Written answers
Tuesday, 10 February 2004
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Presidency
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the agenda, specific papers and reports being presented to the Agenda 133 meetings which are to be held...
- Price Inflation
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the report published by the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs...
- Employment Support Services
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the board of Clare local employment service — LES — to...
- Work Permits
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she intends to take to ease the work permit rules for spouses of persons who are already working...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the findings in the recent annual report of the National Competitiveness...
- EU Directives
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility which have yet to be implemented; the...
- Job Losses
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she intends to take arising from the recent announcement of the loss of 170 jobs at a company...
- EU Regulations
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she is taking to attain the EU target of 57% of women in the labour force by 2005; the measures...
- Industrial Employment
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for the level of industrial employment at the latest date for which figures are available; the way...
- Work Permits
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the criticism made by the former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary...
- Workplace Inspections
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by labour inspectors for each month of 2003; if she has...
- Consumer Protection
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals for a new board to advise the Government on consumer issues and to promote consumers rights; the...
- Migrant Workers
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers here; and if she will make a statement on...
- Employment Support Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she intends to take arising from the warning contained in the FÁS end-of-year review that...
- Job Creation
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs announced during 2003 from new investments or expansion of IDA-backed plants; the...
- Departmental Restructuring
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the proposals produced by the Amicus-MSF trade union for a restructuring of...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the full increase in the minimum wage will take place immediately; and if she will resist calls to defer...
- Work Practices
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the long term strategies she is considering to further the goal of reconciling the demands of work and family...
- Below-Cost Selling
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the issue of below-cost selling and the wisdom or otherwise of a ban. [3726/04]
- Insurance Industry
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to bring insurance costs here into line with competitors with particular reference to motor, fire...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in regard to proposals for decentralisation, a survey has been undertaken to establish the number of...
- Export Licensing
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive phase 2 of the report from economic consultants (details supplied) on export...
- EU Directives
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the application of the electronic commerce directive, especially in view of the fact that 54% of...
- Ministerial Orders
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she intends to make an order under the Consumer Affairs Act to require doctors, dentists and allied...
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to each of the inquiries being carried out by, or on behalf of her Department; the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made to date to achieve the target outlined in the National Anti-Poverty Strategy...
- Carbon Taxes
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations she has received from industrial or commercial concerns regarding the possible...
- Stem-Cell Research
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she intends to take steps during her period as President of the Council of Ministers to deal with the issue...
- Legislative Programme
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she intends to bring forward the promised amendments to legislation to provide for increased penalties...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and level of sanctions which have been applied to companies which have been found to be in breach...
- Groceries Order
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she intends to publish the results of her review of the 1987 groceries order which forbids below cost...
- Insurance Industry
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the recent survey published by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has undertaken an investigation into the lack of competitiveness in the Irish economy which seems to...
- Job Losses
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department during 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003; the steps being taken...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the establishment of a press council or press ombudsman; and if she will make a...
- EU Presidency
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her priorities for the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3784/04]
- Job Creation
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in indigenous enterprises in each of the past five years; the number lost in the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made in relation to the fundamental review of training and employment supports to...
- Ansbacher Accounts
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason she decided not to pursue certain companies for the full costs of the Ansbacher inquiry; if she...
- Job Protection
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she intends to take to counter the growing trend of jobs being transferred to lower cost countries...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position with regard to the consultation with the social partners on proposals to increase penalties for...
- EU Employment Strategy
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the report from the European Employment Task Force which reported in November 2003; and the way...
- EU Directives
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on European Commission proposals to make cross-border mergers more straightforward. [30414/03]
- Labour Market Reviews
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she intends to act on the recommendation contained in the Irish Labour Market Review 2003 that low skilled,...
- EU Presidency
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is the Government's intention to use this State's Presidency of the European Union to improve and...
- Leave Entitlements
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals she has to increase the statutory entitlement to paid holidays or to increase the number of...
- Trade Union Recognition
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will bring forward legislation to enshrine mandatory trade union recognition in law; and if she will...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Trade Statistics
Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which imports and exports between this country and low wage economies have developed in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach if costs can be estimated to determine the State's exposure in regard to those attending the Moriarty tribunal who intend to seek repayment of costs; the plans...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which the money was spent, that...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Losses
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 30 September 2003, the progress she has made to address the job...
- Migrant Workers
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will investigate reports that an outlet (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has during the past year been...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the cost of legal representation will be covered for those giving evidence to investigations being carried...
- Rural Community Scheme
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new rural community scheme will be administered by FÁS; her views on whether the social economy scheme...
- Job Creation
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to job creation and job retention in the north-west region, and Donegal in...
- Work Permits
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit applications processed by her office in the past 12 months; the number which were...
- Export Statistics
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new markets for Irish goods and services which have opened up in the past 12 months; and if she...
- Insurance Industry
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which insurance premiums, including motor and public liability rates, compare now with those of...
- Job Losses
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the finding of a replacement industry at Celbridge, County Kildare, to compensate...
- Industrial Development
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has evaluated the impact of the creation of a high wage economy; and if she will make a statement on...
- Job Losses
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost through relocation or otherwise in the past 12 months; the number of new jobs created...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has provided adequate funding to enable FÁS operate its full programme of activities throughout the...
- Job Losses
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals she and IDA Ireland have to replace jobs in view of recent major job losses in County Kerry; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount which was spent in her Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made regarding the proposed decentralisation to Macroom; the numbers who have volunteered; and if he will make a statement...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be continued; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mayo Landslide
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his Department is negotiating with the Irish Red Cross to make available additional humanitarian aid for those affected by the...
- Milk Quota
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding ten persons who were promised 15,000 gallons of milk quota through the farm managers organisation; when they will...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application under an early retirement from farming scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be processed;...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in his capacity as President of the Council of EU Agriculture Ministers, he will consider bringing forward proposals to ensure that...
- Sheep Quota
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is compensation available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for the premium on 60 sheep considering that their...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the farm retirement scheme is not index-linked; if there is provision under the scheme to index-link this payment; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which...
- Department of Finance
- Houses of the Oireachtas Refurbishment
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made with the provision, and the proposed date of opening, of the Dáil Éireann crèche. [3663/04]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the respondents in Counties Sligo and Leitrim to his Department's decentralisation programme advertised in the national newspapers before Christmas...
- Mayo Landslide
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of allocations to residents and the community as determined by the Red Cross in the case of the Pullathomas landslide in north Mayo in...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the recommendations which have issued from the interdepartmental review group on the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions)...
- Mayo Landslide
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if the OPW is negotiating with the Irish Red Cross to make available additional humanitarian aid for those affected by the landslide in north Mayo...
- Flood Relief
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made towards flood prevention in Clonmel; the likely timetable; and the role of the OPW. [3747/04]
- Tax Code
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for payment of their RCT for October, November and December...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation with regard to the acquisition of a site or building in Killarney, County Kerry, for the proposed decentralisation of the Department of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which the money was...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans in place during Ireland's Presidency of the European Union to highlight the fact that more than 2.6 billion people still live on...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the construction work being carried out by the British Army at Forkhill Barracks, County Armagh, resulting...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding allegations of severe human rights abuses in North Korea; and if information is available on Camp 22 in that State....
- Timber Imports
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to use the Irish Presidency to raise the issue of logging in Burma with both the Burmese Government and the Chinese Government,...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to meet representatives of Burma's SPDC during the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3678/04]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance given by Ireland and Irish organisations in attempting to deal with the crisis of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa; if his attention...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received reports on the reported military incursion into Al Zaytoun, a residential district of Gaza city, killing eight...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which the...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will continue to contribute to the cost of transport to and from St. Patrick's special school, Kells Road, Kilkenny, for a person...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 11 December 2003, if progress has been made in regard to adding to the schedule to the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 2 October 2003, the status of the redevelopment of St. Mary's Hall, Boyle Community...
- School Accommodation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 30 September 2003, if his Department will approve funding for Gaelscoil Longfort, County...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 128 of 2 October 2003, if further information is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 121 of 16 October 2003, if funding will be approved for the construction of a multi-purpose room at...
- Capitation Grants
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students at primary level who are repeating a year during the school year 2003-2004; if primary schools receive the same...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the special education section of his Department will be responding to the request for an extension of home tuition for a person...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a staff survey of those wishing to transfer to Athlone has been completed within the Higher Education Authority; the results of such...
- Staff Transfers
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff and grades which are on the transfer list to Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3608/04]
- Schools Recognition
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is considering the application of permanent status of Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh; when a decision will be made; and if he will...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he intends to pay teachers their increases in salary under the benchmarking process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been acquired for the new post-primary school at Castlegregory, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the new housing developments that have considerably increased the population of Gorey, County...
- Parents' Organisations
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the response of his Department to the review conducted into the issue of State financial support for and recognition of parental...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has met with representatives of St. Joseph's, Gracepark Road, Dublin 9, who are working to advance the proposals of the planning...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the application submitted in 2000 by Aughawillan national school, County Leitrim; when it will be sanctioned; the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of section 7.7 of the higher education grant scheme, an applicant who has a BA qualification with a masters degree and...
- State Examinations
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has satisfied himself with the procedures put in place to introduce the new science syllabus at junior certificate level; and if...
- Science and Technology Funding
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recommendations which have been accepted and the recommendations which have been rejected from within the Oireachtas Committee on...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has been informed that the Garda Síochána has declined to process an application from a school for a vetting check...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a learning support teacher will be provided to Craughwell national school, County Galway, in view of the urgent need for such a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money which was underspent in the schools building programme in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3687/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration which has been given to the accommodation needs of St. Brendan's College, Woodbrook, Bray; the plans he has to meet...
- Departmental Properties
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will decide to provide a right of way to Kerry County Council and a portion of land to a child care group from their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the overcrowded situation at the Church of Ireland school, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, has been examined by his Department...
- School Staffing
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 112 of 29 January 2004, the breakdown of the cost of the employment of substitute teachers in each of the...
- Asbestos Remediation Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the financial and structural problems existing in St. Joseph's secondary school, Charlestown, County...
- School Closures
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will consider meeting the funding needs of a school (details supplied) to ensure that the school will remain open in...
- School Curriculum
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the Arts Council and similar bodies in assisting the delivery of the new music syllabus under the new curriculum of 1999;...
- Inservice Training
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers awaiting training in the new music curriculum and the number of trainers available to deliver the...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the fact that the removal of the requirement to sit a basic music test before entering teacher training has in any way...
- Psychological Service
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available to cater for the referral of pupils for professional counselling outside the school setting. [3864/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in relation to the establishment of a CABAS school for autistic children on the southside of Dublin in...
- Education Consultation Process
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason none of the public meetings in the Your Education System consultation process are taking place in Donegal; and if he will...
- School Transfer Responsibility
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a child remains the responsibility of primary school until they transfer to secondary school; if so, at what point is a child deemed...
- Council for Special Education
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no representative of the Irish National Teachers Organisation is a member of the special educational council; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give consideration to the plans for Coláiste Mhuire in Buttevant, County Cork, in view of the urgent need of accommodation...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give consideration to the appointment of a resource teacher to Clonpriest national school in Youghal, County Cork, with...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give consideration to the plans for Kilcreadan national school in Ladysbridge, County Cork, in view of the urgent need of...
- School Curriculum
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of who was, over the past five years, and who is currently in charge of music inspection in primary schools; the person who...
- Religious Orders Indemnity Scheme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims notified to him pursuant to clause 6(A) of the deed of indemnity dated 5 June 2002, made between him and certain...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the current shortage of places for children with autism in applied behaviour analysis schools; if he has received the...
- Youth Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the inability of Kentstown accordion band of Duleek to gain funds by way of grants from his...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the maximum support and assistance will be given to Enable Ireland school, Sandymount, Dublin 4, in granting a special needs...
- Schools Building Projects.
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Aghina national school, Macroom, County Cork, has not received the go-ahead. [4014/04]
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of all schools in County Kerry which have applied for funding under the summer works scheme. [4038/04]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to provide proper physical education facilities including an indoor PE facility with showers, toilets and changing rooms...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the request of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be expedited for additional educational support for their child as...
- Special Needs Assistants
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason special needs assistants appointed after 1 September 2003 do not receive the same remuneration as assistants appointed prior...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Port Development
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed 52 acre infill in Dublin Bay; and the details of other developments in the...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of funding available towards dredging costs at Buncrana, County Donegal. [3628/04]
- Mayo Landslide
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the report presented recently to Mayo County Council on the recent landslide at...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in Kanturk, Charleville, Millstreet and Newmarket, County Cork. [3732/04]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if Dingle Harbour will be given the same recognition as the other fishing ports, Killybegs, Rossaveel and...
- Electricity Generation
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to open up the power supply sector to competition; and the timescale he envisages for the...
- State Companies
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has for the future of the ESB; and his views on whether the company should be further capitalised...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to a foreshore lease (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Marina Development
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of grants awarded by his Department in regard to the development of marinas for each of the past...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the planning application in relation to Greencastle Harbour has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on a requirement to receive funding under the sports capital programme that the accounts of an applicant be up to date and...
- School Curriculum
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings that have taken place in the past six months between himself and his officials and the Minister for Education...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that his Department has received an application for grant aid under the sports facility programme from an...
- International Agreements
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there has been contact between his Department and the Bulgarian Ministry of Sports and Youth, including discussions in relation to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in...
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive speech therapy services to enable them attend mainstream school. [3570/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available for major works at Millbrook Lawns Health Centre, Dublin 24; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when breast screening is to be in place for women, who in the west and south are at a serious disadvantage in not having breast cancer...
- Hospital Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the public relations and information campaign relating to the report of the National Task Force on Medical Staffing; and if...
- Health Board Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures he has taken to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the measures he proposes to take to assist this person; and...
- National Health Promotion Strategy
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on the recent budget measure which introduces benefit-in-kind taxation for employees, when employers provide free medical check...
- Health Board Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the €11 million divided between all health boards since 2001 is adequate to implement the recommendations made in...
- Diabetes Incidence
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason 50% of all amputations are related to diabetes; and the action he will take regarding this crisis. [3589/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be brought for immediate orthodontic treatment in view of their urgent need for same....
- Hospital Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the use of resources in State and public hospitals by hospital consultants who conduct the business of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a query was sent by the Western Health Board to his Department, concerning blind welfare allowance entitlement policy in...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when cervical screening is to be rolled out; if the €2.5 million was allocated in 2002; if the €1.4 million in 2003 was adequate to...
- Health Board Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive respite payments, and their family will receive the maximum clarification,...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if equitable access regardless of location as a stated objective of the radiotherapy report is in practice a reality for terminally ill...
- Health Board Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for treatment in view of their extenuating circumstances; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the status of St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and of St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, in...
- Medical Cards
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 4 November 2003, if an application for a medical card will be expedited in the name of a...
- Health Board Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, due to the lengthy delay in the publication of two reports dealing with Galway Hospice, one by the hospice itself, and the other by...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be paid under the refund scheme operated through the GMS payments board for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Board Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given the maximum support and assistance when they are released from the Mater...
- Nursing Education
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the proposed four and a half year integrated sick children's-general nursing degree programme; and if his...
- Health Board Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an earlier MRI scan appointment can be made for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has a further six months to wait; and...
- Child Care Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Eastern Regional Health Authority has made funds available to the Northern Area Health Board to allow it to support Our Lady's...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy to provide drug-free treatment facilities for the under-20s as requested...
- Organ Retention
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected date of completion of the Dunne inquiry into organ retention. [3690/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if domiciliary care allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when arrears of the drug refund scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3719/04]
- Hospital Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding to Blanchardstown Hospital is to be cut by €1 million due to inefficiency in throughput of patients and average length of...
- Compensation Scheme
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is his intention to implement the task force findings of March 2003 recommending the setting up of a no-fault compensation scheme...
- Health Board Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to correspondence (details supplied), the number of persons on the home help waiting lists in counties Galway, Mayo and...
- Medical Cards
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for a medical card will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the medical circumstances...
- Health Board Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if orthodontic treatment will be provided immediately for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if their case will be examined...
- Health Board Funding
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conditions that were attached to the €857,000 that was provided to the Southern Health Board in 2003 for an expanded service in its...
- Hospital Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the physiotherapy service at Baltinglass District Hospital; if this service will not be withdrawn; and if he will...
- Health Board Services
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has issued guidelines to health boards about the provision of wheelchairs to the residents of nursing homes; and if he will make a...
- Health Board Allowances
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the guidelines issued by his Department, effective from 1 July 2002, for persons claiming both the mobility allowance and...
- Health Board Services
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the place a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; and when his treatment will commence....
- Residential Facilities
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the concerns of persons regarding a residential facility (details supplied) in Dublin 11 are being addressed on an ongoing basis; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued on medical grounds to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow given the history of the case as...
- Health Board Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for women in the North Western Health Board region for smear tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3905/04]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on the roll-out of the BreastCheck initiative into the north-western region and Donegal in particular; and if he will make a...
- Health Board Services
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an OT's report is available relative to an application under the DPG scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has carried out any recent assessment of the adequacy of neurology services in Ireland; if he will indicate whether these studies...
- Health Board Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding to the Western Health Board to provide a residential place to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Smoking Ban
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to his reply to Question No. 139 of 27 January 2004 regarding the ban on smoking in public places, if he will elaborate on his...
- Health Board Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and teenagers on the waiting lists for orthodontic assessment and treatment in the Eastern Regional Health...
- Hospital Staff
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the national task force on medical staffing, part 2, is continuing its work on deciding the configuration of hospitals nationally...
- Departmental Properties
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future plans for lands at the St. Ita's campus; if the proceeds from a transfer of these lands to new uses will be earmarked for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which...
- Department of Transport
- Motoring Schools
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Transport the schedule proposed to implement regulation of motoring schools here and the introduction of a compulsory driving instructors register; and if he...
- Road Network
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Transport the projected cost of delays arising from the High Court decision in the Carrickmines Castle case on 29 January 2004 and the cost of re-aligning...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applied in respect of HGVs over 12,000kg or buses over 10,000kg which are found to have a speed limitation device that is not...
- Rural Transport Initiative
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to allocate additional funding to the rural transport initiative to expand the programme to include other rural and isolated areas;...
- Rail Network
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite the many millions of euros invested in the rail network, thousands of tonnes of untreated...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the staff of the National Roads Authority regarding decentralisation; if a staff survey of those wishing to...
- Light Rail Project
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the start up of Luas services in 2004, consideration has been given to including these services on the integrated transport...
- Driving Tests
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedures for persons with literacy difficulty to obtain a driving licence; and the plans he has to change these regulations. [3759/04]
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who set out the eligibility criteria for the taxi hardship payment scheme; the reason the minimum loan outstanding at the date of...
- Road Network
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the matters raised in a report to Dublin City Council on the impact of the Dublin Port tunnel on traffic flows...
- Air Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Transport if the 50-50 share of transatlantic landings between Dublin and Shannon as enshrined in the bilateral agreement between the Irish and US...
- Driving Tests
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish the reason a person (details supplied) was forced to forfeit the €34 fee in respect of the driving theory test; if he will...
- Road Safety
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide funds to the National Safety Council to make drivers aware of the danger of overtaking and cutting in on HGVs; and if he will...
- Air Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Transport the discount schemes which are in operation currently for Shannon and Dublin airports for new transatlantic routes; if he will provide a route by...
- Light Rail Project
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Luas works on Davitt Road, Dublin 12, are over schedule and the time limits have been breached several times; and the new deadline for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which the money...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he has taken to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the measures he proposes to take to assist this...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage the citizenship application for a person (details supplied) in County Meath is at; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the enforcement of regulations in respect of the compulsory fitting of speed limitation...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with officials in the Land Registry section of his Department regarding decentralisation; if a...
- Drug Seizures
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements that exist for the safe custody of illegal drugs seized by the gardaí; the arrangements that exist for the...
- Crime Levels
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of racially motivated attacks that have been reported to the Garda Síochána for each month since January 2002;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Shanganagh Castle open prison has not been sold a year after he announced the closure and sale of the premises;...
- Grant Payments
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the capital grant and staffing application submitted by a group (details supplied) in County Sligo;...
- Garda Vetting
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the extension of the functions of the Garda central vetting unit to include vetting of school caretakers;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that it is in keeping with humanitarian norms to return a person (details supplied) to Angola;...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Mosney Reception Centre in County Meath was opened to cater for a maximum of 500 asylum seekers; the number of asylum...
- Garda Training
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the facilities available in each division to gardaí for training in firearms; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Management Systems
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the SMI steering group's report into the structural and operational systems of the Garda Síochána; if...
- Registration of Title
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be completed, particularly as the queries...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to allow persons to join the Garda Síochána even if they are over the age of 26; if his attention has been...
- Asylum Applications
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be given permission to remain here on medical grounds; and if an...
- Visa Applications
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a visa for a person (details supplied); and if a decision will be expedited in their case....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the funding his Department has made available to Kildare County Council and Newbridge Town Council, it will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people that will be moving to Tipperary town as a result of decentralisation; the status-category of staff...
- Registration of Title
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give details of the dealing applications which are pending on folios for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Registration of Title
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will complete a dealing (details supplied) in County Leitrim in respect of land which was re-allocated...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for naturalisation will be granted; and if he will make...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the educational programmes for prisoners transferred from the Curragh prison to the Midlands Prison,...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present situation with regard to Garda recruitment; the number of new gardaí his Department proposes to recruit in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if 50% of all moneys allocated by his Department for halting site development in the country is being spent in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation can be prepared and passed into law which would enable the resumption of works on the M50 at...
- Recycling Policy
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow schools to make use of paper recycling bring centres. [3647/04]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if costs can be estimated to determine the State's exposure in regard to those attending the Mahon tribunal...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total cost of the publication entitled, Delivering Value for People — Service Indicators in Local...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he envisages that work will be carried out on the Carraroe group sewerage scheme; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the form which the public consultation on the national allocation plan for greenhouse gas emissions under the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money advanced by his Department to all local authorities in the country under the improvement...
- Grant Payments
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) in County Louth received grants from his Department; if his attention has...
- Fire Stations
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason an application for a fire station at Granard, County Longford, has not progressed despite the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the safe home organisation as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 3 February...
- Housing Grants
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to a group (details supplied) in Dromina, Charleville, County Cork; and if he has...
- Fire Regulations
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the new fire regulations will be implemented the same for a family run B&B as they will be for a large...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to approve the application of Cork County Council and Fermoy Town Council to raise a loan in...
- Register of Electors
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on an inequity whereby local councillors can get the electoral register free as soon as it is...
- Local Government Elections
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on correcting the anomaly whereby about 700 voters in County Laois vote in the local elections for...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve an application (details supplied) to improve the quality of housing. [3934/04]
- Planning and Development Act 2000
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if regulations bringing into force section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 have been made; and...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds allocated to Clashganna Mills Trust; the projects the money was to be used for; if the money...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the archaeological report on the excavation at Ardfert Cathedral will be published; and if he will make...
- End-of-Life Vehicles
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, regarding Part VA of the Waste Management Act as inserted by section 44 of the Protection of the...
- Disabled Persons' Grants
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total funding allocated to Kildare County Council for disabled persons grants for 2004; and if he will...
- Local Government Act 1963
Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden placed on schools by virtue of section 89 of the...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grades of employees of local authorities which are entitled to receive the recent benchmarking payments;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for sewerage schemes from Kerry County Council; the details of the locations of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to plans to upgrade, refurbish and utilise the Grand Canal from Harold's Cross Bridge,...
- Community Development
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason his Department has taken a decision to cease funding to the Sherkin Island community development programme...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has given consideration to including alcohol and its abuse in the remit of the national drugs strategy team and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a significant amount of money allocated under the sport capital programme, as part of the young people's...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grants are available from his Department for persons to install a closed circuit television monitoring system if...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects to be in a position to complete his Department's review of community development projects, area based...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising;...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people likely to be affected by the regulations preventing them from obtaining rent allowance for the first six...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an oral hearing was not scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo so that they can personally give...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to her Department if the carer's allowance was increased to the old age non-contributory pension level at current rates;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the maximum funding will be awarded to the Dublin branch of Down Syndrome Ireland to launch its new service.
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount which was spent in her Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in...
