Written answers
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
- Department of Education and Science
- Small School Closures
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is his intention to conduct a review into the viability of small rural schools. [44148/09]
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has come to an arrangement with the Protestant school community to reverse the cutbacks made to the fee paying Protestant schools...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on allowing unemployed persons who already have a degree avail of the back to education allowance, free third level fees and...
- School Management
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has completed his review of the legal and related issues surrounding the application by Educate Together to be recognised as a...
- Flood Damage
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the damage arising from the recent flooding at University College Cork; if he has proposals to deal...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the review of the school building capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44127/09]
- School Accommodation
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 23 of June 2009, if the review of his Department's policies and procedures for the...
- Third Level Charges
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to claims that moneys collected from the student registration fee are not used to fund student services; and if he...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 50 students are dropping out each week due to delays in grant payments; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school building projects before his Department; the number that have been on the waiting list for less than five years;...
- Educational Projects
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the project maths programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44126/09]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which class sizes and pupil teacher ratios have varied in the past three years to date in 2009; the action he will take...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the research or investigations conducted into the need to provide additional schools and classrooms in the Midleton and east Cork area...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Employment Statistics
Question 63: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged under 25 years who were unemployed each month from January 2008 to November 2008 by gender and by county; and the number in each...
- Departmental Staff
Question 67: To ask the Taoiseach the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade; and if he will make a statement...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 68: To ask the Taoiseach if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44025/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 69: To ask the Taoiseach the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Arts Funding
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding made available over the past five years to support and promote artists in the fields of...
- Work Permits
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the refusal of a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wage and number of staff employed by her Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been a reduction in the fourth year electrical apprentice training rate from €647.01 to...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the time delay in processing employee applications under the redundancy payment scheme when the company has...
- Craft Industry
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a meeting with the Crafts Council of Ireland will not include all levels of representation (details...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford did not receive...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce export support measures to assist companies that have been adversely affected by the...
- EU Funding
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has prepared a plan for submission to the European Commission for funding under the European...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if programmes have been developed to assist persons who have previously been in prison to access employment...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which her Department or bodies under the aegis...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of FÁS course providers or subcontracted FÁS course providers when evidence has been found that...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 121, 122, 123 and 124 of 24 November 2009, if she will provide further...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of community employment schemes according to the duration of employment involved in each...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, addresses and capacity of all FÁS training centres; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to increase the number of community employment places available to drugs projects in...
- Department of Finance
- EU Directives
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has failed to implement the EU Flood Risk Directive, the deadline for which expired on 26 November 2009; and if he will make a...
- Budget Submissions
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); his views on implementing any of the issues raised in this...
- Flood Relief
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the dredging of rivers would have prevented the severity of flooding which has struck here in November 2009; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has analysed the volumes of solid fuels consumed here which are sourced in Northern Ireland; and his assessment of the estimated future...
- Flood Relief
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to a re-evaluation of the Ennis flood relief scheme in view of the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if non-industrialised civil servants have applied for incentivised early retirement; if so, the breakdown of the grade or office or the persons who...
- Tax Collection
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [43948/09]
- Budget Submissions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [43963/09]
- Flood Relief
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if phase two of the Clonmel flood relief scheme will assist householders and businesses to receive house insurance covering flooding once more; the...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the importance of tax reliefs that persons receive on paying for the care of an incapacitated person in their home is ensuring that...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44020/09]
- Debt Servicing Costs
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the difference, in relation to Government borrowing on international bond markets, in cost to the Exchequer for debt servicing on an annual basis...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money borrowed each week to pay for the current spending in pay and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44029/09]
- EU Funding
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance when the administrative funding will be made available to cross-Border partnerships to run the INTERREG IVA programme; when this issue will be...
- Departmental Equipment
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he maintains a log of audio visual equipment which it is procuring and which is in storage in the different Office of Public Works locations...
- Flood Relief
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the minor works which have commenced in Newcastle West in County Limerick after the floods in August 2008. [44063/09]
- Tax Code
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of home carer's tax credit; the number of persons in Waterford city and county in receipt of home carer's tax...
- EU Funding
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought emergency funding from the EU to help alleviate the hardship which is being experienced by householders and businesses as a result...
- Tax Yield
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of additional income tax revenue generated by the restrictions on high earners; the amount of income tax revenue contributed by these...
- Departmental Properties
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the continuing delay in receiving a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 3 November 2009; and when a detailed reply to the...
- Tax Yield
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxable income of non-resident Irish citizens; the tax yield generated from this income for the latest year available as well as...
- Budget Submissions
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44176/09]
- Departmental Reports
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance when a report from ecologists (details supplied) will be finalised. [44185/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the present value of pension assets, liabilities and deficits of the covered pension funds listed in Schedule 1 of the Financial Measures...
- Court Accommodation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 6 October 2009, if plans for the proposed extension to Waterford Courthouse will be expedited in view...
- Security Systems
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if any public buildings or premises have fitted the mosquito device, an ultrasonic security system which is marketed as a teen deterrent relating to...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the bank guarantee; if Irish deposit accounts will be guaranteed beyond the two years originally announced by him; if the...
- Job Creation
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 3 November 2009, the position regarding the recent proposal to create 1,000 posts in Government...
- Tax Collection
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 3 November 2009, the income of each category and cohort. [44359/09]
- Departmental Properties
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans to renovate the building that currently houses a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork; or if the...
- Flood Relief
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake work to address ongoing flooding from the River Boyne at Ship Street, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
- Building Projects
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of approved building projects planned by the Office of Public Works that are waiting on funding; the value of those projects; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and if he...
- Tax Collection
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 3 November 2009, the median and mean incomes and the income at each quartile in the bracket over...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence from a business (details supplied) regarding the impact on the business of the proposed windfall tax; and if he...
- Tax Collection
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all requested information to the Revenue...
- Department of Health and Children
- Food Labelling
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of enforcement measures taken, and the number of prosecutions taken, in 2009 to curb foreign origin meat products being...
- Medical Cards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [44316/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at Waterford Regional Hospital where they are on a...
- Child Care Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation whereby funding which had been granted for three years to a play-school (details supplied)...
- Hospital Staff
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure that additional staff are appointed to Waterford Regional Hospital to deal with the situation (details supplied)...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [43974/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of emergency cases from County Clare which have presented at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick between the hours...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has engaged in discussions with officials in the Department of Finance regarding the recommendation from the Commission on...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal status of independent adoptions after the Adoption Bill 2009 is passed; if distinction will be made between couples who have...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way inter-country adoption with countries such as Mexico which operate on a system of independent and private adoptions will be...
- Medical Cards
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite the matter. [44050/09]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will comment on reported unusual adverse reactions in Canada to swine flu vaccinations; the withdrawal of doses produced by a...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) was refused; the further reason...
- Medical Cards
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Venesection Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her best estimate or that of the Health Service Executive of the percentage of the population who have hereditary haemochromatosis; the...
- Private Health Insurance
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a €128 levy charged on all private health insurance policies; the reason this levy is charged; if there are circumstances...
- Hospital Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay to see an ear, nose and throat specialist at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare, in respect of a person...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the intensive care unit and for another theatre day at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin,...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 16 September 2009, the meetings held since in relation to the pharmacy dispute; the outcome...
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will issue national recognition to the BRÍ identity card for persons with acquired brain injuries; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Executive Reports
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 7 July 2009, which was to issue shortly...
- Hospital Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 16 September 2009, a reply to which was...
- Departmental Reports
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 16 September 2009, if the meeting referred to between officials of her Department and the...
- Nursing Homes
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports available for the development of nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44312/09]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a community group in County Limerick who are purchasing two defibrillators will qualify for grant assistance; the grant assistance...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a product (details supplied) is provided under the general medical services scheme; if there is a limit to the amount of the product...
- Medical Cards
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has not been renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the reason a response has...
- Health Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an event (details supplied) will receive financial assistance as it seeks to promote health and well-being; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation to St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8.. [44352/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if follow-up mammograms for patients who have had surgery for breast cancer have ceased in Sligo General Hospital; and if so, the reason...
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Information and Quality Authority mechanism was used inappropriately by staff at a unit (details supplied) to deal...
- Pension Provisions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not entitled to compensation resulting from the prohibition on them to pay...
- Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) whose MRI scan was cancelled will be provided with a date for a new appointment; and if she will make a...
- Children in Care
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated migrant children who have disappeared from Health Service Executive accommodation in the month of September...
- Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on turnaround times on fresh applications for the medical card, renewal...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department operate;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been informed that he must wait two years for a video EEG having waited...
- Hospital Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a surgery will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if she will expedite a response. [44451/09]
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork on an application submitted following the launch of the Health...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who applied for a hearing aid in May 2009, will be tested and have the aid fitted; and...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) regarding domiciliary care allowance. [44630/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [44631/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to Tullamore orthopaedic unit, County Offaly;...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade; and if he will...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has ordered the national mobility centre to issue disabled person's parking permits only to persons with lower leg disabilities;...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a chairman to Dublin Port Company; his views on whether it is inconsistent for the State to be insisting on certain...
- Public Transport
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 will permit his Department to reconsider his decision to refuse an extension of the 37 bus terminus...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/09]
- Road Network
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport when approval will be given to the construction of a road bypass at Thomastown, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application for an extension to a route from a private bus company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Haulage Industry
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a recent submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44175/09]
- Sustainable Transport
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a submission from Dundalk Town Council regarding the national competition for smarter travel areas; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings, owned or rented, from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and if...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- International Agreements
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the capacity legislation; and when the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership of the senior group on disability which is chaired by his Department; the number of times the group has met;...
- Legislative Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Multi-Unit Developments Bill has not progressed in the Oireachtas since May 2009; if he is planning...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the further transfer of a €3.5 million budget from his Department to the Health Service Executive...
- Departmental Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008, inclusive, broken down by job...
- Residency Permits
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a stamp four by a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be processed; and if he will make...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on publishing legislation to regulate the gaming sector; when this legislation will be brought before...
- Proceeds of Crime
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the potential of the method used by criminals to launder money (details supplied); if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Guardianship Register
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Law Reform Commission in its consultation paper Legal Aspects of...
- Prison Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or the Prison Service have plans to recruit staff for the prisons; the way jobs might be advertised; and if he will...
- Firearms Licences
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the increase in the cost of a shotgun licence. [44331/09]
- Garda Stations
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of a new garda station at Castle Island, County Kerry. [44351/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Courts Procedure
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process in law available to a legally separated person to seek full recovery of maintenance payments and arrears due by...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of begging here; his views on the legality following the 2007 High Court decision (details supplied); if he has...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions and convictions for begging from 2000 to date in 2009. [44386/09]
- Garda Strength
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of retirements from the Garda Síochána notified since the beginning of 2009; the number of new Garda recruits...
- Employment Support Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if programmes have been developed to assist persons who have previously been in prison to access employment opportunities;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his...
- Garda Deployment
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [44437/09]
- Garda Stations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 17 November 2009, the interim arrangements for the provision of Garda station...
- Visa Applications
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade; and if he...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the new prison conditions in which a person (details supplied) is being held in...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to publish the Review of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44372/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade; and...
- Arts Council
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans regarding funding of the Arts Council in 2010; if the same funding will be available to the Arts Council as in previous...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the salary of all staff employed by Fáilte Ireland, broken down by grades for each year from 1997 to 2008; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title...
- Community Development
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the impact of a reduction in the local development inclusion programme (details...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a...
- Community Supports for Older People
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the review of the scheme of community supports for older people; when a new scheme will be in place;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Flood Compensation Scheme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements that will be made to compensate flood victims in south Tipperary after the latest flood damage to homes and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average wage and number of staff employed by her Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was refused their entitlement under the...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 21 October 2009, if she will clarify that control measures including the issue of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 20 October 2009, when the national pensions framework will be completed; if it will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal has been received on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when they will receive a decision. [44181/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average number of weekly or monthly recipients of rent allowance in each Health Service Executive area in each of the past...
- Departmental Staff
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff working in the Blanchardstown social welfare office at the end of June 2007 and at the end of each of the past...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability allowance review will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44362/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take into consideration the report by the Irish Human Rights Commission titled The Self Employed and the Old Age...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will permit persons who are unemployed and eligible for back to education allowance to participate even if they have...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [44436/09]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the way in which family payments for children are made in Spain based on the place of residency...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will examine an application for guardianship payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when domiciliary care allowance will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Defence the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job title and grade; and if he will make...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/09]
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of the 108 call outs of the explosive ordnance disposal team up to 15 November 2009 that were to genuine devices; the number of hoax...
- Overseas Missions
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops deployed with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan; their role and function in that...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and if he...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Staff (1 comment)
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact of the non-inclusion of an eastern bridge in the Sligo and environs development plan 2010 to 2016...
- EU Directives
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the EU birds directive and the circular which he sent out to farmers and landowners, this will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions that are to be taken in the aftermath of the unprecedented flooding which occurred here in...
- Planning Issues
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change planning requirements to prevent house owners in urban areas from putting in driveways...
- Pension Provisions
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if retired members of the fire brigade are entitled to adjustments in their pensions to match serving officer...
- Planning Issues
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or the local authorities accept any liability for the removal of asbestos from homes when it was...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the EU High Level Regulators Group relating to nuclear safety has met since its...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that old stone bridges, some dating back to the 15th century, are conserved...
- Planning Issues
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the absence of a formally adopted plan, an ongoing programme of demolition of multiple dwelling units...
- Waste Management
Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans by South Dublin County Council to close its green waste facility...
- Library Projects
Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received a request from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Turbary Rights
Question 291: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 15 October 2009, if he will furnish a reply to the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to publish a landscape Bill to identify policies to protect, conserve and manage our landscape and...
- Fire Service
Question 293: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the recent flooding crisis and the prospects of further flooding in the next number of years,...
- Flood Relief
Question 294: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funding available to Kilkenny County Council to assist five householders in south Kilkenny...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 295: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons who reside permanently in the UK who have inherited the family home here are subject to the €200...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if schools are exempt from payment of local authority water charges; if this is for an indefinite period; and...
- Building Regulations
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will comment on the difficulties faced by building energy rating contractors who have invested...
- Departmental Websites
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are any plans to merge websites (details supplied) following the Report of the Special Group on...
- Aquaculture Sector
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the ruling of the European Commission against Ireland on its quality of shellfish...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Properties
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average wage and number of staff employed by his Department each year from 1997 to 2008 broken down by job...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application made under the warmer homes scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has entered into an arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 to 2010; and if he will...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulations governing the content of any message sent by network providers to mobile phones when a frontier...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the trial digital broadcasts Dublin residents were able to pick up on digital televisions will be...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the co-firing targets including the three peat burning stations in the Midlands and the...
- Energy Resources
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an assessment has been carried out as to when the supply of peat for the manufacture of peat briquettes will...
