Written answers
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Tourism Industry
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which she has met, had discussions with, or received submissions from the stakeholders in the tourism sector with...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the review of the Sports Capital Programme will be published; if her attention has been drawn to a recent programme (details...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she has been requested to engage in an examination of the agencies falling within the remit of her Department in the context...
- EU Meetings
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she attended the first informal meeting of EU tourism meetings on 15 April 2010 in Madrid; her views on the issues promoted at...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the backlog of payments now due in respect of grants awarded for sports and recreation facilities with a breakdown for the years...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if a cost benefit analysis, comparative study or public consultation has been or will be carried out regarding the proposed merger...
- Women's Participation in Sport
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on the relatively low number of women participating in sport; her plans to increase this level of participation; and if...
- Sports Funding
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to support at European Union level the European Olympic Committee's proposal for a future sports funding programme; and...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her proposals, if any, to utilise sport and culture as a means to stimulate the economy for the future with particular reference...
- Arts Funding
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her policy regarding the development of drama activities across the country, in particular, of supports for local drama groups;...
- Abbey Theatre
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress made on the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre; the position regarding the detailed assessment of the feasibility of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the meetings she has had with other Departments to ensure that tourism businesses, particularly those in rural areas, have access...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the meetings she has had or plans to have with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment from the Northern Ireland...
- National Concert Hall
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the estimated cost of the refurbishment of the National Concert Hall; the amount expended to date; if she will give a commitment...
- Departmental Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund has been officially transferred from her Department to the Department of...
- Arts Funding
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of funding granted by her Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if she...
- Sports Sponsorship
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20699/10]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Statistics
Question 68: To ask the Taoiseach the number of vehicle kilometres that were travelled by private car in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21003/10]
- Job Creation
Question 69: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or compiled by his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Work Permits
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reform the work permit system to give employment permit holders the right to change employers in their job...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect to receive a redundancy payment; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of people primarily employed to process entitlement payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents...
- Employment Rights
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 12 May 2010, if he will provide figures for inspection rate and levels of...
- Job Creation
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support a matter (details supplied). [21067/10]
- Department of Finance
- Freedom of Information
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance further Parliamentary Question No.118 of 12 May 2010, the timeframe for the extension of the Freedom of Information Act; the reason he has not acted...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 12 May 2010, the number of hotels which have been transferred into the National Assets Management Agency...
- Bank Debt
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that each of the Irish banks owe to foreign financial institutions and bondholders on 31 December 2009 and on the most recently available...
- National Debt
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government debt on 31 December 2009 and on the most recently available date; the breakdown of the financial institutions to whom this money is...
- Household Debt
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the household debt on 31 December 2009 and on the most recently available data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20800/10]
- Bank Debt
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that each of the Irish banks owe to foreign financial institutions and bondholders on September 2004 and May 2008; and if he will make a...
- Bank Deposit Ratios
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the deposit ratio of each of the Irish banks on September 2004, May 2008, and on the most recently available data; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Yield
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown on the way €4 billion was saved in this year's budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20804/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons primarily employed to administer EU funds in his Department. [20828/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit. [20840/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in the collection of taxes in the Revenue Commissioners. [20842/10]
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the €10 travel tax as it continues to cause financial harm to the economies of the mid-west region and the western seaboard in...
- Job Creation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or compiled by...
- Tobacco Product Seizures
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cigarette seizures since the introduction of the point of sale display ban; the monetary value of these seized cigarettes since the...
- Tax Refunds
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the details regarding the refunding of VAT for unregistered farmers. [20994/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if parity can be restored (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21024/10]
- EU Directives
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding Chapter V of the EU Commission proposal on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, where it states that the AIFM...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a payment of child care supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will...
- Legislative Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the National Vetting Bureau Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20816/10]
- Child Care Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department obliges the Health Service Executive to transfer responsibility for separated children from the HSE to her Department...
- Health Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [20762/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays being encountered by couples waiting to adopt from the Philippines; if her further...
- Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 12 May 2010, if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 March 2010, the stage that an investigation (details supplied) is now at; and if she will...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the decision to remove drinking water dispensers from Limerick Regional Hospital reflects the Health Service Executive policy or...
- Medical Cards
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the detail of changes in dental benefit available to medical card holders in all categories, particularly in the category of those...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings her Minister of State for children has had with the Attorney General's office on the issue of the referendum on...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons primarily employed to process entitlement payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under her remit....
- Departmental Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons primarily employed in the collection of medical charges. [20843/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons primarily employed in the issuing of licences (details supplied) in agencies or schemes under her remit. [20847/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the standards recommended in the Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland 2006 report have been achieved; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the operation of the Speech and Language Therapy Services in County Clare; the numbers of therapists; the number...
- Medical Cards
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to restore the funding and eligibility for orthotics equipment and other disability aids for persons with a medical card; if...
- Health Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce changes to the home help service; if home help hours are to be reduced; if reviews of home help service are to be...
- Job Creation
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of jobs her Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive speech therapy sessions from the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
- Health Information and Quality Authority
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority is permitted to commission an independent external inquiry into the national referral...
- Medical Cards
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to ban drug kits which contain materials and give advice on growing magic mushrooms; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity of each of the hospitals in Ireland; the number of delayed discharges in each hospital; the reason for the majority of...
- Hospital Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will lift the recruitment embargo on nursing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21037/10]
- Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been refused the supply of orthopaedic...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [20760/10]
- Road Network
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed new bridge at Narrow Water, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20797/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit. [20838/10]
- Job Creation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or compiled by...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of the transport budget that was allocated to public transport in the years 1996 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passenger trips made by public transport per day, week, month and year in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Vehicle Fleet
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of cars that are in the national vehicle fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21001/10]
- National Bus Fleet
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of private buses that are in the national bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21005/10]
- National Cycle Fleet
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of trips by bike that were made per day, week and month in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Transport Network
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has an estimate of the value of transport networks to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21011/10]
- Transport 21
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on Transport 21; the amount that has been spent to date on T21; the projects in T21 that have been fully completed the cost of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will liaise with the Health Service Executive and then Garda Síochána regarding the backlog of Garda clearances...
- Garda Operations
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [20763/10]
- Garda Investigations
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 March 2010, the stage that an investigation (details supplied) is now at;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which he will publish the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Courts Service
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend reporting in the family law courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20818/10]
- Refugee Status
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit. [20830/10]
- Job Creation
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an update on conditions at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; his plans for 2010 in order to resolve overcrowding....
- Garda Recruitment
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names and ages of the interviewing panel set up for interviewing applicants for promotions from Garda Superintendents...
- Black Market Activities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will agree that the deterioration of the economy has led to an upsurge in criminal activity, particularly in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when...
- Complaints Procedure
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a complaints procedure in place in his Department for persons who feel aggrieved; if he will outline any such...
- Child Care Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if immigration and asylum legislation takes precedence over the Child Care Act 1991 in matters concerning separated...
- Visa Applications
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a holiday visa application was refused in respect of persons (details supplied) ; if he will ensure this...
- Asylum Applications
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [21045/10]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to tackle overcrowding, unhygienic conditions and infestations of insects at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Job Creation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or...
- Rockall Island
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the State has any sovereign claim to Rockall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21066/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Video Games Sector
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will support the extension of the remit of the Irish Film Board to include the video game industry; if she would support...
- Job Creation
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of jobs her Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding the provision of a swimming pool at Loughrea, County Galway in cooperation with Galway County Council, the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to assist sporting or recreational groups now experiencing financial operational difficulties in situations where her...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the full extent of funding available for disbursement through her Department from the proceeds of the National Lottery in 2010...
- Arts Plan
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which she intends to utilise the arts to generate a national culture and image to assist in economic recovery at...
- Tourism Industry
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent, if any, to which she proposes to take steps to address the negative impact of the carbon tax on the tourism sector...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the approach he plans to take to the setting of poverty reductions targets, their form and level under the new EU...
- Departmental Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons primarily employed to process entitlement payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit....
- Job Creation
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Insurance
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is intended to implement the PRSI holiday exemption in respect of the €36 million set aside in Budget 2010; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the case of a person (details supplied) will be decided. [20785/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons primarily employed to process entitlement payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit; and if...
- Job Creation
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be decided on; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Agencies
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit. [20832/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents commissioned by or compiled by...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Defence if matters relating to housing and housing evictions have been resolved; if the sale of the houses in an estate (details supplied) have been...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 307 of 11 May 2010, if he has given consent for fixing an education...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction the funding required for replacement of the sewer pipes along Channel Road and Sandy...
- Departmental Staff
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his...
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- Departmental Agencies
The issuing of dog licences and exhumation licences are matters for individual local authorities. Deer hunting licences are issued by the licensing section of my Department's National Parks and...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Job Creation
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding legislation that will cover noise pollution; the way he intends to tackle noise...
- Register of Electors
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by residents of nursing homes in having...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken towards progressing the Regeneration Projects in Dublin North Inner City,...
- Legislative Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Acts or Bills that have been initiated by him since coming to office; the Acts or Bills were initiated in...
- Unfinished Housing Estates
Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has advised local authorities regarding the taking in charge of unfinished estates when the developer...
- Environmental Policy
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is spending a projected €1,062,425 on mink eradication when a National Parks and Wildlife...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons employed to carry out inspections (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband is expected to be rolled out in areas (details supplied) of South Tipperary and West Waterford;...
- Job Creation
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date the renewable energy feedin tariff price for co-firing in the peat power stations will be announced;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date on the move by his Department of staff at Dockgate Office Galway, Tuam and Loughrea to the...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his role in the issuing of aquaculture licences; the names and number of applications for renewal and or new aquaculture...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of person employed to process entitlements payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under his remit....
- Departmental Staff
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons primarily employed in export refunds. [20841/10]
- Job Creation
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of jobs his Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for installation aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason farmers are being refused grant aid under the cow welfare scheme for no other reason than they weaned more than...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses that are in the school bus fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21007/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that more than €250,000 has been spent on renting prefabs over the past ten...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will, on behalf of all primary and secondary schools in the State, negotiate a competitive pricing arrangement...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal of a decision on a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- School Management
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, in their capacity as patrons of schools, manage the Irish...
- Educational Policy
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will include the examples of good practice in Finland's education service in our future planning. [20796/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the required new building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin particularly in...
- School Enrolment
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently attending a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the number and percentage that...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her response to a request from a local authority (details supplied) seeking an easing of restrictions which are...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons primarily employed to process entitlement payments (details supplied) in schemes or agencies under...
- Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of jobs her Department claimed will be created as part of published policy papers, reports and documents...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding and the reason for the delay in finalising the acquisition of land from a school (details...
- School Staffing
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school principals in County Mayo that have retired in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the costs involved in changing the name of the Department from Department of Education and Science to the Department of...
