Written answers
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Waterways Ireland
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of recent court settlements regarding Waterways Ireland; if there are any other actions pending against...
- Volunteerism Sector
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the level of voluntarism here and his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take to combat the problem of head shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18931/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he proposes to include in the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Recreation Officers
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the rural recreation officer in each county; the number that have been appointed; the counties...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are issues between the rural social scheme and the community employment scheme; if these schemes run...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if agreement has been reached regarding any budgetary changes that were necessary due to recent departmental changes;...
- Community Development (1 comment)
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he is taking to encourage and promote enterprise and community activity in rural communities; if he has...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposals he has regarding the Údarás na Gaeltachta elections which must take place in 2010; and if he will...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of campaigns being funded by his Department or any agency within the remit of his Department regarding...
- Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings he has had or is proposing to have with Ministers with similar responsibilities in the Northern Ireland...
- Programmes for Government
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions he has taken since March 2010 to ensure that the Programme for Government 2007 is being implemented by...
- Clár Reachtaíochta
Question 66: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh reachtaíocht á foilsiú ag an Rialtas ar shainmhíniú nua ar cad is Gaeltacht ann agus ar athruithe ar...
- Community Development
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if matching funding is still available to community projects under the RAPID scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the purpose of the €600,000 grants recently announced by him in relation to the various drugs tasks forces; if this...
- Community Development
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the RAPID and CLÁR programmes; the number of applications received for funding in respect of each...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19001/10]
- Community Development
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding that has been approved to each rural development programme in the country under the new round of...
- Charities Act 2009
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of regulations as determined by the Charities Act 2009 needing ministerial sanction that have been...
- Recreational Facilities
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if supports are available for skateboard parks in view of the importance of such facilities for communities; and if he...
- An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
Question 76: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh díospóireacht ann sa Dáil ar an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Gaeilge roimh shos an tSamhraidh; agus an ndéanfaidh...
- Anti-Drug Dealing Campaign
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent report on the Dial to Stop Drugs campaign; if he will continue to support this scheme; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of grants provided under the two programmes of grants for community and voluntary organisations during the...
- Freedom of Information
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications under the Freedom of Information Act that his Department has received in each of the past...
- Community Services Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of community services programme funded day care centres; the number of such centres opened over the past...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Question 84: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó scéim atá aontaithe anois faoi Alt 11 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
- Drugs Task Forces
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to offer support to communities involved in combating drugs; the extent to which the programme was...
- Placenames Database
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date on his Department's work regarding placenames; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Trade Statistics
Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the value of imports and exports in euro and as a percentage of GNP with the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the eurozone and the rest of the...
- European Council Meetings
Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council meetings he attended; the...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the most recent unemployment figures at the Tallaght social welfare office, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/10]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide an index showing Ireland's change in competitiveness with the United Kingdom, the United States of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount he anticipates that his Department will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper,...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding statutory redundancy payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
- Job Losses
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the discussions he has had with a company (details supplied) regarding their restructuring plans and implications for jobs...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will clarify the financial situation with city and county enterprise boards, especially Limerick City Enterprise Board...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the costs of redundancy rebates awarded to an airline (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will...
- Work Permits
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will clarify the case of employment permit system for foreign workers in this country; if he will allow foreign...
- Industrial Development
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the schemes used by his Department or its agencies to attract companies of a certain sector to the Dublin Docklands area;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Employment Rights
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the fact that employers are allowed to claim an inability to pay agreed wage rates; and that the State will in...
- European Council Meetings
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number...
- Job Creation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action he has taken to create employment in the Tallaght region, Dublin 24; if his attention has been drawn to the need...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Policy
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to introduce for the farming sector to offset the increase in costs imposed on the sector by the carbon tax. [18777/10]
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who receives a State disability pension is exempted from carbon tax on home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the programme for the drainage of the Dunkellin River, Loughrea, County Galway; if this river will be drained in 2010; the steps the Office of...
- General Government Deficits
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Questions Nos. 92, 103 and 116 of 28 April 2010, if the interim deficit reduction targets for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 still apply; if they...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Freedom of Information legislation to include An Garda Síochána, the vocational educational committees, the National Treasury...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason self-catering apartments rented to tourists and university and college accommodation rented to tourists between college terms are not...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the bank guarantee scheme for depositors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/10]
- Departmental Sick Leave
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the sickness arrangements in the public service; and if the practice (details supplied) is standard. [18805/10]
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations regarding taxation of tax exiles; the rules regarding residency, the number of days which can be spent here per year, the Cinderella...
- Tax Collection
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [18845/10]
- House Prices
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that the price of houses would have to fall in order for the financial system to be at risk, according to the stress tests undertaken for...
- Tax Code
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason mortgage relief, as currently available, is not guaranteed for the full seven-year period; the further reason, in certain circumstances,...
- European Council Meetings
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of meetings he attended;...
- Garda Stations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 23 March 2010, the position regarding this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts that have been signed between a company (details supplied) and his Department or State agencies under the aegis of his Department; the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) by an organisation in County Cork. [19207/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the introduction of a pension insolvency minimum guarantee scheme. [19314/10]
- Tax Yield
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts to date from carbon tax; the projects on which these moneys were spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/10]
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the special tax designation for urban renewal throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/10]
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person may write off a particular expense (details supplied) against a tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19344/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and type of emergency beds at present available for young persons under 18 years who are out of home in Dublin and in the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum who arrive here and who are currently in secondary schools; the number of same who...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will approve the construction of the planned new hospital at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún...
- Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when consultation will take place with representatives of dentists regarding the recent curtailment of dental services to persons with...
- Medical Cards
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department offers a funding scheme in which a disabled person (details supplied) in County Mayo may pursue a third level course...
- Hospital Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant rheumatologists here; the plans there are to appoint more; the waiting times for outpatient appointments for...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a private company is used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to arrange for CT scans to be carried out in St. Vincent's...
- Patient Statistics
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons discharged from acute hospitals in the Mid-Western Health Board area on a hospital by hospital basis and in each...
- Hospital Appointments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the request for an outpatient appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details...
- Medical Cards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the primary care reimbursement service in Finglas, she will provide data in respect of the number of new medical...
- Pre-school Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children aged between three years and three years and two months will qualify for the free preschool childhood care and education...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she would put extra resources into the Health Service Executive to help them to clear the backlog of applications for the fair deal;...
- Casemix Management Systems
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount a hospital (details supplied) has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive Casemix management system...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting to receive a service, therapy, appointment or surgery under each category of service provided in a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the psychiatric services currently operating on Dublin's northside; the structural or organisational changes that are taking place; the...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her announcement on January 2010 regarding the HPV vaccination programme for girls currently in first year; if the...
- Home Help Service
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [18831/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a delay in the approval and processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of building the new Health Service Executive community nursing hospital in Ballincollig, County Cork, including the purchase of...
- Hospital Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that the new Health Service Executive community nursing hospital in Ballincollig, County Cork, which was built with...
- Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will have dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18867/10]
- Children in Care
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18870/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has a medical card must pay a €75 tax on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new general practitioner will take up his or her post in Aughrim, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if it will be in the terms of...
- Health Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the changes made to the dental treatment services scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/10]
- Health Service Allowances
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [18976/10]
- Pre-school Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [18977/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding patients diagnosed with cancer who have applied for medical cards; if there is a specific application process in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home applicants and residents that have declined to sign up for the nursing home scheme; the funding mechanism by...
- Official Engagements
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 31 March 2010, when she will reply to this question; the reason she is unable to answer a...
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has not received the medical treatment they require; and if she will make a statement...
- Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of Health Service Executive Circular 008/10 in respect of cuts to the dental treatment services scheme, she will advise of...
- Medical Cards
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007; the discussions she has had regarding same with interested parties; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the statistics from the mid-west sexual assault treatment unit were not included in the annual report of the national sexual...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cutbacks in the funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that upskilling for paramedics not just for advanced paramedics who work in the ambulance service is provided on the...
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on fears expressed in County Donegal for the safety of elderly people as a result of cutbacks in the home help service; the...
- Census of Population
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the Irish Autism Action Group with the request on the census (details supplied). [19111/10]
- Health Service Allowances
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of domiciliary care allowance applications in each of the five years up to 1 April 2009; the number of these that were...
- European Council Meetings
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that she was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instance of exstrophy-epispadias complex here; if surgical correction of this condition is available here; if not, if she will...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the professions which have completed registration to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and qualify to use the title of a...
- Medical Cards
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of suicides in the first three quarters of 2009 and the corresponding figures for 2008. [19213/10]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she removed cytamen solution from the list of eligible medicines under the general medical scheme; if her attention has been...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for urologist services in the Mid-Western Health region; if her further...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation made to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick is insufficient...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the hardship that will be incurred by persons using oxygen who now have had the financial allowance...
- Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19350/10]
- Pre-school Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is an appeals process for children who fall under the three years three months rule to receive the early child care supplement;...
- Department of Transport
- Port Capacity
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the national co-ordination of capital developments undertaken by various Irish ports with a view to ensuring that...
- European Council Meetings
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council meetings he...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if successful candidates to join An Garda Síochána who have been called and have passed their medical and physical tests...
- Garda Operations
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [18674/10]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the information requested by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be determined; and if he will make a...
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to abolish the upward only rent review clauses in existing leases; if this will be done retrospectively and the...
- Visa Applications
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a six week extension to a working...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 214: 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 Clare; and if...
- Deportation Orders
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who is responsible for inspecting hostels (details supplied) to ensure conditions are satisfactory and quality...
- Residency Permits
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve an application for EU spousal recognition in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rules, regulations and possibilities in respect of members of the Police Force in the United Kingdom transferring here...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way an American citizen may remain in this country beyond the 90 day holiday visa granted on entry. [18868/10]
- Garda Operations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [18869/10]
- Legal Aid Service
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines for free legal aid; if student maintenance grant payments are included for the purpose of free legal aid;...
- Residency Permits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for long-term residence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Departmental Reports
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any progress has been made in relation to a consultation paper (details supplied); the recommendations that have been...
- European Council Meetings
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Council of the European Union's meetings he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 230: 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; when...
- Asylum Applications
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 29 April 2010, the position regarding a visa application in respect of a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person currently working as an aid worker in the Sudan is entitled to a second Irish passport given that their current passport will...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of Roma are being repatriated to camps in Kosovo from Germany, without a housing...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain
Question 235: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha an bhfuil sé i gceist aige go mbeidh ról ag Gaeil thar sáile agus Ambasáidí na hÉireann i gcur chun cinn na teanga mar chuid den...
- European Council Meetings
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Council of the European Union meetings he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council meetings he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19352/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount she anticipates her Department will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper, application...
- National Archives
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the measures she will take to ensure that the National Archives have adequate storage space; and if she will make a statement on...
- European Council Meetings
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that she was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount he anticipates that his Department will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper,...
- European Council Meetings
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the...
- Inland Waterways
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date for the official opening of the Royal Canal from Dublin through to the River Shannon; if in this context it...
- Community Development
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding made available through the RAPID programme in Ballinasloe, County Galway from 2007 to 2009; the list of...
- Grant Payments
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and nature of applications for grant aid from his Department by the various voluntary or community based...
- Departmental Funding (1 comment)
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that all funding awarded by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2010 has been...
- Community Development
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the operation and development of the CLÁR programme for the remainder of 2010; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it takes to determine an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the changes made to the PRSI dental treatment benefits scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislative alteration that has brought about the situation whereby PRSI does not cover dental treatment and medical card; his views...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount he anticipates that his Department will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper, application forms,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the budget provided in 2010 for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and the anticipated start date for the scheme. [18680/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the non-contributory State pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to draw up an amendment to the Civil Registration Act 2004 which would allow Irish people who have died abroad to have their...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 27 April 2010, if habitual residence grounds is part of a bilateral arrangement with the UK...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when unemployment benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to an old age pension or free schemes on foot of contributions; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the entitlements to benefits of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if rent allowance and family income...
- Child Support
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the details of a person (details supplied) will be permanently updated on his Departments database. [18841/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [18844/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been registered as being received by the Social...
- Pension Provisions
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18852/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the rules governing the retention of secondary benefit have changed; and the eligibility of a person on a one parent family allowance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18871/10]
- Free Travel Scheme
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason funding can not be made available to private transport providers in order to subsidise the cost of bus travel for persons...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18979/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers availing of the employers' PRSI exemption as announced in Budget 2010; and the number of employees covered. [19088/10]
- European Council Meetings
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will make the adjustment in social welfare payments to compensate for recipients having to pay carbon tax after losing the fuel...
- Pension Provisions
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a partnership to qualify for State pension will be recognised in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected saving in each of the next five years arising from his decision to restrict the one-parent family payment to parents where...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason basic welfare supplement allowance was suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 21 April 2010, the status of the relevant properties including whether they are for sale or if they...
- European Council Meetings
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council meetings he...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are more joint training exercises planned and the cost in the context of the Defence Forces allocation to participate in the Nordic...
- State Airports
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Defence the respective sizes of both the proposed public safety zones and the existing red zones contained in the South County Dublin development plan as...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier scheme payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money owed to each local authority in respect of outstanding unpaid claims by the local...
- Litter Pollution
Question 300: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any statutory authority exists to provide statutory marine environmental protection monitoring obligations...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the second phase of the Newport water scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Urban Designation
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the significant increase in population in the Drogheda area he will introduce legislation, if...
- Planning Issues
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a small child care business with fewer than ten children based in a private home,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of capital funding provided to local authorities from 2002 to date in 2010 to prevent leakages in...
- EU Directives
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to reverse the derogation it currently has from the European Union in relation to...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he is taking to preserve and protect the historical 1916 site at 14 to 17 Moore Street in Dublin...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if only engineers holding a civil engineering degree level eight National Framework of Qualifications can be...
- National Heritage Areas
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a map of the proposed area of the Hill of Tara World Heritage Site; the reason he did not...
- Turbary Rights
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has presented the interdepartmental working group report on turf cutting to Cabinet; when he plans to...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by each local authority at the end of 2007, 2008 and...
- Legislative Programme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to publish climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/10]
- Housing Grants
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if income from a post leaving certificate grant is included when calculating rental liability for local...
- Waste Management
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 362 and 370 of 30 March 2010 and Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29...
- Water Metering
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 17 of 22 April 2010, if he will confirm whether the imposition of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 3 November 2009, the position regarding funding for Cooraclare...
- European Council Meetings
Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three...
- Waste Management
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the new Environment Protection Agency code of practice on wastewater treatment and disposal...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the special tax designation for urban renewal throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Airports
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 13 May 2008, the reason for the delay on the part of his...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will announce the promised renewable energy feed in tariff which is vital to the survival and the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the 78 schools identified under the 100mbps post primary schools project that have received high...
- European Council Meetings
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No 225 of 25 March 2010 when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a...
- Bovine Movement Certificates
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the specific procedure and interaction between a County Clare farmer and his Department regarding the issuing of a movement...
- Forestry Inventory
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a national forestry inventory programme will be carried out in 2010; if so, if he will state the number of persons who...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policy for the employment of persons with disability in his Department; if there are any vacancies at the moment; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for sucklers grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 846 of 20 April 2010, the timeframe for the application; and if he will make a...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an installation aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the suckler cow welfare scheme; if this person...
- Cereal Sector
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if concerns have been raised with his Department regarding the threat of rust fungus in wheat here; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme payment and suckler cow grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied in County Cork....
- Animal Welfare
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to review his decision to exempt all commercial dogs being transported out of Ireland to the UK from having a pet...
- Grant Payments
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under REP scheme 4; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of pet passports that have been issued from 2005 to 2009, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the suckler cow scheme; and if he will make a...
- European Council Meetings
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of...
- Forestry Industry
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial assistance in place to assist forestry owners who have lost trees as a result of bog fires; and if he will...
- Crop Losses
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of moneys available under the lost crops compensation scheme; and the way that this compensation will be...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pension Provisions
Question 350: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent part-time employee employed at a vocational education committee second level college who paid widow's and...
- Educational Projects
Question 351: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent public sector pay cut to contract researchers in higher...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 352: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 25 March 2010 and the subsequent reply from FÁS (details supplied) which...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 358: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek a further extension of time for applicants of the DARE and HEAR schemes operated by the CAO in view of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 359: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a laptop to assist the educational needs of a child (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 360: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount she anticipates that her Department will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper,...
- Vocational Educational Committees
Question 361: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been entered into with County Cork Vocational Education Committee on a specific matter (details...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 362: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the recent grant provided under the summer works 2010 grant scheme to a school (details supplied) in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department offers a funding scheme in which a disabled person (details supplied) in County Mayo may pursue a...
- OECD Feasibility Studies
Question 365: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position of the feasibility study for the assessment of higher education learning outcomes; the Irish involvement in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 366: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether in 2010 parents of children with additional special needs are happy to send their children to school...
- Research Sector
Question 371: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in implementing the draft framework document issued by the Working Group on Researcher Careers for the...
- School Designation
Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the proper designation will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments
Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils enrolled in junior infants classes in national school in Lucan, County Dublin, on a school basis in...
- School Places
Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places in second level schools in Lucan, County Dublin, on a school basis in tabular form; and...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools in the country that is part of Delivering Equality in Schools by school patronage in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the sum of funds granted to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the summer works scheme 2010; and if she...
- Third Level Fees
Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to free fees. [18829/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 921 of 20 April 2010, the exact salary her two special advisers and her press...
- School Curriculum
Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to take steps to ensure schools and early years settings engage in mental health promotion and early...
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the work of an interdepartmental health promotion committee between her Department and the Department of Health and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if various Vocational Education Committees and Local Authorities here which administer higher education student grants...
- Colleges of Education
Question 386: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for postgraduate conversion courses that are available in teacher training colleges; the number of...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools with class sizes of 20 to 29, 30 to 39 and 40 and over for 2009 and 2010 in a tabular form;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenditure in each year over the past three years to date in 2010 relating to continuous professional...
- School Enrolments
Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) which has 160 adult members with parents completing...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 391: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that have been vetted by the Garda vetting unit to date at both primary and post primary level;...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding that has been paid out under the Smart Schools Smart Economy strategy to date; the number of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 393: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the construction of the Athboy Community College, County Meath, under public private...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an dyslexia assessment; and if she will make a...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding anti-bullying policy in the education system here; the person who is responsible for drawing up...
- European Council Meetings
Question 396: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that she was entitled to attend in the past three years; the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are available to assist schools install water conservation meters; when the application period for such...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances and the criteria whereby an application for maintenance grant for the 2009-2010 academic year can be...
- An Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile
Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair go díreach a bheas an Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile ag tuairisciú di maidir leis an mbreithniú ar nósanna...
- School Staffing
Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 420 of 5 May 2010 the number of such teachers allocated to national schools by...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when she proposes to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had with a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in respect of special needs assistants; if her...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application to the primary school building unit by a school (details supplied) in County...
