation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of running RegTel on a yearly basis since 2006 to date in 2009; the function of RegTel; if he is...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the results for the NGN consultation process that his Department has facilitated; and if he will make a...
- Energy Costs
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied the 12% reduction in gas prices between May and September 2009 is adequate in view of the...
- Energy Supply
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the €600 million cost of the east west interconnector represents value for money in terms...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the options for investors of offshore and onshore wind farm applications outside the gate three...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the allocation of spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18767/09]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that an area code fixed line number must be provided alongside an...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the electric car roll-out programme; the persons who have been appointed to the national...
- Pension Provisions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns expressed by An Post for its pension fund; if he has met with the chief executive officer...
- Energy Conservation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applicants each year and to date in 2009 for the warmer homes scheme; the waiting time for...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on submissions made recently to his Department on nationalising a company (details supplied); his...
- Smart Meters
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the smart meters pilot project from the ESB will be completed; the timing of the evaluation following...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the claims that although there are up to 12,000 homes and businesses that cannot access broadband...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an overview of DAB here; the number of listeners; the areas covered; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the reported deal between the national broadband scheme operator and a company (details supplied)...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans to merge [i]change.ie[/i] and [i]powerofone.ie[/i]; the cost of running both these websites;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the decentralisation programme for his Department; the cost of securing a site for this project...
- Energy Regulation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact his office has had directly with the regulator's office in relation to the recent determination of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the workers in Bord na Móna who have been told the State company cannot pay their pension; if he...
- Energy Costs
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the industrial electricity price here has moved from the European average in 1998 to nearly 45%...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to combat the digital divide; if he is satisfied that persons who wish to learn how to...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount available to the fund accruing from the television broadcasting licence; the extent to which such...
- Energy Conservation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the exclusion of persons on low incomes from the home energy saving scheme; the reason there is a...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the call from an association (details supplied) for a one stop shop for the communications market...
- Greener Homes Scheme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position, post budget 2009, regarding the funding and number of applicants for the greener homes scheme;...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on new methods of collecting television licences; the methods available to him to collect TV...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans on publishing the national energy efficiency action plan; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he or his Department have an input directly or indirectly into the determination of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the time frame for the completion and publication of the report from the geothermal working group; his views on...
- EU Directives
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if EU Directive 2008/06/EC has been transposed in full into legislation here; if he intends that the postal...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 121: To ask the Taoiseach if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the cost of the work...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 122: To ask the Taoiseach the latest unemployment figures recorded in respect of the Tallaght social welfare office, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18672/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Civil Servants in his Department that have been dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18701/09]
- Legislative Programme
Question 124: To ask the Taoiseach the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of the years 2004...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [18476/09]
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [18488/09]
- Work Permits
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a person who is a US citizen and who has completed a law degree here to qualify for a...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives she proposes to deal with the plight of young apprentices who are midway through their...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for her Department outside the State in the past five...
- Visitor Centres
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance her Department is giving to ensure that the visitor centre at a company (details supplied) is...
- Legislative Programme
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the title of each Bill sponsored by her which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently...
- Work Permits
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will look favourably on a request to transfer a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Consumer Protection
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has a role in regulating auctioneers to encourage them to display realistic prices in their promotion...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 7 April 2009, the reason the redundancy rebate has not issued....
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his view of the situation in which income tax relief is allowed to tenants in the private rental sector but not to tenants in social housing; and if...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of National Lottery funding available for good causes in each of the years 2007 and 2008; the estimated amount available for such causes...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State visitors who stayed in Farmleigh House in 2009; the annual running cost of the house; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18462/09]
- Election Management System
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the system used to invite tenders for the printing of ballot papers in respect of each of the constituencies for the European elections; the names...
- Public Sector Recruitment
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the way public service recruitment restrictions will affect the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax incentives for building nursing homes are in place; and if he will confirm that these tax incentives will apply to a person who has secured...
- Tax Collection
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected under headings (details supplied) each year from 1999 to 2008; and if he will estimate the tax generated from the...
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his views in respect of the levying of commercial rates against the child care providers; his further views on whether this would appear to be at...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the cost of...
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposals to modify VAT on motor vehicles which are sold at a loss will be implemented prior to the next major VAT deadline, which is due in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government Department which is in charge of producing the new RTE pension scheme known as the 50:50 risk sharing scheme; if the consultation...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [18828/09]
- Company Takeovers
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he had with a company (details supplied); if he envisages them having a role to improve credit in the mortgage sector; and if he...
- Legislative Programme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the Title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of the...
- Tax Code
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will tax the gratuity payments of members of the Garda Síochána who have completed 30 years' service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changing the Office of Public Works pricing and tendering mechanism for Garda stations, whereby costing and service delivery, that is,...
- Banking Sector
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance when banks will release the €100 million sanctioned towards business start-ups and small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can change their tax credits so that their partner, who is working, can get their tax credit back...
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued guidelines to Departments regarding the exceptions which may be permitted to the recruitment ban; if he has established a procedure...
- Tax Code
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his views in regard to a submission (details supplied); his plans to overcome the concerns expressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the mid-west region not having Objective One status will hinder its ability to attract new investment and jobs; and the efforts...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if all funding accruing to the Exchequer from the national lottery is directed to the areas originally intended by legislation; and if he will make...
- Financial Services Sector
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks in receipt of State injections of capital could be using these funds to extend their loan books by cherry picking...
- Capital Investment Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding discussions with an association (details supplied) and other stakeholders in respect of proposals to secure funds for labour...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure that mortgage lenders pass on European Central Bank interest rate cuts in full to mortgage holders on variable...
- Department of Health and Children
- Pension Provisions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who are employed as home helps with the Health Service Executive are being deducted the pension levy when they will...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the requirements, arising from the budgetary announcement that free pre-school places would be provided for one year for all children...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision she will make following the non-availability of a community welfare service due to the absence of a community welfare...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide further clarification on the early childhood and education scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral agreement on inter-country adoption between this State and Russia has collapsed; the reason for this collapse; when it...
- Hospital Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, for an urgent...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times by region for assessment of prospective adoptive parents; her views on whether it is acceptable that the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend the special Civil Service incentive career break scheme to staff within the Health Service Executive; and if she...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will relax the conditions whereby doctors are required to have been in general practice here for five years before they can...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to agreements (details supplied); if same will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [18474/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the accounting systems and the financial arrangements in the National Rehabilitation Hospitals, Dublin, both at...
- Children in Care
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 27 January 2009. [18511/09]
- Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons from the 26 counties being treated for intractable epilepsy in Chicago, USA, or other international centres....
- Hospital Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of heart, and single and double lung transplants carried out in the Mater heart-lung unit and in the Freeman Hospital cardio...
- Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that funding will be in place to continue the support training and education service for a person (details supplied);...
- Hospital Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of nurses who were working at Cashel Hospital, County Tipperary, prior to the transfer of surgical services to Clonmel; if...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been allocated for the district midwife service to continue its services; if, in particular, the Domino service based at...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people affected by tuberculosis here; the level of care available; the way the figure compares with previous years; the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on funding fertility treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of Crumlin Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, and its future development; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as soon as possible. [18549/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her intention to centralise the assessment of medical card applications to one facility in Dublin; and if she has carried out...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the fair deal scheme; and the status or the legislation which will provide for this scheme to take effect....
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the HPV vaccine that is being paid for by the parents of young girls getting a series of injections over six months cannot be...
- Mental Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of institutions that provide psychiatric care in the country; the number of patients in each institution; the age of each...
- Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is provided with nursing home care; and if she will make a statement on...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for her Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work;...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on inter-country adoption. [18632/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card and SWA payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Health Service Allowances
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply the information being requested by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if the HSE is in discussion with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been placed on a waiting list; and if so, when they can expect to be called for a...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of women here, aged between 50 and 65 years, who had been routinely screened by BreastCheck by 31 January 2009. [18789/09]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the French arrangements with Vietnam regarding adoption will be considered to resolve the lapse of the bilateral agreement between...
- Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a potential entitlement to an inheritance of approximately three acres of unzoned agricultural land that is unlikely to...
- Health Service Properties
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in view of recent reductions in rent for both residential and commercial properties across the country she has directed the Health...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for the Health Service Executive to review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [18831/09]
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme. [18837/09]
- Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify whether refunds in respect of long stay patients apply in respect of persons who were admitted to specialist long...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason for the delay in having a medical aid made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Legislative Programme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the title of each Bill sponsored by her which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of...
- Medical Cards
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if in view of the fact that they pay maintenance this will be...
- Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide personal assistance hours to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking to be discharged from the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposed closure of St. Brigid's Ward, St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin; the position for existing...
- Medical Cards
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of visits to general practitioners in 2008 that arose from the administrative function of rewriting prescriptions...
- Mental Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the number of training places for courses in clinical psychology are maintained in view of the need for clinical...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when she will publish the vaccine damage compensation report; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that self-funding organisations such as An Bord Altranais are exempt from the moratorium on recruitment and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the reason for the delay in having an operation carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a date for an appointment at the Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of GMS patients nationally who were sent review forms in 2007 and 2008; the number of these forms that were returned; the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on the eight designated cancer centres, part of which,...
- Medical Cards
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 7 April 2009. [18990/09]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the Naas General Hospital development plan will proceed in full as originally set out; that the full scale of...
- Medical Cards
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the revised criteria for assessment of the over 70s medical cards (details supplied); and her proposals to alleviate this...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding provided by rural transport companies in 2008 for one-off transportation to specific events; the events and cost involved in each...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the way public service recruitment restrictions will effect the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of plans to extend the DART line to Drogheda, County Louth; the amount of funds allocated to such a project; the stage planning is at;...
- National Car Test
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding persons who are unable to have the national car test carried out but have a booking made; if they will be exempt from...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the cost...
- Legislative Programme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of...
- National Car Test
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that people are experiencing difficulties in getting through to the national car test centre in order to book an...
- Road Haulage Licence
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the political representations made to him in relation to the application for an international road hauliers licence by a person (details...
- National Car Test
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a backlog on national car tests; and if he will request that the Garda accept requests...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the call out charge applying to electrical work such as changing a light bulb in each prison; and if he will make a...
- Prison Committals
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the prison population in each of the prisons here; the official capacity of each prison; the number of prisoners currently...
- Garda Investigations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [18472/09]
- Garda Strength
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 24 March 2009 and noting departmental statistics given to the media, he...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners, broken down by prison, who are being accommodated in cells exceeding their limit; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to each station in south Tipperary; his plans to increase the numbers; and if he will make...
- Crime Levels
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests for drug offences in County Tipperary every year for the past three years; the number of successful...
- Garda Stations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy regarding one man rural garda stations in south Tipperary; and if he has proposals to change this policy. [18493/09]
- Garda Strength
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members serving in each rank in the Garda Síochána; the number of members in respect of each rank under the...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people charged under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006; the number of people prosecuted under the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for...
- Garda Deployment
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of divisions to which the 15 asset profilers working for the Criminal Assets Bureau in the south east are...
- Residency Permits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of pending naturalisation applications that were filed in 2006; the number that were filed in 2005; and the...
- Residency Permits
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath, one who seeks stamp four and the other who...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details suppled) in County Roscommon. [18832/09]
- Legislative Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law...
- Residency Permits
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if their application will be dealt with; and if he will make a...
- Garda Management
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant an unpaid sabbatical to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who wishes to travel for a period of...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the drug free training unit in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, is carrying more...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has not had their application for naturalisation processed; when the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in processing a passport application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [18577/09]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the proposal to officially recognise the actions of the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian nation in 1915 as genocide; the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of national lottery funding allocated to projects in the area of youth, sports and amenities in each of the years 2007...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the application for grant approval for a swimming pool for a club (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect...
- Performing Arts
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm whether his Department has grants available which would assist community theatre facilities to carry out upgrade...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on negotiations regarding a plot of land (details supplied) in County Cork between a State agency and the county...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the terms of his decision to restrict the scheme whereby his Department covered the cost of installing socially...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has met with Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta Teoranta and Údarás na Gaeltachta with regard to the possible...
- Departmental Staff
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff within his Department dedicated to the development of a regulatory framework for the charities...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of security system providers engaged under the community supports for older people scheme each year since...
- Legislative Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the Title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason an official has not made contact with persons (details supplied) in County Mayo as promised. [18893/09]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the rules regarding the application procedure for the back to work allowance scheme in order to allow a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements that have been made on a temporary basis to provide services in the social welfare office in Arklow during the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual amount paid out by her Department in social welfare payments to people who are not citizens of the European Union for...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for her Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her policy regarding artists who have registered as self-employed or as PAYE workers and entitlement to unemployment benefit....
- Legislative Programme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the title of each Bill sponsored by her which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she and her Government colleagues will protect persons in receipt of rent allowance from becoming homeless if their...
- Department of Defence
- Heath and Safety Regulations
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Defence the outstanding health and safety matters at a site (details supplied) in County Cork; and the efforts being made to have the amenity re-opened....
- Army Barracks
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Defence the status of Clonmel Barracks, County Tipperary; if Clonmel Barracks is scheduled for closure or if its closure is under active consideration; and...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the new remuneration arrangements in respect of members of the Army Reserve. [18550/09]
- Departmental Property
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Defence the use that is being made of a building (details supplied) in County Mayo; and his plans for this building. [18556/09]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the cost of...
- Legislative Programme
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Defence the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if new or revised rules, guidelines or instructions have been issued by his Department regarding the role of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have participated to date in the leasing initiative; the amount of the €20...
- Local Government Reform
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made towards bringing forward the White Paper on Local Government; the date on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress his Department has made in regard to producing a legislative framework for the sale of local...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people, to date, who have made a full application under the home choice scheme; and if he will...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 March 2009, if a review of the provisions of the Residential...
- Freedom of Information
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is intended that the Freedom of Information Act 1997 will apply to the Private Residential Tenancies...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consequence for a landlord whose rental property gets a particularly low BER rating such as G; and if he...
- Waste Disposal
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken on foot of the White Young Green report into Haulbowline Island; if he has explored...
- Election Management System
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish an independent electoral commission to take responsibility for electoral...
- Housing Grants
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation that will be made to each local authority under the housing adaptation grant scheme and the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether Bunclody, County Wexford, has a sufficient water supply to meet its needs; if his...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five...
- Waste Management
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain his existing and pending policy with regard to site selection for hazardous waste...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure, in regard to local authority mortgage holders wishing to re-mortgage their affordable home, by...
- Legislative Programme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently...
- EU Directives
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that he will revise regulations relating to inspection procedures for local authorities...
- Food Safety
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify which body is responsible for licensing food recycling companies; if he, the Environmental...
- Animal Welfare
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the complaints from landowners or other members of the public in regard to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application by Westmeath County Council for funding in respect of a community and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Pension Provisions
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person in his Department and the Department of Finance examining a scheme (details supplied); the progress...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years;...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans, in view of the introduction of smart metering by the ESB which is due to be completed by 2013, he...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the information sought by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the way the money...
- Electricity Generation
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applicants who tendered for the contract to build the east-west interconnector with EirGrid; and...
- Legislative Programme
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently...
- Energy Conservation
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full extent of grant aid available and proposed toward energy conservation in 2009; the degree to which...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the future development of the public and private broadcasting sectors; and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plan for the future of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19000/09]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which broadband availability and speed here is sufficient to compete with other jurisdictions...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other mineral exploration licences issued in each of the past five years to date; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in respect of the future role for wire, fibre optics, wireless and satellite to play in the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy initiatives he proposes to take to meet the infrastructural deficiency in the telecommunications...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Properties
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will grant permission to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry to use a site in the ownership of his Department...
- Grant Payments
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary did not receive full payment under the special suckler premium;...
- Land Commission
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Land Commission will provide copies of documents to the solicitor of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of a payment under the Common Agricultural Policy to a company (details supplied); and if he...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted REP scheme four. [18557/09]
- Milk Quota
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding milk quota; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature...
- Grant Payments
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if payments due to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will be issued immediately; the reason for the delay in...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme three grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been awarded a payment. [18836/09]
- Legislative Programme
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the terms of reference of the group assembled by him to investigate regulatory issues following the dioxin food crisis in...
- Grant Payments
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have received payment under the farm waste management scheme to date; the number of outstanding...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme four applications received; the number which have been approved; the number which have been...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding future reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; the consultation he has had with stakeholders in this...
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take action to combat exorbitant prices for animal disposal particularly in view of the cessation of the fallen...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his intentions with regard to unused CAP funds; the way such funds will be allocated; and if he will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of forestry premium payments awarded to date; the number which remain outstanding; the reason for delays with...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes which will be made to compliance measures under the REP scheme following the 17% reduction in payments; and if...
- Tax Code
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has had discussions with the Department of Finance with regard to the issues surrounding capital allowances for...
- Food Industry
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has held with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to the threat facing the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding discussions at a European level with regard to the forthcoming disadvantaged areas review; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the farm waste management grant. [18880/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a decision to impose a penalty on a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18881/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that a grant under the farm waste management scheme will be awarded as soon as possible to a person...
- Shooting Rights
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a club (details supplied) in County Kildare has shooting rights over State property at a particular location; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the suckler cow scheme payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce legislation to outlaw fur farming here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by his Department is the result of a planner error or a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been acquired for a new school at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, the price paid for the site; and...
- School Accommodation
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding to the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if sanction will be...
- Child Abuse Commission
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that a file was opened in early 1988 in his Department to deal with allegations and concerns regarding a children's...
- Departmental Surveys
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it was decided to send out the recent questionnaire regarding secretaries and caretakers to primary schools; the purpose and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant permission to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to remain on at a special needs school for a further school...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick which previously had a construction budget allocated but was...
- School Transport
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a child (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to any form of school transport. [18533/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, in view of the fact that a site has been procured for a school (details supplied) in County Cork, he will sanction this building...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an appeal for the third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18553/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to a refurbishment project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the project...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed relocation of primary schools at Portlaoise with particular reference to the proposed new...
- School Accommodation
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost at which the temporary accommodation has been provided to a school (details supplied) in County Galway for 2008 and 2009; and...
- Schools Recognition (1 comment)
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a proposal from Educate Together for a new secondary school in the Drogheda area, County Louth; and if he will make...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the...
- Language Support Teachers
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to ensure the appropriate level of English as an additional language provision in each primary school; and if he will...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary is at; when it is hoped that the amalgamation...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the companies contracted to provide prefabricated buildings for use in schools here; the amount paid to each of these...
- Higher Education Courses
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information on the way to access further and higher education courses as outlined in the supplementary budget 2007, annex F has...
- Capitation Grants
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [18830/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 22 April 2009, if the requested documentation has been received from the main contractor;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the plans for school improvement works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [18834/09]
- Legislative Programme
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a report on the plans for accommodating children who have been affected by the decision to close down special...
- Legislative Programme
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Student Support Bill 2008 will be passed at committee stage during this Dáil session; if he will confirm that despite the...
- School Accommodation
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the information sought in Parliamentary Question Nos. 447 to 521 of 31 March 2009. [18882/09]
- Schools Building Programme
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have availed of the scheme announced by him on 13 July 2008 regarding the possibility of using grants...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001, in relation to the remuneration of non-registered or suspended teachers will take...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines he has issued to agencies within his Department, such as vocational educational committees, regarding the type of...
- School Curriculum
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet with recognised bodies within the dance fraternity with a view to the inclusion of dance in the curriculum at second...
