Written answers

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Petrochemical Embargo
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the progress the EU has made in relation to its sanctions on Iran; if negotiations have been ongoing...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation or otherwise communicated to the Russian Government...
    • Economic Partnership Agreements
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact that existing European Union trade policies are having on...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 29 March 2012, the steps he has taken to assist with tracing the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will allocate humanitarian assistance to the 165,000 Saharuis living in the refugee camps in Algeria; if he...
    • Election Observation Missions
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action, in conjunction with the European External Action Services, he has taken in relation to elections in...
    • Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has developed any plans for informal inter state dialogue within the OSCE over the course of 2012 based on the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish role in the UN observer mission in Syria; the future plans for the force; the timeline for its full...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his commitment to reducing hunger in the global south is compatible with his efforts to promote the sale of Irish...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the Bahraini authorities should drop politically motivated criminal charges against Nabeel...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made to date in securing an agreement with the Vatican regarding the use of the Irish embassy to...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is being held at Maghaberry Prison,...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is a prudent time for him to write a letter to President Obama asking him to do something for the undocumented...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the enterprise development activity of each embassy and consular office abroad in the past 12...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of staff in our embassies abroad in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; their...
    • International Agreements
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for implementing the national action plan on UNSCR1325, 2011-2014 since its launch in November last year,...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his involvement, if any, in relation to the conditions at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim, in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he will be urging Indonesia to adopt specific measures to ensure religious freedom, free expression, and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed by multinational corporations; the number of persons employed by small and medium size enterprises; the number of persons...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide a comparison of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Summits
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be attending the NATO Summit in Chicago on 20 and 21 May 2012; the purpose of his attendance; if it has...
    • European Union Budget
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the overall size of the European Community budget; his views on whether it should be increased; the way...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if it is intended to legislate for article 20 of the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is his intention to formally redesignate as opposed to temporarily designate the Villa Spada as the Irish...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding renewal of passports in respect of children (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24937/12]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is his intention that Ireland, through Irish Aid, will use every opportunity our aid programme presents to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department officials have been in contact with the French Government recently; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department works with other Departments to support efforts to develop mutual understanding trust and...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with any of the other European leaders recently regarding the EU Fiscal Compact treaty;...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department will be playing during Ireland's presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way China is addressing concerns regarding human rights; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the ongoing situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19793/12]
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has attended meetings at which the worldirish.com web site venture was discussed; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that the human rights of persons (details supplied) all of whom are detained in Miami, Florida,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to...
    • Child Abduction
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with a person (details supplied) who is a victim of international child abduction; if his...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012;...
    • Judicial Reviews
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to raise the question of a review or pardon of Mr. Leonard Peltier's case with the American...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ambassador to South Africa has presented his credentials in Zimbabwe; and if so, if he has made any...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the embassy in Moscow received an invitation to attend a meeting with the Kazak adoption authority regarding the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to engage with non-governmental organizations with a view to ensuring that aid is...
    • Trade Strategy
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading opportunities continue to be established at various locations; the extent to which...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and/or UN or other global organisations have examined the issues of human rights abuses...
    • Western Balkans Issues
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he directly and together with his EU and UN colleagues remain focused on any issues arising in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, together with his colleagues in the international community continues to focus on the top...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the seed capital scheme for starting small business; the take up rate of same; if he will give an example of the way the scheme...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms upon which the National Assets Management Agency has provided the short-term funding to meet the Anglo promissory note payment due on 31...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he expects Bank of Ireland to refinance the Anglo promissory note that was temporarily met by the National Assets Management...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an analysis of the 10,000 residential properties that the National Assets Management Agency says are associated with its loans,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if it might be proposed to review the provision whereby family members employed in a family business are taxed at a higher level than non-family...
    • Tax Code
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if any economic impact assessment has been carried out by him into the introduction of a possible financial transaction tax here either...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the estimate of (details supplied) that savings to the Exchequer €257m could be achieved by 2013 by applying a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24936/12]
    • Derivatives Market
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the total market for over the counter trades in derivatives, and structured financial products in Ireland in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxes, levies, charges or stamp duties that currently apply to transactions involving financial instruments, such as bonds, shares, securities,...
    • International Agreements
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the work of his Department in seeking to deal with the extra-territorial effects of United States Foreign Account Tax...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding section 71 of the Finance Bill 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/12]
    • European Stability Mechanism
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent request from the OECD for the extension of Europe's firewall beyond the €700 billion acceptable to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount that could be raised annually for the Exchequer if a wealth tax following the model of Switzerland,...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the National Assets Management Agency and if necessary amend the NAMA Act to ensure that any sale of NAMA controlled property is...
    • National Debt
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 203 of 1 May 2012 regarding analysis showing that compliance with the structural deficit target as set out in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a P45 has not been issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has ceased employment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of cash reserves and all other investments held by the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Pension Reserve Fund at the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT for small businesses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25228/12]
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax reliefs are available for sportspersons upon retirement; the way in which these tax reliefs work; the sporting professions that are...
    • Tax Code
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the change to civil partnership legislation has affected cohabiting couples who are seeking to share tax credits when one is working and the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide a comparison...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the academic qualifications and relevant training of the officials that were responsible for negotiating the Irish programme with the...
    • Banking Sector Credit Provision
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of lending to small and medium enterprises that was new loans and the level that were additional funding for 2011. [25428/12]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received representation on the illicit tobacco trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25433/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions that his officials have been lobbied by entities registered in the Irish Financial Service Centre with respect to...
    • International Taxation Agreements
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that Ireland currently is a party to 63 double tax treaties, he will explain the way and the reason a State approaches...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25511/12]
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the interest rate on any lending from the European Stability Mechanism will be calculated pursuant to Article 20 of the ESM...
    • Departmental Consultancy Contracts
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible for mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/12]
    • Late Payment of Taxes
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the rate of interest charged by the Revenue Commissioners to business owners that are in arrears of payment of tax; his views on...
    • Departmental Consultancy Contracts
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by the Revenue Commissioners in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of consultants engaged by...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Irish League of Credit Unions recently; if he has discussed their latest income tracking research with any officials; and if...
    • General Government Debt
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken to Mr Olli Rehn following his recent supportive comments on easing Ireland's burden of debt; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has attended meetings recently at which banking regulation was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/12]
    • European Council
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has received any requests regarding supporting any particular candidates for the position of Chair of the Eurogroup...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Fiscal Advisory Council met last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/12]
    • European Banking Sector
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the IMF's belief that European banks will shrink further as outlined in their Global Financial Stability Report; and if he will make a...
    • Market Volatility
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the volatility in the markets following various political developments in Netherlands, France and Germany; if the Fiscal treaty...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials met with the Troika when it visited Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21310/12]
    • Banking Sector
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he has had with representatives from the banking sector recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23753/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is liable for stamp duty;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25609/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other European leaders in relation to the issue of the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note since 31 March. [21606/12]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a FÁS training allowance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any correspondence with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to amalgamation; and the number of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any supports in place to assist boards of management in identifying and subsequently recruiting new students for a school;...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial incentives and so on for capitation grants, teacher support given towards the amalgamation of schools....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assure primary schools that the current student/teacher ratio will remain a constant of any set period of time, in view of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on the next stage of the prefab replacement programme regarding schools that were originally approved under...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the prefab replacement programme; and if he will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the policy in relation to Gaelscoileanna; and if so, the policy changes that this might include; and if he will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24905/12]
    • State Examinations
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24914/12]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the rationale behind the decision to withdraw a concessionary post from a DEIS school (details supplied); if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24934/12]
    • School Patronage
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a decision to be taken on the patronage of the new secondary school in Ashbourne, County Meath, to be taken; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the necessary funding for the construction of an extension to a college (details supplied) in County Galway. [25008/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in teaching posts in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 and 12 which are being...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is true that a new commissioned research paper for the NCCA on a new common integrated language curriculum for primary schools...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons teaching experience abroad is not recognised here which would allow teachers to be included on the supplementary panel; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he ensures that the remote area boarding grant, when not paid to a boarding school but to a household providing digs...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SOLAS authority will be established; if he will confirm the projected budget for SOLAS to be spent by his Department this...
    • State Examinations
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the changes to the procedures whereby a student can obtain exemptions when sitting their leaving certificate or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as part of the initiative Education Programme for Children with Autism which is taking...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a college (details supplied) was not included on the schools capital projects list, in view of the fact that a new school...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing third level maintenance guidelines to allow persons to pursue a second course of study at the same level...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a landscaping course (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [25451/12]
    • School Transport
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that in the post primary school transport scheme for the academic year of 2012/2013, the eligibility...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the exclusion of a new building extension at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan in the most recent school...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is attending a course labelled as full-time in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Laois will be allowed retain its four teachers in view of the number of pupils in this school;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to provide permanent school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; his views that the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under circular 0012/2012; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • EU Funding
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of EU structural funds to Ireland that remain unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25076/12]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will exempt MRSA suffers from the costs of Section 7 requests under the Freedom of Information Acts; and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any pension entitlements are accruable to those civil and public servants that have re-entered employment with the civil...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24941/12]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the sale of the National Lottery, if it is his intention to introduce a duty tax on the lottery money. [25090/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of public servants after 1st March 2012 that earn the following salaries, less than...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to make public any policy, legislative and/or financial issues that may need to be addressed with regards to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Regional Development
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the reconfiguration of Shannon Development these reforms which would oversee the agency take on the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Graduate Support Schemes
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/12]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take in relation to jobs under threat (details supplied) [25096/12]
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will legislate for unregulated liquidation sales which are taking place across the country every weekend and are...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the high levels of unemployment in south Tipperary, the number of visits to County Tipperary facilitated by the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he...
    • Trade Relations
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any issues in relation to Shannon Airport or to the Shannon Free Zone including potential future investments were...
    • International Agreements
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if in view of the fact that Uruguay has ratified the ILO convention 189, if he will consider ensuring that Ireland ratifies...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the number of visits Industrial Development Authority Ireland made to County Kerry with industrialists...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to concerns raised by staff in a company (details supplied) which is moving 300 jobs from Leopardstown,...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on illness benefit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if FÁS schemes completed prior to 2000 are taken into account when assessing eligibility for community employment schemes in 2012; and if...
    • Live Register
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of young teaching graduates that are unemployed at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25045/12]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date on the establishment of the independent mortgage advisory function recommended in the Keane Report on mortgage...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for domiciliary care allowance will be granted in respect of a person(details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the effect on the availability of accommodation to rent supplement recipients in the single person...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that entered community employment schemes having been made redundant from a company (details supplied); the number...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to recruit graduates into her Department this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24942/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person's (details supplied) application for domiciliary care allowance has been disallowed; the steps they can take to get a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress of the review of community employment schemes which was initiated at the beginning of 2012;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to extend the higher rent supplement limit for north Wicklow to include Kilcoole as rents in this area are the same...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24997/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a public office at which the community welfare officer can deal with enquiries can be provided at Naas, County Kildare in view...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of an application for disability allowance appeal and invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding approval of one parent family allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when disability allowance will be paid or invalidity pension in the event of the latter being more appropriate in view of the fact that...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who made an application for carer's allowance in October 2011 and submitted...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if same will be expedited;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has there been changes in the way, or the person, who makes the decision in relation to the sanction of additional discretionary...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of teachers who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit. [25086/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a respite care grant or part thereof, will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the appeal for back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in her Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25247/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the change to civil partnership legislation has affected the means testing of people for job seeker's allowance who are cohabiting...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [25278/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [25304/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [25306/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for statutory redundancy. [25307/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [25308/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [25312/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance. [25320/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [25323/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [25329/12]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if she will provide a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will again be eligible for community employment when they reach 55 years old; the payments...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25443/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of the 8 of May 2012, if the medical assessors of her Department are satisfied that they are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance application review in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, with regard to recent cuts or changes to supports affecting lone parents, she will list all such cuts or changes that have been...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time it takes to process an application for invalidity payments. [25464/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in County Clare that have availed of or have been awarded to date a discretionary increase in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay issuing payment with regard to appeals applications where the appeal has been granted as in the case of a person...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an on line claim for redundancy payments will be processed and awarded to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited; and if she will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rebate payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25512/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 440: 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 Mayo; if same will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will expedite the...
    • Employment Action Plan
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemption in relation to the qualifying criteria for Tus schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25680/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24930/12]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure the protection of numbers 3 to 8 Hume Street, Dublin 2, a Georgian terrace, in view of its...
    • National Census
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if provision was made in the contracts for digitising the 1901 and 1911 census for corrections to be made as they are...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Statutory Instrument Number 576 of 2005 in respect of an area (details supplied) in County Laois has been amended or...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he...
    • National Monuments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the management of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains; if his attention has been drawn to damage being caused on...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Number 287 of 8 November, 2011, when the person involved will receive their payment; the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on which licences ceased to be issued in 2008 for eel fishing on lakes here; if any compensation was...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will support the publication of all relevant documents related to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the implementation of Statutory Instrument 336 2011, the reasons Ireland chose the opt in rather...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when high-speed broadband is rolled out to secondary schools in County Galway, will it also be available in the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of a fish counter on the River Fergus, Ennis, County Clare; and if he will...
    • Postal Services
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedures to be followed by his Department or An Post in relation to changing the postal addresses of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if eel fishing licences will be issued following the review of the eel fishing ban which is due next month; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, with respect to the payment of corporation tax by operators of oil and gas fields in Irish territory under...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects TV3 to make a decision on the carriage of the Saorstat service; the contract that has been made...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the recently published IMF working paper, The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology,...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request an independent environmental assessment of the impact of drilling in Dublin Bay by a...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any regulations are in place to deal with the issue of sheep worrying; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of completed transactions under the mortgage to rent schemes recommended in the Keane Report on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the par value of loans that have been transferred by the 34 local...
    • Local Authority Loans
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which consideration can be given to the introduction of a loan scheme to facilitate first-time...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration he has given to the effect of the implementation of Articles 6 and 7 of statutory...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the National Assets Management Agency related housing units to be transferred...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the introduction of a deposit retention scheme whereby a third party, perhaps a public...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all requests and notifications made to Dublin City Council informing of the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any progress has been made in relation to a foreshore licence application in respect of a club (details...
    • Water Charges
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons will be able to pay up front for their water meters; and if so, will they then not have to pay...
    • Water Services
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will issue on an application for funding by Cork County Council (details supplied); if he...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an amnesty on the non-principal private residence penalties in view of the number of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding internal reviews into planning matters in seven local authorities that he announced...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application by Dublin City Council travellers accommodation unit in respect of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the long delays on decisions that are occurring with An Board Pleanála...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made on an application for a foreshore licence in respect of a club (details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average time for persons to be housed in social housing in east Cork; his views that it is acceptable...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the Dormant Accounts fund, in view of the evaluation (details supplied) carried out by the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to offer a direct debit facility as an option for payments of the annual charge on Non...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if certain types of investments should be outside of [i]de minimis[/i] ruling, for example, conservation...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce rent to buy schemes in the current market in view of the abundance of houses...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the number of community representatives on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority has been...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation in respect of rental accommodation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers...
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 502: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir leis an iarratas a rinneadh faoin gClár LEADER roimh leachtú Mheitheal Forbartha...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Registration of Title
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to Parliamentary Question No 185 of 26 April 2012 the Property Registration Authority will issue a report explaining the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Force; the restrictions on recruitment imposed by the bailout agreement; when he anticipates the next...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in order to regularise residency naturalisation entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that he intends to second clerical officer(s), executive officer(s) and higher executive officers to the permanent...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the fraud at the National Educational Welfare Board 2003 to 2005 was not investigated by the Garda Bureau of Fraud...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/12]
    • Control of Firearms
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the growth in the use of jamming devices to neutralise the effectiveness of alarms supported by a GSM mobile telephone...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Office of Tobacco Control take in ensuring that counterfeit and illegal cigarettes do not make it to street markets; if...
    • Courts Service
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is an increase in certain court fees, the tenth such increase since 1983 but no increase in summary judgement costs in...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider enacting Section 9, 1A.a, of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in order to prevent further delays of a legislative...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Dublin Declaration on judicial appointments; when he expects a review on this matter to be complete; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes that will be made to the operation of Malahide Garda Station, County Dublin, now that it will not remain open 24 hours, in...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the introduction of legislation to afford statutory recognition to Irish sign language; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Disability Strategy
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale within which Ireland will ratify and fully implement the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda patrol car will be restored to a town (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this matter will be given urgent...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the current powers of the Garda Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25140/12]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission an independent review of the direct provision system for asylum seekers to include the appropriateness of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he...
    • Courts Service (1 comment)
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 21 June 2011, if he will confirm that the 202 applications granted in 2009 and the 165...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for naturalisation. [25342/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when they will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the final report from An Garda Síochána in response to his request for information regarding the circumstances...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding offences under Section 44 of the Private Securities Services Act, 2004 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24933/12]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of military installations closed, decommissioned and or disposed of in the past 15 years; the total funds realised from any such...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military training and upgrading of equipment continues to be updated and renewed in line with modern requirements; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women in the Army, Navy and Air Corps has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made for transfer entitlements for 12.69 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reform and reorganise the membership of the management advisory committee within his Department to provide...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty was imposed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to their single...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1075 of 18 April 2012, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to move any personnel within his Department in Connacht in view of the fact that a number of...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on banning the sale of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/12]
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to resume the growing of sugar beet for the production of sugar; the supports available to farmers...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Coillte Peoples Millennium Forest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept that compensation from his Department is due to the person (details supplied) in County Laois in view of...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for milk quota new entrant will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • EU Funding
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of EU farm payments, excluding grants, per farmer that have been cut since 2008 on a county basis. [25163/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their suckler cow scheme payment; and if he will...
    • Live Exports
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the certification system for exporting cattle from Gort Mart, County Galway, has been removed; if his attention...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal on medical ground for disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to introduce much greater redistribution and fairness in the way Common Agricultural Policy...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the procedure for 2012...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross annual salary costs for his private and constituency offices at present; the same figures for this time in 2011;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri environment options scheme payment for 2011; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of expenditure on out sourcing by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of out sourcing...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the implementation of the changes introduced last year to the TB eradication programme; in view of the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the regulations under the milk quota trading scheme whereby 30% must go into a priority pool; and if he...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Abuse
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding concerns arising from the Mandatory Reporting Bill and Children First...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agencies funded by the Health Service Executive and its agencies in adoption and tracing information; the names of...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to childcare training and education support is forcing creches to close in...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to receive the report from the Adoption Authority following the delegation's visit to Ethiopia in early April;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to recruit graduates into her Department this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24931/12]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding arrangements between this country and Vietnam for inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the 11600 missing child phone number; the timeline for set up and operation of the line; and if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions that exist, to ensure that children with special needs can avail of their full entitlement to the early childhood...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when we expect the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill to reach second stage in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a...
    • Child Protection
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of any pilot areas for out of hours child protection social work services; the length of the pilot...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in her Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she contacted the Health Service Executive to ask the HSE to undertake a review of all the records of people who were...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give a breakdown by care area of the 57 replacement social worker staff approved since January 2012; if she will...
    • Children in Care
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State that have a written care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if social workers and therapy grades continue to be exempted from the moratorium on recruitment and filling of vacancies; and if...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the additional €19 million allocated to child welfare and protection services for 2012 is to be spent; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the decision to take away the 50 week option on the early childcare and education scheme and to impose a five...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is appropriate that an organisation (details supplied) which receives funding under the National...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to set up an agreement with Kazakhstan in order that persons can adopt children from Kazakhstan; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health if he has a strategy in place to tackle youth alcoholism; if his attention has been drawn to the mental health damage being done to children as a...
    • Health Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport assistance for medical appointments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Water Fluoridation Policy
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform Ireland's mandatory policy on water fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Waterford will be given an appointment in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the recent changes in the transport provided for patients from Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, travelling to Dublin hospitals for dialysis; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, by each hospital, the number of patients who have had their operations cancelled or rescheduled since March 2011;...
    • Service for People with Disabilities
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of demographic funding to provide emergency placements and services for school leavers with intellectual disabilities; the same figure for...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if home care grant will be increased or extra home help hours in lieu thereof given their high dependency or alternatively if the availability of a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card was not awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on when a hospital (details supplied) will begin recruiting the new positions; when they will be available in the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if a full capacity protocol remains in operation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; the length of time in which it has been in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each county or if not available each region, the average response times for ambulances in life threatening,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of free general practitioner cover to persons in receipt of long term illness benefit; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24938/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the work of the Expert Group established under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Seán Ryan to advise on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive their orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25011/12]
    • Raw Milk Sales
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health his views on banning the sale of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [25014/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of consultants in public hospitals that are in breach of their contractual obligations with regard to fee-paying clients; the action...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will expect to have an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the dispute between the public consultants and the Health Service Executive in the orthopaedic section of the Mater public hospital,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application is not being processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the...
    • Health Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking up to nine weeks to process optical benefits in County Meath, when the average time in County Kildare is one to two weeks;...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the decision to refuse the motorised transport grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether this is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health if he will re examine the delay in the case of a person (details supplied). [25092/12]
    • Waste Management
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a complaint about rats and other health issues. [25095/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health the policy for hospitals to contact persons with appointments when their appointments have been cancelled or postponed due to contractual issues...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the work of the board charged with developing the new national children's hospital; the full disclosure of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health the reason second and fourth class children in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will not receive dental screening or treatment in the current...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [25113/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been attending St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, for the past six years in view of the fact...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if receipents of Health Amendment Act cards will have access to Telapravir and Bocepravir as part of their treatment scheme [25210/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 619 of 27 March 2012 if the Area Employment Monitoring Group has considered the requirement for dietician posts...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently occupying beds in acute hospitals who are under 65 years and who require nursing home care; the options available...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health Amendment Bill to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health the support that he will give to children with intellectual disabilities (details supplied) who are due to finish school next month; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive admission to COPE foundation's rehabilitative training programme which was recently...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the new Community Hospital for Kenmare, County Kerry, which is under construction; if he will consider putting in...
    • Health Services
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 3 May 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [25331/12]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for a motorised transport grant. [25340/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment in a hospital [25341/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide a comparison...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 386 of 8 May 2012 if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive has selected a site at Ballaghaderreen...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an operation to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly [25437/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding free general practitioner care for sufferers of long term illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information Quality Authority audit tool in respect of the 2009 national standards has regard to 1994 and 1998 biological agents...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to bring the terms and conditions of agency workers in the health service, particularly nurses, in line with those of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a procedure [25469/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Health when the review into the model of care and job descriptions for the recruitment of diabetes nurse specialists and dieticians in Limerick regional...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the appointment of a representative from an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare onto the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health when the funding granted in respect of a residential care unit for older persons (details supplied) in County Meath will be released to allow...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be admitted as a matter of urgency to the National Referral Centre for Neurology in Beaumont...
    • Health Services
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a home care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if any further information is required...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 8 May 2012 (details supplied), if he will intervene in this instance in order to secure a confirmed date...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting times for kidney transplants at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and the specific reasons for the delay of up...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the availability of drugs for the treatment of M.S.; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for cross-departmental cooperation with the Departments of Justice and Equality and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on a range...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive operates a maximum daily quota of incontinence wear in any part of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is to be a south doc doctor based in Youghal, County Cork after office hours; the date on which this will happen; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health the resource implications, in terms of staff, funding, and ancillary support, of implementing the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital, Dublin,...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the investigation he is proposing into whether accident and emergency patients are being moved to in-patient wards when...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driving Licences
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a full driving licence holder is entitled to a tow a trailer on that licence; if that is not the case, if there is a...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that Roscommon County Council has made an application to him for funding in respect of a swimming pool...
    • Road Network
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the smarter travel proposal for the route from Kinvara to Ballinderreen, County Galway; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all road works carried out in the Dublin City Council area; the persons who carried out this work;...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are changes to the flexibility allowed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose eyesight is...
    • Air Services
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a system whereby airlines would have to advertise the actual cost of travelling with them rather than...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his strategy to increase tourism numbers, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fáilte Ireland has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will...
    • Airport Security
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the security risks identified by the EU security audit of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends introducing new regulations this year that will prevent taxi drivers from selling on their taxi plates; if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for a transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases drivers of taxis and hackneys are in some cases given less then...
    • Public Transport
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans the National Transport Authority has for the bus service through Kenstown, County Meath, under its review of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants...

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