Written answers

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach if the expert private sector panel set out in the revised programme for Government has been established; the list of the members of the expert private sector...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6152/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and related offices have portable appliance test certificates as required by the Safety, Health and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7580/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding plans to establish an international content services centre here; and if she will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and the reason for delay....
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost associated with setting up and running the National Consumer Agency since its establishment to date...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have received financial grant aid from each county and city enterprise board in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of external consultants currently working for or in her Department; the work they are carrying...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-time staffing and full-time trainee numbers within the FÁS training centre at Tallaght, Dublin 24...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who applied for positions on the board of FÁS; the number short-listed; the number...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance available to self-employed persons who are struggling yet wish to continue in self-employment...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 3 November 2009, if payment of statutory redundancy will be...
    • Work Permits
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new work permits issued in each of the past five years; the number approved in each year for...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all the portable electrical equipment in her Department, funding groups and subsidiary companies have...
    • Job Losses
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to correspondence received from an individual (details attached) in relation to a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 2 February 2010, her plans to rectify the issue outlined in the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that workers here are being denied their rights due to the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ascertain from FÁS if the changes announced in the budget 2010 regarding FÁS training...
    • Small Claims Court
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 January 2010, her views on creating an exemption to such a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS records the educational attainment of those individuals entering community employment schemes; if so,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions on the ring-fencing of the tax on betting for the purpose of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; his views whether it...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of civil and public servants that have moved location under the decentralisation programme; the absolute number of civil and public...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [6121/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6147/10]
    • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the functions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the business loans which Ireland has with the bank; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for parents intending to transfer ownership of a site or land to their children on foot of proposed changes in this area under the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of decisions he has taken under section 6 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 by direction to...
    • Public Service Recruitment
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 3 December 2009, the way a person with a disability ensures that their attention is drawn to vacancies...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings that his Department is renting and leasing for which a building energy rating certificate has been issued; a building energy rating...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the designated positions of employment added to the schedule since the Ethics in Public Office (Designated Position in Public Bodies) Regulations...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce the three year career break for civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6241/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to means, such as internal audit reports or risk registers, of an agency under his Department's remit that paid for...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the moratorium on housing repossessions and the code of conduct on mortgage arrears will be extended for those 6,400...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the works to be undertaken at Kilkenny Castle, during the course of 2010 and in particular the work to be carried out in the long hall; his plans to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the EU ruling that local authority services will have VAT added in the future. [6351/10]
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 26 January 2010, the reason a formal reply has not yet been issued; and if he is now in a position to...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that are in place or are proposed to be put in place following the passing of the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if employees who are absent due to maternity leave but are in continuous employment should be liable for the income levy on their maternity benefit...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary companies have portable appliance test certificates as required by the...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of the 8% coupon rate to the Government by banks (details supplied) further to the recapitalisation of both...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if merchants who provide credit to farmers are regulated by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority; if there are any upper limits on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the policy whereby the public service pay cut is applied to civil servants on a split week basis as follows, 5% reduction on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recommendations of the report of the Commission on Taxation, changes will be made to the capital acquisitions tax; and if he will...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants that availed of the cost neutral early retirement scheme for each year since 2000 to date in 2010; the number of civil...
    • International Agreements
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been generated arising from memorandums of understanding and the anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreements...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the amount that will be raised per annum by the proposed universal social contribution when it replaces PRSI, pension and health...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a decision will be made to install a single authority to oversee the management of the River Shannon and its tributaries in an effort to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding income tax for a person resident and working here but employed by a Northern Irish company and paid in sterling; the position...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 26 January 2010, regarding the payment to interview board members, the persons who were board members,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tax relief arrangements on medical expenses in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make...
    • International Monetary Fund
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the Irish commitment at a recent meeting of the G20 to contribute to a special fund addressed to the needs of indebted countries; if the fund is to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if an [i]ex gratia[/i] sum payment which is payable to employees who take redundancy is subject to income tax; the position regarding same; and if...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his press release of 2 February 2010 regarding the delegation of banking functions to the National Treasury Management Agency, the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7575/10]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views of the important role of an association (details supplied) in the delivery of public health services; her further views on...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the AMI Montessori qualification is recognised as justifying the higher rate of payment in recognition of higher staff skills under...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [6769/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the funding necessary to allow persons (details supplied) in Dublin 16 to move to insulin pump therapy through Our...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if BreastCheck will be made available for women over 64 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6071/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not notified when their medical card was withdrawn; and if the card will be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had three dates for surgery at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, cancelled in...
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the treatment services in place for cocaine users; the number of cocaine treatment clinics operating here; if new treatment projects and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the review of the supply of prosthetic limbs in County Cork; if the persons using a prosthetic limb will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a replacement medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the drugs repayment scheme operates on a monthly basis or on the basis of 28 days; and the reason some pharmacists supply medicines...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the decision regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the breakdown of...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6149/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the background and rationale to the decision to centralise the medical card application service to the primary care reimbursement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of external consultants currently working for or in her Department; the work they are carrying out; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a patient who is in a nursing home sacrifices the 15% cap on the contribution towards nursing home costs from the family home if they...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed Adoption Bill will recognise direct adoptions from Hague ratified contracting states where such adoptions are legislated...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for bed closures at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; her plans to extend surgical facilities at this hospital;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the timeframe for the capital development programme at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; if a project...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the processing of medical card applications for persons over 70 years is taking a long time; the further reason the system is...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be seen by an occupational therapist. [6444/10]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund for orthopaedic intervention;...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive and the Health Information and Quality Authority are not carrying out the portable appliance...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure at University College Hospital, Galway. [6504/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put the National Quality Standards: Residential Settings for People with Disabilities published by the Health Information...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be available in order for the renal service at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, to be fully...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be renewed in view of the fact that all the necessary...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the focus and thrust of the reviews that are being conducted in respect of under review countries; the outcome of the adoption laws if...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some pharmacists charge above the agreed mark-up and dispensing fee in relation to...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review services that are provided to sufferers of cystic fibrosis; if she plans to change existing services; and if she will...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rights of children with disabilities to attend preschool and to have a special needs assistant if one is required; if a child...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in County Louth treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial lower limb amputation in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in opening a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin which was granted a derogation from the moratorium on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of security at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth in each of the past five years; the number of security...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the substances in products sold in head shops that are currently banned. [6679/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive the necessary tests and treatment in view of their difficult medical...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments made to date and the payment yet to be made by her Department to a child care group in respect of a new child care facility...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6708/10]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding foreign adoptions and in particular in relation to persons who have been waiting years to complete the adoption...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal lodged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6743/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if it will be processed....
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when section 39 funding allocations will be announced. [6780/10]
    • Health Service Plan
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is required to produce a national service plan for 2010; and when this will be available. [6781/10]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons entitled to receive the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6784/10]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Adoption Bill 2009 to be enacted. [6796/10]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the list of countries that are currently Hague compliant in terms of inter-country adoption; the implications for couples intending to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information regarding public hospital waiting lists (details supplied). [6800/10]
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive plans for a house (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6802/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulatory regime for psychotherapists. [6804/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/10]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation to protect human embryos outside the womb. [6854/10]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of repayments made under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to date; the number of cases in which funds have been...
    • Hospital Closures
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to close Heatherside Hospital, County Cork; if consideration has been given to retaining the hospital within the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the introduction of traffic light colour coding for food packaging to indicate the relative healthiness of the food...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the level of orthodontic services based in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; the number of orthodontists employed in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7577/10]
  • Department of Transport
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the completion of the Sutton to Sandycove cycle and walking track, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6153/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Network
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport when the stretch of road between Ballindine and Miltown on the N17 will be improved in view of the fact that this was the scene of a tragic...
    • Rail Network
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of kilometres of the rail network here that are electrified; the way this compares with railway electrification in states across the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary companies have portable appliance test certificates as required by the...
    • Road Network
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport the Department to whom responsibility for keeping roads passable lies in the event of adverse weather conditions; the Minister in overall charge;...
    • Rail Network
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to date of the Kildare route project; and the expected expenditure to complete the project in full. [6625/10]
    • Rural Transport
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Bus Éireann on the recently announced programme of cutbacks to routes and services; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Shipping Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the degree to which he will encourage and develop sea transport with reference to the development of the ports and harbours, roll-on roll-off...
    • Rail Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport the intended investment and expenditure on the expansion of all sections of the rail service, current and proposed, in the next three years; and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road accident blackspots currently publicly identified on the various road networks throughout the country; if requests have been...
    • Air Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which airport charges here compare with the charges in other airports at similar locations throughout Europe; and if he will make a...
    • Transport 21
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the Transport 21 proposals previously announced by him have been affected or are expected to be affected by the revised...
    • Road Safety
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he envisages the recently announced 30 km/h speed limit for certain parts of Dublin city affecting transport costs if replicated...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for investment in each segment of the transport sector over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a set of recommendations from Mayo County Council in respect of changes to the speed limit that apply in the county; when this...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport if the second factory acceptance test on equipment for marine rescue in respect of an area (details supplied) in County Kerry which was due to...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Child Support Payments
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding child maintenance and arrears outstanding; if he is committed to ensuring that maintenance payments...
    • Parental Leave
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the issue of paternity leave; and if he has had discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Property Registration Authority's move towards the e-conveyancing of land certificates,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for review of a decision, in respect of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [6122/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6150/10]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of promotional posts within the Garda Síochána that remain unfilled because of budgetary cutbacks; the number...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda officers who are community gardaí; the percentage of the force that are community gardaí; if he will...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that important information is being lost as a result of the shredding of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be given on an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria that determine the allocation of community gardaí to an area; if it is as a percentage of population, the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a local authority (details supplied) has made an application for funding to his Department regarding the provision of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to individuals to whom bench warrants have been issued and are still outstanding who...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda retirements in every rank in the new Galway Garda division in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6279/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of cash in transit escorts for security companies over the past five years; the changes he has...
    • Work Permits
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 to regain their Garda national immigration bureau stamp four;...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6342/10]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money the operations of the Criminal Assets Bureau cost annually since its foundation. [6353/10]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of vacant positions in all ranks in the Clare Garda division; his plans to fill these vacancies; and if he will...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners sentenced to eight months imprisonment or under, that have been released on licence since 1 January...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the longest waiting time to date for a final decision on an asylum application in the Department of Justice, Equality and...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies such as the Courts...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has initiated a review of the national disability strategy; if so, the terms of reference of the review; the agency...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the national property services regulatory authority; the cost to date in 2010 and the ongoing costs...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 10 December 2009, if the six departmental disability sectoral plan progress...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for family reunification will be decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • European Courts
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to designating the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the European Court of Justice...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on an application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; when...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel, by grade, in County Wicklow that have applied to retire in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Operation Feather is still active; if so the number of persons arrested and charged to date under this...
    • Garda Age Cards
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of operating the Garda age card in 2009; the number of cards issued in 2009; the waiting time for processing...
    • Prison Suicides
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who died by suicide in 2007, 2008 and 2009 under headings (details supplied). [6803/10]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 19 January 2010, the way this case is affected by a recent court decision;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all enclosures submitted but not available at the time of original decision not to grant reunification were or will be...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide alternative accommodation and-or upgrade the existing building in view of the inadequate facilities at...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil and public servants who have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; and the cost of the scheme to date...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Passport Applications
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the unwillingness of the passport office to process passport applications from the Houses of the Oireachtas during the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the countries with which Ireland has tax treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6064/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6148/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/10]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary companies have portable appliance test certificates as required by...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if funding is available for the construction of the Irish World Heritage Centre in Manchester, England; and the amount available in 2010....
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the abduction of a person (details supplied) who has been missing almost a year; if he has expressed this...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures that his Department is engaging in or will engage in regarding the difficulties of obtaining legitimate visas that allow...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the establishment of a public centre detailing the history and culture of the communities of Northern Ireland may...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7576/10]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6140/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will be in a position to allocate funding and sponsorship towards a festival (details supplied) in County Cork in 2010. [6234/10]
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants available for public swimming pools and the conditions therein. [6358/10]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies such as An Comhairle Ealaíona,...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding for the continued employment of sports inclusion disability officers by sports partnerships in 2010;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil and public servants who have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010....
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has secured a commitment from the nine funding sources contributing to the funding of the National Drugs...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money his Department has spent over the past three years on financial aid for the teaching of or...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding for 2010 for the administration budget of Kilkenny Leader partnership will be released shortly; and if he...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies such as community...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the current contract to operate the Cape Clear ferry in County Cork expires; if the new contract will be put out...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are plans to provide additional funding to the Tallaght drugs task force, Dublin, for the dial to stop drug...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will lift the capping of the administration and animation budget available to a partnership (details supplied)...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of all cross-Border programmes, initiatives, areas of co-operation and so on which his...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; and the cost of the scheme...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reconsider the decision to refuse supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the contributions raised in PRSI in each of the past five years in each of the PRSI classes and categories in tabular form; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on a family income supplement application in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to maternity leave payment under the number of contributions they...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason, in the context of a person making an application for jobseeker's allowance, that a person's partner's income is not...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will furnish confirmation of the amount of old age pension that a person (detail supplied) in County Westmeath is awarded;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the application for a State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [6083/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal for supplementary welfare will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6093/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding their State contributory...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal for supplementary allowance will be expedited and granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in responding to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a contribution towards funeral expenses under the supplementary...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision on a carer's allowance appeal has been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the return of social insurance contributions made in error in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for jobseeker's allowance was received in her Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6151/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of external consultants currently working for or in her Department; the work they are carrying out; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reverse the €32,000 cut in provision to a community centre (details supplied) in County Kerry. [6240/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [6250/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a father can be the parent who receives child benefit in a situation where the mother of the child agrees to this and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who received supplementary welfare allowance in the expectation that their disability benefit claim, when...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the age limit and conditions for qualification for receipt of child benefit; if there are allowances for families in receipt of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Due to staff action currently being taken, I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance available to self-employed persons who are struggling yet wish to continue in self-employment due to future...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the requirements a private business must meet in order to be recognised by the Health Service Executive as a provider of home care...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an application for State contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason social welfare allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied). [6339/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6376/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the years that self-employed contributions were paid retrospectively by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the way income...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason social welfare allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) and when it will be reinstated. [6379/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the decision to rescind the contributory pension of self-employed spouses working on the farm who had successfully...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal on a decision for disability benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their application for carer's allowance processed; and if she will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their application for non-contributory State pension processed which...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 2 February 2010, when the information requested will be supplied to this Deputy....
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all the portable electrical equipment in her Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies have portable appliance test...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in the payment of child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; when the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date from which the restrictions on eligibility for treatment benefit will apply during 2010. [6500/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a refund will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the back to work scheme; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6608/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance that will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if their application for back to education...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) has been successful in their appeal. [6668/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a jobseeker's allowance claim will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6670/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the calculation of contributory State pension entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a respite care grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6675/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for delay in same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is possible for a person to claim family income supplement as well as jobseeker's benefit, where the person is on a three...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be expected regarding an application for jobseeker's payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a pension officer will call to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their claim for the State...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 2 February 2010, when a reply will issue. [6757/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way income from the interest on savings is assessed in the means test for family income supplement. [6783/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 2 February 2010, if she is now in a position to provide an answer to the question...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the financial assessment of an application for family income supplement takes into account family outgoings such as mortgage...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when child benefit will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 26 January 2010, if an oral hearing will be granted to facilitate an appeal in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the permissible hours of work for employment to which a person on reduced rate of one parent family allowance with one child is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a psychological report was taken into consideration before determination of domiciliary care application in the case of a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the reason incorrect information was given out in response to a previous parliamentary question (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will expedite an appeal for increased rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6959/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is envisaged that appropriate arrears in relation to the underpayment for a period will be awarded in respect of a person...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010....
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Defence the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6143/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Curragh prison was recently reopened for military prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/10]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Defence if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and in the Defence Forces have portable appliance test certificates as required by the...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Defence if adequate time will be provided to find alternative accommodation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has recently...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010. [7571/10]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding social housing through long-term leasing in rented accommodation; the level at which...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [6662/10]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of employees who applied for the cycle to work scheme in his Department; if the scheme has ceased...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding and development options for an environmentally friendly cross-Border project (details supplied);...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided in 2010 for the refurbishment of a housing estate (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a submission (details supplied); if he will take cognisance of its recommendations when...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be released for a voluntary housing project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will have an investigation made into the dispute regarding allegations of inappropriate housing...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Questions Nos. 967 of 6 October 2009, 273 of 14 October 2009 and 265 of 21 October 2009, if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to a scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the foreshore licence applications currently under consideration by his Department, by the date of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to road safety concerns regarding access roads to the new secondary schools...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the implications of the EU ruling on charging VAT on local authority services in the future; the discussions...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of current economic circumstances, he will include in the Planning and Development (Amendment)...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money being allocated to each county council home improvement grant distinguishing the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the time schedule for the extension for a waste water treatment plant (details supplied) in County Wexford to...
    • Home Choice Loan Scheme
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the status of the home choice loan scheme; the budget for this scheme for 2009; the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies, local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased for social housing purposes by each local authority in each of the past seven...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when turf cutting will cease on the 32 designated raised bogs as outlined in the EC natural habitats...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a facility where persons planning to open establishments such as bookmakers, sex shops and head...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the payments made in respect of site acquisition and other costs in relation to a project (details supplied)...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the plans for the election of a mayor of Dublin; the schedule that is now being...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will announce the allocations for group water schemes within County Mayo in the near future; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on recent submissions to his Department from Carlow County Council regarding the negative impact...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of all cross-Border programmes, initiatives, areas of co-operation and so on in...
    • Waste Management
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has had correspondence from Cork County Council in relation to the proposed closure of the...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Special Report on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes recommendation to merge local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will take to review the regional planning guidelines for the Cork and Kerry region in view of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Research Funding
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the establishment of energy research and technology centres by international...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the broadband service will be improved so that the population who do not have access to broadband will...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding applications for the warmer homes scheme made by persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €15 million in the period 2000 to...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant aided companies such as An...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of the EU climate change committee meeting for an agreement on new entrants reserve 300 funding on...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application for the home energy savings scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the erection of wind turbines, the restrictions and or the prohibitions on such turbines...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all targets for the millennium forests planted in 1999 were met; if the 16 forests planted still remain intact; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Bord Bia falls within the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6054/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue under the animal welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REPS 4 applicants that have been approved in tabular form in counties Mayo, Galway, Sligo and Roscommon; the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the process that will be carried out and the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, regarding the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of 2009 Donegal REP scheme payments that remain unpaid as of 1 February 2010 at 5.30 pm; when these payments will...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6139/10]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding entitlement to payment under the REPS 4 and queries which have arisen from the large number of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he...
    • Crop Losses
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he has in place to assist potato growers in County Kerry who were unable to plant or harvest potatoes due to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REPS 4 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all the portable electrical equipment in his Department and related semi-State companies have portable appliance test,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their young farmer installation aid; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if plans are in place to set up planning permission procedures for roads in forestry plantations; when the Forestry Act 1946...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 976 of 19 January 2010, the progress to date regarding an application for REPS 4 in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in publishing the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if heads of the Bill have been approved; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their REPS 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Educational Projects
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the cutbacks imposed on a project (details supplied) in Dublin 17 in view of the negative effect they will have on...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of abolishing fees for part-time undergraduate degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6065/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applied behavioural analysis schools in receipt of funding from his Department; the number of ABA schools which have...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has assessed the implications of his decision to withdraw funding from 38 community drug projects including a project (details...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if contract researchers in universities have to pay the pension levy and take the recent pay cut, even though these posts are funded...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the funding application for the replacement school by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; when a decision...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6102/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [6103/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6104/10]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the new rules for the administration of early total immersion education in gaelscoileanna will be published; and if he will make...
    • Transition Year
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools here that offer transition year to students; the percentage of secondary schools that offer transition...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in processing grant applications by the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee in respect of persons...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of enterprise education in second level schools; if he will review and extend the enterprise education programme outside...
    • School Transport
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will avail of school transport. [6135/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the companies that have been granted contracts for projects worth more than €10 million in the period 2000 to 2010. [6144/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 26 January 2010, the number of primary schools that are renting premises from private...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 26 January 2010, when the information will be available to answer the question as...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-leaving certificate places which exist within the further education sector; if more places will be provided in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special needs assistants for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the school will be allowed to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will extend the contract of the chief executive officer of the National Education Welfare Board; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children (details supplied) in County Meath are entitled to the allocation of a special needs assistant from the National Council...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will issue on a building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the timetable for the decision making process...
    • Water Charges
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the concerns of a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding circular 0064/2009 in the matter of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be granted permission to build a new purpose built school; if his attention has...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to introduce more equity into entitlement to third level maintenance grants regarding employees and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the pension arrangements for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose career in the European Schools has...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all portable electrical equipment in his Department and subsidiary or grant-aided companies have portable appliance test...
    • National University of Ireland
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) concerning the future of the National University of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new national school will commence construction in County Limerick. [6475/10]
    • School Closures
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the meetings, dates and discussions between his Department or its representatives and the trustees of a school (details supplied) or...
    • Third Level Access Programmes
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding for third level access programmes in the Dublin universities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds are affected by...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children that were transferred to a Magdalene laundry from a State-regulated institution; the number of applications...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason 1,500 applicants for higher education grants from Cork County Council have yet to be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction funding for the provision of a required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6655/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have been relieved of their posts from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint a design team to progress the application for an extension and refurbishment works to a school (details supplied)...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance will be available for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick pursuing a full-time course; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers, broken down by male and female, that are in receipt of a pension in the 55 to 60 years, 60 to 70 years, 70 to...
    • School Placement
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a family (details supplied) that moved to Dublin from Cork in December 2009 has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of north Tipperary schools that have applied for and are awaiting capital funding for school building projects; the band...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will instigate a pilot scheme to allow schools the option to top up the social welfare income of special needs assistants who...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he or his Department has received an application for extra temporary classroom accommodation urgently required by a school (details...
    • State Examinations
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if medical or psychological assessment will be undertaken in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if, in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the cutbacks imposed on a service (details supplied) in Dublin 17 in view of the negative effect they will have on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the report of the review of the role and operation of special schools and special classes; if he has been briefed...
    • Information Technology in Schools
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the information, communication and technology needs assessment was carried out in individual primary or secondary schools prior to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle-to-work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010....

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