Written answers

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the balance of the Social Insurance Fund for each of the past ten years; the projected balance for the next three years; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time it takes for each individual social welfare office to deal with a claim for jobseeker's benefit to date in 2010...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of job facilitators here; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator [15427/10]
    • Public Service Cards
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the Public Service Card with photo identification to be rolled out from 2010 [15446/10]
    • Money Advice and Budgetary Service
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of clients dealt with by the Money Advice and Budgetary Service for each of the past five years; the number of new...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way he proposes to safeguard the interests of persons suffering from mental health difficulties vis-À-vis the proposed changes...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will undertake to reinstate the pension forecast service previously offered by his Department. [15395/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reform the one parent family payment [15438/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports in place to farm operators suffering from a disability. [12042/10]
    • Response to Industrial Action
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he is taking to ensure that there are no further closures of social welfare offices due to work to rule action being...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons claiming rent supplement for more than 18 months [15474/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland is in compliance with EU Council Directive 80/987/EC on pension security [15367/10]
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will comment on the live register figures for February 2010 which indicate that there are 436,956 unemployed or...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has conducted a review of the one parent family payment; the details on the recommendations of this review; and if he will...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take to alleviate the impact of the carbon tax on lower income households that are more likely to rely on higher...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the qualifying criteria for domiciliary care allowance have been altered since administration of the payment has been switched...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings [15449/10]
    • National Carer's Strategy
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for carers following the decision not to publish the National Carer's Strategy [15476/10]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the fraud savings target for 2010; if he will provide an update on the fraud control measures that he has put in place [15460/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details on the implementation of the National Pensions Framework [15406/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the time it took to process social welfare appeals in 2009 [15472/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will give a breakdown per county of the applications for farm assist made since January 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when his Department will formally get new powers and functions [15495/10]
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports that have been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support [15433/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the maximum levels of rent supplement; and if he will provide details of the new levels [15369/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is concerned that people face the prospect of spending up to three years in retirement without the State pension in view of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures in place to ensure that those from Northern Ireland who are now resident here are being adequately provided for...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding entitlement to contributory old age pension on the basis of the existence of a presumed partnership arising...
    • Response to Industrial Action
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the effect that action by staff has had on applications for social welfare; and if he will provide a breakdown of the cause of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for and Family Affairs the amount expended under the supplementary welfare allowance travel supplement scheme and the funding made available for it in 2010; the...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will seek to have the budget changes to the dental treatment benefit scheme, which resulted in the cost of dental services...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it his policy to ease the qualifying criteria for back to education allowance in 2010 in view of statements (details supplied);...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the impact which the limiting of the dental benefit scheme to examinations only will have on the oral health of those...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the size of the increase in the number of persons living in relative poverty as a result of social welfare cuts in Budget 2010 in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants for various social welfare payments by category, including those on appeal, who are currently awaiting a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the farming and fishing sectors in County Donegal on a yearly basis for the past ten years. [15551/10]
    • Seanad Reform
      Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to have a referendum on Seanad Reform or the abolition of the Seanad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14475/10]
    • Skills Strategy
      Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in establishing a centre for financial services skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14476/10]
    • Electoral Districts
      Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach the age distribution of the population in each electoral district of Dublin North Central in the latest revision; the distribution by social class in each...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforce's key recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 121: To ask the Taoiseach the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form. [14887/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people that have been taken off the live register to complete the GI1 and GID gas installation course with...
    • Prompt Payment System
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered shortening the payment time for all public sector invoices to improve the cash flow of the private...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to the decision to cease funding to the Dublin Inner City Partnership following which Pobal indicated its...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding statutory redundancy payments in respect of persons who have lost their jobs at an employer (details...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the lobbying mechanisms that have been utilised by State agencies to attract new businesses to a building (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants processing work permit appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14551/10]
    • Work Permits
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time it takes to process a work permit application for a non-Irish national to work here; if it is refused,...
    • Job Losses
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when former workers of a company (details supplied) in County Limerick who have yet to be awarded the Labour Court...
    • Safety at Work
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14658/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of rebranding his Department in terms of new stationery and the value of old stationery that will be...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the new arrangements and reconfiguration of FÁS; if the agency has been divided or if only ministerial responsibility has...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [14681/10]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a list available of mentors who carry out mentoring for small businesses in the County Galway area; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforce's key recommendation (details supplied); and if...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the payments due from their employment as determined by the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to address the situation when an employer who has failed to pay his employees any redundancy...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce legislation to protect the term accountant from being used by unqualified persons; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 3 March, 2010 if he will give details of the right qualities required of the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training courses provided directly or sourced by FÁS for each consecutive year since 2003 to date in 2010....
    • Employment Permits
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits held by domestic workers employed in private homes here (details supplied). [15042/10]
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No 95 of 17 February 2010 if he will provide an update on this matter; when the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No 113 of 9 March 2010 the position regarding the repayment of a grant by a company...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payment will be finalised in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current standing of the deliberations by the Company Law Review Group on auditor liability; and if he will make a...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workers who have so far received support under the European Globalisation Fund for workers made redundant in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet...
    • Expo 2010
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies participating in the Irish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai; the nature of businesses covered by...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15811/10]
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons that have secured employment by using FÁS employment services for each year from 2003 to 2009; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that there is no tax relief on fees paid to a college (details supplied) for an Irish student who graduated from there with a degree in...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Lottery was established; the reason it was established; the amount of funding collected in 2008 and 2009; the way this funding was...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to relax the conditions for obtaining a primary medical certificate from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to defer the carbon tax which is due to come into effect on 1 May 2010 until the economy improves. [15291/10]
    • Expo 2010
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the public funding being spent on Ireland's participation in Expo 2010 in Shanghai; the number and nature of organisations and companies included in...
    • Vehicle Registration Services
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a vehicle registration service at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal that will accommodate a distinct geographical...
    • Tax Code
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an exemption for agricultural diesel from the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14495/10]
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to grant the Office of Public Works statutory responsibility for the River Liffey in order to take responsibility for the maintenance...
    • State Claims Agency
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State Claims Agency has been permitted to recruit new staff in contravention of the moratorium on public sector recruitment; the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the investment position of Irish credit unions that is accounted for by holdings of domestic credit institutions' senior debt; the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have a copy of a P45 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 posted out as soon as possible in view of the fact...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly in which a person working in a job is not allowed to claim any credits or support for their partner...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the format for e-tender questions which require new companies to provide three years financial statements of account which then...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt third level research staff from the reduction in pay rates under Section 6 of The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [14689/10]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforce's key recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former staff from Anglo Irish Bank that have been recruited by the Financial Regulator in the past 18 months; the precautions that...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether credit unions should come under the aegis of the Irish Credit Bureau; the number of credit unions now encompassed by the Credit...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form. [14882/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [15032/10]
    • Tax Free Betting
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase or change betting tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/10]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the representations received concerning the inclusion of a bank (details supplied) in a scheme; if so, from whom they were received; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the €3,500 limit whereby a PAYE worker can declare income in relation to a holiday home in Ireland through the PAYE system is not the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax revenue collected from the income levy in 2009 and its projected revenue in 2010; the way this revenue is split between the three different...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance further to a decision by the National Procurement Service to award a contract (details supplied), if he can confirm that all tenderers who applied...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if there were meetings (details supplied) between a person and any other chief financial officer of a bank with the Department of Finance between 1...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if a body (details supplied) is covered by freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in the tax treatment of share options that have been made since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15348/10]
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive a tax balancing statement for the years 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet available, the estimates...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider correspondence (details supplied). [15762/10]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas all information available to him on the senior and junior bondholders for Anglo Irish Bank, the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 1 April 2010, the moneys that will be made available for the national campaign on legal...
    • State Examinations
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to complete their leaving certificate at school in Dublin. [15517/10]
    • Generic Drugs
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will exclude certain drugs from the reference pricing and generic substitution scheme when there is evidence that the generic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays in accessing appointments for a consultant in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if she will...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for a helpline in respect of missing children; and if he will consider the use of cross-Bborder funding....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card applicant over 70 years of age who has an application for a medical renewal with the Health Service Executive is still...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the school setting is the appropriate place for the Gardasil vaccine to be administered in view of the possible...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the statement of the Health Service Executive's assistant national director for children and families' social...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports that are available through her Department for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14546/10]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to the decontamination of medical appliances and equipment; if there is a programme of decontamination in place...
    • Health Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement the stroke recommendations of the cardiovascular group; if there has been any response to the Irish...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to see a consultant urologist at University College...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be made to the post of consultant urologist at University College Hospital Galway following a recent...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a family with a 14 year old daughter can avail of the cervical cancer vaccine in view of the fact the child involved is...
    • Health Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will have full psychological assessment in view of its importance to their future...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will legislate to ensure an automatic legal right for children to receive aftercare services when leaving the care of the State;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of any net increase in the level of whole-time equivalents in the number of social workers so far this year; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who requested aftercare services on leaving the care of the State during 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the funding that has been made available and the number of places that will be provided in the Higher Diploma in Nursing,...
    • Health Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the attendance at each regional sexual assault treatment unit throughout the State during 2009. [14630/10]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed new children's hospital at the Mater site, Dublin; if she is satisfied that this is the most...
    • Medical Procedures
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take arising from the recent disclosures on symphysiostomies carried out at hospitals here; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on altering the cut off age for children who wish to avail of the early childhood care and education scheme from 30 June to 31...
    • Health Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [14656/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that earlier this month five children lay on trolleys while at the same time eight beds were...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse to renew a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the reason there is no maintenance dental service available to disabled persons in County Galway and in particular...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to moneys received from the UK for those who are entitled to a UK pension and who live in Ireland and use the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Sativex, available under special licence in the UK and elsewhere, for pain relief for those suffering from multiple sclerosis will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the screening programme for diabetic retinopathy is to be rolled out in the Health Service Executive West area in 2010 as previously...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [14778/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for periodontal treatment at the Dental Hospital, Dublin which...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [14780/10]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received to date in 2010 under the fair deal nursing home scheme; if that scheme is now operating; if so the...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request from the Health Service Executive a full and updated report on plans to provide a new primary health centre at...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will liaise with the Health Service Executive to ensure the immediate appointment of a suicide prevention nurse at Tallaght...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8 were refused a full medical card in view of the fact that both of them are in need of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive delayed a decision on the return to work following a career break for a person (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14810/10]
    • Funeral Expenses
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has a debt of €9,000 for funeral expenses in respect of the burial of a family...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process involved in contacting women to remind them of their right to a free cervical cancer smear test; the numbers contacted each...
    • Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be seen by an occupational therapist. [14822/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the investigation established by the Health Service Executive into any backlog in the reading of X-rays in...
    • Health Services
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [14847/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [14852/10]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a hospital for Ballinamore, County Leitrim; and when will an announcement be made. [14856/10]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a nursing home in County Tipperary (details supplied) which has been extended and is awaiting approval by the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 16 February 2010 the progress that has been made in discussions between her Department and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the commitment that current service provision will continue to be provided to the full extent in the coming year at Portiuncula...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within her Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will detail in tabular form, the number of reams of A4 sized paper and A3 sized paper purchased in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an eye appointment at the eye and ear hospital, Dublin; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to plans to reduce the budget of a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive their medical card. [14957/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford have been unable to get help from the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the level of long-stay charges in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has not been renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford on medical and hardship...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is being charged their entire pension of €230 per week plus subvention of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of women who were exposed to contaminated anti-D but tested negative on the ELISA test yet are suffering symptoms consistent...
    • Health Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to a home help service (details supplied) for 2009, and 2010; the number of home helps currently...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15020/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the waiting time for an ophthalmology appointment (details supplied); her plans to rectify the situation so that...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 30 March 2010 if she will provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per patient attending hospital of each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Organ Transplants
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on the organ transplant waiting list; if she will provide a breakdown of the organs they are awaiting; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [15030/10]
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2009. [15038/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the ambulance service for south Limerick as outlined in the health service development plan. [15039/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the examination of the recruiting of a nurse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15040/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [15050/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing a public health nurse in the Lucan area of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the health budget for each of the years 1997 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15053/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed in the health service for each of the years 1997 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospital budget for each of the years 1997 to 2010 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15055/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds, both public and private, for each of the years 1997 to end 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per inpatient procedure for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of accident and emergency attendances for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outpatient attendances for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day care treatments for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the general medical services budget allocation for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of under 70 years medical card holders for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the HPV vaccine will commence in secondary schools before May 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15070/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra hours will be facilitated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will reissue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment from Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to the family of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of extra speech and language sessions can be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when residential care will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she removed cytamen solution from the list of eligible medicines under the general medical services scheme; if her attention...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with diabetes that are on the podiatry waiting list in counties Cork and Kerry; the number of persons classified...
    • Health Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the organisations, groups, bodies and so on that receive Health Service Executive funding or are contracted by the HSE to provide...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of neurological beds; the number of persons awaiting a neurological bed; the average waiting time for such beds;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists and other specialist neurology staff; the location of same in all Health Service Executive areas;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continued delay in the publication of the Health Service Executive strategic review of neurology and neurophysiology...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the age limit of 40 years in respect of compensation per person (details supplied) can be extended to include a person who was just...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the radiotherapy treatment centre attached to the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford will...
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the ownership of the Health Service Executive property on Blackcourt Road, Corduff, Dublin 15, adjacent to the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for medical cards in Dublin 15; and the length of time they have to wait to receive their cards. [15189/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [15201/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for outpatient ultrasound x-rays in each hospital that is publicly funded; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disease Control (1 comment)
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns about the increase of Lyme disease here; her plans to ensure that this disease is...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in appointing support staff for the consultant neurologist that was appointed to the mid west region in January 2008;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to restrict the operation of head shops and the sale of products that are causing great concerns to parents...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the development plans of her Department for children's cardiac care here; if specific milestones have been set in that development; the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare has been included in the revised capital programme 2007 to 2013; and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting times for hearing tests for children at Newbridge and Tallaght health centres...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [15296/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families her Department refers per month to the Ballymun men's resource centre, Dublin 11, for child contact services, in...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation which has arisen whereby Ireland has been blacklisted for adoption by the Russian authorities; the reason...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the waiting list for urologist services in the mid western health region; if her further attention...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is being billed by the Health Service Executive for nursing home charges; if the new...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an assessment of need under the Disability Act in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has the authority under the terms of the final framework agreement to place persons into posts when the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long delays being encountered by persons who are applying for medical cards, renewing medical...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of advanced paramedics here who are suitably qualified; in view of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 400: 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...
    • Health Services
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not yet been given any speech therapy from the Health Service Executive; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person on the low level back to work allowance of €100 per week is entitled to a medical card; and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home refund applications still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15521/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Cork will be called for orthopaedic surgery in view of the fact that the surgery has been considered...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list the staff employed under contract in the estates department of the Health Service Executive; their individual and total...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the proposed use of Health Service Executive owned lands which have remained waste ground for 30 years at Backcourt...
    • Health Research
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to information (details supplied) on ME chronic fatigue; if she will discuss this information with the...
    • Health Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the orthodontic waiting time for students in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the dentist in Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow; the number of times the dentist attends; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the occupational therapist service for the west Wicklow area; the number of persons on the waiting list; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 cannot get a surgical procedure for another nine months. [15587/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15591/10]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for BAHA hearing aids (details supplied) for public patients in view of the fact that the operation is...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy of rehiring staff at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin who have received early retirement packages and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for a medical card. [15741/10]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 23 March 2010, if she will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet available, the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scale of and the reasons for different interpretations employed by community welfare officers here in terms of whether they consider...
    • Health Services
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15753/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 3 March 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15754/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 26 January 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15755/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 3 February 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15756/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 4 February 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15757/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 4 February 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15758/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 4 February 2010 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15759/10]
    • Health Service Executive Reports
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 7 July 2009 when a reply will issue form the Health Service Executive. [15760/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 16 September 2009 when the Health Service Executive's report will issue. [15761/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15764/10]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been ordered to repay the Health Service Executive a sum of money for long-stay...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Mayo are entitled to the over-70 medical card. [15787/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors; the locations at which non-consultant hospital doctors posts...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received in each of the past three years to date in 2010; the number granted,...
  • Department of Transport
    • Civil Aviation Regulations
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the new EU civil aviation regulations in respect of the prohibition of the carrying of ammunition in hold baggage (details...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation in place that requires lorries carrying heavy loads to cover materials with a tarpaulin or similar sheeting; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport if a business case has been prepared for commuter rail services between Wexford and Waterford; if he will support such an initiative in the...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount provided in subsidies to each regional airport; the amount that is provided in subsidies for flights to regional airports; the...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 on 8 December 2009, if promised upgrades at a facility (details supplied) will be provided in 2010; and...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form. [14889/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Transport the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007,...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will detail in tabular form the number of reams of A4 sized paper and A3 sized paper purchased in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010...
    • Civil Aviation Regulations
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport the process of granting exemptions from Articles 6 and 7 in the Air Navigation Order 1973; if a separate exemption must be sought for every flight...
    • Road Network
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Nation Roads Authority or any community or local representatives in Limerick west on the proposed N21 Adare Bypass...
    • Public Transport
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his undertaking to the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement Committee in May 2008 to raise the issue of the impossibility of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the structures that are in place to ensure that rogue driving instructors not registered with the Road Safety Authority are prevented from...
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has selected a pilot city for the introduction of the smarter travel proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15725/10]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet available, the estimates...
    • Air Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received correspondence (details supplied); if so, the way he will address the issues therein and in particular, safety recommendation 24 of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of nominees to State and semi-State bodies made by his Department from 2002 to June 2007; the income for each nominee from each board;...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants who have signed up to the cycle to work scheme in his Department. [15774/10]
    • Rail Network
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15775/10]
    • Road Projects
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the projects on which capital investment and funding will be placed in 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the freight forum as proposed in the Smarter Travel policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15777/10]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to tackle uninsured drivers; the number of uninsured drivers recorded by his Department annually since 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on congestion charging; his plans to introduce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/10]
    • Public Transport
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet annually each year from 2004 to date in 2010; the peak hour passenger numbers in Dublin Bus annually...
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to set targets for e-working as set out in the Smarter Travel document; when he will publish such targets; and if he will make a...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the workplace travel plan introduced in his Department; the number of civil service staff participating as a...
    • Ports Policy Review
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to review the 2005 Ports Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15784/10]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Sustainable Travel and Transport Bill will be published; the status of this Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15785/10]
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to publish his first progress report on the Smarter Travel report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15786/10]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14473/10]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number visas held by domestic workers employed in the private homes of foreign diplomats here (details supplied); the...
    • Disabilities Policy
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the responsibilities of respective Ministers and Departments in respect of formulating, implementing and overseeing policy...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14484/10]
    • Fraud Offences
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to tackle the growing problem of persons or groups dropping leaflets to houses masquerading as...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an asylum application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [14509/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who is seeking naturalisation since December...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions No. 144 of 2 April 2009, and No. 340 of 16 February 2010, the reason it took ten months...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a certificate of naturalisation will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the Mental Capacity Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14573/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the immigration status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; the position regarding their application for subsidiary...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the proposed new Garda sex offences unit; the length and form of training that gardaí will receive for...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of domestic violence that were reported to the Gardaí during each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007,...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sex offenders released during the past five years have been subject to pre-release assessment in order to identify...
    • Probation Service
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14655/10]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14657/10]
    • Communications Legislation
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has sent specific statistics and observations to the European Commission (details supplied); if these statistics and...
    • Bankruptcy Legislation
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforce's key recommendation (details supplied); and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 to be enacted into law; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of persons (details supplied) for certificates of naturalisation. [14760/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-examine the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who have been issued with an order for deportation...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 515: 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 Louth; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency/family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 271 of 30 March 2010 the rational behind RIA's policy to disperse asylum seekers,...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the moratorium on recruitment is reducing the capacity of the Probation Service to implement the post...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Community Policing
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14851/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the work undertaken to date by the Property Services Regulatory Authority; when he expects this office to be...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has been unable to provide the figures for those committed to prison for non-payment of fines and non-payment...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons in prison and the number in each institution; the total number of prisoners not held in single cells...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of male prisoners under 21 years of age and the number in each of the institutions in which they are held; and...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children currently detained in Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre, Oberstown Boys School, Oberstown Girls...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if provision has been made to record the details of persons who have been deported; if a record is kept of the last place...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Work Permits
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Romanian and Bulgarian partners of Irish citizens resident in Ireland have unrestricted access to the labour market...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the certificate of registration in respect of a person (details supplied) was not renewed from expiry date of 30...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 545: 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 Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 548: 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. [15127/10]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in the matter of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 551: 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 1; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship or naturalisation will be processed in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take to combat knife crime in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/10]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the delays in processing Garda vetting clearance for health professionals; the measures he will take...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of appeals to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal that were decided without an oral hearing in each of the past three...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a long-term visa in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place for the disposal of a firearm in respect of which a licence has not been granted; if guns are to be...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at each garda station in County Louth in 2005 and 2010; his plans to increase the numbers...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the disruption at the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if his further attention has...
    • Civil Partnership
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider correspondence (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15288/10]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts in the probation service not filled as a result of the moratorium on recruitment. [15293/10]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [15297/10]
    • Prison Committals
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the eligibility criteria for greater remission of up to one third of a sentence; the number of applications to date; the...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures taken to enact the recommendations of the 2002 Survey of the Level of Learning Disability among the prison...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons held under immigration legislation in 2009; the institutions in which they were held; and if he will...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners here; the number in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/10]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cells in each institution here; the number that accommodate two, three, four or more prisoners; and if he...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of male prisoners under the age of 21 years here; the number in each institution in which they are held; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing a claim under the criminal injuries compensation tribunal for persons (details...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons charged with organising criminal gangs and with membership of criminal gangs under the provisions of...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Antisocial Behaviour Orders that have been issued by the courts since the provision was made for this...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 31 March 2010, if his attention has been drawn to the reception and...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons under 18 years detained in prisons here; the number in each such institution in which they are held; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, Dublin 1; the amount of funding allocated for...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to tackle racism in society here particularly in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/10]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the funding provided to the Office of the Minister for Integration in 2010; the way this money will be distributed; and if he will...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of funding provided to local authorities and sporting bodies annually since 2007 and to date in 2010; if he will give a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of posts from the rank of sergeant upwards to be filled in An Garda Síochána as of the 31 March 2010; and if he will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas within the Millennium Development Goals set by world leaders in 2000 on which significant progress has been made; and the areas in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports of intimidation in Rwanda in the run-up to the presidential elections in August 2010; if he will...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a passport office similar to that available in Cork in Galway in order to avoid the constant overloading at the existing...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforces key recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14788/10]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of discussions he has had with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, regarding a matter (details...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support Cuba in their efforts to end the blockade by the U.S.A. [14849/10]
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his policy on neutrality has changed following the recent U.S. President's statement on the use of Shannon Airport by U.S. Forces. ...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form. ...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006,...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/10]
    • International Agreements
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on banning the importation of goods originating from settlements in the West Bank that are illegal under international law; and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [15031/10]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the €100 million to be spent by his Department in 2010 in tackling HIV and Aids and give a breakdown of...
    • Counterfeit Passports
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs th e
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet available, the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism her plans for the future funding of the horse and greyhound racing fund; her views on whether it is feasible to continue to supply...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding provided to GAA clubs in County Kerry for 2003 to 2007 inclusive from the Sports Capital Programme of her...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated cost of rebranding her Department in terms of new stationery and the value of old stationery that will be disposed...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within her Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total spend by her Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years...
    • National Library
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost base analysis carried out that led to the decision to merge the National Archives with the National Library of Ireland; the...
    • Abbey Theatre
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she will ensure that the National Theatre of Ireland is made accessible for people with disabilities. [15500/10]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding is available for a socially monitored alarm in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Rail Network
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the recent extension to services on the Western Rail Corridor, he will support the provision of rail...
    • Charities Regulation
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps that he has taken to address the situation where persons or groups are dropping leaflets to houses...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports that are available through his Department for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the parts of FÁS that will come under his responsibility; if any legislative change will be required; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the estimated cost of rebranding his Department in terms of new stationery and the value of old stationery that will...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when his department issued a direction to the Roscommon, Westmeath and Galway Integrated Development Companies to...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns being expressed by a group (details supplied) in respect of the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each...
    • Community Development
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress regarding proposals to extend the RAPID designation from an area (details supplied) in Dublin 12 into...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he proposes to curtail and restrict the activities of head shops and the sale of dangerous substances...
    • Community Development
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that the funding in respect of the older women's network (details supplied) is assured for 2011;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Flood Relief
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the flood fund that was available for victims of flooding both in County Cork and other areas; the amount...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown on the matters covered by an individual's PRSI contribution. [14602/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 can only be considered for rent allowance for a bed-sit single person unit even...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if optical and dental benefit will be available to those who paid PRSI for 2007 and 2008 in view of the fact that the criteria for...
    • Advocacy Services
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will nominate a medical doctor to advise and guide persons with serious disabilities and health issues in regard to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to tackle fuel poverty. [15649/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo should have been allowed to sign on for credits when they were on the back to...
    • Penson Provisions
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an Irish top up pension when they lived and worked in the UK all their life and only...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports that are available for a single person (details supplied) in Cork with no children who is working but earning less...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Social and Family the parts of FÁS that will come under his responsibility; if any legislative change will be required; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No 598 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the detailed costs, or if not the available...
    • Disability Advocacy Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if grant aid is available for the management and functioning of disability advocacy groups. [14684/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of rebranding his Department in terms of new stationery and the value of old stationery that will be disposed...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Social and Affairs if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [14699/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for jobseeker's allowance. [14761/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when family income supplement will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an appeal in respect of an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a mechanism in place notifying persons that their entitlement to jobseeker's benefit is coming to an end and that they...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the habitual residence guidelines are EU law now and has it been approved by the EU; if the Common Travel Area agreement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare payments being awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the reason they were refused supplementary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of unemployed persons with addresses in Ballyduff, County Kerry. [14936/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be held in respect of a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for mortgage interest supplement will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the limit of means for a couple in an assessment for allowance is €20,000 while it is also €20,000 for a single...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15041/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a one-parent family allowance social welfare appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when supplementary welfare payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be awarded a carer's allowance in respect of her spouse; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their appeal for family income supplement processed; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their jobseeker's allowance in view of the fact that their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15740/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conditions or criteria required for a person to qualify for credited contributions while in receipt of carer's allowance or...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that all spouses of self-employed persons making contributions since 1988 have an entitlement to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take to review the current application by his Department of habitual residency clause with particular reference...
    • Departmental Services
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes that have taken place in the administration of services provided by his Department in the past three years; the way...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received in each of the past three years to date in 2010; the number...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure that payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that they are...
  • Department of Defence
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of the decentralisation of the Defence headquarters to Newbridge, County Kildare; and the expected date of moving to this new facility; and...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made to disband directorates of reserve for Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will have...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Defence if joint training exercises have been undertaken by the Defence Forces with the other armies involved in the Nordic Battle Group since its...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in tabular form. [14878/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Defence the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008,...
    • Waste Management
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place to remove litter from the Curragh Plains, County Kildare; the future plans to maintain the Curragh; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Defence his future intentions on overseas service in view of the decision not to participate in the planned overseas mission to Chad; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Medical Service
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of dental hygienists employed in the Defence Forces as of April 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/10]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Defence the usage of the Ministerial Air Transport Service by calendar month in 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/10]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in the Department of Defence[i] in situ [/i] in Newbridge, County Kildare, as of 21 April 2010; the date at which the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Defence the timescale envisaged for the completion of the Value for Money Review of the Reserve Defence Force in 2010; his plans to initiate a value for...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Government Charges
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the non-principal private residencies tax to take into account personal circumstances of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to a recent High Court decision (details supplied) he will seek to address the problem created,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be granted for the water investment programme schemes submitted by Kildare County Council...
    • Land Transactions
      Question 757: 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...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to develop statutory authority for our major rivers such as the River Liffey so that an agency...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the second phase of a water scheme (details supplied) in County Tipperary will commence; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to put in place a system to allow persons who are blind or vision impaired to vote...
    • Civil Defence
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will give approval for the appointment of a Civil Defence Officer in Skibbereen, County Cork to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a water supply in County Kildare in view of the concerns expressed (details supplied); if he is...
    • Domestic Water Metering
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital costs for introducing domestic water meters. [14652/10]
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 282 of 21 Jan 2010 if he will respond to the following matter (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding for a scheme (details supplied) will be forthcoming from his Department to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Roscommon, Westmeath and Galway Integrated Development Companies made presentations to his...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed sewerage extension to Mungret, County Limerick will be authorised to proceed. [14759/10]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a further allocation will be made to Cork City Council to deal with the list of applications for housing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will initiate a Commission of Investigation into all aspects of the planning and building of the North...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the location of the 1,100 unsold affordable houses here; the period of time...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied)...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the financial implications of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill, 2009 to support the...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the National Spatial Strategy is still his policy; his plans to prepare and publish a progress report on...
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason self-catering holiday apartments and university halls rented to tourists in the summer are exempt...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the method used to destroy the deer of the Ward Union Hunt which collided with a car during the hunt on 11...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the waiting times for a housing needs assessment in each local authority here. [15107/10]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the representations received by him for an appointment (details supplied) to a board; if so, from whom these...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities had the legal power, prior to the Planning and Development Act 2000, to remove a site...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in receipt of back to education allowance has to...
    • Housing Legislation
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when section 22(3) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 is due to come into operation; if he is...
    • Waste Management
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the measures adopted in the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate persons who cannot maintain contact with their children in the aftermath of a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to eliminate the plant Lagarosiphon Major or African Pondweed which is very prevalent...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish the proposed investigation into planning decisions by a number of local authorities...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial consequences for the Dublin Docklands Authority in respect of his agreement to extend the...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the nomination of Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, for inscription as a world heritage site; and...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will permit turf cutting to continue on the 32 designated bogs for the current season; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of jobs lost to date in each local authority area since July 2008; and the number of jobs lost in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the non-holding of a stamp four (details supplied) prevents the lodging of an application for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the necessary funding will be allocated to Kildare County Council to enable a group water scheme (details...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received complaints regarding a matter (details supplied); if so, the actions he will take to...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the uncertainty over the proposed incinerator plant at Ringsend, Dublin 4 and the fact the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to grant licences to driftnet fishermen who did not avail of the compensation scheme; and if he will...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of alternative energy generation projects operational or pending throughout County Cork and Cork...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the requirements for power stations to be dual fuel; if there is a requirement for power stations to be able to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken and will take to implement the innovation task force's key recommendation (details...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department or its agencies are considering introducing a pay as you save scheme for energy efficiency;...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 3 November 2009, if the scheme has been put in place whereby the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if representations were made by him concerning the appointment of a person (details supplied) as chairman of a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the number of spawners arriving into the River Suir; and if he will make a statement on...
    • River Dredging
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the dredging and reclamation of the river at the confluence of the Rivers Barrow and Suir from...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding the future of the oil berth at Great Island generating station, County Wexford; and if he...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details on the search for oil off the coast of Dalkey, County Dublin; the terms of the licence agreement...
    • Official Travel
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 23 March 2010, if he will furnish the details of the costs, or if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a comprehensive statement on the planned delivery of broadband to an area (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total public spend in response to the threat of foot and mouth disease each year for the past ten years. [15266/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the outstanding payments due to them under the suckler cow...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff and the grades of these staff who are located in his Department's office in Johnstown Castle Estate,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded their aquaculture licence; and if he will make a...
    • Crop Losses
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the acreage and extent of the damage caused by the extreme severe winter weather conditions to the fruit production sector...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support a matter (details supplied). [14649/10]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be entitled to their full REP scheme payments as well as the full...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a reactor grant has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the increase in unlicensed and abandoned horses in the greater Dublin area and the...
    • Horticulture Industry
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support the development of the horticulture industry in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposal, being examined by his Department, to change existing legislation to allow sea bass to be fished...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive their REPS 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within his Department and each agency under its aegis in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total spend by his Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will detail in tabular form, the number of reams of A4 sized paper and A3 sized paper purchased in 2006, 2007, 2008,...
    • Food Industry
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the guidelines of the Food Dudes Programme; the names of the schools participating in this programme; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to a meeting between a Department official and a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, when the matter will be...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 943 of 19 January 2010, if he has determined all the outstanding cases; when a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of a payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15073/10]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for benefit under the early retirement scheme; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 849: 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...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received payment under the installation aid scheme; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their REP scheme 4 grant paid; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Beef Industry
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the recently identified discrepancies in cattle grading at meat factories, the steps he will take to address the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when outstanding payments on the estate of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded; and if he will make a...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the installation aid scheme; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when sucker cow grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15270/10]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 23 March 2010, if there is capital or current funding available for voluntary...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will outline when a REP scheme payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [15506/10]
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of income generated at a port (details supplied) from fishing and other commercial activities; his plans, if...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 28 January 2009, the position regarding an application (details supplied); and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15763/10]
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment under the 2009 cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state if a REP scheme plan in respect of a person (details supplied) can be continued; and if he will make a...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 872: 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...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the payment of a forestry grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 874: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when extra provision can be made for special needs assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 875: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision regarding cuts to the funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 876: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in building a new school for children with autism at Tinkers Cross, County Cork; and if she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 878: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will instruct the National Council for Special Education to cease the cost cutting review of special needs...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 879: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 March 2010, if her attention has been drawn to concerns from an...
    • Third Level Admissions
      Question 881: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that any student who has applied for a CAO place will not be disadvantaged and that their application...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 882: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to the fees payable to the Teaching Council...
    • Mitchell Scholarship Fund
      Question 883: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on each scholar from the Mitchell Scholarship Fund; the salary of the President of the United States...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 884: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 886: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason Bus Éireann are now charging pupils attending a school (details supplied) for the school bus starting in...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 887: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the Donegal Education Centre; the amount of rent paid to date for this premises; the details of...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 888: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a DEIS school application (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 889: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will request the State Exams Commission to review the case of a person (details supplied) for an assisted reader...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 890: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No 14 of 4 March 2010 if her officials will forward the list of 790 schools that have...
    • School Staffing
      Question 891: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in issuing a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) as this application...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 892: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of rebranding his Department in terms of new stationery and the value of old stationery that will be...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 893: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will revise the decision made by her predecessor not to open Irish medium schools in 2010, particularly in view...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 894: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will reverse the cuts in funding for mature students attending third level colleges (details supplied); and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 895: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the legal basis by which the Church of Ireland College of Education can impose accounting procedures that would allow it...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 896: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforce's key recommendation (details supplied); and...
    • Taskforce on Innovation
      Question 897: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken and will take to implement the innovation taskforces key recommendation to link a proportion of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 898: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a third level foundation course applicant (details supplied) will be considered for the higher education grant in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 899: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the anxiety being felt at a school (details supplied) regarding the evaluation of the...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 900: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of post leaving certificate places available in each college here; and the number of applicants for each...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 901: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 903: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will publish a copy of the review conducted by the National Council for Special Education into the allocation of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 904: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No 173 of 19 November 2009 the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Management
      Question 905: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the current trustees of a college (details supplied) have agreed to the lease of existing school buildings at this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 906: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the grant assistance available to a person who has not got refugee status but has been fostered here for the past three...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 907: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of personal computers and laptops currently deployed within her Department and each agency under its aegis in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 909: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the total spend by her Department and each agency under its aegis on printer consumables (details supplied) for each of...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 911: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants in the Dublin west region, on an area basis, who have lost their jobs in the past...
    • School Transport
      Question 912: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason a licence in respect of a school transport service from Fore to Mullingar has been revoked or withdrawn in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 914: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a new regulation regarding the design of disabled toilets is to be applied to existing projects; if the new...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 915: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number, condition and size of all primary school buildings here; if an assessment has been carried out of the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 918: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have two teachers and the number of schools that have three teachers in respect of the 3,300...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 919: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring forward legislation to put the pilot vocational educational committee community national school model...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 921: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of advisers appointed to her Department since her recent appointment; their names; the job title and job...
    • School Staffing
      Question 922: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to her recent speech at the Irish National Teachers Organisation Conference in Ennis, County Clare, on 7 April...
    • School Patronage
      Question 923: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on the establishment of a national forum on patronage in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 924: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Confucius Institute in UCD has co-operated with a number of...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 925: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the process that will be undertaken in respect of the planned school for Lucan south, County Dublin; the process its...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 926: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed the recently published Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland science survey on the impact of...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 929: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide more computer facilities for science laboratories in second level schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 932: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a review has been carried out into whether the provision of laboratory assistants or time-tabled hours for...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 933: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new building for Balbriggan Educate Together National School,...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 934: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the number of post leaving certificate places in Longford Vocational Education Committee by an...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 935: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding three vacant positions in a school (details supplied) that have been unable to replace cleaning...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 937: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date regarding the provision of an extension/refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Records
      Question 938: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will obtain the original roll books that were removed from the school in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 939: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the examination papers for 2010 State examinations at junior certificate, leaving certificate and leaving certificate...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 940: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No 666 of 9 February 2010 and the correspondence sent to her office (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 941: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the tender report for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been prepared; and if she will sanction...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 946: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if class size information for national schools in County Kildare for the 2009/2010 school year is available. [15279/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 947: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the building of an autism spectrum disorder unit at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 948: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the application for the rental of temporary school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 949: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the expected completion date of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [15284/10]
    • State Examinations
      Question 951: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that when her Department was responsible for organising the State examinations, that is prior to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 952: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the details of every printing contract awarded by her Department over the past two years, the cost involved in printing...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 953: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled in State funded primary school teacher training institutes for the 2009/2010 term; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 954: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request for additional classroom accommodation from a school (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 955: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 956: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the provisions that can be made to provide a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with three and a half hours...
    • School Patronage
      Question 957: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will provide an update of the talks between the Catholic church and her Department regarding the transfer of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 958: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the financial supports, including grants, available to students in part-time undergraduate study; the financial...
    • Fuel Charges
      Question 962: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the discussions she has had with the Commission on Energy Regulation concerning the pricing structure for gas as it...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 963: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 770 of 23 March 2010, if she will furnish the details of the costs, or if not yet...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 964: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the progress made with the planned extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 965: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the average processing time of applications for third level grants in each local authority area; the average number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 968: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of school inspector posts that have not been filled since the introduction of the ban on recruitment; and the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 969: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to previous parliamentary questions submitted on 18 May 2009 and 19 November 2009, if she recognises the...

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