Written answers
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
- Department of Finance
- Public Sector Staff
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if arrangements for moving staff within the public service across different agencies have been agreed. [11560/10]
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ruled out the introduction of a property tax for 2011, as suggested by its absence from his recent address to the annual dinner of the...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with the public service unions regarding the current state of industrial unrest in the public service. [11619/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the desirable restructuring of the banking sector here. [11566/10]
- Tax Yield
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if the trends in Exchequer returns to date give confidence that the end year targets will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Solidarity Bond
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the national solidarity bonds, as announced in budget 2010, to be available for subscription; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether increases in bank charges and interest rates are consistent with the banking policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to request a further report from the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes in 2010. [11564/10]
- Banking Sector Recapitalisation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is proposed to fund any recapitalisation of the banks after the loan transfer to the National Asset Management Agency, which it falls upon...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the announcement by a bank (details supplied) that it is considering an increase in mortgage interest rates. [11448/10]
- Remediation of Industrial Sites
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 116 and 147 of 3 November 2009, if the Office of Public Works working group to manage the former ISPAT site...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if the average discount to be paid on assets transferred to the National Asset Management Agency is likely to be more than the 30% initially...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the powers of enforcement when regulation failures or failure of corporate governance occur in the...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on reports that the amount of loans to be transferred from Anglo Irish Bank to the National Asset Management Agency has increased...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the top level appointment committee gives reasonable scope for appointments from outside the public service and outside the...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage actual accuracy of each Estimates of public expenditure issued by his Department since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the ISME bank watch survey which showed that 55% of businesses were refused funding in the three months to the end of...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the work of the interdepartmental and expert mortgage arrears review group; when he expects this group to report and make...
- Pension Provisions
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals to increase the retirement age of public servants; the impact that this will have on the public sector pension liability; when...
- Flood Relief
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the Shannon catchment flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11445/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed a framework to ensure credit flows and to provide an appeal against refusals; and when will this come into force. [11568/10]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of remuneration for board members of the National Asset Management Agency; if this was set prior to the pay cuts announced in budget 2010;...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance his exit strategy from the blanket bank guarantee, issued on 30 September 2008; the credit institutions that have issued debt or other liabilities...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any report from the National Asset Management Agency on the progress of its work; and his views on whether the draft business plan...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with respect to the viability and business plans for the credit institutions covered by the bank guarantee submitted to the...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish an updated National Asset Management Agency business plan. [11628/10]
- Pension Levy
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have been affected by the pension levy who do not have public service pensions, including educational contract workers; the...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the timeline for transfer of loans to the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Banking Sector
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer and the 2010 cost of providing financial support to Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether lending margins will increase and deposit rates paid to savers will fall at two banks (details supplied) during 2010. [11642/10]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the rent demands by commercial landlords, particularly in the retail sector, undermine efforts to restore competitiveness and...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if shareholders have been identified for the special purpose vehicles to be established by the National Asset Management Agency. [11567/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged consultants, or any State agency, to examine and monitor the non-National Asset Management Agency loan books of the guaranteed...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the interdepartmental group on debt and mortgage arrears; the number of times this group has met to date; the timeframe within...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that are being taken to improve the funding position of a building society (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Flood Relief
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the possibility of merging existing agencies or responsibilities of agencies into a single River Shannon organisation that would...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take suggestions from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service which will view the two expert reports on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the withdrawal of banks (details supplied) from the retail banking market here; his views on the diminished competition in this sector;...
- State Banking Sector
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposal for the separation of a bad bank within Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/10]
- Banking Sector Recapitalisation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects the 8% preference dividend of €280 million due by a bank (details supplied) in May 2010 will be paid or whether the issues raised by...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if the revised National Asset Management Agency business plan will provide a more realistic assessment of the likely cost of fees and expenses for...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent announcement by a bank (details supplied) that it has increased the interest rates it charges on some...
- National Treasury Management Agency
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the secrecy surrounding the pay levels of senior executives connected to the National Treasury Management Agency is justified....
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the proposals and provisions set out in the context of the National Asset Management Agency have been achieved in accordance...
- Tax Code
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of a manufacturing company (details supplied) regarding the increased costs arising from the carbon tax being added...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by any interested parties with respect to taking shareholdings in the National Asset Management Agency special purpose...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if banking policy in 2010 has changed to meet the needs of the current economic climate; the steps he has taken to achieve this objective; if he has...
- Banking Sector Recapitalisation
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the current regulatory capital requirements for banks here; the way he expects these requirements to evolve in the coming years; the level of...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on reports that Anglo Irish Bank is set to post record losses in the region of €10 billion to €12 billion for the 15 month...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he foresees a future role for the National Pensions Reserve Fund making directed investments in infrastructure projects here which deliver a...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to making it illegal for any retailer to sell any product advertised as a legal high or similar substance or...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in developing a policy to assist people who are experiencing difficulty in meeting their debt repayments. [11570/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it continues to be appropriate that the target of promoting the development of the financial service sector be part of the...
- Economic and Monetary Union
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to develop better tools within the euro zone for dealing with imbalances within member states. [11558/10]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the interdepartmental committee which was set up to consider the issue of an ethical investment policy for the National Pensions...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the increase in staff within the Central Bank and financial regulatory system; and if the embargo is being applied in these bodies....
- Flood Relief
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for a relocation grant to persons affected by the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/10]
- Banking Sector Recapitalisation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the State takeover of banks here would have dried up funding for the banks and the State; if he envisages such problems if and when the...
- Tax Yield
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the likely 2010 and full year yield from the levy on non-residents for tax purposes, as announced in budget 2010 and set out in...
- Banking Sector Recapitalisation
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer and the 2010 cost of providing financial support to building societies (details supplied); the position regarding the...
- Flood Relief
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide additional resources to Cork in order to build flood defences for the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for parliamentary oversight of the National Asset Management Agency. [11559/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of State aid that has been involved in the bank guarantee scheme since it commenced operating; and if there are plans to recoup this aid...
- National Treasury Management Agency
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the National Treasury Management Agency could become overloaded with the addition of significant new tasks to its mandate...
- Enterprise Sector
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the factors that have led to the accelerated rate of business failures here. [11572/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent interest from foreign investors in taking strategic or controlling stakes in any of the credit...
- Property Valuations
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that commercial landlords are maintaining rents at unrealistically high levels, and even increasing them further, in order to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make public procurement contracts more accessible to Irish small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and the assistance she will provide...
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any banking institution, pension fund or the National Treasury Management Agency has over the past 18...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of FÁS places that are available on courses in County Mayo; the number of places that were...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment scheme places that were made available in County Mayo in 2006, 2007, 2008...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [11766/10]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 23 February 2010, when the information requested will be...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Finance
- State Banking Sector
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposal for the separation of a bad bank within Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/10]
- Bank Closures
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulty and inconvenience caused for Irish based customers of a bank (details supplied) in the...
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact a retrospective ban on upward only rent reviews will have on the commercial property market, and in particular on loan...
- Flood Relief
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the necessary funding to carry out drainage works at the River Duiske, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, in order to alleviate...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the concerns of a mortgage holder from a sub-prime lender; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the relevant currency exchange rate is calculated by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to receipt of pensions or other income...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance when a certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11787/10]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/10]
- Tax Yield
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was paid to the Exchequer in 2009 from the income tax and corporation tax on stallion horse profits following the ending...
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of stallion horses standing here that are registered in the name of or owned by offshore companies or trusts, thus avoiding the payment...
- Flood Relief
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals that would alleviate flooding in Ballinasloe, County Galway; if the Office of Public Works has been in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of his former proposals on decentralisation, including the cost and or acquisition of buildings, sites or other development costs...
- Flood Relief
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which flood relief, flood prevention and flood damage cost have been calculated with a view to seeking assistance from the European...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has monitored the various costs affecting economic recovery; the degree to which he has identified the major contributory...
- Tax Yield
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which tax receipts, including excise duty from the motor industry, under the various headings have fluctuated over the past five years...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the National Asset Management Agency proposals will have a positive economic effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for work to be carried out to the River Pill at Pilltown, County Kilkenny to prevent future flooding; and if he will make...
- Department of Health and Children
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she proposes a three month standstill on legislative measures to outlaw the sale of certain products commonly sold in head...
- Medical Cards
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if she will make a...
- Community Care
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will restore day care facilities at a home (details supplied) in County Roscommon which services were recently withdrawn by the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 7 July 2009, No. 189 of 21 October 2009 and No. 156 of 1 December 2009, and the query...
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 19 January 2010, when the Health Service Executive will reply to this question; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been successful. [11774/10]
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the developments in the case of a person (details supplied) who has made several requests to enter the State on holidays with a small...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children in primary schools are entitled to a hearing or sight examination; the number of staff that were employed in each of the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact there are a number of advanced paramedics here who are suitably qualified and in view of the...
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway, whilst having received an assessment for a speech impediment, has not been...
- Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed by the Health Service Executive to have support staff such as multi-task attendants and other support staff in...
- Medical Cards
Question 180: 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; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national screening programme for cystic fibrosis in newborn infants will be implemented; the funding that has been allocated to...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she proposes to cater for access to emergency services for persons who are profoundly deaf and who cannot contact such...
- Medical Cards
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make...
- Mental Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered urgent psychiatric services at St. John of God Brothers, Stillorgan,...
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the circumstances this request will be...
- Department of Transport
- Airport Development Projects
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal position of hangar 6 at Dublin Airport. [11726/10]
- Public Transport
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has undertaken any research to examine the impact on rural and urban communities of the reduction in public bus and rail transport services...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget for the National Transport Authority for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11746/10]
- Road Safety
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the Road Safety Authority in relation to delays with national car testing tests; and if he will make a statement...
- Rural Transport
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Report on Rural...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any banking institution, pension fund or the National Treasury Management Agency has over the past 18 months made...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [11765/10]
- Debt Collection
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to introduce legislation to prevent private debt collectors entering a property to seize goods without proper...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 23 February 2010, when the information requested will be provided; and if he...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers operating here in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a...
- Garda Training
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a third level qualification has been established for the training of juvenile liaison officers; if not, if there are...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an appeals process for the denial of a minor seeking admission to the Garda youth diversion programme has been...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the report inquiring into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied) has been made public; and if...
- Garda Training
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if officers of An Garda Síochána involved with the interview or detention of minors receive additional and specialised...
- Garda Operations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is any measure of the effectiveness of Garda officers regarding the respectful and professional treatment of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to previous parliamentary questions, if he will address the situation where staff at the Finglas Child and...
- Visa Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [11834/10]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report, One Size Doesn't Fit All, prepared by an organisation (details supplied); if...
- Residency Permits
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their application for a work permit to remain in the State...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 222: 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...
- Visa Applications
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for visas in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding citizenship or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 226: 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 Limerick; and if...
- Asylum Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State on humanitarian or subsidiary protection grounds in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will defer order to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration on humanitarian grounds for extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and leave to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds in the case of...
- Deportation Orders
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review of a decision to deport will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Kildare will be upgraded, or if there are plans to locate to a different...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that the Atlantic Corridor has been successful; the analysis that has been carried out to estimate the net economic...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied) received by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11751/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Agencies
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of the €5.292 million expenditure planned in 2010 for the National Sports Campus Development Authority; and if he...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the effect of cutbacks in County Mayo following the cohesion process involving the partnerships; and if he will make...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11795/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when it is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for arrears of jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 23 February 2010, when the information requested will be provided; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of all social welfare payments awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11792/10]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time for asylum seekers' appeals for those who are resident in direct provision accommodation; and if she...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11841/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the staffing level of Cork County Council; the breakdown by job description within Cork County Council; if...
- Planning Issues
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the Supreme Court appeal relative to the Galway city outer bypass; the specific points of law...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the River Barrow abstraction project scheme in view of the fact that all...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location, name and extent of each of the 32 raised bogs sites nominated for designation in 1999 as...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings, discussions and correspondence he or officials from his Department have had with the National...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 23 February 2010, when the information requested will be...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under REPS 4; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if these allegations (details supplied) from persons are correct; and if the allegations have been investigated. [11764/10]
- Crop Losses
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a crop inspection will be carried out to assess damage on a farm (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11773/10]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 23 February 2010, when the information requested will be provided; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Animal By-products
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reasons it will become almost impossible for very small wool buyers to continue in business in 2010 due to the...
- Live Exports
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the prospects for the live cattle export trade for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11826/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 cow welfare scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
