Written answers
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
- Department of Transport
- Freedom of Information
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of organisations under his remit to which the Freedom of Information Act has been extended; when the Railway Safety Commission will come...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the capital projects relating to the smarter travel plan that will commence in 2010; the way the €25 million budget allocation will be spent; and...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Waterford helicopter search and rescue service; the reason he changed his policy on this matter; if the helicopters are...
- Air Travel Restrictions
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport the economic cost to the Irish aviation sector of the recent closure of airspace due to volcanic ash cloud; if he has received any requests for...
- Road Safety
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the operation of the new generation of speed cameras in the UK which can track drivers' speed over longer distances; if he is...
- Road Network
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the review of the national roads programme; his views on future projects on the national roads programme; and if he will...
- Rail Network
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is examining the feasibility of developing high speed rail services on the inter-urban rail network; if he has reviewed developments in high...
- State Agencies
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to merge the Railway Procurement Agency into the National Roads Authority; the annual saving; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations in the CIE-commissioned report on alleged irregularities in the procurement...
- Cycling Action Plan
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Dublin City Council on its proposed cycling action plan 2010 to 2015; his views on proposals for new speed limits under...
- Rail Safety
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the investigations into the collapse of the railway bridge at the Broadmeadow Estuary, Malahide, County Dublin; if he is...
- Rail Network
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the operation of the western rail corridor from Limerick to Galway in its first month of operation; the timeframe for the...
- Transport Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the development of a new national rail freight strategy; when the industry and stakeholder forum for the development of...
- State Bodies
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to address alleged corporate governance irregularities at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Cycling Action Plan
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the schedule for national bike week 2010; the actions of the national cycle policy framework that have been implemented; the proposed cost of...
- Road Network
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the national roads strategy after the completion of the current inter-urban network programme and in the period from 2013 onwards; if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has responded to the National Roads Authority request for an additional €25 million in funding for road maintenance; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on national road safety that one in every 20 vehicles on roads here reportedly do not have insurance; the plans that he has to tackle...
- Public Transport
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed overhaul of the Dublin Bus network; his further views on the impact on commuters and bus dependant communities of the...
- Integrated Ticketing
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent awarding of the contract to operate the integrated ticketing scheme to a company (details supplied); when the ITS...
- Road Safety
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to set standard guidelines for speed limits on local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17961/10]
- Light Rail Project
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has directed the Railway Procurement Agency to conduct feasibility studies for light rail systems in Galway, Cork, Limerick and Waterford; if...
- Bus Licences
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the alleged operation of all bus services without a licence here; the number of buses that are operating without...
- Departmental Funding
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the first project under the smarter travel demonstration fund that was recently launched in Dundalk, County Louth; the amount...
- Public Transport
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the recommendations of the Deloitte and Touche report on efficiencies in the bus sector; the timeframe for the...
- Industrial Relations
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if all recent industrial relations issues at Aer Lingus have been addressed; when he was last briefed by the three Government appointed directors...
- Taxi Regulation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Commission of Taxi Regulation will be incorporated into the National Transport Authority; the regularity with which he meets and is...
- State Airports
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority on its end of year 2009 results; his views on these results; and if he will make a...
- Air Travel Regulations
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the air passenger protection rights for travellers in the context of the recent volcanic ash crisis that caused such disruption...
- Rail Network
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport when he was last briefed on the proposed closure of the Rosslare to Waterford rail line by Irish Rail in view of the fact that this will be a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual budget for each of the 36 agencies under the remit of his Department annually since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electric Vehicles
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the input his Department has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on the rollout of the national electric...
- National Pedestrian Strategy
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the national pedestrian strategy; the proposed key headings of the strategy; if it will include a range of appropriate low...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the arrangements for the operation of the coast guard search and rescue service; if the four existing bases will continue on a...
- Road Safety
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the new research from the Road Safety Authority which indicated that learner drivers are responsible for more than one in five...
- Emergency Planning
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances under which he will respond under the national emergency plan; and if this plan includes volcanos and earthquakes. [15932/10]
- Transport Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on Ireland's ferry connectivity in view of the recent total suspension of air travel services; if he is developing proposals to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is currently preparing any submission for the Department of Finance on transport capital spending for 2011 through to 2016, especially in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to include position...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the counsel that are currently nominated by the Attorney General to appear before the Moriarty tribunal to appear on behalf of the public interest; the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous public sector employment;...
- Financial Services Sector
Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the role, function and membership of the IFSC clearing group located in his Department; the members since 2002 coming from Departments, State agencies and the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Departmental Property
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No 142 of 30 March 2010, if the €1million cost of maintaining the site includes...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to amend the section 13 of Industrial Relations Act 1969 in view of correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
- EU Directives
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the body or Government agency in charge of implementing Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the European...
- Imported Products
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of imports from Israel in 2009; the position of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; if those...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to introduce legislation to change the employment permits system in order to give permit holders the right to...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will confirm that in the case of a constructive dismissal in the private sector of an individual with more than ten...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to amend employment legislation in conjunction with the raising of the pension age to ensure that workers are not...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a redundancy payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation her views on the establishment of an appropriate task force for the purpose of securing additional jobs in respect of...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 25 February 2010 the reason a person (details supplied) has still not been...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the affairs of a company (details supplied); his contact with the Financial Regulator and the Financial Services Authority in London...
- Procurement Policy
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the strategies he has in place to ensure that with more centralised and globalised purchasing of supplies and equipment that local suppliers here...
- Debt Collection Regulation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a system of regulation for debt collection agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17601/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received any representations from a Commissioner (details supplied) on the period of 20-30 September 2008, inclusive, regarding the bank...
- Pension Provisions
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he sanctioned a remuneration and pension package that allowed a person (details supplied) to retire at 55 years; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [17619/10]
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce any measures to alleviate the impact of carbon tax on the farming community in view of the losses incurred by this sector...
- Animal Welfare
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deer knocked down by cars or other vehicles in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7 in 2009. [17666/10]
- Financial Services Sector
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [17672/10]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to...
- Flood Relief
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a re-location scheme for five persons, who have had their properties destroyed due to the November 2009 flooding and who have no...
- Tax Code
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the stamp duty relief for new entrants to farming to persons who hold degrees in agriculture rather than requiring such qualified...
- Pension Provisions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrears that will benefit from pensions funds foregone by former officeholders of the Houses of the Oireachtas; if it will be ring-fenced or if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); if consideration will be given to address the concerns highlighted; if so, if this action will be...
- Flood Relief
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to resolve the flooding problem from the River Shannon which occurs periodically at Castleconnell, County Limerick. [17898/10]
- Freedom of Information
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of all freedom of information requests processed by his Department since 1 January 2008. [17902/10]
- Tax Code
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if the change in standard rate tax relief on nursing home fees has been implemented for 2010; if he will confirm this rate; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in 2008; the income and tax paid in each of the following income cohorts, broken down into public sector, private sector,...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the current balance in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; if he will provide a breakdown of this balance by asset class, including the balance of...
- State Agencies
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personnel employed by the National Asset Management Agency and a breakdown of the positions they hold and the salaries they are...
- Tax Code
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 7 October 2009, if he will abolish the €10 air travel tax in view of the recent volcanic ash crisis...
- Tax Collection
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Cork are entitled to mortgage relief arising from a top up of their mortgage for house improvements; and if...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of funds invested in derivative financial instruments being transferred over to the National Asset Management Agency that are...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in the public service each year since 2004 and to date in 2010: the total employment costs for each of those years;...
- Flood Relief
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals the Office of Public Works has for the alleviation of potential flooding to the property of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Ministerial Pensions
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the list of all sitting Members who are in receipt of ministerial pensions since 2002; the amounts received by each former Minister from the date...
- Tax Code
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Finance Bill 2010 will be amended to exclude services supplied by local authorities from the VAT code; the reason local authorities are...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce amending legislation regarding probate values given to homes in the 2006 and 2007 period which are grossly unrealistic and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous public sector...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has been without a speech and language...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will be given an appointment for a hip replacement; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for physiotherapy at the Health Service Executive centre in Bray, County Wicklow; the longest length of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funds available to the Health Service Executive West for the replacement of retiring staff at a nursing home (details...
- Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [17620/10]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to the proposed location of the National Children's...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she plans to make a decision on the report of the vaccine damage steering group; when this report was circulated to persons who...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of any former Government office holder appointed by her in the past ten years to any position; the details of such...
- Addiction Awareness
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to a national gambling impact study as conducted in many countries; the steps that are in motion regarding public...
- Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [17739/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment at the Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2; and if she will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and facilities that are available to support autistic children; if respite care is available on a regular basis in respect...
- Medicinal Products
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17757/10]
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take a compassionate view into the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will provide funding for this...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide structured occupational therapy and or speech and language therapy for the pupils of the school (details supplied)...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a request by an association (details supplied) for a meeting to discuss its funding and services; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to inefficiency in the Health Service Executive which has seen medical card renewal forms sent to a...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint an official from her Department who would take a lead role in an initiative to provide an out of hours general...
- Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); if it is feasible that the request of the families can be agreed to; if so, the...
- Medical Cards
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved medical cards. [17993/10]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home support scheme application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [17994/10]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a two year waiting list for an appointment with a consultant ophthalmologist at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; her...
- Food Labelling
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legislation and regulations that govern the placing of irradiated products, including fresh produce, on the market in the EU and...
- Hospital Charges
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare attending private and public hospital was told that the varicose vein treatment...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated to recipients, and the number of recipients, in Dublin 15 for 2008, 2009 and the total expected...
- Hospital Staff
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unfilled, vacant or recently extinguished positions at Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown, broken down by function, at...
- Departmental Funding
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reassurances she will give to persons in County Limerick who have family members attending an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Health Service Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed in a Health Service Executive office (details supplied); her plans to rationalise services provided by that...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have applied for drug addiction treatment in the western region from 2006 to date in 2010, inclusive; the cost...
- Eating Disorders
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of cardiovascular disease treated here which is related to childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the problems arising from the reduction in funding to an association (details supplied) in County...
- Adoption Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made, if any, to facilitate the completion of adoptions in Vietnam by persons who were promised assistance in completing...
- Medical Cards
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 9 March 2010, regarding child psychiatry services in counties Laois and Offaly and the...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) who has made a claim under the health repayment scheme; if the payment will...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and the way in which income made from renting out a house which is the subject of ancillary State support under the nursing home...
- Pension Provisions
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Departmental staff including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision that has been made for staffing the HPV vaccine programme for 2010; if there will be additional costs associated with the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the warning that is required by the Irish Medicines Board that certain anti-depressant drugs can cause suicidal...
- Organ Retention (1 comment)
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the practice of removal, retention and disposal of children's post mortem organs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding for infrastructure work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17607/10]
- EU Regulations
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Transport if the European Commission Regulation No. 185/2010 of 4 March 2010 was implemented on 29 April 2010; the implications for the transportation of...
- State Airports
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the red zones at either end of existing main runway 10/28 at Dublin Airport, he will confirm the precise distances such as red...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to...
- State Agencies
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the dredging and reclamation of the river at the confluence of the Rivers Barrow and Suir from Snowhill to Drumdowney Point, County...
- Rural Transport Programme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the rural transport programme; the number of projects operating; the plans to expand these projects; and if he will...
- Public Transport
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with Bus Átha Cliath regarding their recent announcement concerning changes in their timetable; and if he will make a...
- Air Navigation Orders
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the process of granting exemptions from Articles 6 and 7 in the Air Navigation Order 1973, in particular clarify if a separate...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 675 of 3 November 2009, the action he is taking regarding the issue of development works at Arklow Harbour, County...
- Air Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had further discussions with the US Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the extension of full US preclearance facilities at Shannon...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who have lost their licences from incurring the maximum number of penalty points; the number whose licences have been...
- Rail Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport if commuter rail passenger numbers reflect the projections referred to when he launched Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Airports
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport his assessment of expected passenger throughput at each of the national and international airports in the current year; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the public and private bus transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18328/10]
- Air Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport his air transport plans or policy over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18329/10]
- Departmental Funding
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if directly or through the National Roads Authority or local authorities he has received requests from or given any instructions attendant on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous public...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing Irish citizen applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way a person (details supplied) can obtain a business visa as they want to take over a business. [18031/10]
- Rent Reviews
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action being taken to encourage voluntary review and reduction of rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Agreements
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that membership of the Schengen Agreement would be of enormous benefit to tourism; if serious...
- EU Directives
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to extending daylight saving here by joining central European time; if an up to date...
- Visa Applications
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a long-term visa in respect of persons (details supplied); the time period that this application is...
- Residency Permits
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider a request for an extension of the time by six months within which a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a holiday visa application for a person (details supplied) was refused for a second time; and if he will make a...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in meeting the commitment in the programme for Government 2007 to establish a judicial sentencing...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied); and if...
- Prison Service
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the weekly payments awarded to prisoners; the amount they receive; if they carry out duties to earn this payment; if they...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of properties that the Criminal Assets Bureau own in the Dublin 8 area; if CAB own a property (details supplied)...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of drugs seized in Mountjoy Prison and in St. Patrick's Institution in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile telephones seized from prisoners at Mountjoy and St. Patrick's Institution in 2009 and to date in...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of...
- Visa Applications
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have investigations made into the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused renewal of their...
- Asylum Applications
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached in respect of a person (details supplied). [17728/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 2 February 2010, the position regarding an application from a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications (4 comments)
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in granting citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Court Procedures
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [17790/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) refused on 7 April 2010 will be reviewed; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Visa Applications
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for visas will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will expedite these...
- Garda Equipment
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of a Garda uniform shirt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18041/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 3 November 2009, if an application in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Garda Vetting
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 31 march 2010 that Garda vetting of direct provision employees is being...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of temporary closure orders that have been issued for sale of alcohol to children under 18 years since the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on naturalisation will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
- Courts Service
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends signing amended superior court rules regarding costs of summary judgments in respect of the service of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a student who has been here for five years, part of which time was spent in secondary school and part in third level,...
- Pension Provisions
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are charges pending regarding the operations of head shops; if so, the length of time since these charges were...
- Pension Provisions
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in respect of a former spouse's pension with the Garda Síochána under the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any former Government officeholder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to...
- Passport Applications
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied for same in February 2010; and if he will...
- Passport Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18012/10]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the information (details supplied) is accurate regarding China. [18044/10]
- International Agreements
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether membership of the Schengen Agreement would bring enormous benefits to our country; if serious consideration will be...
- Non-Governmental Organisations
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the charity ICROSS has received funding from the State; if it was audited; if there are plans to recoup any of these funds in view of the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of pensions on foot of previous public...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the details of any former Government office holder appointed by her in the past ten years to any position; the details of such...
- Tourism Industry
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of registered bed nights in counties Kerry, Galway, Donegal, Wicklow and Carlow; the resulting revenue generated; and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of departmental staff including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will advise a community organisation (details supplied) that will celebrate its 100th anniversary on 25 June...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he proposes to have elections to the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta; when the term of the current board...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the fact that the scheme of community support for older people is due to cease on 21 May 2010, he will...
- Community Development
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the introduction of RAPID programme in Rathkeale, County Limerick. [17855/10]
- Irish Language
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposals he has to commission the Economic and Social Research Institute, An Coimisinéir Teanga or other...
- Pension Provisions
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest subsidy payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a gender recognition Bill, as promised in the renewed programme for Government 2009; the reason this Bill does not...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which rent supplement was discontinued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the appeal for disability allowance will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17606/10]
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the implementation of the employer job PRSI incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will facilitate an oral hearing at the earliest possible date regarding an appeal for carers' allowance in respect of a person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17630/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason fuel allowance is not granted in conjunction with illness benefit but is allowed in conjunction with jobseeker's allowance; his...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) have only being awarded a single person's rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the rate of qualified adult dependant payment for persons who are in receipt of a reduced rate of pension; and if he...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an appeal of the decision to deny disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Flood Relief
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ask the Health Service Executive to reconsider the restrictive criteria imposed on the community welfare officers who are...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a student who completes a level seven undergraduate course in 2009-10 and wants to carry on to a level eight undergraduate course, will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Social Insurance
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current balance in the social insurance fund; the balance at end 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the income and expenditure of the social...
- Pension Provisions
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his proposals to amend current rules in relation to working while receiving a State pension; and if proposals are envisaged in conjunction...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an inspector will assess a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of one-parent family allowance will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [18170/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a lone parent is subject to a significantly lower threshold than a married couple for eligibility for the back to school...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 21 April 2010, if, a protected area was initially established around Baldonnel Aerodrome, County Dublin,...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous public sector...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [17610/10]
- Legislative Programme
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when proposed amendments to planning regulations will be brought before the Dáil Éireann; and if he will...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position;...
- Building Regulations
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on correspondence (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/10]
- Special Conservation Areas
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a plot of land (details supplied) in County Mayo is designated as a natural heritage area or a special...
- Flood Relief
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national parks and wildlife service has met the Office of Public Works regarding the Roundfort...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on removing the clawback on all affordable housing scheme participants in order that persons who...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for repairs to a house in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Housing Grants
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of a recent High Court case in which an applicant for a housing grant was rejected...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for funding in respect of sewage treatment works in Killaloe, County Clare;...
- Planning Issues
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of land which has been de-zoned, or re-zoned from residential, commercial or industrial use...
- Motor Taxation
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18033/10]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff who have been let go from north Tipperary County Council during 2008, 2009 and to date in...
- Water Safety
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make the report on the allegation of bullying during the trainee examiners' course in November...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 185 of 8 October 2009, the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details...
- Housing Grants
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provides financial assistance towards moving-in costs for those approved under the...
- Building Control Act (1 comment)
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in the process of registration of professional titles and, in particular, the registration...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if responsibility for the granting of foreshore licences has been transferred to his Department; if his...
- Pension Provisions
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the natural resources around the coastline, such as oil in the Porcupine Basin and gas in Dublin Bay, are...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of any former Government officeholder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an area (details supplied) in County Offaly has not been included in the national broadband scheme;...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding Irish broadcasting masts in the vicinity of the Border following the signing of a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulations he plans to introduce in regard to the use of bio-fuels for central heating; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate and seek to provide a solution to the poor broadband service being provided in Tulla,...
- Pension Provisions
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fireblight Levels
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17602/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, following an appeal of their single...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of...
- Grant Payments
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme four payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
- Crop Losses
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to assist farmers in the flooded regions of south Galway who have had their lands rendered useless for the past...
- Grant Payments
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme four payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [17769/10]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the refusal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to join REP scheme. [17791/10]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application to the early retirement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when suckler cow payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an official from his Department will meet with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to discuss the allocation of...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money paid to primary and secondary processors and retailers under the pigmeat recall scheme to date in 2010;...
- Grant Payments
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
- Harbours and Piers (1 comment)
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the return to the State from Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal, following the extension work a number of years ago; and if...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to ensure that all chicken fillets are safe for human consumption; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Welfare
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to establish a multi-agency group for the management of abandoned horses; the membership of this group; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for the young farmers installation aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of...
- Department of Education and Science
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in developing a sectoral plan for her Department under the terms of the National...
- Pension Provisions
Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding those who occasionally work as a substitute teacher and have been subject to the pension related...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for FÁS to be acting as a recruitment agency for the British Army. [18045/10]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the general allocation model is complete; and when same will be published. [17589/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her short-term and long-term plans for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the fact that their lease...
- School Transport
Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her officials to allow a child (details supplied) in County Carlow with special educational needs to...
- School Accommodation
Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the funding for additional accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor has been assigned to the building of the new school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if so, the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her intended response to a letter from an association (details supplied); if she will...
- School Transport
Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new amalgamated school for Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the details of any former Government officeholder appointed by her in the past ten years to any position; the details of...
- School Enrolments
Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Catholics first enrolment policy in primary schools with a Catholic ethos and patron; if this...
- Postgraduate Studies
Question 386: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding students graduating from St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 in 2010 as well as other...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a student starting a postgraduate course, that is higher diploma, postgraduate diploma, master's degree or PhD in 2010...
- Income Levy Certificates
Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has failed to issue certificates of income levy to teachers employed by her Department; if not, when...
- State Examinations
Question 393: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will admit a late application for the special schemes in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are waiting lists for children in the autistic spectrum seeking...
- School Staffing
Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has assessed the impact of the suppression of the filling of posts of responsibility on the planning and...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that when two schools (details supplied) were amalgamated in September, 2003,...
- School Staffing
Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary principals appointed in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number of teachers...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 400: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick is a school which caters for primary and...
- Gaelscoileanna
Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna ós rud é go ndeir sí féin go bhfuil ról maighdeogach le himirt ag an mbunscolaíocht i gcaomhnú agus i leathnú an...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in the County Cork with special needs who are currently seeking access to second level education;...
- School Accommodation
Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal for a temporary letting for a school (details supplied) of unregistered lands...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 405: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the assistance she will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will assess a request from a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to enable them to retain a DEIS teaching...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the course of action a person (details supplied) can take in order to get information on their future job security....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 408: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of schools in north Tipperary which applied for a school building project in 2000 and which...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that all persons correcting State exams in 2010 are teachers who have not taught the new syllabus in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if the funding is committed for this...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the site purchase for a school (details supplied) in County Galway is completed; when the school is likely to go to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce the number of special needs assistants in the context of Article 24 and Article 26 of the Lisbon...
- Transition Year Programme
Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of transition year places when a child is unable to obtain a place at his or her own...
- Boards of Management
Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the autonomy that school boards of management possess under the Education Act; the rights that parents possess to appeal...
- Pension Provisions
Question 419: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of departmental staff, including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot...
- Language Support
Question 420: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of children attending national schools who are in receipt of English language support tuition...
- Departmental Funding
Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate funding to a school (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, under the school support programme,...
