Written answers
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the roll out of the new Dial to Stop Drugs campaign; if there have been any reports on its success to...
- Rural Development
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has formally requested permission from the European Union to channel Leader funds through county enterprise...
- Inland Waterways
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding received under the recent grant announcement by Inland Waterways; and if he...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 141, 143 and 144 of 24 Samhain 2010, his views regarding the data supplied...
- Irish Language
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in regard to the...
- Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge
Question 45: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cathain a beidh an dréacht deiridh den Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge ag dul os comhair an Rialtais le...
- Community Development
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he is taking to facilitate the expansion of the role of integrated development companies; and if he will...
- Seirbhísí Trí Ghaeilge
Question 47: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go bhfuil go leor oifigeach ar fáil sa Státseirbhís a bhfuil a ndóthain Gaeilge acu lena...
- Social Inclusion Initiatives
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the number of events that were organised for social inclusion week; if the list of events...
- Tourism Industry
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop rural tourism in view of the need for support in this area; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Inclusion Initiatives
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the progress made to date in regard to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion; the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has any new plans or supporting programmes to existing plans to further promote a fair, tolerant and caring...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total budget by his Department, for each of the past three years, for the Traveller policy division; if all...
- Community Development
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he has put forward proposals likely to positively impact on the present economic situation or...
- Equality Issues
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures taken in Budget 2011 to tackle discrimination and safeguard equality; and if he will make a statement...
- Community Development
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop the Ministerial Council on Integration; if he has had meetings with other Government...
- Irish Language
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop the Irish language in an organic fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forbairt na Gaeilge
Question 60: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an bhfoclóir leictreonach Gaeilge/Béarla ag Foras na Gaeilge; agus an...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is involved with other Government Departments in relation to the current weather conditions and the effects...
- Rural Development
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he is taking to support local enterprise start ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/10]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Bodies
Question 65: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received an annual report for each of the past three years from the chairman of all State bodies under the aegis of his Department; if the pay of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 66: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and coffees, and bottled water, in...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 67: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other forms of compensation...
- Migration Statistics
Question 69: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated number of Irish citizens who emigrated from the State during 2009; the number of Irish citizens who returned to reside here in 2009 and the net...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 70: To ask the Taoiseach the timetable involved in the filling of the recent vacancy for State solicitor for County Louth; the identity of the successful person or company and the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in Waterford with applications for capital project assistance in each of the past five years...
- School Transport
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has had their grant to take their children to school withdrawn;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money, under each heading, spent by her on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches,...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to the recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Special Report No. 74, the reason four FETAC staff...
- Work Placement Programme
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter regarding a placement programme (details supplied). [46935/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place between her and the Sisters of Mercy regarding the purchase of a site for a school...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funding for an additional...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will list, on a county basis, the number of grant applications received and the number which have been processed...
- School Staffing
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 29 September 2010, if the staff side have indicated their views on the...
- Work Placements
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the way an unemployed teacher or special needs assistant can apply to work in a school and...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be given permission to commence construction of a new building; and...
- School Staffing
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the position of a special needs assistant at a school (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the classroom extension will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if part-time teachers who have not been given permanent contracts have access to a pension scheme; if she has made...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school's (details supplied) application for a classroom extension will be decided upon; and if she will make a...
- Postgraduate Scholarships
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Studies is in a position to issue a call for a scheme 1,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 11 November 2010, the reason the school authorities have not been contacted in...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all FÁS courses which are currently taking place or which have taken place in a school (details...
- School Transport
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary schools in Waterford city and county availing of school transport in each of the past...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in Waterford city and county receiving the long-term unemployment bonus paid to vocational training...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in providing a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Third Level Fees
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that will be raised by replacing the student services charge at third level with a flat higher education...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a request for an investigation has been made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a qualified teacher is being paid at the unqualified rate as a substitute teacher despite her Department being...
- Work Placement Programme
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide this Deputy with a reply to a matter (details supplied). [47317/10]
- Department of Finance
- Parking Levy
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the new parking levy announced earlier this year; if this will be coming into place in January 2011 as earmarked, or if this has been...
- Tax Collection
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in Waterford city and county who were prosecuted for non-payment of value added tax in each of the past five years and to date...
- Flood Relief
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications from each local authority in the country for funding to alleviate individual episodes of flooding in 2010; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and coffees, and...
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine and support a proposal regarding patent royalty tax exemption (details supplied). [46934/10]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter regarding a stimulus package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46978/10]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other forms of...
- Personal Debt
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether false assumptions obtaining between 2000 and 2007 about consumer income, long-term economic productivity and consumer behaviour...
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding a levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47071/10]
- National Debt
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the level he estimates the national debt will be as of 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011. [47076/10]
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax advantages that previously applied just to married couples now applies to couples who have entered into a civil union; if similar...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal a matter regarding the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47098/10]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if the phasing out of property based tax incentives by 2014, as set out in the National Recovery Plan and the Budget 2011, will ensure that those...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers in Waterford availing of the existing 25% general stock relief for farmers in each of the past five years and to date in 2010;...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which benchmarking was introduced and the cost in that year and each subsequent year in respect of public sector workers and public...
- Tax Collection
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has received a bill from the Revenue Commissioners for €3,200; if he will confirm that the...
- Personal Earnings
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out, according to the most recent data from the Revenue Commissioners, the number of persons earning less than €5,000, between...
- Pension Provisions
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought or received advice as to the constitutionality of the introduction of an average 4% cut in public sector pensions, for those...
- Tax Code
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who completed the purchase of a house in the days and weeks running up to the announcement...
- Dental Practice Incomes
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether investments in dental businesses that were made in the period 2003 to 2007 were based on assumed annual turnover figures dating...
- Tax Statements
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47238/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- National Lottery Funding
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of National Lottery funding allocated to projects in the area of health in County Waterford in each of the past five years...
- Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money, under each heading, spent by her on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual budget made available to the National Office for Suicide Prevention on a per annum basis since its establishment in tabular...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other...
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with the orthodontic clinic in Galway. [47041/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the nursing home support scheme makes provision for married couples to be accommodated in the same nursing home when both persons are...
- Children in Care
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 14 October 2010, the reason it has not been answered despite assurances on 23 November 2010...
- Health Service Staff
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47072/10]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the list of long-term illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme; if she will consider including the very...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for rent allowance now under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 18 November 2010, when a full and detailed response will issue from the Health Service...
- Child Deaths
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the report being prepared by the Independent Review Group into the death of children in care will be completed by 31 December 2010 as...
- Child Care Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received recent reports from the Health Service Executive with regard to the progress made by it in implementing the PA...
- Hospital Charges
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given any consideration to providing support to persons who have to cover the costs of surgery, post-operative recovery and...
- Health Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the BTEC social care practice HND course is recognised by the Health Service Executive. [47133/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the pay increases awarded to staff at the VHI in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the amounts of any increases and the reasons...
- Health Service Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that elements contained in the Croke Park Agreement militate unfairly against long serving members of the nursing...
- Hospital Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time to see an ophthalmic...
- Eating Disorders
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding is being made available, in certain cases, to persons suffering from eating disorders to enable them to complete treatment...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in funding provided by the Health Service Executive titled demography funding to...
- Medicinal Products
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has asked the Irish Medicines Board to review their decision in the past to approve the drug Mefloquine or Larium in view of the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 160: 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. [47296/10]
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and coffees, and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the wearing of helmets by cyclists; in relation to school children, if it is currently policy to encourage the wearing of...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other forms of...
- Public Transport
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the licence applications (details supplied) and any other relevant documentation; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding allocated to a scheme (details supplied) under the rural transport programme; if he will restate his commitment to continue...
- State Companies
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport the pay increases awarded to staff at Coras Iompair Éireann in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the amounts of any increases and the...
- Air Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes in support for regional air services from mid-2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47149/10]
- Cycle Facilities
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the canal cycle route and when the route is expected to be completed. [47177/10]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and...
- Crime Prevention
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter. (details supplied). [46958/10]
- Court Procedures
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of single parents have experienced great difficulties arising from the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue regarding a person (details supplied) who is appealing a deportation; if he will confirm that all relevant...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of applicants that have successfully completed stages one and two of the selection process for An Garda Síochána and are...
- Asylum Applications
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding changes for applicants for subsidiary protection who are residing here for over five years; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a decision has been made on an application for a change of status from Stamp 2 to Stamp 3 for a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform with regard to the total number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the State between 1 January 2002 and 30 September 2010 being...
- Garda Strength
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will detail for each of the years 1999 up to and including the year 2010 with regard to the Garda Síochána, the number of...
- Work Permits
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the rules currently applicable to granting permission to non-EU citizens who wish to move to and work in Ireland to do so; the number...
- Asylum Applications
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the options that remain and are open to a non-Irish national who has been served a notice pursuant to section 14 (1) of the...
- Garda Strength
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of the Garda Síochána stationed in each Garda district in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 187: 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 Kilkenny; if the Irish...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Operations
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will report on Garda Operation Shannon; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of stolen vehicles...
- Criminal Justice System
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the oversight in the criminal justice system which led to the death of a person (details supplied) on 31 December...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current backlog of cases with the Garda Central Vetting Unit; the number of staff who are working in the unit; the target in...
- House Prices Database
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform how the proposals regarding the new database on house prices are expected to work; how the information will be compiled and the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, tea and coffee, and...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; the remuneration in salary, expenses and any other forms of compensation...
- Territorial Claims
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the claim by Denmark and the Faroe Islands to the United Nations for a portion of the North Sea continental shelf which is part...
- Foreign Investigations
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he intends to take to require the Botswana Government to act upon a report (details supplied) and bring to justice those who...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports that US military personnel have been using the drug mefloquine (Lariam) to psychologically...
- Diplomatic Communications
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied) in order to retain a free, open and transparent media at an international level and within...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47043/10]
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been required to move house because the rent for which...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons found to have committed welfare fraud in Waterford in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the types of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit in County Waterford in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a State pension transition; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and coffees,...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to medical appliance benefit in their own right or that of their spouse; and...
- Unemployment Statistics
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in long-term unemployment on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46955/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate supplementary welfare payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46974/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo meets the social welfare criteria for a place on a rural social scheme; and if he will make...
- Pension Provisions
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a rate of contributory pension was calculated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46991/10]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other forms...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a decision denying the habitual residence of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 10 November 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1258 of 29 September 2010, if he will review the rejection of an appeal in respect of a person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will offset the amount of €1,679.80 from the arrears of...
- Social Insurance
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the equalisation of PRSI rates paid by employees and the self-employed as announced in budget 2011, self-employed workers...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of money, under each heading, spent by her on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any...
- Departmental Funding
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if a grant has been approved for the development of a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the amount of funding that...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of successful applications submitted and the amount of funding granted to an organisation (details supplied) under the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Waste Management Charges
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding old age pensioners and their refuse collection in the past in that when the county...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons in Waterford city and county who were allocated social housing in each of the past ten...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local authority budget for County Roscommon and County Leitrim will remain at the same level as in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including...
- Election Management System
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason one million Irish citizens abroad are not allowed to vote in the next general election. [46959/10]
- Environmental Policy
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Government's policy of green procurement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will arrange to have the work expedited on a project (details supplied). [46988/10]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary,...
- Planning Issues
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the review of the retail planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received representations in respect of a matter (details supplied); if, on foot of these...
- Turbury Rights
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision made in the 2011 Estimate to compensate turf cutters; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the salary of each county manager by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47131/10]
- Local Authority Funding
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated in 2010 to Limerick City Council, Limerick County Council and...
- Motor Taxation
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of motor tax receipts by each CO2 category and engine size category for 2008,...
- Environmental Policy
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding moneys contributed to the Global Climate Change Alliance; the person to whom this...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the position taken by National Parks and Wildlife Service to ban the hunting and shooting of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the draft code of practice from premium rate phone services as...
- Energy Resources
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on fossil fuel imports for each year 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will provide...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements he has made for locations (details supplied) in County Donegal who are not included in the...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary,...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and types of fishing licences issued in County Waterford in each of the past five years and to date...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) is being charged for a telephone connection for broadband; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons, either employees or contractors, in a company (details supplied) who received payments...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed breakdown of expenditure by his Department on petroleum services in 2010; the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive the outstanding amount of grants due to them under the single...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas...
- Grant Payments
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for the calf welfare scheme will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the [i]ex gratia[/i] payments to animal welfare groups will be paid now to ensure that shelters are not forced to close...
- Grant Payments
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 6 May 2009 the position regarding the recovery of funds; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide emergency funding to the various societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals nationwide or to...
- Grant Payments
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment. [46984/10]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and...
- Grant Payments
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of area aid based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
- Horse Racing Ireland
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the pay increases awarded to staff at the Horse Racing Ireland in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the amounts of...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if new applicants will be facilitated with the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for their agri-environment option scheme in a special area of...
- Grant Payments
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment and a disadvantaged area payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will guarantee that Coillte and the lands in its custody will not be sold off to private interests. [47181/10]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the actions he has taken with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to ensure that the current...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in finalising the proposed Animal Health and Welfare Bill; and the actions still to be taken and...
- Domestic Abattoirs
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the number of trained auxiliaries in meat plants are adequate to requirements and if anticipated savings have occurred;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money allocated under the European agricultural guarantee fund and the European agricultural fund for rural...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money spent on agriculture export refunds for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the amount that was...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the actions taken by him in 2009 and 2010 under the decentralisation programme and their estimated cost; the actions...
- Grant Payments
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment and REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [47207/10]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of redundancies reported to him in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years and to date in 2010;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches,...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and...
- Company Registrations
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new companies registered in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies in Waterford city and county receiving funding under the research, development and innovation aid...
- Employment Rights
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the length of time it now takes for a person to have his or her case heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal from the date...
- Tax Collection
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies in Waterford city and county availing of the 12.5% rate of corporation tax in each of the past five...
- Job Creation
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he plans to create 30,000 jobs through his Department's agencies; the public bodies under his remit that will take...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 23 November 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive...
- Departmental Properties
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will report on a recent planning permission obtained by Enterprise Ireland for works to their premises on Old Finglas...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been paid their redundancy payments despite the fact that...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Bodies
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the review by Waterways Ireland of the land lettings in an area (details supplied) along the Grand...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the progress made to date regarding the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion; the...
- Drugs Task Forces
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to assist community organisations involved in the fight against drugs; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total number of applications for grant aid or other assistance received by him from groups or persons based in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including...
- Departmental Offices
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the location of all Údaras na Gaeltachta premises, the size of these premises, when they were last occupied and...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, under the North-South cooperation heading, the reason there is a 6% decrease in the 2011 budget as compared to...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel stationed in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/10]
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Defence when payments accruing to an employee (details supplied) will issue on foot of a ministerial determination; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money, under each heading, spent by him on refreshments for meetings and functions, including sandwiches, teas and coffees, and...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list all public appointments since 22 November 2010; in each case the remuneration both in salary, expenses and any other forms of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to page B17 of the Summary of Budget Measures 2011, if he will provide details of the number of allowances for overseas deployment to be...
- Defence Forces Civilian Staff
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to page B17 of the Summary of Budget Measures 2011, if he will provide details of the reduction of the number of civilian employees...
- Defence Forces Equipment and Property
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to page B17 of the Summary of Budget Measures 2011, if he will provide details of the equipment acquisition, building and maintenance...
