Written answers

Thursday, 24 June 2010

  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Hospitality Sector
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the interaction she has had with the National Asset Management Agency or with other Departments on the impact NAMA now has on the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of sports inclusion disability officers employed in the local sports partnerships; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Irish National Opera (1 comment)
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide an update on the establishment of the national opera company; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the discussions she has had with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the difficulties surrounding visa...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the discussions she has had with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on the issue of broadband...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of capital funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when she will publish the report relating to the Irish Sports Council and Athletics Ireland; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Archives
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the estimated cost and the duration of the remedial works to improve the storage facilities for the National Archives; the...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the discussions she has had with the national cultural institutions to extend their opening times, particularly during the summer...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total direct Exchequer funding into a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27248/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on whether there is greater scope for her Department to engage in the investigation of shared services between agencies...
    • Tax Code
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the discussions she has had with the Minister for Finance regarding the reformation of the artists' tax exemption scheme; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if the National Sports Campus Development Authority has submitted an annual report for 2009; if she will outline any financial...
    • Video Game Industry
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the supports granted by her Department to the video game industries; if she will support the amendment of the Irish Film Board Act...
    • National Gallery
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if an assessment on the roof of the National Gallery has been undertaken; the estimated cost of these repairs; if these repairs...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she plans to review the semi-State bodies operating under her aegis in the area of tourism; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Genealogy Records
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when additional records will be added to a website (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27250/10]
    • Economic Development
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will outline the number of projects she has put in place in the area of tourism, culture and sport with a view to focusing...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of meetings she has had with Bord Scannán na hÉireann since she assumed her role in the Department; her plans to...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of occasions on which she visited her departmental headquarters in Killarney, County Kerry, since her appointment; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will list the duties and responsibilities of the staff employed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the expenditure review of the ACCESS programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27255/10]
    • Arts and Culture Promotion
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the steps she has taken at Government level and within business and public sectors to reinforce the importance of the arts and...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide the sources of funding to ensure that swimming pools in the Dublin area (details supplied) can be kept open;...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications to the mid-Shannon tourism infrastructure investment scheme; the number of successful applications and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will list the capital schemes in the areas of culture and sport; when these schemes were last open to application; when she...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress made to date regarding the Dublin Contemporary 2011 art event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27245/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Energy Resources
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if consideration has been given whereby low energy light bulbs up to 120 watt can be made available for persons with failing...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to a previous parliamentary question regarding staff made redundant from a company (details supplied), if the staff...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he has taken or intends to take to improve the competitiveness of the economy and reduce costs to industry and the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the funding available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27389/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has...
  • Department of Finance
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in the matter of the fitting out and commissioning the Department of Defence's headquarters in Newbridge, County Kildare; if all matters...
    • EU Funding
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any EU scheme whereby groups here can apply for loan finance from any of the EU institutions for community-related development projects....
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [27300/10]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the resources provided to him under receipts by the national lottery for each of the past three years; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance when full-time customs service staff will be assigned to the port at Killybegs, County Donegal, to replace the staff member who retired last year;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a small section of the weir on the River Suir, at Ardfinnan, County Tipperary has collapsed; if it...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27411/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel,...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) will be decided on. [27266/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that home care providers that are contracted and paid by the Health Service Executive are...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to have a surgical procedure carried out under...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease respite support for an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding sick leave payments in respect of Health Service Executive employees who drive ambulances; the criteria as to the...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Irish Medicines Board to investigate the product WHACK (details supplied), and those who supply it; if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [27293/10]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if patients who are transferring to the fair deal scheme but who have previously paid for a number of years in a private nursing home can...
    • Children First Guidelines
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a submission (details supplied). [27298/10]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthopaedic shoes will be granted to a person (details supplied). [27309/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons, by county, treated for foot ulcerations between 2005 and 2009[b] [/b]who did not require a full or partial limb...
    • Health Services
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care team networks the Health Service Executive intends to establish in each county; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation to public patients of WTE podiatrist positions on a county basis; the number of hours of podiatry services to which these...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding provided to a nursery (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if the matter can be examined urgently, the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work carried out under the H1N1 vaccination programme; the number of complaints that were received regarding children and adults...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of professional fees paid under the general medical services scheme; the measures that have been taken to reduce the cost of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the services being provided to medical card holders under the amended dental treatment...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 27 April 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27391/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 27 April 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27392/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 23 March 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27394/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 20 April 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27395/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dental treatment required to deal with an acute condition in a person (details supplied) in County Cork can be covered under the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; and the future plans for the hospital. [27416/10]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, for a...
    • Children in Care
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in care who currently do not have a written care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27427/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure greater regional equity in the deployment of social workers. [27428/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in foster care with relatives throughout the State; the number of these relatives who have received clearance...
    • Health Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of co-operation between the health systems North and South regarding kidney transplants; if there is scope for further...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the provision of the resources needed for additional beds and staffing at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for the kidney...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical card entitlements of asylum seekers in direct provision and if they are subject to any restrictions in relation to which...
    • Health Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made, if any, on the promised provision of primary care centres; the number of such centres that have been provided, as...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total moneys that remain unpaid under the general medical scheme to general practitioners in each of the years since the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days used by persons with diabetes treated for foot ulcerations who did not require a full or partial lower limb...
    • Health Services
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances, with regard to HSE Circular 008/10 in respect of cuts to dental treatment services scheme, in which a person in need...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if surgical correction of exstrophy-epispadias complex is available in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Building Programme
      Question 133: 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...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy and procedures in place to ensure that Health Service Executive facilities for older people are upgraded, when required by...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the decision to remove drinking water dispensers from Limerick Regional Hospital reflects Health Service Executive policy or cost...
    • Health Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive revision of rehabilitation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27445/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when ambulance transport will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a full medical card will be provided in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of postgraduate degree public health nursing courses likely to be sponsored by the Health Service Executive in 2010; the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to replicate in County Kildare the Jobstown assisting drug depending project currently operating for the Tallaght region of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of her Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if she will raise, with the Health Service Executive, the fact that...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for assessment will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of the waiting lists for audiology services in County Kilkenny; the time frame involved in reducing same; if an early...
    • Health Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve speech therapy services in County Carlow and to increase the number of sessions for each client; if improved...
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel,...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal basis and/or administrative scheme governing the visas issued to foreign diplomats here, the staff of the foreign...
    • Traffic Fines
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will account for the lack of fines, proceedings and convictions for footpath cycling. [27286/10]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the technology being used by the authorities to identify and pursue those downloading child pornography and the resources...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [27299/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27382/10]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda checkpoints to facilitate the programme of random breath testing that were carried out in 2008, 2009...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will renew a travel document in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [27409/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if family reunification will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the determination of residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for asylum or residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the position on the designation of the European Union's trade agreement with Columbia; if this agreement is viewed by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Funding
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the progress made in implementing the Points of Alignment report published in 2008; the discussions she has had with the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent of capital or current funding provided by her Department for various sporting, recreational or similar activities...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent of funds from the national lottery made available to her Department for expenditure on various projects in each of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of her Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will clarify if his concern in relation to community development projects is with the reduction of structures...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their backdated rent supplement. [27265/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to a pension on foot of their contributions; if this file can be reviewed;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make exceptions for students who have been in receipt of back-to-education allowances and third level grants as undergraduates...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 15 June 2010, if he is now in a position to furnish a reply. [27390/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's application appeal case in respect of a person (details supplied). [27423/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage support can be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 17 June 2010, if this decision is in accord with EU law and Irish and French bilateral...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for retirement or transitional pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance is being awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if their case will be reviewed. [27552/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance has been refused in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare. [27555/10]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Defence the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel,...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the planning responsibilities of financial institutions to complete major developments that they have taken...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if family income supplement payments are liable to rent for local authority tenants; the reason improvement...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for sale of bogland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if non-owner occupiers are precluded from applying for the home insulation grants; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a scheme or grant assistance available for a project (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on negotiations being held at the European Council on the proposed legislation passed by the environment committee...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the licence for a salmon farm (details supplied) in County Kerry and if the licence has been revoked...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 10 June 2010, the reason the person referred to in the question was not...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if previously outstanding issues have been resolved and when a REPS 4 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who plans to undertake a masters course while...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied). [27301/10]
    • School Catchment Areas
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the catchment areas served by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make additional moneys available to the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if her attention has...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will recognise the postgraduate diploma in education of a college (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolment
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a special class for pupils with autism spectrum disorder at a school (details...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on a dispute between her Department, a school and a contractor (details supplied); the reason there is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants and other staff at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her decision to cut the funding to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of the...
    • School Libraries
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the nature and duration of the contracts which will be offered to the librarians working in the demonstration libraries...
    • School Staffing
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the discussions which have taken place between her Department and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation regarding the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for higher education grant appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • School Enrolment
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school place will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of her Department in each of the past three years; the amount that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the supplementary report for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a contractor has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistant support has not been granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...