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Written Answers — School Works Scheme: School Works Scheme (25 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the funding limits on school building devolved grants in view of the experience of many schools that the amount does not cover the actual cost of the works required and local fund-raising has to make up the balance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19891/06]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (30 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has undertaken a feasibility study on the possibility of converting the recently closed sugar plants in Carlow and Mallow for biofuel production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20635/06]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (30 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent comments by Mr. David Hanson MP, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office regarding the future position of the ESB in the all-island market will affect the development of plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/06]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (30 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Section 4 of the Courts and Courts Officers Act 1995, vesting the powers, jurisdiction and functions of the Court of Criminal Appeal in the Supreme Court, has not been commenced; if the prior consultation with the Chief Justice and President of the High Court envisaged by Section 1 of that Act has taken place;...

Written Answers — National Conference Centre: National Conference Centre (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the development of the National Conference Centre; when he expects to be able to bring the matter to Government; if he still expects construction of the new centre to commence in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21019/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the president of the Human Rights Commission, Dr. Maurice Manning, in which he expressed concern that bodies voted in existence by the Houses of the Oireachtas faced endless frustration in getting resources to do the jobs they were given; if, in particular, he noted Dr. Manning's...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific staff posts and grades in respect of which his approval was sought by the Garda Ombudsman Commission, in order to allow the Commission to begin recruitment of staff; the number of posts and grades in respect of which his approval was granted; the number in respect of which permission had been refused; the number in respect of which...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in each prison in each year since 2000 who have been directed by the court to undergo anger management therapy, who have been offered anger management therapy and have availed of such treatment; the number of prisons in which such therapy is available; if anger management therapy was made available...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the major hospital building projects which are in the planning pipeline; the stage each has reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21322/06]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of approximately 20 per cent and that it is associated with a higher risk of permanent neurological damage such as deafness and epilepsy; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that many countries around the world...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to a work permit application for a person (details supplied), account was taken by his Department of the fact that, despite exhaustive efforts including repeated and prolonged advertising and assistance from FÁS, it has proved impossible to recruit a suitably qualified Irish, EEA national or non-EEA...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to the visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) which is the subject of a review by his Department under the scheme of family reunification, he will ensure that a review decision is made. [21368/06]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has an enrolment quota of 270 pupils for 2006; if, in the event that this quota is not fully taken up by applicants from the school's catchment area, the school will be permitted to enrol, up to the quota limit, applicants who reside outside the catchment area;...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need for another airport in Leinster to act as a counter-balance in terms of environmental concerns, traffic, competition and so on to Dublin Airport. [21989/06]

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport the input his Department has into the improvement of Garda road collision report data; if better information will be collected on foreign drivers, left-hand drive vehicles, novice drivers and so on; and the reason there is no continuous data available on the number of provisional drivers involved in collisions when such information is collected...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an adequate compensation package is available to sugar beet farmers forced out of beet production; the measures she has taken to provide for farmers affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21788/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made for a residency permit to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [21761/06]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Code: Garda Disciplinary Code (8 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for a new Garda disciplinary code in view of the serious concerns expressed by Mr. Justice Morris in regard to the deterioration of discipline and good order that he found in regard to the Gardaí in Donegal; when it is expected that the code will be published; when it will be in operation; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Environmental Management: Environmental Management (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to halt the decline in Ireland's biodiversity by the 2010 target date; and if he intends to initiate new approaches to environmental management. [22489/06]

Written Answers — Species Action Plans: Species Action Plans (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to curb the population of the grey squirrel, which is a threat to the native smaller red squirrel and to many songbirds; and his views on initiating a contraceptive programme for the grey squirrel as has been done in other countries. [22488/06]