Written answers
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce an exemption for applicants for carers benefits payments from the habitual residence condition and instead apply that...
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on the proposed integration of the public employment functions of FÁS and the benefit function of his...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recent research by the Vincentian Partnership which showed that the income supports available to lone pensioners, families...
- Pension Provisions
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has reviewed the reasons for the low take up of personal pensions among women here; the social consequences for women of this below...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the habitual residency condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to consolidate the appeals process for supplementary claims from a two-step appeals process to one. [43839/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform rent supplement so that the payment is made directly to the landlord instead of the tenant. [43834/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is committed to maintaining the current value of child benefits in 2011. [43865/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis prior to cutting the dental treatment benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to increase the number of interviews and consultations for jobseekers during the course of their unemployment....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to abolish the 30-hour rule in respect of mortgage interest supplement. [43842/10]
- EU Directives
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the European Parliament's recommendation to extend EU maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay and to introduce two weeks of...
- Social Insurance
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the potential 2011 and full year revenue gain from raising the PRSI ceiling to €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the State of social welfare fraud on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43802/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is committed to maintaining the value of the State pension at current levels in 2011. [43862/10]
- Public Services Card
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the roll out of identity cards for social welfare recipients will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to abolish the 30-hour rule in respect of rent supplement. [43844/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his policy in relation to the ending of the ban on cohabitation for persons in receipt of one parent family payment and the replacement of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 2 November 2010, his views on the acceptability of basing a decision on the adequacy or...
- Social Insurance
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the social insurance fund; the estimated deficit at the end of the year and the steps proposed to deal with same....
- Employment Support Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to promote all welfare to work schemes among both employers and employees. [43853/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to reduce waiting times for processing claims across all schemes. [43851/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the outcome of his discussions with insurance companies in respect of the suggestion of changing social welfare...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to ensure a greater transfer of rent supplement claimants to the rental accommodation scheme. [43856/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is acceptable to cut jobseeker's payments. [43772/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the PRSI employers incentive scheme has been promoted; the number of employers and employees covered under the scheme so far and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he will commit himself to the protection of those victims of the economic downturn who now find themselves unemployed...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 83: To ask the Taoiseach the savings he has made as a result of the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes;...
- Departmental Reports
Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by State agencies and boards under his remit in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on the subject of institutional and...
- Department of Education and Science
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will protect special status drugs rehabilitation FÁS community employment projects; considering the effect proposed...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the job losses in construction and related professions, if she will consider amending the higher education...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 5 October 2010, if she has made a decision on applications for funding made...
- Grant Payments
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 30 September 2010, if she will provide an update on same; and if she will make...
- School Accommodation
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 29 September 2010, if she will provide the findings of the technical...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused a mature student grant; if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be appointed as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in view of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the MacQuarie Partnership will be discharging the creditors of a company (details supplied) for the amounts owed to...
- School Evaluations
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school inspections carried out in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the schools where these were carried...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve an extension to the school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [43625/10]
- School Curriculum
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an outline of the leaving certificate applied programme; when it was established; the number of...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the criteria to be applied to the recent announcement of grant aid to schools for IT equipment, that...
- Grant Payments
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick can qualify for payment of an honours degree allowance due to the fact...
- School Transport
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will...
- FÁS Training Courses
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of candidates who were asked to repeat examinations on FÁS courses in 2010; the number who subsequently...
- School Transport
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of her inquiries in relation to the school transport situation for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding towards the cost of building a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Galway; if...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been received for extension and refurbishment for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for building works for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [43954/10]
- Labour Market Activation Fund
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of organisations in the greater Dublin area that submitted tenders for the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new school building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 75 second level schools, mentioned in Building Ireland's Smart Economy, published by the Government in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare on the basis that there is a strong...
- Teacher Qualifications
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the sanctioning of the postgraduate course in primary teaching at colleges (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if she will specify which charities,...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to proceed with standardising tax relief on private pensions at 33 %, as set out previously in the National Pensions Framework; if there...
- Pension Provisions
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the reasoning behind the proposed pension scheme for new teachers and public servants in regard to career average, later...
- Flood Relief
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has access to funding from Europe to be administered by local authorities for citizens whose private property including their homes were...
- Departmental Properties
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a particular matter concerning an Office of Public Works property (details supplied) in County Cork [43600/10]
- Tax Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the capital gains tax treatment of the proceeds from the sale of shares which are an integral part of a farm (details supplied)...
- Departmental Staff
Question 123: 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. [43666/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) [43683/10]
- Corporate Accountability
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the overt, and covert, actions of unaccountable but publicly registered finance companies whose actions have led to the undermining of...
- Tax Code
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding discussions in the General Assembly of the UN on a transaction tax; the discussion at UN level and such bilateral discussions...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on the subject of...
- Insurance Industry
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to persons in the same area using the same insurance company for home insurance, including flood coverage, the reason, following a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that will be made if the proposed pension scheme for new teachers and public servants in regard to career average, later retirement and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Construction Contracts Bill will be enacted before Christmas 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43762/10]
- Tax Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide new tax and other incentives aimed at making cultural and educational philanthropy more attractive and to assist job creation....
- Departmental Reports
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report of the group set up to review the role and future of the semi-State companies in the Irish economy; when that report...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE employees delineated in €10,000 income brackets and distinguished as between public sector workers and all workers; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the value added tax status of fourth schedule goods; the revenue that could be raised on a 2011 and full year basis by imposing...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pubs that have had their licences renewed by the licensing office of the Revenue Commissioners, year-on-year since 2005. [43951/10]
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT on all energy upgrades and repairs in private homes to 5% in order to generate employment. [43956/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of outstanding loans lent by Irish based legal money lenders as notified to the Financial Regulator in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and...
- Departmental Transport
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost to the Office of Public Works of providing a bus to carry OPW staff from Dublin Castle to the new OPW office in Trim since April 2010...
- Departmental Reports
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will implement the recommendations contained in the final report produced by the mortgage arrears and personal debt group; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if homeowners who trade down their home in order to reduce their debt as recommended in the mortgage arrears and personal debt group's final report...
- Insurance Industry
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with reference to the flooding in November 2009 and the situation where householders are no longer able to secure house insurance or flood...
- Flood Relief
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the economic situation, money allocated by the Office of Public Works for flood alleviation works in the Clare Galway, Caherlea,...
- Department of Health and Children
- Children in Care
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans that exist for a domestic property at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny that is thought to be under...
- Mental Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that can be made available in order to carry out urgent repairs to a home (details supplied) in County Kerry which is home...
- Hospital Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Louth County Hospital was closed [43544/10]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will have a full needs assessment carried out; and if she will make a statement on...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person is resident in a private nursing home under fair deal and the cost of their stay is less than their pension, the position...
- Hospital Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not being given an appointment to see a specialist in the Mater Hospital...
- Health Service Funding
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future funding arrangements and the designated officer appointed by the Health Service Executive to liaise with a body (details...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [43614/10]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a contractor has been selected for the development works project at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Ennis, County Clare; the...
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the reconfiguration of acute services in the mid west region; if she will outline the next phase of the project;...
- Medical Cards
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
- Ambulance Service
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the excellent service provided to the residents of Swords and north Fingal by the Dublin fire brigade ambulance...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [43659/10]
- Mental Health Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding funding for mental health (details supplied) in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [43694/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the current system regarding medical cards is proving very problematic for vulnerable senior citizens in...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds for elderly vulnerable senior citizens in Dublin's north inner city. [43713/10]
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify, post-ratification of the Hague Convention, the person who will be responsible for the formation of working...
- Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to publish a national programme for neurological care; and if she will make a statement...
- Ambulance Service
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the reorganisation and rationalisation of the ambulance service in Cork and the specific implications for ambulance cover...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider including a specific illness in the long-term illness card scheme (details supplied) [43733/10]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a specific item to be provided to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency [43739/10]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the continued provision of a 24-hour accident and emergency service at St. Columcille's Hospital, County Dublin;...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of the home help service in County Mayo, Health Service Executive west; the number of home help hours allocated to each...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had direct or indirect input into the unpublished national carers strategy; the nature of that input if applicable; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to expedite a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Service Staff
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist will be appointed to replace a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [43872/10]
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [43873/10]
- Children in Care
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 14 October 2010, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Charges
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the doctor attached to a Garda station is obliged to see to the person held in custody only; and the reason a person...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 698 of 29 September 2010, if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to an...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists for elective surgery in the north-east region; the average waiting time for elective surgery in...
- Health Service Staff
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the filling of four vacant dental surgery posts in County Meath; the current waiting time for dental treatment in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on issues raised on a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44038/10]
- Departmental Reports
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the national rehabilitation strategy is published and implemented as part of the Health Service Executive...
- Medical Cards
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for a medical card. [44049/10]
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours lost in County Mayo from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009. [44075/10]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 2 November 2010 regarding the number of high level groups operating in her Department, when...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if she will specify which charities, on the subject...
- Department of Transport
- Coast Guard Service
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a planned building project (details supplied) in County Cork. [43624/10]
- EU Directives
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport he has reviewed the use of the Eurovignette Directive in other EU countries; the revenue that could be generated from the introduction of the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport the role and action of the Railway Safety Advisory Council in the aftermath of the Malahide viaduct collapse; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Residence Permits
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review an application for a residence card in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are...
- Court Procedures
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) [43684/10]
- Firearms Licences
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is acknowledged as an official FÁS pistol training instructor will have their...
- Television Licence
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review the system for non payment of TV licences and other fines, in view of the costs to the State and instead...
- Protection from Defamation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that existing libel laws here adequately protect the good name of citizens in view of material posted...
- Community Development
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he is funding a youth centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43881/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason it would take two years, as outlined on his Department's website to process an application for Irish citizenship in...
- Garda Deployment
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in County Kildare who have retired in the past 12 months; the rank of these members of the force who...
- Garda Investigations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will seek a report from the Garda Commissioner on the matter of media reports to the effect that the garda investigation into...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report by the Human Rights Commission entitled Report on an Enquiry into the Treatment of a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the UK Border Agency to suspend using language analysis testing on asylum seekers...
- EU Directives
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has made a recent assessment of the merits of opting into the European directive on the right to information in criminal...
- Asylum Applications
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will supply in tabular form the number of subsidiary protection applications received from persons other than unsuccessful...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide passport applicants approaching 65 years of age with the option of purchasing a short-term passport; and if he will make...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [43890/10]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to allegations of ill treatment of a prisoner (details supplied); if his further attention has been drawn to...
- Passport Service
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the revenue generated from the passport office through the issue of passports annually since 2006; if he will provide the annual cost of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on the subject of...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a date has been set for an oral appeal hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding disability allowance;...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the job losses in construction and related professions, if he will consider amending the back to education allowance scheme to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the national fuel scheme Ireland application form, NFS1, contains clear details of where the completed form should...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the disability benefit appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford which was...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the back to education allowance scheme and include those who are studying for a Masters to be considered under the back...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person's (details supplied) in County Kildare rent supplement has been reduced from €342.00 per month to €42.99 per...
- EU Directives
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the European directive on changes to the provision of pay during maternity leave; the implications for Irish employers...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the criteria for granting waivers and discounts for TV licences in view of the growing numbers of persons in receipt of...
- Departmental Funding
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that he will continue to fund an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the nature of the input which he, his predecessors or his Department have had into the unpublished national carers strategy; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted jobseeker's allowance. [43758/10]
- Community Development
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to community service projects in County Mayo if he will list the community service projects that have received funding and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress with the appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Insurance
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason he continues to apply PRSI to income received by those in retirement from Approved Retirement Funds and the reason these...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [43918/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support a matter (details supplied) [43983/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their carer's allowance. [43999/10]
- Community Development
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers who have received income support from the rural social scheme in County Meath in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis for his recent announcement that many pensioners in Ireland were very wealthy in view of the fact that many persons who retired...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform or abolish the discriminatory habitual residency clause, the application of which is causing severe hardship to many...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to maintain and extend the carer's allowance in lieu of institutional care thereby saving the State considerably. [44062/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he proposes to take to eliminate the backlog of appeals for various payments operated by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he intends to relocate or redeploy staff and resources within his Department to meet the increasing demands caused by the economic...
- International Agreements
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has reviewed any bilateral social welfare agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to support the local authority swimming pool programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43964/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; on the subject of institutional and religious...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) can be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43661/10]
- Litter Pollution
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which An Garda Síochána is required to actively co-operate with local authority litter...
- Planning Issues
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43541/10]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he made an allocation in 2005 towards the cost of upgrading a water and sewage scheme in County Cork...
- Local Government Charges
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the payment for 2011 is due in respect of the non-principal private residence charge; if payment notices...
- Planning Issues
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person has recourse, through legislation, in a matter (details supplied). [43623/10]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the rent increase in the shared ownership scheme in view of the current economic climate;...
- National Monuments
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to legal opinions that say it is constitutionally unjust to criminally...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he intends to meet the requirements of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention to provide an effective...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons who are not married and do not have any children are entitled to apply for social housing and thus...
- Water Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the construction of a water reservoir at a location (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application from Carlow County Council for funding for a sewerage scheme for...
- Planning Issues
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the applications to local authorities for permission to extend planning applications, particularly for...
- Water Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding a submission (details supplied); his plans regarding same; and if he will make a...
- Library Projects
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the eLibraries website (details supplied), which provides...
- Departmental Funding
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; on the subject of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary did not receive payment under the home energy saving...
- Grant Payments
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount allocated to the greener homes scheme, the home energy savings scheme and the warmer homes scheme...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to change the amount charged for the television licence fee or his plans to set up an easy-pay method...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the percentage of households who have broadband in Donegal south west; the areas of County...
- Departmental Funding
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid their REP scheme 4 grant; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Labelling Legislation
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of Irish products on the shelves in the multiples, not including imports packaged here and sold as Irish; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when financial approval will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for the planting of forestry on their...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when arrears of early retirement scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43654/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their disadvantaged area and single farm payment;...
- Forestry Sector
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not get financial approval for the planting of forestry. [43696/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 3 November 2010, the position regarding the matter; if this will be paid as a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the purpose and role of the section in his Department entitled "Sugar" in the current edition of the State directory; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43923/10]
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way in which farmers with lands in designated areas, who have applied for sheep handling and fencing scheme may proceed;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to provide continued support for farmers who destocked as part of the commonage framework as they exit the REP...
- Commonage Division
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will advise when the commonage framework plan review is to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that 1 September will be the commencement date for all agri-environment options schemes including those...
- Grant Payments
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will address an issue that has arisen in respect of an application (details supplied) for the single farm payment...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the remainder of the disadvantaged area payment; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Proposed Legislation
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to clarify the definition of worker in that legislation in order to...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a claim for redundancy payment from the social insurance fund made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will...
- Industrial Development
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in Dungarvan, County Waterford that applied for capital grants from the Industrial Development...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in County Waterford that applied for funding from Enterprise Ireland in each of the past three...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [43916/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the age profile of those employed in his Department (details supplied) in tabular form. [43979/10]
- Job Creation
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Agency in Limerick city and county in each of the years from 2000...
- Industrial Development
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the targets he has set for the trade performance of the indigenous sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount of allocated capital spending to his Department that has been drawn down to date; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- EU Directives
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the draft EU directive recently passed by the European Parliament, which provides for fully paid...
- UN Conventions
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will be signing the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will appoint an ombudsman for persons with disabilities to ensure that those in need of assistance will be...
- Grant Payments
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total grant aid paid out in County Mayo for the past five years and the persons or groups to whom it was paid....
- Departmental Funding
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will maintain the level of funding for national organisations in the community and voluntary sector in 2011....
- National Carers Strategy
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he, his predecessors, his Department or his Minister of State have had direct or indirect input into the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided for a project in County Mayo (details supplied) under CLÁR and Leader funding and the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing Garda authorised shooting clubs the use of military rifle ranges on payment of a rental fee and provision of adequate...
- Departmental Staff
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the work of the army library and information centre at the Curragh camp; his plans to appoint civilian personnel...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money that has been paid annually since 2002 to registered charities; if he will specify which charities, on the subject of...
