Written answers

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

  • Department of Education and Science
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who have not availed of the broadband service being offered by her Department; the reason they have...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students awaiting clarification on their certificates arising from the investigation into malpractice by...
    • Numeracy Levels
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take on foot of the recent survey published by the National Adult Literacy Agency which points to the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a report from the Higher Education Authority relating to the use of the student services fee by third...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the restructuring of FÁS; when the board of FÁS is expected to present a new blueprint for the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to handle the delay in processing of student maintenance grants. [33610/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the areas of her departmental expenditure that will be exempt from impending budgetary considerations; and if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recent figures published by her Department which show that 106,000 children remain in classes of 30 or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have now been reviewed by the National Council for Special Education; when the review of...
    • Further Education
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will lift the cap on post leaving certificate places in order to allow post leaving certificate applicants this...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will be announcing any new measures to combat early school leaving; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of school catchment boundaries; and if this will deal with anomalies in the system...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider issuing a moratorium on the changes proposed by applied behaviour analysis schools pending wider...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the recent discussions she has had with Protestant schools regarding their budgetary constraints; the action she will...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way she intends to address the situation whereby unqualified persons can take on substitution cover in schools....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the correspondence and discussions she has had with a school (details supplied) over the past two years following a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans, if any, to ensure that an improved pupil-teacher ratio is achieved with particular reference to schools or...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with representatives of the Children's Mental Health Coalition; her policy on identifying and supporting...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated structures currently in use at primary and second level schools on a county basis here; the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the possibility of increasing the number of personnel involved in community type work through FÁS or any...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to improve information and communications technology facilities in schools; and if she will make...
    • State Examinations
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to introduce a system for the awarding of CAO bonus points for Leaving Certificate maths; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the design team for the extension to a community school (details supplied) in County Cork will be appointed; if her...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Educational Qualifications
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in the State with no formal educational qualifications as compared to other jurisdictions; the number of persons in the State with a...
    • Overseas Visitors
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors in each month since the introduction of the €10 travel tax in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Economic and Social Committee
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the persons BirdWatch Ireland represents; the number of members in that organisation; if he will confirm their capacity for economic and social research and...
    • Dáil Reform
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to publish proposals on Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31758/10]
    • Job Creation
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created in sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 149: To ask the Taoiseach the amount awarded by his Department to any of the organisations involved in social partnership for each of the years from 2004 to date in 2010; the details of...
    • Census Information
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the age distribution of the population in each electoral district of Dublin West in the latest revision; the distribution by social class in each electoral...
    • Migration Statistics
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated age profile of inward migration and of outward migration and of net migration flows in each of the past five years. [31821/10]
    • Foreign Nationals Data
      Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons over 15 years of age who are not Irish citizens who were at work, unemployed, students or engaged in home duties in each of the past five...
    • Migration Flows
      Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the gross inward and outward migration flows for Irish citizens and for non Irish citizens in each of the past five years. [31823/10]
    • Employment Levels
      Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the employment rate that is the percentage of the total population at work; the unemployment rate that is the percentage of the labour force out of work at...
    • Earnings Data
      Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the average earnings level of persons at different levels of completed education and different sectors, that is industrial, private services and public...
    • Economic Dependency Ratios
      Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the economic dependency ratio here for each of the past ten years; the economic dependency ratio on a county basis; the economic dependency ratio as compared...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a request for financial assistance from an organisation (details supplied) to help fund participation by the Artane Boys Band in events to...
    • Earnings Data
      Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the average industrial wage for persons in the State for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 with a breakdown for each year for male and...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors', constituency...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is occupying all of the office space currently...
    • Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal
      Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal has met in 2010. [33616/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of staff within the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in each agency by grade....
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding implementing a work experience scheme as announced in the supplementary Budget on 7 April 2009;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether lone parents and persons with disabilities face substantial challenges in accessing employment and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the implementation of the work place programme for graduates including the number of graduates...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference relating to the review of the community employment scheme; when the review commenced and the month...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason FÁS has withdrawn its support for a scheme (details supplied); if she will guarantee that every effort will...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for funding from the EU's Globalisation Fund for former SRT workers; if he has been...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of one-parent payment recipients on community employment schemes that are not in receipt of a medical card....
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the problems affecting many apprentices, who have been let go by their employers,...
    • School Staffing
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider correspondence (details supplied) in relation to staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 29 June 2010 if she will to provide a breakdown of academic and non-academic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new school (details supplied) will receive the go-ahead for architectural planning in view of the fact...
    • State Examinations
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the results of the Leaving Certificate given to students in August each year can have an added column showing the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of her Department, when they received the most recent annual...
    • Educational Provision
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide an all-Irish secondary school, Gaelcholaiste, in Carrigaline, County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses more than 20 years old that are under contract for transporting children in the State; the number of...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the payment of registration fees in third level colleges for...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that gaelscoils in Gaeltacht areas are able to postpone the teaching of English during junior and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if persons who were employed to correct exam papers for the State Examinations Commission are liable to pay the Public...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of training places made available in County Cork under the Labour Market...
    • School Transport
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason the route of the school transport service to Waterford, serving the Brownstown area of Dunmore East, County...
    • School Provision
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the Knocklyon area of County Dublin has been included in the 40 locations of highest population growth in which school...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a student (details supplied) has failed to procure a place in any...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications made to date by the students for 2010/2011; the number of applications...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee not to award a person (details...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in allowances and stipends to members of governing bodies in the institutes of technology; if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there are grounds for exemption for a person (details attached) in County Dublin in studying Irish in view of the fact...
    • School Transport
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school transport service is provided to primary school pupils (details supplied) from...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the offices and properties which her Department are currently renting, if she would give a breakdown of all...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of school building projects applications in County Donegal; the status of each application; if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the State assistance available to mature student who has gone back to study a degree course full time (details supplied);...
    • Third Level Schemes
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify matters in relation to the higher education access route; if she controls the policy issues on this...
    • FÁS Training Courses
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views of the findings of the Forfás review of Labour Market Programmes which found that 41% of those on the local...
    • College Courses Accreditation
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take regarding a college (details supplied) in Dublin 2 which is not complying with standards set by...
    • Irish Language
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to proceed with the establishment of Ionad Oideachais Náisiúnta at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken in relation to an issue with students being refused higher education grants for courses run by...
    • Education Projects
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to resolve the situation of the mainstreamed projects under her Department some of which remain...
    • Public Service Agreement
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will be able to give the go ahead for a new second level school (details supplied) in County Westmeath in view...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the budget for the State Examinations Commission, the Education Finance Board and the National Education Welfare Board in...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 687, 688 and 689 of 6 July 2010 and 274 of 30 June 2010, the further progress...
    • School Staffing
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to lift the embargo on the appointments to posts of responsibility in schools taking into account her...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not being facilitated with a second and third year with FÁS...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 6 July 2010 the position regarding the schools appeal; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31946/10]
    • Schools Curriculum
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include politics as an examinable subject in the secondary school curriculum; her further plans to introduce...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that students who reside long distances from third level institutions are...
    • School Staffing
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 415 of 27 April 2010, if the draft contract for unqualified or incompletely...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will give an update, in tabular form, of all school sites purchased by the Department of Education and Skills...
    • Medical Schools
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the implementation of the revised requirements for entry to medicine that is the health...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 91 of 10 June 2010, the position regarding a new school (details supplied); and if...
    • Educational Materials
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her response to a communication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32017/10]
    • University Staff
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the recruitment process for a position at a university (details supplied) was complied with in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the level of broadband connectivity of schools in County Meath; the number of schools...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress on the provision of a secondary school for Enfield in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Schemes
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32049/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if further funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow to provide a necessary extension to...
    • Labour Activation Fund
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to re-open the tender process in the future for the labour market activation fund; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32116/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for a third level education grant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding untrained substitute primary teachers in view of the establishment of the Teaching Council; the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes in primary schools in the Dublin 24, Dublin 12 and Dublin 6w postal areas in which there are...
    • School Transport
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a number of pupils on a school bus route and who are within the catchment area have been informed that they...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason changes were made to the VTOS scheme this year; the savings these changes are expected to accrue; if her...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will use her discretion to award a training maintenance grant to a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 in order to meet the demands of the increasing population;...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have commenced work under the work placement programme, a breakdown of these figures by...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the technical employment support grant was introduced; the number of such grants made in 2009 and to...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in securing a suitable secondary school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a further grant can be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to cover the costs of the extension...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building funding application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Third Level Sector
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a third level education campus in County Meath in order to allow the people living there to advance...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32267/10]
    • Educational Materials
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the proposals on a book rental scheme (details supplied) in all second level schools. [32283/10]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain the role of FÁS in providing the training to become a certified Shotfirers and Explosives...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a primary school building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in secondary school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 16...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 28 January 2010 if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to replace prefabricated classrooms with a permanent building at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32491/10]
    • School Transport
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a refund of the school transport fee can be issued to a person (details supplied) following their request to her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the current status of this...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding for a school physical education hall in respect of a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in schools in Cork county and city in September of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be able to relocate to a permanent site and modern school building;...
    • School Transport
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department invalidated a concessionary fare ticket in respect of a student (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total number of offices and properties rented by her Department; their location and use; if her Department is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32872/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no autistic spectrum disorders unit for children with autism...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will include Bethany Home, Dublin, in the schedule of qualifying institutions in the Residential Institutions...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the terms of the child care employment and training support scheme (details supplied). [32898/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the funding for the much needed new portacabin classroom at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date and timeframe for completion of construction of the permanent school building for a school (details...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32970/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the assistance or grants that can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a grant for a Heathfield chair in respect of a child...
    • Post Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the vocational education committees to ensure a number of places within colleges of further education...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the short-time working training programme which was launched in April 2009 to support persons in part- time work to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of places filled by young persons under 25 years on the work placement programme in line with the commitment...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been supported by the FÁS EURES service in 2008 and in 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints received by FÁS from clients in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new second level school to replace a college (details supplied) in County...
    • School Provision
      Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a second level school for Claregalway, County Galway; if suitable sites have been...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 300: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the rule whereby in some circumstances, married persons (details supplied) in Dublin 14 though living...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Mayo that have special needs assistance in tabular form. [33144/10]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 305: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will relax the rule that prevents returning emigrants for being eligible for free fees (details supplied); and if...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills If she will approve child care support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [33233/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who applied within the required time to have their probationary period evaluated during...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the following matter (details supplied). [33281/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to issue a directive to all third level institutions ordering the temporary registration of all grant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a building project proposed at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the announcement made...
    • School Transport
      Question 314: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite a response....
    • Higher Education Strategy
      Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the Hunt Report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33393/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on plans to develop a dedicated Autistic Spectrum Disorder Unit in County Clare; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be offered to the families (details supplied) in getting a school bus ticket; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed, for any length of time in teaching positions for which they did not hold appropriate...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the purposes for which the additional capitation grant for special needs students can be used; if it is intended to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the changes she has made to the administration of the cycle to work scheme; the reasons for making the changes; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 327: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to develop a language policy to ensure that our tourism industry takes account of the global tourism trends...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 341: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed in her Department by grade; the number of agencies under her remit; and the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 342: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts awarded under the school building programme for each of the past three years that have been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 345: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the capital programme that has been expended to date in 2010; if she anticipates that there will be a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 346: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream, resource and language support teachers employed at primary level and post-primary level; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 349: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent by her on architectural fees for school buildings during each of the past three years; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 350: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on temporary accommodation to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 351: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, other than those with projects already under construction, that are in need of large scale...
    • In-service Training
      Question 352: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of second-level mathematics teachers that have received training for the "project maths" initiative to date in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 353: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools that have now introduced the "project maths" curriculum; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 354: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any changes to the eligibility criteria for those seeking a maintenance grant or tuition support for a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 355: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs partially integrated into classes with 30 students or more; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 356: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of recommendations accepted, implemented and savings achieved to date in 2010 by her arising out of the report...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 357: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have applied for funding for a rain harvesting facility under the summer works scheme 2010;...
    • State Examinations
      Question 358: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who had previously indicated that they would sit the higher level mathematics paper in the 2010...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 359: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has reviewed temporary recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare with the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 360: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be ready for occupation; if the projected completion date is...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 366: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the long-term accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, when it is likely she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 368: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for large-scale capital funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied). [33855/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a third level grant in respect of a level 7...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be able to build a permanent school building; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the feasibility of a new second level Irish language school (Details supplied) in County Louth; and...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 11 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [33968/10]
    • Third Level Staffing
      Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the promotion of a number of academic staff at a third level institution (details supplied); if she will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration awarded to the 14 board members of the National Qualifications authority in the years 2007 to 2010...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the new provisions she intends to make to address the educational needs in full of children with Aspergers, Autism, ADD...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to meet for psychological assessment needs at all schools here; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to address the issue of high class numbers throughout the educational system; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 386: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she intends to replace the current policy of utilising temporary or prefabricated structures to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the full requirement of special needs teachers and special needs assistants as indicated to her Department by the various...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total number of pupils currently attending at primary schools throughout the country at present; and the number...
    • School Staffing
      Question 393: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers currently employed at primary level; the number employed in the 2004-05 academic year; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 687 to 689, inclusive, of 6 July 2010 and No. 274 of 30 June 2010, if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 685 of 6 July 2010, the further progress that has been made in respect of the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 396: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of her Department each year respectively since 2007 and to date in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for planning permission for new primary and second level schools respectively made in her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a one to one special needs assistant will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) at a school in County Limerick;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a private company has been contracted to carry out a public service (details supplied); if he will respond to a concern that this...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation programme for his Department; if all contracts are signed in regard to the maintenance and upkeep of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Finance if PRSI, the health levy, and the income levy will be tax deductible for pension contribution purposes in addition to the standardised tax relief...
    • Commercial Property Valuation
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expedite the revaluation of commercial properties as provided for in the Valuation Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for new vehicle registration procedures from 1 September 2010 affecting persons wishing to register a vehicle; if he will consider...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners failed to collect tax, interest and penalties in respect of non-operation of the tax system; if the Revenue...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31858/10]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Finance the return to the Exchequer in a full year if a 48% tax on individual incomes in excess of €100,000 was introduced. [31863/10]
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Finance the return to the Exchequer in a full year if Ministerial salaries were capped at €120,000; Deputies' salaries capped at €80,000 and Senators'...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Finance the return to the Exchequer in a full year if the current top rate of tax was increased from 41% to 42%. [31873/10]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 6 July 2010 the position regarding this matter; when a tender will be placed; the expected completion...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding compliance with the requirement to provide and promote basic bank accounts in accordance with the bank...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to cap interest rates on money lending transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31896/10]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has completed consideration of the report from the advisory group convened to develop plans for a national payments implementation programme;...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Finance if any prosecutions relating to legal or illegal money lending have been taken in the period January 2009 to May 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Pensions Reserve Fund employs a New York-based hedge fund to help manage the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Staffing
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons in public service employment here for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/10]
    • Wealth Distribution
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Finance the distribution of wealth in the State in each of the past five years; the inequalities of wealth distribution that exist; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Expenditure
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of gross domestic product spending on essential public services; the proportion of gross domestic product spending on essential...
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the Exchequer of removing those previously below the tax net from the Government imposed levy. [31929/10]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a wealth tax; and the potential return of a wealth tax in a full year levied at 1% on all assets over €1 million....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • State-Owned Enterprises
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Finance, in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when it received the most recent annual report of that company; the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the exemption of oil transport drivers from increased diesel charges under new regulations in respect of a person...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Finance the moneys allocated to date by the Office of Public Works for flood prevention measures in County Clare; the schemes and areas covered by this...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the comments made by a person (details supplied) in April 2010, when does he expect NAMA to start foreclosing on bankrupt developers who...
    • Rights of Way
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the established free public access to Castletown Estate, in Celbridge, County Kildare is not restricted in any way and that...
    • State Property
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent refurbishing a court house (details supplied) in County Mayo since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will approve an exemption from vehicle registration tax and taxes to a registered charitable organisation (details supplied) on a vehicle used...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Finance if money placed on a fixed term deposit account in one of the covered banks continues to be guaranteed if the bank guarantee scheme is discontinued...
    • State Property
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent refurbishing the Court House in Easkey, County Sligo since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32238/10]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Finance if official discussion with the office of the Stormont Minister for Finance and the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is part of his Department's...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Finance to list the premises that the State are renting or leasing in County Meath; the amount of ground rents paid for each of these premises; the persons...
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE employees in the State; if he will provide a breakdown for each regional tax office; the way in which this compares to 2007, in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors',...
    • Anglo Irish Bank
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of staff in the funding bank and the asset recovery bank; the salary costs for these staff; the length of time these staff will be on...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/10]
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the McCarthy report on the review of semi-State company operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32420/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the car scrappage scheme into 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32426/10]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue brought in through the €10 travel tax in each month since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/10]
    • Bank Charges
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the adverse impact of increased bank charges on business here; his plans to discuss these charges with the banks...
    • Tax Code
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is entitled to a refund of tax or refund of income levy or refund of PRSI; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32769/10]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the plans of certain financial institutions to raise the deposit required by a first time buyer to 20%; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is occupying all of the office space...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent by his Department for flood alleviation to cope with last winter's flooding; the locations at which the moneys were spent;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the new Construction Contracts Bill will carry safeguards for contractors who are having severe problems obtaining payments...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the decision by the National Treasury Management Agency in 2007 to cease making deposits to Anglo Irish Bank, if he will indicate when...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Finance when the €13 million plus which the Exchequer is to receive from the EU arising from last year's floods will be spent; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32986/10]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a payment protection scheme for sub-contractors on Government contracts; if any protocols are currently included...
    • Rent Increases
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a rent increase of 100% is being sought from tenants of a commercial scheme (details supplied) which is now under the control of...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Finance the indirect taxation returns from each county for the first half of 2010; for the third quarter of 2010; if he will provide the same information...
    • Tax Code
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the current tax reliefs for mining and petrol exploration are applied and the cost to the State in a full year. [33069/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be issued with a P21 for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33091/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date on which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare ceased employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Discrimination Legislation
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any legislation in place that prevents financial institutions from discriminating against persons on age grounds in the provision of...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money foregone in taxes as a result of the accelerated capital allowances scheme (details supplied) for expenditure by private...
    • Tax Code
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of replacing the current stamp duty on residential properties with a new regime under which stamp duty is paid at 2%, 3% and...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by ending the exemption from Capital Gains Tax applied to principal primary residences; charging CGT on principle...
    • Vehicle Licensing
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars licensed here in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of these for each year that are electric vehicles and other...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the cycle to work tax incentive scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who are paying income...
    • Financial Compensation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals if any he has to honour his commitment to small shareholders in Anglo Irish Bank regarding their entitlement to financial...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the sale of the EBS and its recapitalisation so far; if he has considered retaining the EBS in State ownership until the he can...
    • Money Supply
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Finance the measurement of the money supply, M3 and M4, in the economy here since 1997; if the Central Bank, Financial Regulator and his Department lacked...
    • Bank Systemic Risk Report
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 2006 Fitch Ratings Agency Report, which predated the economic crash here, was discussed at the Management Committee of his Department; and if...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a commission on high pay in the public and private sectors; his views on grant aided bodies including those that...
    • Procurement Contracts
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Office of Public Works security contract at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if the procurement contract was...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33395/10]
    • Waste Management
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the work done by the committee established to ensure that the parts of Haulbowline Island, County Cork, previously...
    • Public Service Pensions
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the pension payment on an annualised basis to the highest paid public sector pensioner; the number in receipt of this level of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the framework used to determine the provision of professional and associated fees of €2.48 billion in the National Asset...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for an absence of any clause in bank guarantee legislation for sanction towards any institution which was not honest in relation to...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for early childhood care and education scheme funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33472/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount awarded by his Department to financial advisers; the advisers names over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria applied by his Department in considering the grant or refusal of an exemption by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria applied by his Department in considering the grant or refusal of an exemption by a Department or State Agency; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile telephone bills; the number of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Finance if further review of entitlement to refund of interest in respect of capital gains tax will be undertaken in the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the attached correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33681/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33697/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in each agency...
    • Tax Code
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, in some cases, mortgage interest relief is no longer being applied at source; if his policy has changed in this regard; if he will...
    • National Debt
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of the national debt; the expected level of the national debt as of 31 December 2010, 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2012; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the future use of the current Garda barracks (details supplied) at a location in County Cork; if he will ensure that the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of all their tax allowances and benefits; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Renewal Schemes
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused relief under section 23, despite being the first owner-occupier of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the implementation of the changes to mortgage interest relief announced in the last budget; the reason they were implemented...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue forgone in 2011 from abolition of the travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/10]
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Finance if the terms of reference of the independent review of the Department of Finance will include investigating and assessing the performances,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a financial institution (details supplied) is permitted to charge 2% to a minimum of €4 and a maximum of €35 on euro cheques from...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken by him from the date of acceptance of the Croke Park agreement to establish cost saving measures; if all aspects of the deal are...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the amounts granted by him in lieu of external advisory services for each year since 2006 and to date in 2010 in respect of...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the current value of the National Pensions Reserve Fund, broken down into the discretionary and non-discretionary investment portfolios;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed split of Anglo Irish Bank into a funding bank and an asset recovery bank will require new legislation and, if so, when he expects to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Finance when he last reviewed the operation of the €10 air travel tax with the Department of Transport and the Department for Tourism, Culture and Sport;...
    • Capital Expenditure Programmes
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the launch of the Government's infrastructure investment priorities for 2010-2016 on 26 July 2010. [32303/10]
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the strategy, such as that practised by Norway, regarding ethical investment of State-sourced funds; and the way this impinges on the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [31884/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up the 116000 — EU hotline number for missing children, which was reserved by the European Commission in 2007 for the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received from County Clare for the back to school and clothing allowance scheme for 2010; the number of...
    • Health Services Funding
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money collected by the Health Service Executive under the Government inpatient levy for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008...
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve an application by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Preschool Services
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [32870/10]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have applied for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme on a county basis in tabular form;...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of transferring the 24-hour accident and emergency department from Louth County Hospital in Dundalk to Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their cost at all levels and grades employed in the minor injuries unit in Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31711/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) has been transferred from Cavan Regional Hospital to the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for assessment under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has had their medical card withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31737/10]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it will be necessary to have a working agreement in place with Vietnam in order to progress adoptions from that country once the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the price for drugs now paid by the Health Service Executive under the drugs payment scheme is substantially different to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given a date sooner than the two years advised for a consultant appointment;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the acute psychiatric unit at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31768/10]
    • Health Care Professionals
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider relaxing the criteria for qualifying to practice thereby allowing college graduates to play a more immediate role...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has signed the contract to develop phase two of the new cancer services at St. James' Hospital, Dublin...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in relation to adding Crohn's Disease to the list for the long-term illness scheme; the actions that must be...
    • Health Services
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31843/10]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [31847/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [31853/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of assistant directors in the Health Service Executive since its establishment to date in 2101; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31919/10]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 179 of 29 June 2010, if she received the expert clinical advice that she has sought on this...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of her Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her position in respect of the treatment of women exposed to contaminated anti-D in State run hospitals; her views on whether women...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the application for grant assistance under lottery funding in respect of a community group (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of 20 bed in patient unit and school facility at Sacred Heart Convent in Bessboro, Blackrock, Cork will include beds...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the building of the new cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. [32016/10]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to reduce the instances of TB in the Cork area and review the TB services that currently exist; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget provided for the home help scheme for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; the number of home helps employed; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Services
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received for the fair deal nursing home support scheme since the scheme came into operation; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [32080/10]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32091/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the justification for the withdrawal of health treatment for dental services under the medical card scheme; if this dental service to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists the Health Service Executive have covering County Clare; if there are any vacant positions...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the Health Service Executive's budgetary cutbacks proposals for the Health Service Executive West Region including...
    • Health Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32117/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deciding officers, inspectors and medical assessors employed for the purposes of medical card assessment and medical card...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in the Department of Health as of the 1 September 2010. [32128/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to provide breast-feeding facilities for nursing mothers in all new and refurbished Health Service Executive buildings...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with her counterparts in Europe on the reform of the operation of the European Health Insurance Card...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide extra staff to the Adoption Board in order to process foreign applications in a timely manner; and if she will make...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way current applications to the Adoption Board for adoption of children from Ethiopia will be impacted upon by the passing of the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a primary medical certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding strategies and actions taken to prevent suicide. [32199/10]
    • Professional Fees
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and actions to deal with high general practitioner and dental costs for patients. [32200/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will a progress report on the new dialysis unit at Castlebar, County Mayo; if it is possible to fast-track the provision of that...
    • Health Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting list for orthodontic treatment and orthodontic assessment in Dublin city and county; the average...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to advance the provision of the Regional General Hospital for the north east in Navan; the reason a planning application for...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for maintaining the north east doctor on call service; if she is satisfied that adequate resources are assigned to this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are currently on waiting lists to see consultants at each hospital here; the length of time each patient has...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that the Health Service Executive will save by the recent termination of the surgical services in Our Lady's...
    • Health Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [32266/10]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable her...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if empty beds in private hospitals could be used to accommodate cystic fibrosis patients with en suite rooms while the new CF unit is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment will issue in relation to a back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future of the orthopaedic unit at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; the communications she or her Department have had with...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32295/10]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that Crohn's sufferers require treatment over their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appeal for a medical card will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for an urgent appointment to issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires specific...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, if any, to urgently improve neurological care in our health services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32389/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate the changes that have been made surrounding the provision of child care for persons pursuing courses in vocational...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the Adelaide and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking more than 12 months to reimburse patients for surgical appliances under the drugs payment scheme; the reason it...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a family (details supplied) in County Dublin will be reimbursed in a timely manner for essential appliances; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect to be called for a surgical procedure; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the colorectal cancer screening programme at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, which detected 137 cancers or...
    • Health Services
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [32475/10]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a service (details supplied) will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32488/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32489/10]
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the costs involved in the transfer of the Health Service Executive offices to the Model Business Park...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois can expect to be called for a surgical procedure in view of the fact that their health...
    • Health Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment services for children on a county basis; and if she will make a...
    • Early Intervention Scheme
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been on a waiting list since March 2010 will be assessed under the early...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify whether an institution (details supplied) in County Limerick is covered under the health repayment scheme; and if...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response that she will issue to persons regarding her plans and those of the Health Service Executive to introduce a scheme called...
    • Health Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 21 April 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current position regarding the follow up in the case of support or assistance following alleged child abuse in the family of a...
    • Health Services
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for optical treatment to be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increase in home help hours can be organised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32762/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for speech therapy, occupational therapist and increase in resource hours in respect of a person (details...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any applications have been approved for the free place for pre-school under the early childhood care and education scheme for...
    • Health Services
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children nationally awaiting assessment by an occupational or speech therapist; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the extension to the kidney dialysis unit in Castlebar Hospital, County Mayo, will be up and running; if she will ensure that it is...
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are guidelines or recommendations on the price general practitioners should charge patients for repeat prescriptions,...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 278 of 16 February 2010 and No. 289 of 20 April 2010, the number of the 30 staff nurse posts that...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to draft and publish legislation to regulate assisted human reproduction here in view of the fact that the Commission on...
    • Health Services
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will maintain the level of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) to enable it to maintain its telephone...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, through the national treatment purchase fund to private...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person in receipt of a medical card as a result of a UK entitlement will lose the dental benefit element of this entitlement; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32916/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inter hospital transfers in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, outward from Our Lady's Hospital in Navan to each hospital...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of man hours of overtime worked in agencies or authorities or divisions which report to her from 2008 to date in...
    • Medical Research
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to comments made in the Dáil (details supplied) by Minister John Moloney on 21 May 2009, the actions taken by her, the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the appointment of a nurse specialising in multiple sclerosis at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital; and if she will...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to an increased rate of mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 29 June 2010 if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to investigate the reply in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an out-patient dermatology appointment in University College Hospital...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32961/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide existing staffing levels at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has not obtained a bed at a hospital in Dublin; and if she will expedite the matter. [32983/10]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be restored to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding charges by hospitals for blood tests sent in by general practitioners; if all or most such tests are free if the...
    • Health Services
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork called for specific treatment. [33028/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding clients with appointments not turning up for hospital outpatient appointments; if any data on such no shows exist;...
    • Health Services
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a community nursing unit (details supplied) will not face cutbacks this year; if the eight beds at the facility...
    • Medical Investigation Report
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report into the death of a person (details supplied) will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33066/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will rotate a consultant rheumatology service between Our Lady's Hospital Manorhamilton and Letterkenny General Hospital for a...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by residents of community homes regarding the interpretation of the Nursing...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse to renew the medical card in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the monetary savings on home help cutbacks in each of the primary care areas in County Mayo since 1...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions on which Belmullet Hospital has been unable to accommodate step down patients from Mayo General Hospital since 1...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties which the moratorium on employment is having for a facility (details supplied) in...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33106/10]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of semi-State companies within the aegis of her Department; when the current CEO or equivalent was appointed to their...
    • Health Services
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [33133/10]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33134/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33135/10]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women eligible for BreastCheck screening on a county basis; the number of women who availed of screening services on a...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women aged under 50 diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and 2009. [33230/10]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend the BreastCheck screening service to the 65 plus age cohort and the under 50 age cohort; when a mobile screening...
    • Health Services
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a necessary facility to ensure their mobility; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 733: 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 Kildare; and if she will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out an assessment of the position of persons who suffered serious damage as a result of the provision of vaccines;...
    • Children in Care
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures that are being taken to ensure high standards of foster care are provided, particularly on the northside of Dublin where...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the plans for the development of the proposed national children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the way advanced directives will be formulated and to whom will they give authority and if this is being considered in new...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the increase in the cost of medicines; the reason for the recent price increases to more than the original price; the steps...
    • Health Services
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can expect an assessment from an audiologist; if waiting times of 22 to 24 months...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been provided with an update regarding the status of the Vietnamese Government's plans to ratify the Hague Convention so that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when surgery is due to take place in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33270/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 105 and 106 of 12 February 2009 and No. 222 of 6 May 2009, the position regarding the issues...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in deciding the appeal under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to set up local services as part of the national foot screening programme for diabetics (details supplied); and if she...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a consultation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a specific refund was ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will consider having this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 30 March 2010, she will approve funds for this project; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will continue to be made available for the running of a day care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will undergo surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be referred for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33361/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for each county in respect of patients waiting for ear, nose and throat appointments; the numbers on these...
    • Health Services
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was refused orthodontic treatment; the reason their appeal against this...
    • Hospital Equipment
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate on a hospital-by-hospital basis, the age of the mammography equipment used; and how often this equipment is...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the take up in the preschool early childhood and education scheme since its first inception, indicating the total capacity of providers...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend medical card cover to all persons who qualify for carer's allowance so that they will have the security of knowing...
    • Professional Qualifications
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the validation for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who is waiting to take up a position; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of podiatrists working per Health Service Executive region and the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that she agreed with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety (details supplied) in the Six Counties...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the budget allocation for the mental health section of the health service executive; if this budget is directly controlled...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal for a medical card refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of assistance that can be offered in addition to the fair deal package to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her Department by grade; the number of agencies under her remit; and the number of staff employed in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amalgamate ambulance services to Youghal, Midleton and Fermoy, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for surgery in order that that orthodontic treatment can proceed. [33765/10]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount provided towards home help services in County Mayo in the Health Service Executive budget allocation for 2010; the funding...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which prescription charges for medical card holders will be levied; if medical card holders who have to pay charges of more...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with full medical cards here; and the number with general practitioner only medical cards. [33806/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date in 2010 to the State of the public-private hospital co-location scheme and the projected continuing cost; the savings...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the ratio of public and private work carried out by hospital consultants is measured in order to ensure compliance with...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has raised with the Health Service Executive its decision to rent privately owned premises in Carlow town at the cost of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a support team will be appointed to work with the neurologist in the mid-west region; when, in particular, a specialist nurse will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being admitted to Merlin Park Hospital, Galway for an operation (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33896/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm when the report by a person (details supplied) on Tallaght Hospital, Dublin will now be published; her plans to...
    • Health Services
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33936/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33937/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33939/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 24 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33940/10]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33941/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33942/10]
    • Nursing Education
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 29 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33945/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33946/10]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33947/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33948/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33949/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 15 October 2009, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33951/10]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 29 June 2010. [33952/10]
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33953/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33954/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33955/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33956/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33957/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33961/10]
    • Hospital Building Programme
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 1 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33964/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 6 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33965/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33966/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 305 of 8 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33967/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for all categories of medical card applications. [33998/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of surgical procedures carried out on a weekly basis at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; the number of orthopaedic...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan was declined a second year under the early childhood care and education scheme;...
    • Health Services
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of decompression chambers in Ireland and their locations; the number of same which are operational; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Transport
    • EU Directives
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Transport the enforcement procedures in place for the implementation of Directive 2002/15/EC on the working time of persons performing mobile road transport...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the Shannon catchment area tourism and economic plan published in 2008; and if he will...
    • Disabled Parking Scheme
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32139/10]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Transport if all taxi drivers, regardless of the length of time for which they have been granted a licence, will have to undertake the skills test as...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that company; the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide the details of the meetings he attended on 17 to 19 July 2010. [31969/10]
    • Road Network
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade the bridge over the Tramore River on the Kinsale Road in Cork; the cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Services
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not announced funding for the Athenry to Tuam stage for completion of the western rail corridor; the reason the announcement has...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors',...
    • Public Transport
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for Transport the position on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32289/10]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding proposals to regulate the activities of private companies clamping on private lands; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the planned Road Safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered correspondence he received (details supplied) which raised a number of issues including conspiracy, fraud, misuse of powers,...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for regional airports in the context of public service obligation, specifically Carrickfinn, County Donegal, Sligo and Derry airports in...
    • Air Services
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Transport the consultations if any he has had with a company (details supplied) regarding their future viability; the support available from his Department...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Transport the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is occupying all of the office...
    • Road Safety
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescale for the enactment of the recently published road safety measures from the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Network
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a project (details supplied); the timescale for this project; the funding that has been spent on this project to date in...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 19 January 2010, the situation regarding funding for a project (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of semi-State companies within the aegis of his Department, when the current CEO or equivalent was appointed to their position; the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Taxi Regulator will be incorporated into the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/10]
    • Rail Network
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Transport if the electrification of the Maynooth — Connolly suburban rail line is provided for in the new capital investment programme announced in July...
    • National Cycle Policy
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Transport the evidence that he has of any increase in the number or proportion of persons cycling to work this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has given consideration to amending the Road Traffic Act in order that all electric vehicles may use bus lanes for an introductory period;...
    • Rail Services
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to electrify the existing rail fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/10]
    • Public Transport
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to convert public buses from petrol and diesel to natural gas and electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33217/10]
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed a report from a Dublin City Council senior engineer (details supplied) entitled, Traffic Calming Models: Environmental Traffic...
    • Integrated Ticketing System
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Transport when an integrated ticketing system will be introduced in the greater Dublin area; if he will indicate the total estimated cost of the ITS; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to recent reports that it is his intention to limit taxi working hours to a 48 hour working week; and further will he clarify...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in each agency...
    • Port Development
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will outline any consultations he has had with private sector provider as to their views on the capacity needs in Dublin Port as set out in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a holiday visa will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/10]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the visa offices that operate in Irish embassies overseas; the estimated annual running costs of each of these offices; the number...
    • EU Directives
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason Ireland opted out of the Directive 2009/52/EC that provides protection for undocumented third party nationals who have...
    • Official Travel Arrangments
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to convert Government and State-owned cars and vehicles to electric fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31719/10]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the vetting procedures persons working in asylum seeker hostel accommodation undergo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a Garda station (details supplied) will be vacated and refurbishment works commence; if the tender process has been completed...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an answer regarding their citizenship application; and if he will make...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin is under resourced regarding transport for the station. [31793/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the immigration status of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [31797/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied). [31798/10]
    • Drugs Seizures
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the quantity, type and value of drug seizures in each prison for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department gave permission to Israeli security personnel to carry firearms at a Europa League match in Tallaght on Thursday 15...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [31861/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31862/10]
    • Victims' Support
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support an organisation (details supplied) in 2010. [31885/10]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the application of Farm Fee Ground Rent on property here; his plans to amend legislation to prevent it from...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [31901/10]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if legislation to introduce equality for parents in respect of access to children is being considered; when any such legislation will...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the cost to his Department of the Free Legal Aid system in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to provide for the enforcement of maintenance orders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to introduce a distinct redress scheme as requested by the Justice for Magdalenes Group; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason the Gardaí in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, had to rent a car from a company (details supplied) in June and July to replace...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in respect of any state owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31976/10]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if there is a backlog in applications awaiting approval by the Garda Vetting Office; the length of time it is taking to process...
    • National Age Card
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the procedure for applying for an age identity card; if there is a backlog of applications waiting to be processed; if so, the length...
    • Subsidiary Protection
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average time taken by his Department to process an application for subsidiary protection in the State in accordance with the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of cases of anti-social behaviour reported to the Clare Division of An Garda Síochána for 2009 and to date for 2010; and...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to make funding available for the extension of closed circuit television coverage in a town (details supplied); and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide statistics on the numbers of speeding fines imposed on dual carriageways, motorways, regional roads, tertiary...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons granted citizenship, by previous nationality, since 2005; and the number of citizenship applications refused,...
    • Extradition Agreements
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the status of extradition agreements with Holland and Spain; the reason his Department and the authorities have not sought the...
    • Criminal Convictions
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if, in view of the high levels of unemployment and forced emigration, he will consider the introduction of legislation which would...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32194/10]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the tender and procurement process used by An Garda Síochána for the purposes of supplying heating and electricity to Garda...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32205/10]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the financial cost to the Exchequer to provide the Garda presence outside a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1 on Saturday 4 of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of Gardaí currently assigned to each station on the Louth Meath Division, and by the way of comparison for Naas,...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he has taken to reduce the carbon emissions form the ministerial fleet of cars; if he will provide details for each...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents, the number of persons employed in his or, if applicable, his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 6 May 2010, the status of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32401/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review three applications for naturalisation from a family (details supplied) who have been living here since 1999; when...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the current contract for roll out of speed cameras will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32418/10]
    • Prison Service
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to be open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times that...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of prisoners in receipt of methadone treatment in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32459/10]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of Chinese nationals deported having served a sentence in this country since 2000; if any Chinese nationals have...
    • Immigration Service
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of immigration officers appointed for each of the past ten years; the criteria used to recruit and select persons to be...
    • Student Visas
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if non-EU national students are required to have a record of 80% course attendance; and if so, the legal basis of this requirement...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the UK the employment earnings of undocumented third party nationals can be...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of civil servant presenting officers employed in the Office of Refugee Applications Commissioner for each of the past five...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 180 of the 30 June 2010, the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32541/10]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review an application for a visa in respect of a spouse (details supplied) of an Irish citizen; when a decision will issue...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of the 26 June 2010 the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when travel documents will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if permission will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to re-enter this country; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [32574/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 989: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 990: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 992: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 993: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if leave to remain on humanitarian grounds will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and leave to remain and work here in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford can transfer to Mosney accommodation in Julianstown, County Meath; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain on subsidiary protection grounds in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and the process to...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain on subsidiary protection grounds in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and revocation of deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can transfer to an alternative hostel in view of ongoing difficulties they are...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made to date in determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who is anxious to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a garda national immigration bureau card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a certificate of naturalisation will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1059: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship and family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1066: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1075: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when alternative accommodation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1076: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and revocation of a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for leave to remain in the state in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when Stamp three will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position in respect of an application under subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1107: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if a review can or will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current position regarding the follow-up in the case of support or assistance following alleged child abuse in the family of a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when visas will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if an application has been received seeking closed circuit television for the town of Westport, County Mayo; the position with this...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a transfer will be effected in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and the reason for the delays in transfers...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí being recruited this year; if they are being recruited from the existing panel or will a new panel be formed...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the estimated number of man hours of overtime worked in agencies or authorities or divisions which report to him from 2008 to date...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of cases of Internet fraud reported to the Garda in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the steps he is...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the funding available for closed circuit television camera applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32952/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current and proposed status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 1127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33005/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 1134: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if there was provision in the Lisbon treaty regarding early prisoner release or greater credit for good behaviour; if this provision...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1135: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [33042/10]
    • Immigration Issues
      Question 1136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of the number of non-EU persons in the country at present, under the following categories: work permit...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a residency card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason responsibility for the property price database is being afforded to three separate bodies, the Department of the...
    • Illegally Imported Fireworks
      Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the initiatives he is taking in the run-up to the Hallowe'en period to target and eliminate the illegal importation of dangerous...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the "Setting the Record" report released in August 2010 by the Association of Chief Police...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will ensure that resources are made available to Tallaght gardaí, Dublin to allow for an effective response to crime and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on the way advanced directives will be formulated and to whom will they give authority and if this is being considered in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding a D type visa in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Issues
      Question 1147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the cost of establishing and operating, over a five-year period, an independent immigration appeals tribunal. [33273/10]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on the perceived impartiality or otherwise of the Reception and Integration Agency in so far as it deals with complaints...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department has collated the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 25 May 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a decision to deport a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the remaining procedures that need to be...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
      Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a claim under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal will be processed and finalised in respect of a person (details...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress he has made to date in the preparation of legislation on white collar crime; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 1164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a legal services ombudsman will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/10]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a dealing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be completed.. [33625/10]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 1166: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that information (details supplied) was furnished to an author; if he will place a copy of the information in...
    • Deaths in Garda Custody
      Question 1167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons who have died in Garda custody since 1990, and the relevant figure in each year since then; the names of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a certificate of naturalisation was not granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when it is likely that...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 1170: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the proposals, if any, he has to provide a closed circuit television system for Tramore, County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed...
    • Child Abduction
      Question 1172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the central authority in his Department had been contacted by a person (details supplied) in County Meath in relation to a case...
    • Courts Service
      Question 1173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views regarding a designated purpose built Coroners Court in view of the current situation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 1174: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if plans to build a new prison at Kilworth, County Cork are to go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33764/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [33766/10]
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 1176: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if legislation exists or is proposed which would allow the Private Security Authority to be made aware of either investigations or...
    • Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009
      Question 1177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, in relation to the Multi-Unit Development Bill, the actions he proposes to take for the regulation of existing management...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 1178: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will appoint two additional full time juvenile liaison officers for a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will consider the establishment of a new Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      Question 1180: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the extent, if any, the Ombudsman for Children was consulted during the planning and preparation of the alcohol test purchasing...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 1181: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has a database on reported incidents of anti-social behaviour; if so, if he will indicate the number of incidents of...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to introduce measures or legislation, if necessary, to allow An Garda Síochána and local authorities to protect the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 25 February 2010, when a reply will issue. [33979/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 25 February 2010, when a reply will issue. [33980/10]
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 9 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [33981/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 9 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [33982/10]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 22 April 2010, when a reply will issue. [33983/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1190: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the processing time for long term residency applications as of the date that the €500 fee was introduced and the current...
    • Commercial Rental Sector
      Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the measures he is taking to ban upward-only rent reviews for existing businesses not provided for by the Land and Conveyancing Law...
    • Courts Service
      Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has analysed the impact of the closure of the courthouse in Cobh, County Cork on the administration of justice in Cobh and the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1195: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 6 July 2010, when the Property Services Regulatory Authority was established; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he intends to bring forward proposals for the reform of bankruptcy laws here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31882/10]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 1201: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the case of a person (details supplied) at risk of execution, possibly by stoning in Iran with the Iranian...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money spent on Overseas Development Aid in each of the years between 2005 and 2010 in tabular form in terms of money...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 1211: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a reduced fee, that is less than the €80 required for a ten-year passport, could be applied to those who are within a few years...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if this proposal could assist the terrible tragedy in Pakistan. [32192/10]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 1215: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 873 teachers have been killed in Colombia, more than 3,000 have been threatened,...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 1217: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons currently holding Irish passports; the number resident in the 26 counties holding Irish passports; the number...
    • Election Observation Missions
      Question 1218: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list in tabular form persons sent abroad since 2003 to monitor elections and referenda; the process by which election...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is occupying all of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1220: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of the offices and properties which his Department are currently renting, if he would give a breakdown of all leasehold...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 1221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding waiting times for new passports and passport renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33438/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1222: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in each...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 1224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that he did not support the decision taken by the United Nations General Assembly to declare access to clean water as a human...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31813/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the return to the Exchequer in a full year if the PRSI ceiling were abolished. [31868/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social protection expenditure as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product; the social protection expenditure as a proportion of Gross...
    • Death Certificates
      Question 1228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a death certificate will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in honouring the programme for Government commitment to provide free broadband for older people; and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 1230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has undertaken any research into current unemployment levels by specific job type and sector; if he is examining any initiatives to...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected revenue forgone in 2011 of a 2% cut in the standard 10.75% rate of employers' PRSI up to €40,000 in earnings; and if he...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the offices and properties which his Department are currently renting, if he would give a breakdown of all leasehold...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement to rent allowance for a family who had an apartment, sold it to buy somewhere bigger for the children,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused for benefits, with the exception of carer's allowance (decision...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded their State contributory pension as a matter of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those appealing refusal to grant disability allowance and other such allowances cannot have a witness present when they attend...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused disability allowance on the grounds of failure to meet habitual residency...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [32092/10]
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 1248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the community welfare service will be absorbed into the Department of Social Protection; if this will mean that community...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties which the changes introduced to the treatment benefit scheme restricting PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently with the social welfare appeals office; his plans to allocate staff to this office; the plans he has...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on shortening the duration of unemployment before a person becomes eligible for the back to education scheme in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of qualified adults being claimed for under all current jobseeker's payments with a breakdown by jobseeker's benefit and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the principal social welfare payments a person can be in receipt of in order to qualify for mortgage interest supplement; if mortgage...
    • National Carer's Strategy
      Question 1256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for carers following the decision not to publish the national carer's strategy; if he will review this decision; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to rectify the anomaly whereby rent allowance is paid to only one parent in a case in which joint custody exists and when the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the situation regarding demands issuing from his Department to those in receipt of forestry income seeking PRSI...
    • Child Support
      Question 1262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if full child benefit payments were awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance will be held in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case and make provision for an appeal as agreed in the House in the course of an Adjournment debate in the case of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current social welfare entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare currently on disability benefit has entitlement to an invalidity pension; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when back to education allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason disability allowance has been disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carers allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [32793/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to commence the 10,000 new places on the work programme for dole money and where a person may apply for such work?....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing on disability allowance claim will be held in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32954/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding rent subsidy to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [32976/10]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 1306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33136/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) rent supplement has been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33149/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the rent allowance appeal hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will take place; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for disability allowance applications; the reason for the long delay in processing times; the action he is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary Question, reference No. 26315/10 of 22 June 2010, if he will provide an update regarding an appeal in respect of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for jobseeker's benefit at employment exchanges (details supplied) in 2009 and to date in 2010;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the planned changes in the national pensions framework in relation to the self-employed and in particular sole-traders. [33442/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal has been opened for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of a carer's allowance refusal. [33443/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33473/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in respect of whom a qualified adult allowance is awarded must undergo a habitual residence test; if such qualified...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the preparations being made to transpose a EU directive, 2010/41/EU by the 2012 deadline. [33618/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [33627/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing for carer's allowance will be held in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of mortgage relief to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [33693/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend by his Department on social welfare schemes in 2009 and to date in 2010. [33723/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of one-parent payment recipients on community employment schemes that are not in receipt of the back to school clothing and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused social welfare benefits by a deciding officer of first instance on the stated grounds of a failure to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be heard in an appeal concerning habitual residence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1356: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a second medical assessment in order that their illness benefit appeal...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees within his Department who have completed their career breaks and who are still waiting to return to his...
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 1363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his proposals to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow the death of an Irish citizen abroad to be registered in this country;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the number of applicants for the back to education allowance to date in 2010; the number of applications...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if medical assessors who make decisions for his Department in relation to applicants and those in receipt of illness payments are...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the disability and invalidity payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [33901/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time for processing all social welfare applications in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. [33999/10]
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the systems in place in his Department to interview jobseekers when they are still unemployed after the National Employment Action Plan...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in continuous receipt of an unemployment payment for each of the past ten years and the number in continuous...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 1382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the case of an unemployed person (details supplied) who is leaving the live register to take up...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 1384: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will support an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [31826/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of her Department, when they received the most recent annual report of...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 1387: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the moneys allocated to date for marketing in the Shannon catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32111/10]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 1388: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when it is proposed to reintroduce the Sports Capital Grant Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32176/10]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 1389: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will support the funding for the arts in this year's budget as a matter of priority. [32402/10]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 1391: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to develop and promote cultural tourism here; if funding is available to support projects designed for the cultural...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 1393: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the funding provided by her Department to local authorities in respect of spending on arts related projects in each of the past...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1399: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total number of offices and properties rented by her Department; their location and use; if her Department is occupying all...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1400: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount her Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile telephone...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1401: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons employed in her Department by grade; the number of agencies under her remit; and the number of staff...
    • Tax Code
      Question 1402: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to the negative impact the travel tax is having on tourism in the mid-west region; and if she...
    • Safety at Sports Grounds
      Question 1403: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will ensure that no fencing is put into Croke Park for health and safety reasons. [31891/10]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1404: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable her...
    • National Archives
      Question 1405: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to review the outreach programmes of the National Archives to other exhibition centres; if she will complete an audit...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1407: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will communicate with the Special European Union Programmes Body regarding an application for funding in respect of a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1408: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in respect of semi-State companies within the aegis of her Department; when the current CEOs or equivalent were appointed to...
    • Hotel Sector
      Question 1410: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the steps she will take and the timeframe envisaged in dealing with both the National Assets Management Agency and bank-operated...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Grants (5 comments)
      Question 1411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list the entitlements that are available to blind citizens who wish to develop independent living...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 1412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any empirical evidence to show that the carbon tax has resulted in a decrease in CO [33191/10]
    • Waste Management
      Question 1413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the position of the European Commission in respect of the legal status and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any legal prohibition to permit a commercial entity advertising a product or service in a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 1415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected revenue in 2011 from a doubling of the property tax on second homes; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the wording of the declaration on form RF111A to allow persons use a commercial vehicle...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of development levies outstanding for each local authority over...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding being provided for Letterkenny's new sewerage scheme; if he will indicate from whence...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 1419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive the Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2009 Report; and when will it be...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when it received the most recent...
    • Tax Code
      Question 1421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation in respect of the imposition of a €200 tax for second homes to allow...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the rent to buy scheme as introduced by Fingal County Council to sell unsold affordable...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 1423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for a fire station in south Connemara in view of the population increase over...
    • European Directives
      Question 1424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by the dairy and pig industries and the deficiencies...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by the whole Department, by him, and by each junior Minister, on travel, fuel,...
    • Environmental Risk Assessments
      Question 1426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the EPA and GSI classification of four sites at Tynagh Mines, County Galway, his Department...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 1428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to cull the mink population in view of the damage...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing units in existence here on 1 January 2010; the number of units in the following...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 1430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the circumstances that led to an underdeclaration of PAYE, PRSI by Donegal County Council in respect of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of the offices and properties which his Department are currently renting, if he would give a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the laying out of a development (details supplied) in...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 1433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the dispute resolution system in the Private Residential Tenancies Board and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding entitlement to local authority housing for parents of a family who had an apartment,...
    • Water Charges
      Question 1435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost per 1,000 gallons of water supplied to farmers by each County Council in which these water charges...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the issue of leakages in the water pipeline network and the proposed amounts allocated...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out an audit of all buildings constructed before 2007-08 which have been damaged by the...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a standardised policy in place throughout the country within each local authority, motor...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of a document (details supplied) if the matter is solely a matter for the elected members of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm his plans for the election of mayor of Dublin; if he will outline consultations and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for the new sewerage system at the Bredagh River, Moville, County Donegal; and if...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 June 2010, if he will amend the retail planning guidelines...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Kinvara sewerage scheme, County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32021/10]
    • Waste Management
      Question 1448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from Wicklow County Council in respect of the granting of a waste permit...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage treatment scheme for Oughterard Village, County Galway;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give an update on any infringement proceedings initiated for failure to submit the river basin...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      Question 1451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 146 of 4 March 2009 when he expects to publish his decision in relation...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when grant approval will be given to proceed to tender and contract stage for a housing project which is...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32143/10]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in view of increasingly difficult trading conditions in the hotel sector, if he will explore alternative...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the names and addresses and country of origin of the panel of personnel investigating...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 1456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action that has been taken against coursing clubs who break section 44 of the Wildlife Act by removing...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if sanction and the required funding will be given to Dublin City Council to allow it to fill the vacancies...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration that he has given to the institution of a probationary period at the commencement of...
    • Water Meters
      Question 1460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of water meters and the length of time it will take to install them in the Dublin City area. [32219/10]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32220/10]
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      Question 1462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the amount of funding allocated to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority for housing,...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 1464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations that are planned or in place for oil home heating tanks and the bunding of such tanks; and...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way a vehicle owned by a registered charity and used for charitable purposes will be categorised for...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 1467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 15 June 2010 the steps he is taking to address this issue; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will enact each section of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 26 May 2010, when a reply will issue to correspondence from a...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 1472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recent changes to gun licensing for the purposes of game hunting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 1473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the equity of the rateable valuation system for determining commercial rates against a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to local authorities in respect of spending on arts related projects...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a housing project (details supplied) in County Cork; when the project will be...
    • Community Development
      Question 1476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason services to Travellers are being cut (details supplied). [32521/10]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the granting of planning permission for one off housing in rural areas; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on a foreshore licence application in County Mayo to facilitate the Killala...
    • Water Resources
      Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider introducing a grant towards domestic rain water harvesting systems for households; and...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      Question 1482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he could set out in respect of each local authority in the country the percentage of their current...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the documentary evidence available to show that the European Commission is satisfied that Section 50(b) of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons it is obligatory for all local authority borrowers in a local authority area (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of man hours of overtime worked in agencies or authorities or divisions which report to...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 1487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions that have taken place between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Office of...
    • Exhumation Licences
      Question 1492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and process to obtain an exhumation licence in order to cremate a body on compassionate...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding eligibility for affordable housing and on a ruling by the local authority that a person...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings that the interdepartmental taskforce has held in relation to e-voting and to advise...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      Question 1497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the planning regulation to require that all new homes and buildings are equipped with a...
    • Property Management Companies
      Question 1498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible under legislation for residents living in an estate under the management of a company to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown of the housing budget in each category for the past five years; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount The Power of One and change.ie campaigns cost; the number of persons that found out what their...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has given consideration to transferring the functions of the Private Residential Tenancies Board to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the contract documents for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) are with his...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 1505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for a foreshore licence in respect of a project (details supplied); when a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the current failure of the Environmental Protection Agency to require an applicant...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered the possibility of administrative sanctions rather than criminal sanctions in relation...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 1510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service are part of a network enabling them to increase...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement he has in the training of the Judiciary to build their capacity to deal with environmental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the marketing initiatives that have been undertaken to promote awareness of the home choice loan scheme; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received from Donegal County Council for pipe replacement at Magheroary, County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish guidelines for local authority differential rent schemes; and the areas on which...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations that are in place with regard to the distance a landfill dump must be away from dwelling...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is conducting a review of the Environmental Protection Agency; the aims of this review; the membership...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any legal mechanism to prevent the delivery of leaflets or other materials to houses before 8.00...
    • Homeless Agency Staff
      Question 1525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Homeless Agency partnership in the years 2007 to 2010 inclusive; and if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is addressing the competition for forestry thinnings between State subsidised biomass projects and...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 1527: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to reduce electricity prices, in view of the fact that electricity prices here remain...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1528: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No 30 of 1 June 2010 if he will report on the progress of the REFIT policy...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 1530: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if persons are permitted to buy back their lands acquired from them under threat of compulsory purchase order...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1531: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the offices and properties which his Department are currently renting, if he would give a...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1532: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all of the applications he has received from RTE for the provision of new services; when the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1533: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all of the decisions made with regard to the approval of new postage stamps made by him in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1534: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his target of providing 100Mb/s broadband to 78 secondary schools by April 2010 has been achieved; the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 1535: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the State gained in tax and royalties from the Kinsale, Ballycotton and South West Kinsale gas...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1536: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to decentralise his Department to Cavan; the estimated cost thereof; the cost to date in 2010;...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      Question 1538: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has collected the necessary geophysical and bathymetric data required to extend our...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1539: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is still his policy to encourage the separation of Eircom's network from its retail business; and if he...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1541: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a renewable energy feed in tariff scheme or set price for geothermal energy. [33186/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1542: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to proposals to amalgamate part or all of Coillte Teo and Bord na Mona. ...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 1543: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to a matter (details supplied). [31689/10]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1544: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the availability of broadband across County Meath in percentage terms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 1545: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for capacity and commodity charges that apply for useful transmission networks systems in respect...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself with the extent to which the ban on the use of mobile phone signal blockers is...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1547: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of any state owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1549: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Eirgrid has furnished him with a full review of the circumstances which led to the error in the public...
    • Global Positioning Systems
      Question 1550: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31999/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1551: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by the whole Department and the Minister, and each junior Minister, on travel, fuel,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1552: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements he has made for Ballyporeen, County Tipperary, to be taken into the national broadband scheme...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1556: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the studies, reports, or consultation documents being conducted by his Department, or by an external...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1557: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reform Section 84 of the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983 so that items that have been...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1558: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the lower Achill area in County Mayo is not included in the national broadband scheme (details...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1559: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider his decision to impose a 5% charge on ESB bills in view of the financial difficulties it...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1560: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in establishing an Irish film channel. [33119/10]
    • Energy Resources
      Question 1562: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of days of oil and gas storage the country currently has. [33121/10]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1563: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the metropolitan area networks; the capital cost of providing them in each case; the number of...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 1564: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the energy efficiency savings made by the public sector since the adoption of the 33% target in 2008; and if...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1565: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the use of spectrum freed up from the analogue television switch off. [33124/10]
    • Communications Masts
      Question 1566: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce new legislation requiring open access to all existing telecommunication masts; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1567: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of semi-state companies within the aegis of his Department; when the current CEO or equivalent was...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 1568: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received the public service statement from RTE; when it was due under the terms of the Broadcasting...
    • Unfair Competition
      Question 1569: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his view on the submission made by newspapers which claims that RTE is using its State subsidy provided...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 1570: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has given consideration to put out to public tender the job of collecting the TV licence fee; and if he...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 1571: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason reducing or maintaining competitive energy prices is not one of the eleven energy policy strategies...
    • Mining Facilities
      Question 1573: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the royalties accrued to the State in 2008 and 2009 from mining in Navan, Galmoy and Lisheen respectively; and...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 1574: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions that have taken place with British authorities on developing an all Ireland digital free to...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1575: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any estimates have been made on the extent to which co-firing the three peat stations with 30% biomass will...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1576: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to commission any research on public knowledge about the analogue TV switch off; and if he will make...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1577: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on transferring ownership of the electricity transmission grid from ESB to...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1580: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a voucher or discount for low income persons who have to buy a digital box or new TV set to...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1581: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a copy of the Frontier report. [33213/10]
    • Electric Vehicles
      Question 1582: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the location of the on-street electric car chargers; when they were installed; and the number...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1583: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he still intends to introduce post codes next year; and if he has given any consideration to using a Global...
    • Energy Efficiency Programmes
      Question 1584: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent in 2010 on energy efficiency projects using the proceeds of the carbon tax and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1585: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the REFIT scheme, the reason applicants are required to enter a Power Purchase Agreement with...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1588: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider putting in place a moratorium on the full liberalisation of the postal services here until...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1589: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a decision has made on the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes proposal to...
    • Information Technology
      Question 1600: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend e-Inclusion funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1603: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1604: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 1605: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from Fermoy Town Council regarding proposals by the Office of Public Works...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1606: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide ComReg's income and expenditure accounts for 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 1607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the National Implementation Group formed out of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food document, A Strategy...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 1609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the problems caused by phosphorous deficiency; the problems that this is causing for the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in respect of the current year, in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1611: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to keep up the annual Forestry Planting Programme of 10,000 hectares; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1612: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the current fertiliser application rates allowable under the nitrates regulation are inadequate in...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 1613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if in view of the costs involved in the Code of Practice Survey for Fisherman particularly the owners of vessels less than...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 1614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of 2010 disadvantaged area payments that are unpaid on a county basis; his views on delays to payments in County...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of semi-State companies within the aegis of his Department; when the current CEO or equivalent was appointed to...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has considered, in the context of the ongoing review of afforestation, premia including areas of scrubland as...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to concerns of the local community of Castletownbere, County Cork, in relation to the loss...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1620: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of suckler cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1621: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the cross border aquaculture initiative team scheme will continue; if he will put funding into it; and if he will make a...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1622: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans with regard to the annual Forestry Planting Programme of 10,000 hectares in view of the impact any reduction in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1623: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the gross amounts of payments made without deduction of tax; and where tax should have been...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 1624: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to publish the amendments promised as a result of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 to be made to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1625: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the 2009 cow welfare scheme has not been granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Salmon Farming
      Question 1627: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps taken over the past year by his Department to regularise the unlicensed salmon farm (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1628: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all investigations have been completed and when headage payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1629: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1630: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that adequate compensation is paid to those who have been forced to put down ducks due to an outbreak of...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 1637: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length registered here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1638: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to fund the dredging at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1639: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a felling licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-environmental Scheme
      Question 1640: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will issue approvals under the agri-environmental options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1641: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that applicants leaving REP scheme in 2010 will be able to avail of agri-environmental options scheme in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1642: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments will issue to farmers in County Mayo under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-environmental Scheme
      Question 1643: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No 390 of 25 May 2010, the number of applications received nationally for entry to the...
    • Herd Numbers
      Question 1644: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding farmers who have two or more holdings up to 20 miles away from their home holding; if these farmers...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1645: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No 250 of 30 June 2010 the position regarding an application in respect of a person...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 1646: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the recent attitudinal survey regarding the decommissioning scheme; his plans regarding extending the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1647: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether farmers should be allowed spread slurry when suitable ground and grass growing conditions exist based...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1648: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will agree to a reduction in the buffer zones around water abstraction points for drinking water and the payment of...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 1649: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 11 May 2010, the time frame for this application; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1650: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the young farmers installation aid scheme; and...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1657: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons who finished their rural environmental protection scheme participation post May are going to be allowed to...
    • Agri-environmental Scheme
      Question 1658: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants who have been assessed for the new agri-environmental options scheme; the number of persons who...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1659: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grants that will be or are approved by way of the Single Farm Payment and the Area Based Payment in respect of a person...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1663: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an appeal on a REP scheme will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [33372/10]
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1664: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that was allocated to harbour development works at Doolin, County Clare; the date by which this...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1665: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on an application for farm early retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1666: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost to the national forest estate of the wildfires in 2010. [33409/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1667: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the clawback of €5.75 million in single farm payments and disadvantaged area payments by his...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1668: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to any plans to afforest peatlands held by Bord na Mona; and if such planting was approved...
    • Nitrates Directive
      Question 1674: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will include within the definition of peat soils used by the Forest Service not only the wider considerations of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1675: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone...
    • Land Commission Documents
      Question 1676: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a request for inspection of Land Commission documents (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1677: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 1678: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the effects a judgment will have on the aquaculture and mussel industry here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1680: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantage area aid payment in view of the fact that...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1681: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will outline the position with a REP scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Task Force Reports
      Question 1682: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the mid-west task force will deliver its final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31759/10]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 1683: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to improve the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31760/10]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1684: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to improve processing times for statutory redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Creation
      Question 1687: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his specific jobs strategy to address the unemployment rate in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1690: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 1692: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the geographic concentration of foreign direct investment in each of the past ten years; the numbers of Industrial...
    • New Enterprises
      Question 1695: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the geographic concentration of small and medium enterprises set-up in the past year, in the past three years and in the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1696: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the location of Industrial Development Agency international offices; the cost involved in keeping these offices; and if he...
    • Irish Exports
      Question 1697: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of exports of multinational companies based here in the past year and each of the past five years; the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 1698: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason Ireland is the only country in the EU that has separate sectorial agreements governing rates of pay in addition...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1699: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will review the application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the status of...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 1707: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of site visits to Navan, County Meath, the industrial promotion agencies have planned for the remainder of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1709: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 1710: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow qualifies for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1712: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway as not been paid redundancy in view of the fact that the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 1714: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will review a decision to refuse an employment permit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 1715: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the details of the hectare availability and occupancy...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1716: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33029/10]
    • Work Permits
      Question 1717: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [33045/10]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1719: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 1721: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if assistance is available under a PRSI scheme for employers looking to create a new position in their organisation or if...
    • Job Creation
      Question 1722: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will set out each new jobs announcement made by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1723: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1724: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff...
    • Trade Agreements
      Question 1725: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the trade agreements that are in existence between Ireland and Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq; his plans to...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 1726: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if any potential investors have been identified to develop the industrial development authority technology business and...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 1727: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application for a Feasibility and Innovation Grant for a Hybrid Wind & Solar project, which was...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1728: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when statutory redundancy will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 1729: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if there are credit difficulties for Irish business trading with China because of our international credit standing; the...
    • Graduate Support Schemes
      Question 1730: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the Graduate Internship Programme will commence and where details on this programme may be found. [32909/10]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1731: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is entitled to redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1732: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual...
    • Copyright Laws
      Question 1735: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the difference in approach between the USA and the EU in respect of the right of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1736: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable...
    • Western Development Commission
      Question 1737: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in view of his statements that Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority are getting funding to employ...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1738: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is...
    • Work Permits
      Question 1740: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will reconsider the refusal of a green card to a person (details supplied) who meets all of the qualification...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 1741: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the findings of studies carried out by his Department and its agencies on electricity prices in here; the amount they...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 1742: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress he has made on a Government-back loan guarantee scheme for viable small businesses; the reason work on such a...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Rail Services
      Question 1743: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his meetings with interested groups regarding a rail stop at Crusheen, County Clare; and if...
    • Community Development
      Question 1744: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31837/10]
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 1747: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to increase the funding and the number of security for older persons schemes; the number of schemes...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 1748: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans in relation to the recently launched report Monitoring Poverty Trends in Ireland 2004-2007: Key Issues...
    • Company Closures
      Question 1749: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of grant aid awarded to a company (details supplied) in County Mayo during the time period in which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1752: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1753: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number...
    • Community Development
      Question 1754: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the status on an application (details supplied) made for funding to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Poverty Levels
      Question 1756: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the proportion of persons at risk of poverty; the proportion of persons at risk of poverty for each of the past...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1757: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1758: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if...
    • Community Development
      Question 1759: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he proposes any actions within communities or groups as a result of recently launched publications designed to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Irish Red Cross Society
      Question 1760: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32078/10]
    • Defence Forces Inquiries
      Question 1761: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the inquiry into the allegations that Irish Army officers were involved in purchasing arms on the black market in South...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 1762: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation regarding non-commissioned officers and private soldiers on retirement from the Permanent Defence Forces joining the Reserve Defence...
    • Irish Red Cross Society
      Question 1763: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will appoint a highly qualified, skilled and experienced chairperson to the Red Cross and to initiate an investigation into the undeclared...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1764: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of offices and properties rented by his Department; their location and use; if his Department is occupying all of the office space...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1766: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his Department by grade; the number of agencies under his remit; and the number of staff employed in each agency...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 1767: To ask the Minister for Defence the decisions he has made regarding the future of Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34102/10]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 1768: To ask the Minister for Defence when the eligibility criteria for cadetships in the Permanent Defence Forces was last revised; his plans to make any changes to the upper age limit...
    • Government Jet
      Question 1769: To ask the Minister for Defence the costing for the use of the Government jets in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33388/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1770: To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that company; the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1771: To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors',...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 1773: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces currently serving abroad on overseas service; the areas in which they are serving; if he will indicate...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1774: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the planned decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1775: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the number of staff...

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