Written answers

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that previous or existing dialogue and unity of purpose exists between all Central Banks within the EU with a view to achieving a...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the State will have to borrow the €3.1 billion promissory note payment to Anglo Irish Bank due on March 31 2012; and if so the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance if any assessment has been carried out by him on the effectiveness of the measures in the jobs initiative which came into effect on 1 July 2011; if...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is preparing legislation to force mortgage lenders to pass on ECB interest rate reductions to mortgage holders; if so, when the legislation...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if the ECB has altered the maturity for the emergency liquidity assistance for Ireland from three weeks to one year; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the day one lists for Anglo bonds from Anglo Irish Bank, IBRC; if he will publish this list; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 2 November 2011 regarding National Asset Management Agency business plan agreements with debtors, if...
    • Economic Forecasts
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of half a per cent growth reduction in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 from the growth projections contained in the mid-term financial review;...
    • General Government Debt
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether GNP is a more appropriate measurement of debt than GDP; his views on whether the figures (details supplied) suggest that the debt...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that the approximate collective incomes of the 300 wealthiest Irish citizens rose to €57 billion in 2011 from €50 billion...
    • Fiscal Advisory Council
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant error on page 34 of the original version of the Fiscal Assessment Report published by the Fiscal Advisory Council on 12...
    • Debt Resolution Agency
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of an independent Debt Resolution Agency as proposed by free legal advice centres; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown of all senior guaranteed, senior unguaranteed secured and senior unguaranteed unsecured bonds held in all banks...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the forthcoming legislation dealing with the regulation of credit unions; when this legislation will be published and...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought and secured Cabinet approval for the forthcoming extension of the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009,...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been successful in securing an amendment to the EU-IMF memorandum of understanding not to decrease social welfare rates as is Government...
    • Debt Statistics
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures combining the nation debt, household debt and commercial debt for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in monetary terms and as a...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with trade unions, anti-poverty groups and other civil society groups to hear their opinions prior to Budget 2012; and if he will...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that his EU colleagues, both within the eurozone and without, are conscious of the need to adopt a cohesive, supportive and united...
    • Government Debt Ratios
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the deteriorating Government debt ratios that are contained in the mid-term financial statement which shows a higher Government debt in...
    • Postal Services
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider giving the An Post a stronger role in the Strategy on Financial Inclusion and in particular to enable the post offices here to...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the upward revision of unemployment projections for 2015 from 10% in April last to 11.6% in the mid-term fiscal statement, his views on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on the work undertaken by him to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to review the universal social...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which Anglo Irish Bank was re-named Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the person who came up with the name; the reason the word...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if there was a difference between the projected income from the universal social charge and the actual received income from the charge based on the...
    • European Financial Stability Fund
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the way Ireland will benefit from the enhanced role of the European Financial Stability Facility as set out in the 21...
    • Tax Code
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the failure of the domicile levy introduced in Budget 2010 to adequately realise its projected return for the Exchequer this year, he...
    • National Debt
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the total national debt in euros as a percentage of gross domestic product by the year end of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to regulate food securities trading on the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/11]
    • Fiscal Advisory Council
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contention by the Fiscal Advisory Council in the most recent version of its Fiscal Assessment Report that a 1.8% deficit reduction...
    • European Central Bank
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the German Government party's proposal to amend the voting procedure on the European Central Bank board from one member one vote to...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the negotiations regarding the promissory note on Anglo Irish Bank; the person attending these negotiations on his...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Sub-Committees
      Question 74: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change has met since the formation of this Government [33509/11]
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 75: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by Department in tabular form;...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 76: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the issue of the documents that were withheld from the Barron inquiries at recent meetings with the British Prime Minister. [34252/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 77: To ask the Taoiseach the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 78: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if we are likely to have a truth commission within the next seven years. [34253/11]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money saved by closing the embassies of the Holy See, East Timor and Iran; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East Issues
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support and protect Irish and international citizens sailing to Gaza; and if he will support the besieged...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount it costs to maintain the remainder of our embassies; and the benefits accruing to this State by...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued to date in 2011 for residents of Northern Ireland; the percentage figure for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he was informing members of the public, as recently as 21 October 2011, that climate change legislation...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding the trade mission to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Trade Relations
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top 20 items being traded by companies based here with Israel or Israeli-based companies; if any of these items...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date in respect of an application for an Irish passport in the case of a person (details...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a re-registration system whereby owners of second-hand cars can register their car in their county of residence....
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding cigarette smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34299/11]
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the dominant positions which the German Chancellor and the French President have taken in terms of working out the problems of the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail his recent discussions with Mr. Mario Draghi. [34385/11]
    • National Debt
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an independent review of the €3.6 billion miscalculation that took place in his Department's 2010 figures; when this will be...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to address the failure of the Irish banks to pass on to mortgage customers cuts to interest rates by the European Central...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he continues to have confidence in the decision to appoint Mr. Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors. [34267/11]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of his earlier implication that the ECB had effectively threatened that there would be consequences if the bond payments due by the former...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree and/or other third level qualification course that the Secretary General to the Department graduated with from the University of...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the EBS, which is a part of AIB, has a variable mortgage interest rate of 4.93%, and AIB 3.25%; the reason they do not charge the same...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he established a group to examine the issue of the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note; the membership of this group; the terms of...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding interest rates. [34088/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the taxation treatment of redundancy lump sums with particular reference to standard capital superannuation benefit and top...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis is progressing; if he will list each project by Department in...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a further refund of VAT on foot of receipts submitted; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports that the VAT rate will be increased, his views that this measure will put severe pressure on small businesses who are struggling...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has a serious illness and had a lien registered by the Revenue...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the increase in the eurozone money supply as a result of the emergency liquidity assistance provided by the Central Bank of Ireland to Irish banks;...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the professional qualifications held by the Secretary General of his Department; his views on his suitability for the EU Court of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a sovereign trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34262/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a tax avoidance scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34266/11]
    • Customs and Excise Operations
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been informed by customs and excise authorities as to the number of raids by their officers on properties suspected of being involved in...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding a pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34298/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the pension levy. [34365/11]
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the value and breakdown by asset class, including cash, of the discretionary portfolio held within the National Pensions Reserve Fund as at 30...
    • Tax Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the various property development tax breaks and incentives available here from 1997-2011; the property breaks and...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the aftermath of the Greek Government's announcement that it will hold a referendum on the EU-IMF programme agreed at the recent European...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the issue of financial regulation with other Heads of State or Government. [28451/11]
    • Job Creation
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the revenue raised via the pension levy that was used for job creation as promised in the jobs initiative; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held consultations concerning the implications for the Irish Financial Services Centre of potential EU proposals concerning financial...
    • International Agreements
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Ireland's financial contribution to the World Bank's International Financial Corporation; and the basis on which the contribution is...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance when an outstanding VAT refund payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for delay in payment which is...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of applications...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the salary being paid to Mr. Dick Spring and Mr. Declan Collier in their positions as public interest directors in Allied Irish Banks; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering introducing a scheme to give standard tax relief for a list of approved works for home insulation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take against banks who do not pass on ECB interest rate cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34527/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed, following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies believed to be members of groups here which actively avail of group relief. [34582/11]
    • Fuel Laundering
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detections of fuel laundering in 2011; the number of laundering factories that have been prosecuted and closed; the number of retail...
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if a disability extension on a home qualifies for a VAT refund under the tax return regulations or has their been a change in the criteria in recent...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the pension payment on an annual basis to the highest paid public sector pensioner in each of the public bodies under his remit and all...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of outstanding tax reliefs available under the various tax construction schemes including section 23, student accommodation, hotel...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a code of practice. [34738/11]
    • Monetary Policy
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if any decision has been taken with regard to the re-issuing of Irish pounds by the Central Bank of Ireland; if so, are Irish pounds currently being...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been involved in any discussions with his ECOFIN colleagues on changes to the membership and or structure of the eurozone; if his...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in the years...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Ministers for Finance in each EU member State are in agreement on the issues of European economic, monetary or fiscal...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent if any to which the reason or reasons for any inflation throughout the European Union; the way it is intended to address to such issues...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have discussed the issue of a consistent economic policy throughout the European Union by way of...
    • Job Creation
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various factors likely to affect growth in this economy have been identified and isolated with a view to specific or...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which Ireland's Central Bank liaised with the ECB in the course of the past ten years; if any particular issues arose which might have...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, position and a breakdown of the retirement packages for all vocational education committees chief executive officers eligible...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of support he gives to the yellow flag programme for schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an applicant of a higher education grant has had a decision issued which removed 50% of the their registration fee allowance...
    • Traveller Education
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that have been put in place by him to monitor the attendance and support the progress of Traveller pupils in the...
    • Overseas Student Enrolments
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the registration of students by private colleges for courses accredited by HETAC and FETAC, if he will confirm if it is...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes, if any, that have been introduced by him to the qualifying year for assessing reckonable income for self-employed persons...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second level school may refuse a pupil a place on religious grounds; and if secondary schools are allowed to have different...
    • School Staffing
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate two teachers whose jobs were suppressed in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will ensure that no...
    • School Patronage
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the patronage tender guidelines for a new secondary school (details supplied) stipulate that the school must be an English...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34148/11]
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by...
    • School Building Projects
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a school (details supplied) will commence. [34169/11]
    • Literacy and Numeracy Levels
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Ireland has dropped right down the OECD rankings for education; and the way he will rectify same. [34209/11]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether a named qualification (details supplied) is recognised under the FETAC system; if so, the level rating of...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Meath was one of the named persons in an application by the Government in 2010 for funding...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider conducting an investigation into the difficulties surrounding a student (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if...
    • School Discipline
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm by his Department if all recommendations from the Health Service Executive and reports by his Department on a school...
    • Student Grant Applications
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeal process available to unsuccessful student grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34302/11]
    • Higher Education Budget
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total budget for higher education in 2011; and the total budget for higher education in each of the previous years since 1997....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the expected timetable to project completion....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed national strategy to improve literacy and numeracy among children and young persons 2011-2020 can be implemented under...
    • School Staffing
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision of supervision and substitution in schools for 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special centres used during the recent State examinations; the total cost associated with providing these centres; and if...
    • Religious Denominations
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Protestants being educated in Protestant - that is, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist - primary schools....
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a paperless system for issuing payslips to teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34477/11]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when deciding on the distance involved in the non-adjacent grant for third level students, if the distance of 45 km is solely decided...
    • School Inspection Reports
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of inspections carried out in schools under the whole-school evaluation and management leadership and learning systems...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of...
    • EU Funding
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the company which is administering the European Globalisation Fund funded programme for 9,000 workers made redundant in the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the situation regarding a craft certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 receives full funding for the year 2012. [34593/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the issue of remote areas boarding grant; the persons who have availed of this grant; and the total amount paid...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the outcome of a health and safety audit carried out by him at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he...
    • School Patronage
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the campaign of Church of Ireland and other minority faiths (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the plans are for the new schools that have been announced for County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if emergency funding will be provided to clean out a section of river (details supplied) in County Kerry. [34337/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will supply a detailed cost breakdown for the count centre, and associated count personnel, for the recent Dublin West...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures taken by him and the National Procurement Service to facilitate a larger number of indigenous companies in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Construction Contract Bill will have a limit of contracts worth €200,000 or over when it comes before Dáil Éireann;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 19 April 2011, regarding the pensions insolvency payment scheme in respect of a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 5 October 2011, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis is progressing; if he will list each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments to principal officer level and above made in the Civil Service in the past seven months; the number...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff appointed, following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that...
    • National Monuments
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that all of the monuments located on the site known as St Mary's Church, Thomastown, County Kilkenny,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the former Ministers currently in receipt of ministerial and TD pensions; the names of the recipients; and their gross annual...
    • Departmental Allowances
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of delegate allowances, [i]ex-gratia[/i] payments, and out of hours allowances paid to civil servants in 2010. [34653/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 October 2011, if he will supply the data as requested. [34679/11]
    • Capital Projects
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Research Funding
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount invested in the programme for research in third level institutions PRTLI since it was first initiated....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total budget for Science Foundation Ireland in 2011; and the total budget in each year since it was established in 2000....
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans he has to support small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34834/11]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis is progressing; if he will list each...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the correct hourly rate of payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who works one hour per day, seven...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering any new legislation or other measures to strengthen the powers of the Competition Authority; and if he...
    • Work Permits
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for work permits received in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Company Law
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial reporting requirements of a private limited company which is registered as a charity in the State in terms of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011, on salaries that exceed their...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to establish regulations of the au pair industry here in order that the rights and entitlements of au pairs are...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review direct financial assistance grants for small businesses funded from city and county enterprise boards;...
    • Multinational Company Employment
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been transferred from a company (details supplied) to other locations around the world in the...
    • Competition Law
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the maximum fine levied on a single business or person for breaching the Competition Act 2002; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation notice of a date for their employment appeals tribunal hearing....
    • Capital Projects
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when will the partial credit scheme become active; the way the scheme will operate; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to ensure the gateway women's training project will continue to deliver quality accredited FETAC level three and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of places available on JobBridge, the national internship scheme in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the current position with regards to Labour Court ruling LCR19293 in relation to pension entitlements for FÁS...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of mortgage interest supplement. [33983/11]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the payment has been refused;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against a decision to deny carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of the average processing time for carer's allowance applications as well as the average processing time...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was refused disability allowance. [34105/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [34106/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which the chief appeals officer determined to disallow an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied)...
    • General Register Office
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the General Register Office Research Room in Dublin was closed to the public for a considerable time during office hours on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; the...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under her aegis are progressing; if she will list each project by...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to social welfare assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will expedite the claim;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the value of credited PRSI contributions in the context of entitlement to contributory pension on retirement; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of a claim for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with particular...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office expects to make a decision on mortgage interest supplement appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has plans to employ additional staff to deal with the backlog of applications in the appeals office; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an appeal for the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse back to school clothing and footwear allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 213 of 8 November 2011, if she will expedite and approve an application for rent allowance now under...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that have been made to facilitate and encourage the participation of persons with a disability in the national internship...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions on State boards and agencies under her aegis which she has advertised in the past seven months; the number of...
    • Public Services Card
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a system of biometric ID cards for persons claiming social welfare; if they are to be introduced, the security...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34555/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a payment for rent supplement was stopped in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of her constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that has been expended on child benefit in each year from 2000 to date in 2011; the number of children in respect of whom these...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite this matter....
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 2 November 2011, if she will issue payment immediately to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of entitlement to contributory pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be heard in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, from the start of 2010 to date, of the percentage of applications for carer's allowance that have been...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on preserving and maintaining the listed buildings known as Blake's or Linnane's Corner in Ennistymon, County...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons licensed to shoot deer; when the deer shooting season begins and ends; if he will confirm on a county...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each...
    • Museum Projects
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider contacting and offering support to the Balbriggan Maritime Museum (details supplied) in County Dublin....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Departmental Grants
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of grant aid approved for an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick for the years 2005, 2006, 2007,...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he can advise on the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the management of accounts; and if he...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • State Bodies
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the chief executive of Ordnance Survey Ireland has agreed to repay the several thousand euros overpaid to...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the energy poverty strategy will be published. [33987/11]
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all rivers in County Donegal that are closed to anglers; the length of time of each closure; if...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include water harvesting in the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to practices (details supplied) within the mobile telephone industry; if he is...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an environmental impact assessment was carried out in Broadhaven Bay and Sruwaddacon Bay in County Mayo; and...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on...
    • National Broadband Scheme
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the take up by subscribers to the national broadband scheme in view of the fact that the anticipated number...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of profit made by ESB Electric Ireland for each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems posed by puppy farms here; his plans to tackle these farms;...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the increased footfall in persons hill walking and walking in general in the countryside here, if...
    • National Homelessness Strategy
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units provided this year for persons who were previously on local authority homeless...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the name, position and a breakdown of the retirement packages for all local authority city and county...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a single charge or discount on the non-principal private residence tax for sub...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish a climate change Bill. [34054/11]
    • Ferry Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Northern Ireland agencies and his Northern Ireland counterpart in attempting to...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any grant aid available for community and voluntary organisations to help them comply with the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be approved in respect of a scheme (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis is progressing; if he...
    • Rural Development
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being put in place to allow local authorities to co-fund projects with the Leader programme....
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the referendum commission in respect of the 30th...
    • Public Contracts
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of all public contracts awarded in 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [34272/11]
    • Hazardous Waste
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research undertaken to determine if incinerator bottom ash is classified as hazardous or non-hazardous....
    • Building Regulations
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of recent examples of bad practice, if he intends to bring in legislation to introduce robust...
    • Fire Services
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of section 23s served by the 37 fire...
    • Waste Management
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding recyclable goods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34364/11]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding establishing a comprehensive investigation into the various planning practices from 1999...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 22 June 2010, if other forms of photo identification (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 18 October 2011, in which he stated that he would meet the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he intends to transpose into law Article 17 of the Aarhus Convention; and if he will amend the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an environmental impact assessment was carried out in Broadhaven Bay and Sruwaddacon Bay in County Mayo;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin have been waiting for more than a year to receive their...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise that if a local authority tenant hands back their house to the council because of serious...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he received an application from New Ross Town Council to fill a full-time traffic warden...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the projects previously grant approved through RAPID funding will be allowed to proceed; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will advance the Rathowen sewerage scheme, County Westmeath. [34647/11]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 8 November 2011, if he will confirm that a local authority that...
    • Building Control Act (1 comment)
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Building Control Act 2007 has created a situation...
    • Social Housing
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the age of 55 years or above is an appropriate age to be deemed eligible for senior...
    • Rented Dwellings Register
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a certification scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a statutory deposit protection scheme that provides protection to tenants in the event...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in a situation in which a property management company has gone into liquidation but the housing estate has...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the Twenty-ninth Amendment to the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals registered here in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for regularisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Garda vetting procedure; the waiting time for such reports to be evaluated; the number on such waiting...
    • Courts Service
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm a date when the Courts Service offices in Drogheda, County Louth, will relocate to alternative accommodation in the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of posts in an Garda Síochána that have not been filled following retirements as a consequence of the public sector...
    • Illegal Trespass
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a legal loophole; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide up to date statistics on the numbers of crimes reported to the County Limerick Garda districts of Askeaton, Bruff...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when free legal aid will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Courts Service
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the business of summons serving is not subject to any form of regulation; his views...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on literacy policies in our prison service; the penal institutions that currently have formal literacy...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum length of time that blood and urine samples from a deceased person can be held by the gardaí before they are submitted to...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm whether Grenagh and Rathduff Garda station, County Cork is to be closed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policing measures to be put in place to cope with the perceived increasing level of crime in Grenagh and Rathduff, County Cork; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for refusal of a permanent residency card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 177 of 5 October 2011, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a transfer to alternative accommodation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will defer the decision pending or taken in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when more favourable consideration will be given in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria under which Bosnian citizens who have relations here admitted to the country as programme refugees may attain a visa to...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for garda stations in County Cork; his plans to amend opening times; his plans to protect rural residents; and if he will...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and prosecutions of proprietors of premises selling psychoactive products, head shops, have been taken in the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of local authority housing are taken into consideration by An Garda Síochána when utilising the Garda...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí have supplied all the information requested by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in respect of the complaint...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of transporting members of the prison population from prison to hospitals for cosmetic procedures in the years 2007, 2008,...
    • Family Law Proceedings (1 comment)
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is party to family law proceedings is in breach of the[i] in camera[/i] rule if they report the giving of false...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles that are attached to each Garda station in the Longford Westmeath district; and the number of Garda...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is true that jobs from his Department based in Killarney, County Kerry are being moved to another county; if so, the number of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Forensic Science Laboratory has found grit weed contamination in samples of cannabis seized in recent times; if he will make...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost to the State for the Garda presence for the Corrib gas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if when a garda takes up a new post within the public sector on retirement from An Garda Síochána they must rescind their Garda...
    • Surrogacy Issues
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on establishing protocols for couples embarking on having children by surrogacy abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Identity Cards
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda age ID cards issued for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the average time to process the Garda...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently in the Garda air support unit by rank; the number of civilians by grade in the unit; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent political developments in Libya, if he will provide details of the procedure which apply to Libyan nationals applying...
    • Traffic Fines
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, by county, for the period of October 2010 to October 2011 of the amount of money accrued from fines...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in regard to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the refusal of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a former naval serviceman (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34082/11]
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by Department in...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the delays in clearing applicants for the Reserve Defence Force; the reason for such a delay; and when will new...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a case (details supplied); if he will have the case reviewed; the position regarding the change of information in relation to the upper...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of applications...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details in regard to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies registered outside the State in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that farmers do not have their area aid payments cut in view of the fact that they are finding it...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any board member or member of the management team at Horse Sport Ireland is in receipt of a pension from another State...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to board members of Horse Sport Ireland on a yearly basis since 2006 in tabular form; the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis is progressing; if he will list each...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their headage, single farm payment and agri-environment option...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he strongly advocated recently at a Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security debate on 19 January...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been paid their final quarter REP scheme payment for 2010;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a recent High Court decision in regard to a marine transport company (details supplied) indicates that the system of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a sheep fencing grant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce by a serious cull the number of deer here at present in view of the increase in TB (details supplied);...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment in respect of agri-environment option scheme has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the words to ban fur farming have been removed from the explanatory memorandum accompanying the Animal Health...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34535/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment and headage payment; and if he will...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-open the young farmers installation aid programme to allow for those applicants that were completed or close...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a forest roadway grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be concluded as a matter of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing fines and offence notices issued to boats operating out of Dublin-based ports for the years 2007 to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when both single farm payments and disadvantaged area payments will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Abuse
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Raphoe report into child abuse to be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34515/11]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will clarify a query regarding inter- country adoption (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Children in Care
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in ensuring that all children leaving State care who require aftercare support receive same. [33988/11]
    • Constitutional Amendment on Children
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her strategy for communicating with the public in advance of the running of the proposed children's referendum in order to ensure...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is currently accepting new applications for the childcare education and training support programme; her plans for the...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Croke Park Agreement projects that each State agency under her aegis is progressing; if she will list each project...
    • Children in Care
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children with multiple entries into care, by Health Service Executive region. [34324/11]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available for perspective Irish parents who are looking to adopt children; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Adoption Statistics
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families in County Meath with adopted children. [34348/11]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of positions on State boards and agencies under her aegis which she has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is giving consideration to bringing county child care committees under the direct remit of her Department; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of her constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers currently employed in Dublin; the number employed in Dublin for the years 2007 to 2010 inclusive;...
    • Youth Services
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money that has been allocated to the running of Gaisce - the President's Award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011;...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the ability of Irish parents to adopt children from the State of Florida; the number of adoption...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the details of applications made for appointments by the Health Information Quality Authority from 1 January 2010 to 29 September 2010; the reasons...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34338/11]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a mobility allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [34740/11]
    • Health Service Building Projects
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the Corduff Health Centre, Dublin; and the timeframe for delivery. [33981/11]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate an exemption to the public sector recruitment ban to fill vacated posts in speech and language therapy in the Dublin North West...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that the services of an organisation (details supplied) will not be further threatened by cuts to its funding in budget 2012, in...
    • Dental Treatment Services Scheme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatment services scheme budget allocation for each year since 1994. [34035/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders in the State for each year since 1994. [34037/11]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the ambulance service for counties Laois and Offaly, in view of the fact that there is often only one ambulance to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health the location and number of properties owned and rented by the Health Service Executive in Cork city and county, and in the case of rented properties...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health the level of consultation with actual parents or children on the design or, more important, the location of the proposed national children's...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by Department in...
    • Residential Health Care Facilities
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been furnished with a list by the Health Service Executive of residential health care facilities deemed to be inadequate for structural...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide detailed plans, including a timeline for the closure of accident and emergency at Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; the level...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the implementation group on universal health insurance, including the timing for reporting back and the expected date for...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Osteoporosis Society did not receive its annual funding from the Health Service Executive in view of the fact that it is the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to release all available trial vaccination records of children immunised in mother and baby homes; if he will immediately...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the person will continue to be...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the fair care scheme, where a person has been approved for the scheme, if it is the case that the funding must be used within three...
    • Health Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health his strategy in relation to front line services for victims of domestic abuse in County Laois; the funding provided to them in 2010 and 2011; if same...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding healthy food labelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34259/11]
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a primary care centre in Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will provide details on the current status of this plan [34273/11]
    • Hospice Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on St. Francis Hospice in Dublin 15; and when it is likely to be fully operational and open to serve patients in need of palliative...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34300/11]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme; if a person who has been in long-term care under the Health Service Executive for a number of years...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath and County Louth included on intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability strategy for the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific details of a service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34320/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide full details of the amounts paid to chief executive officers of hospitals who resigned, retired or were sacked over the past five...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the valuation the Health Service Executive put on the primary health care centre in Buncrana, County Donegal, currently for sale on the open market;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been spent on cosmetic procedures for members of the prison population in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the issuing of two contracts has been delayed in spite of formal job offers having been made (details supplied); and when these contracts...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing a community nursing unit to replace St. Brigid's Ward at St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford city; if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a medical card application and application under the long-term illness scheme in respect of persons (details...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a ban on below-cost selling of alcohol along the lines of similar actions taken in Great Britain; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of applications...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time consultant orthodontist will be appointed for County Laois; and the steps being taken to address the waiting lists for treatment and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which someone may be awarded a medical card due to exceptional and regular medical treatment or visits to the doctor even if...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a motorised transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay...
    • Private Health Insurance
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that hold private health insurance; and the percentage of the population this represents. [34583/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if it is necessary to sign a ministerial order for orthopaedic services to be transferred from St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital to South Infirmary...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the wards and theatres that will be vacant following the transfer of patients from St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork, to...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health if the staff who transfer from St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork, will remain employees of the Health Service Executive or if they will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will now be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [34601/11]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health in, view of the ageing population and the requirements and challenges associated with providing long-term care for our ageing population, whether he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health when a reply (details supplied) will issue regarding a person who is being denied a medical card because they are under 25 years of age and,...
    • Community Care
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply all information, correspondence, reports and other documentation regarding the decision to close Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit,...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the facts of a matter concerning a health care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take action to resolve...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there are only 47 beds in the whole of the Iveragh peninsula area of County Kerry and with a growing elderly population and...
    • Health Services
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current issues relating to the provision of services and matters that need to be examined in respect of a facility (details supplied)....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the positions that have been filled in the Health Service Executive in Dublin since the recruitment pause in July 2011 as exceptions to address...
    • Health Services
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve chiropody services in the community care area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/11]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps being taken to alleviate overcrowding at the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded by the Health Service Executive and his Department to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is to be 972 car parking spaces allocated to the proposed national paediatric hospital at the Mater site in Dublin,...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the capital funding for the replacement facilities necessary to complete the closure of St Finan's Hospital, Killarney, County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his response to issues raised in an e-mail from a person (details supplied); when he will be able to assist; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health when the position of chief dental officer will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34792/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose application to move from a family to an individual medical card was...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [34795/11]
    • Nursing Home Closure
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home (details supplied). [34796/11]
    • Home Help Service
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that were available in County Meath in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Grant Payments
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/11]
    • Road Network
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant emergency funding for maintenance of local authority road network in County Kerry, which have deteriorated due...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to refurbish and extend Dunmanway swimming pool, County Cork; when the project will be...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the opening of Hansfield train station, Dublin; and when construction of the required link road will...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for local tourism forums to conduct research to help their local tourism industry; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding road improvement works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the...
    • Road Network
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the intra-urban road link Objective T2.12 linking the junction of Burton...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list and provide details of all of the available funding streams for community-based tourism initiatives supported...
    • Rail Services
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to changing the fare structure on the Dundalk - Drogheda - Dublin train line to accommodate new...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital project contracts awarded to companies...
    • Road Network
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of professional indemnity insurance that the consultants who produced the traffic forecasts on the M3 have; and if...

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