Written answers
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Redundancy Payments
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in...
- Job Creation
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she was able to generate interest in the US towards job creation here during her recent visit to the US; if...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken since she received the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on FÁS; and if she...
- Job Losses
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 130 jobs at a plant (details supplied) in...
- Energy Prices
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action, in view of persistent complaints by businesses over high energy costs and its impact upon jobs,...
- Retail Sector
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the decision by a retailer (details supplied) to replace Irish produced products with imported...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive a response from the EU to the Government's proposed €100 million enterprise...
- Employment Support Services
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the introduction of a social economy or job initiative schemes to help deal with the unemployment...
- Corporate Governance
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recently published Grant Thornton Corporate Governance Review; and if she will make a...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she proposes to take to improve the competitiveness in the manufacturing and service sectors with...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether there is duplication of policy functions between her Department and its supporting...
- Export Credit Insurance
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 1 April 2009, if the review of the export credit insurance market...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support the role of county enterprise boards; and if she will make a statement on...
- Job Losses
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking, in view of the further increase in the number of people on the live register,...
- Retail Sector
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the impact of major retailers operating here who plan to change suppliers could have a...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the economy here is competitive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19945/09]
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the revised Estimate for her Department in respect of 2009. [19826/09]
- Innovation Fund Ireland
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date, with respect to the €500 million State backed venture capital fund announced in...
- Job Creation
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money she has provided on a county basis over each of the past ten years towards the creation of...
- Official Engagements
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her recent official visit to the United States; the investment or employment commitments...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on moving community employment schemes out of the remit of FÁS and into local government; the...
- Job Creation
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with local partnerships, community and Leader groups regarding the development of...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of steps taken to implement the Government Smart Economy document; the timetable set for each...
- EU Directives
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the implementation of the Temporary Agency Workers Directive, agreed at the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies which are expected to arise by the end of 2009 which will remain unfilled as a result...
- Food Sector
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will introduce legislative measures, such as fair trade legislation, in order to protect the many...
- Job Losses
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings from the Construction Industry Federation that some 55,000...
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an assessment has been carried out of the implications for investment here of the proposed changes in US...
- Industrial Relations
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in particular...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in...
- Job Losses
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action or actions she proposes to take to address the issue of ongoing job losses with particular...
- Employment Rights
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the more than 4,600 breaches of employment law reported in the annual review of the National...
- Departmental Staff
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons working on temporary contracts and the number of such contracts which are due to expire...
- Job Creation
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing alternative employment...
- Innovation Fund Ireland
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on her meeting on 7 May 2009 with the EU Commissioner for Competition, Neelie...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive the report commissioned from the Comptroller and Auditor General into the...
- Job Losses
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 330 jobs at a plant (details supplied) in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she proposes to take to ensure that all under 20 year old jobseekers have access to a training...
- Retail Sector
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to reform the Competition Acts to deal with practices which allegedly result in abuses by one...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the continuing difficulties being faced by small and medium sized...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has data available to her on the work of the clearing group on blocked credit; and if she will make a...
- Retail Sector
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the Forfás report published in December 2008, which found that while retail costs are higher...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the responsibilities of each Minister of State at her Department, following the recent changes; the powers...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on introducing a working capital loan guarantee programme for viable small and medium enterprises...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place for additional retraining courses and programmes for jobseekers; and if she will make a...
- Retail Sector
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the allegations of discriminatory practices being introduced in relation...
- EU Directives
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the...
- Official Engagements
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her recent official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar; the investment or employment...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach the budget for his Department in respect of corporate hospitality in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the amount of this budget associated with events,...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach the number of tribunals that are sitting; the date that each was established; the cost to the Exchequer of legal representation of each tribunal to date; the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [20128/09]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will arrange to have a person (details supplied) in County Cork assessed in respect of redundancy...
- Skill Shortages
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises and employees facilitated by Skillnets in 2008; the number who will do so in 2009;...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [19763/09]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a claim for redundancy payment from the Social Insurance Fund will be awarded to a person (details...
- Employment Support Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of uncompleted apprenticeships that will be released unqualified into the jobs market; the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the position regarding statutory redundancy payments; if there are delays in issuing...
- Work Permits
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [20066/09]
- Job Creation
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which adequate provision is being made in the area of job creation and employment...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland is regarded internationally as a high, medium or low wage economy; and if she will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has studied the level of imports from low cost economies; the degree to which this...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she Is satisfied that Irish exports can adequately compete on world markets having particular regard to...
- Job Creation
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net number of jobs currently being created on a weekly basis; the number lost on a weekly basis over the...
- Company Closures
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she, An Taoiseach and the Industrial Development Authority are taking to facilitate the remaining...
- Work Permits
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on her Department's decision to refuse an employment permit in respect of a person (details...
- Department of Finance
- Coastal Erosion
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the way rural money has been allocated by his Department towards County Meath beaches in each of the past five years; the purpose of same; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the company which was awarded the contract for Garda uniforms; the amount the contract was for; the location where the uniforms are being...
- Departmental Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of senior personnel who have left his Department for employment in the private sector within the past 12 months; and the breakdown of the...
- Flood Relief
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate, through the Office of Public works, the risk of flooding to residents at Frederick Street, Clara, County Offaly, whose...
- Tax Code
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the options being considered by the Taxation Commission in relation to retirement lump sums; when he expects a report from the Commission on this...
- Pension Provisions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employees working for the health board are being charged the new pension levy despite the fact that...
- Tax Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the deduction of the income levy to be halted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will arrange...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a transfer under the decentralisation programme by a person (details supplied) in County Galway to a...
- Tax Yield
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the new airport departure tax took in its first month of operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make a response to the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on mismanagement at FÁS; his views on the recommendations; when he...
- Procurement Procedures
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints the Office of Public Works has received since 2007 on tender processes organised by the OPW; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees in the Government Supplies Agency have, since 2000, received any gratuity excursions or trips from current or prospective suppliers or...
- Departmental Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in his Department who have applied for the tax exempt benefit in kind scheme of up to €1,000 under the cycle scheme...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the employment of seasonal workers at important heritage sites such as the Hill of Tara and Newgrange, County Meath, in...
- Tax Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons in receipt of a medical card are exempt from the pension levy and income levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20129/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Staff
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the appointment of radiologists who have been recruited to complete the roll out of BreastCheck to the remaining...
- Ambulance Service
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the provision of an air ambulance service in the mid-west region, particularly in the peripheral areas of west Clare; if...
- Child Care Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a play-school (details supplied) in Dublin 1, which is expecting funding from Pobal in...
- Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason wards have had to be closed and services curtailed at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin; if her...
- Medical Cards
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [19598/09]
- Cancer Incidence
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of new data from the National Cancer Registry showing a 75% increase in malignant melanoma in females under 50 years of age,...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a report (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19615/09]
- Mental Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a strategy that would ensure there is access to psychological and counselling services for child victims and...
- National Children's Strategy
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the next progress report on the implementation of the national children's strategy will be published; and the reason that this has...
- Child Care Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child care places currently available here; the number this has increased by since 2006 to date in 2009; the percentage of...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the take-up of immunisation programmes here; if she will take further action to improve same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has developed a national nutrition policy to address children's food poverty and obesity; when same will be published; and if she...
- Child Care Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the new scheme to cover a free pre-school year of early childhood care and education for all children between the ages of...
- Medical Cards
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy not to renew the temporary contracts of nurses within the Health Service Executive system; if there is an embargo on the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the charge of €153.25 per week was reached by the Health Service Executive and a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is participating in the bike to work scheme; if she will provide contact details for the section of the...
- Pre-school Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a mechanism for existing private child care providers to charge above the pre-school subvention rate from 1 January 2009 if...
- Disability Statistics
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 6 May 2009, which did not address this Deputy's query, it would be deemed...
- Hospital Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath will not have a scheduled MRI scan until 10 September 2009; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for the provision of orthodontic care for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19706/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deploy more community welfare officers to the North Lee East in view of the fact that a number of staff who have been out on...
- Medical Cards
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19724/09]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of National Lottery funding received by an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2000 to 2008 and to date in...
- Hospital Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical services available for cystic fibrosis patients such as a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the delivery of the step down bed facility and other related facilities in St Michael's Estate, Dublin; and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an alternative date for a knee replacement operation as the previous...
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19775/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19788/09]
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the life long monthly payments received by the 32 acknowledged thalidomide survivors will continue to be paid...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to publish the health technology assessment on a possible bowel cancer screening programme which has been completed by...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a five year waiting list for adult dermatology appointments at Tallaght...
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position with regard to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 25 November 2008 in the context of a letter (details...
- Ambulance Service
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of recent cases of delays in getting patients to hospital, she will review the level of ambulance cover that is available to...
- Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a colonoscopy for several months; her...
- Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for general practitioner visit card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a query (details supplied) from prospective adoptive parents; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that services to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will not be cut; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20006/09]
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will have three required fillings in their teeth; and if she will make a statement...
- Pre-school Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if parents who avail of the new ECCE scheme can use the service on a sessional basis reflecting their actual needs, that is, if their...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason orthodontic treatment is not covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and treatment available for children with osteogenesis imperfecta at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin and at other...
- Medical Cards
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the refusal to renew a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Cork on income grounds; and if she will...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a bed has not been made available to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if she will confirm the files were sent...
- School Transport
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding to provide bus transport for children attending a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been cut; if she will...
- Pre-school Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20118/09]
- Mental Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that persons (details supplied) expressed strong suicidal ideation in the days before their deaths to the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 7 April 2009, her views on the recommendations of the report of the vaccine damage steering...
- Pre-school Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child is who three and a half on 1 January 2010 will receive the full year of the new free preschool service; the position...
- Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the full range of services and supports for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be arranged; if the National Treatment Purchase Fund...
- Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20210/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/09]
- Child Care Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital grants which are available to assist with the construction of a crèche; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment that the funding approved for a project (details supplied) in County Wexford is secure; and if she will...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the implications that the current aviation situation is having on passenger numbers through all Irish airports including Shannon...
- Traffic Management
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of the €5 million plan to upgrade cycle ways in Dublin that has actually been spent; the upgrades and the number of kilometres of...
- Planning Issues
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 6 May 2009, if the Irish Aviation Authority forwarded copies of IAA Aeronautical Notice T.02 of...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the public service vehicle licence for taxi drivers has increased from €3 to €250; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meeting with Dublin Bus management on the Deloitte review of the bus network; the proposals he suggested to...
- Marine Safety
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will have to pay additional funds to the Commissioners of Irish Lights following a decision by the British Government to end...
- Road Safety
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent comments (details supplied) regarding the cutting of the RSA's road safety campaign budget and the failure to publish the new...
- Dublin Transport Authority
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Dublin transport authority, DTA, will be established; if he is currently running a competition to recruit a chief executive officer for...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost for search and rescue contracts during the last full year of operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20055/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Legislative Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, regarding section 258 of the Children Act 2001 and the non-disclosure of certain findings of guilt, he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent comments (details supplied) regarding the failure to roll out the national speed camera programme, the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation that would allow the Ombudsman for Children the power to intervene as an [i]amicus...
- Legislative Programme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a complete list of laws relating to children that have been passed but whose implementation or full...
- Garda Investigations
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the DNA sample of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was destroyed following completion of a Garda...
- Victims Commission
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19697/09]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19744/09]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he envisages opportunities for Garda reservists to become full-time gardaí; and if there are processes in place for...
- Residency Permits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19785/09]
- Asylum Applications
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19787/09]
- Garda Strength
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Garda traffic corps; the present and proposed strength of same; the number of gardaí in the...
- Discrimination in the Workplace
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will explain the contradiction between his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 6 May 2009, and the policies of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for citizenship of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement...
- Firearms Licences
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19857/09]
- National Car Test
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the legal status for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with their national car test; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if there is financial assistance available to them; when...
- Garda Operations
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/09]
- Garda Stations
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding Blarney Garda Station, County Cork; and the progress that has been made since January 2009. [20061/09]
- Deportation Orders
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU nationals who have been deported from Ireland annually under Directive 2004/38/EC; and if he will make a...
- Human Trafficking
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that are taking place under the Human Trafficking Act, 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 6 May 2009, the information that was sought from the applicant on 7 November...
- Residency Permits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for leave to remain in the State under subsidiary protection in the case of a...
- Work Permits
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can apply for a stamp four; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 26 March 2009, if he will elaborate on the reason for refusal of same in view...
- Residency Permits
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status regarding the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that the person (details supplied) in County Kildare, an applicant for citizenship, has been...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners granted day release for compassionate or other reasons, supervised or unsupervised in the past two...
- Judicial Investigations
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the report of a judicial enquiry under Judge Murphy which was carried out in September 2000 was submitted to him; if the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names of community groups and residents' associations in the Dublin 8 area who have received funding under the sports capital...
- Sports Funding
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Irish Sports Council has complete autonomy on the way it spends the money granted to it by the State; if, under the...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if financial support is available for a club (details supplied). [20119/09]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an evaluation was carried out of the scheme to fund voluntary agencies funding pendent alarms and other security...
- Community Development
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on a school outdoors playing facilities enhancement scheme application on behalf of a...
- Grant Payments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.786 of 24 March 2009 his views on permitting an application to be made on behalf...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide funding of €25,000 to a company (details supplied) for its 18 month Staying Safe Project, which...
- Community Development
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of community groups and residents' associations in the Dublin 8 area who have received funding from drugs...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time for an appeal in respect of supplementary welfare allowance; and the average processing time for an...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when plans for the relocation of the social welfare office in Mallow, County Cork will be finalised; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the population over 65 years of age entitled to the full old age contributory pension; a reduced rate old age contributory...
- Social Insurance
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated current unfunded liability of future social welfare pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19619/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are temporary clerical officers being recruited in her Department offices in the Sligo-north Leitrim region for the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused a rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20001/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on a one parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be made; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement who also have mortgage protection policies; the steps her...
- Department of Defence
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 30 May 2000, if the Dublin Airport Authority is being retained on an annual fee basis to advise his...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Defence if the promotions considered prior to the recruitment ban on the Defence Forces Reserve introduced on 27 March 2009 have been sanctioned; if those...
- Ambulance Service
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the use of the Air Corps to provide an air ambulance service in the mid-west region, particularly in the peripheral areas of west...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Air Corps of search and rescue operations during its last full year of full responsibility for such duties in Irish territory; and...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm or deny reports that there are plans in place to downgrade the Reserve Defence Forces and abolish the unit completely by 2011....
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has or will be set aside to assist towns designated under the national spatial strategy as hub...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the conditions which need to be satisfied, under legislation, for a local authority to take an estate in...
- Animal Diseases
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the emergency action being taken to close down the large dog breeding establishments affected by canine...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Courtmacsherry Timoleague sewerage scheme, County Cork; when work will...
- Election Management System
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the use of the electronic voting machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Turbary Rights
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment for the sale of a bog will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of applicants and the average mortgage amount provided under the home choice loan...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 6 May 2009 on the external legal costs of his Department in...
- Planning Issues
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with a group (details supplied) in County Wexford. [19723/09]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is intended to make retrospective changes to the claw back provisions for existing purchasers under the...
- Election Management System
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location at which the electronic voting machines were stored in south Tipperary prior to the machines...
- House Prices
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national house price register to provide accurate market information in the interest...
- Departmental Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people employed by his Department; and the number of these who earn under €25,000, between...
- Recycling Policy
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the incentives given to local authorities to help them in their work of encouraging householders to use the...
- Waste Disposal
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private waste companies operating door-to-door waste collections for local authorities; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the provision of a sewerage scheme for an area (details supplied) in County...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the categories of immigrants who are eligible to be placed on a local authority list; and if he will make a...
- Water Quality
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste water treatment plants in County Cork; the number of same which have provision for...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to expedite the purchase of single houses by Westmeath County Council, which requires sanction from...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to advance water service schemes in County Westmeath which with the exception of Coosan-Ballykeran...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has informed all local authorities that local government expenditure cannot take place unless...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/09]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Efficiency
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company which produces fireplace inserts that burn cut and seasoned wood but provides an energy efficient...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 6 May 2009 on the external legal costs of his Department in 2008,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a broadband service will be provided in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19860/09]
- Planning Issues
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a grant available for a planning application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Foreshore Licences (1 comment)
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will issue a foreshore licence in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make...
- Departmental Offices
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that there is a possibility that the DVO office in Sligo will be closed down; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for full payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 2 April 2009, the position to date regarding a fishery (details supplied); and...
- Grant Payments
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has contacted a person (details supplied) in County Mayo following the review of their case. [19718/09]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have been paid under the farm waste management grant per division; the number who await payment...
- Grant Payments
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their forestry premium payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the townland of Corelish, Pallasgreen, County Limerick is not included in the land classified as disadvantaged...
- Grant Payments
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20086/09]
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if provision will be made for applicants who were on the verge of submitting applications under the installation aid scheme;...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been awarded REP scheme four. [20136/09]
- Animal Diseases
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a cocktail of sprays used on crops are having a devastating effect on the...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason and rationale for the doubling of school transport fees for the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason special needs assistance was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of primary and post primary schools in each county whose application for funding under the summer works scheme was...
- School Staffing
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers in each county who are undertaking probation in 2009; the arrangements in place to ensure that those...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the class size by county in primary schools according to the returns made to his Department in October 2008; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who will be compulsorily retired at the end of the 2008-2009 school year; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce legislation that would place a statutory duty to establish student councils in all schools to promote the...
- Early School Leavers
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available to early school leavers in Youthreach programmes here; and the increase in places since 2006 to date in...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the construction of the long delayed new school at Summercove, Kinsale, County Cork in respect of which a...
- Research Funding
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way cuts to higher education research projects announced in the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009 will impact researchers or...
- Higher Education Sector
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the agreement reached with the higher education sector with regard to the ban on public sector recruitment; and if he will make a...
- State Examinations
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a scribe will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who sits their leaving certificate in 2009; if the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the indicative outline of the schedule for the third bundle of schools to be procured via Public Private Partnership, announced in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction funding in respect of dyslexic pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in which a class established...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [19694/09]
- School Transport
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be considered for free school transport in respect of their children. [19717/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to allow an extension to proceed at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ratio of pupils to teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if there are plans to reduce this ratio; his policy in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in his sanctioning the construction of a permanent school to replace the prefabricated buildings out of which...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been found in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin for the national primary school; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of permanent whole-time teaching appointments sanctioned in each vocational education committee nationwide over the past...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for funding to carry out repairs at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied); his plans to deal with the issues raised in the submission; and if he will make a...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the public concern regarding allegations of bullying, harassment and poor staff relations at Athlone Institute of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of funding of capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the timeframe for the delivery of this...
- School Staffing
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans in place to reduce the teaching staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of extension plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; if work is scheduled to begin in 2009; and if he will make...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he is prepared to stand over the situation whereby students in County Kildare are not paid a third level grant for an...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Carlow; if approval will be given as a matter of urgency; and if...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the De Buitléir Report on Student Support 1993 and its principal recommendation that there be an assets based means test...
- Adult Education
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the educational courses and options available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene to ensure that a school transport service continues to be made available for a person (details supplied) in...
