Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the case for tax neutrality to accompany carbon taxation in order that the proceeds of the new tax are used to reduce the tax burden on...
- European Court of Auditors
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent report commissioned by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs which criticised the way in...
- Tax Compliance.
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has concluded his consideration of correspondence received from the Standards in Public Office Commission drawing his attention to limitations...
- Offshore Accounts
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest date...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of a review of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme sent to his office in September 2002. [4798/04]
- Pension Provisions
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if surpluses in the social insurance fund and the pension contributions of public servants will be lodged to the national pensions reserve fund. [4712/04]
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take to ensure that all taxpayers fully know their rights to claim all reliefs, particularly in view of the recent figures...
- Pension Provisions
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed regarding the impact of proposed changes in regard to public service pensions; the discussions...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any scheme should replace the special savings account when it expires. [4706/04]
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of breaches detected of the Waiver of Certain Tax, Interest and Penalties Act 1993 in respect of each year since 1994; the number of...
- Budget Statement
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he is giving to changing the way the annual budget is presented and is considered by Dáil Éireann. [4801/04]
- Revenue Powers
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to provide the Revenue Commissioners with the additional powers recommended by the Revenue powers group; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the desirability of capping the aggregate value of special tax reliefs which can be claimed by an individual. [4709/04]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Government's proposed decentralisation programme; when the programme will begin; the proposed timeframe for the completion...
- Tax Code
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases detected by the Revenue Commissioners in regard to the Financial Resolution of Dáil Éireann on budget day 2003 to close off a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if a risk assessment has been undertaken by accounting officers in agencies affected by decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Finance Agency
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects examined to date by the National Development Finance Agency; and the outcome in terms of the recommended system of funding of...
- Tax Code
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering changes in the test for deciding whether a person is a resident here for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Funding
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals for cuts in the finance contributions made to the EU by member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4757/04]
- Economic Evaluation
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal of an evaluation unit within his Department for independently evaluating capital projects as proposed by the ESRI. [4719/04]
- State Property
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the Office of Public Works in its examination of the State property portfolio with a view to identifying vacant,...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the present disabled drivers scheme has very limited application and that the backlog of appeals is entirely unsatisfactory; and...
- Tax Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to the negotiations between the Revenue Commissioners and the authorities in the Cayman Islands with a view to...
- Proposed Expenditure
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce new procedures for the presentation of proposals for spending and taxation in Dáil Éireann which would be more meaningful...
- G7 Meeting
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his attendance at and participation in the G7 meeting in the United States on 8 and 9 February 2004 in his capacity as...
- Basic Incomes Working Group
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance when he next expects to receive a report from the working group on basic incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1020/04]
- Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the different tax treatment of separated, cohabiting and married parents; and the rationale for this structure....
- ECOFIN Meeting
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree of public participation that will accompany the meeting of the European Union Finance Ministers to be held in Punchestown, County Kildare....
- Freedom of Information
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to efforts to clear the backlog of appeals in the Office of the Information Commissioner; the number of appeals...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which tax or excise duties imposed in the budget are affecting inflation and ultimately economic competitiveness when compared with...
- Economic and Monetary Union
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the most recent meeting of eurozone Finance Ministers with the European Central Bank. [4800/04]
- Pension Provisions
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the approach advocated by the ESRI for the deployment of funds set aside for the national pensions reserve fund. [4720/04]
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in his review of tax incentive schemes, especially in view of the finding of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor...
- Stability and Growth Pact
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the Government in regard to the legal case being taken by the European Commission on the failure of the European Council to properly...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings investment scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
- Tax Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by his Department in its consideration of the consultation papers on carbon taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale for the decentralisation of 50 Revenue Commissioners jobs to Listowel, County Kerry; if a site has been identified for the new office;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time civil servants within his Department, who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Collection
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners into allegations that tax improprieties may surround trust operations in a bank (details supplied) in...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of awards withheld under benchmarking; and the recommendations of the performance verification group in each case. [4704/04]
- Garda Stations
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will prioritise the purchase of a site for the new Garda station in Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Offshore Accounts
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that all offshore deposit accounts are restricted to those who are actually non-residents and that there are no...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of civil servants within his Department who have indicated that they wish to move to its new administrative location; the number who wish...
- Tax Collection
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the clerical medical insurance-NIB inquiry...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Department of the Taoiseach was excluded from the decentralisation proposals announced by him in his budget speech; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the question of allocating quotas under an emissions trading regime in the context of the proposed carbon tax; and if he will...
- Offshore Accounts
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by the offshore assets group of the Revenue Commissioners in its investigations into the use, for the purposes of tax...
- Rail Network
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of his consideration of the report commissioned from a company (details supplied) into a number of issues arising from the proposed city...
- Stability and Growth Pact
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the most recent ECOFIN meeting at which discussions concerning the Stability and Growth Pact were had. [4791/04]
- Non-Resident Accounts
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of High Court orders sought to date by the Revenue Commissioners under the Finance Act 1999 to require financial institutions to supply...
- Euro Exchange Rate
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the efforts of European Ministers to reduce the strength of the euro. [4692/04]
- Departmental Procurement
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed that the Office of Public Works did not comply with all EU rules in regard to the awarding...
- Insurance Industry
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is planned to reduce or eliminate the insurance levy. [4690/04]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn the serious concern expressed by coroners at delays in inquests as a result of the inability of the State Laboratory...
- Insurance Industry
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has taken an initiative in the context of the Irish Presidency of the European Union to implement a Single Market regime in respect of...
- Stability and Growth Pact
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy in relation to the enforcement of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4718/04]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the response to the Office of Public Works's recent advertisement seeking expressions of interest in providing office or other space...
- Offshore Accounts
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of the recent reported settlement between the Revenue Commissioners and the owners of Ansbacher Cayman arising from the Ansbacher inquiry;...
- EU Funding
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report (details supplied) to the effect that a disproportionate share of €600 million worth of EU peace and reconciliation moneys...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Age Dependency Ratio
Question 180: To ask the Taoiseach the age dependency ratio (details supplied) here in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; his projection for 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050; and if he will give...
- Departmental Funding
Question 181: To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which cost overruns have...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those other than...
- Departmental Staff
Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the projected costs in 2004 for the communications unit in his Department; the number of staff assigned to this unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Archives
Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the files which were released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4872/04]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 186: To ask the Taoiseach the number and nature of the files requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4874/04]
- Freedom of Information
Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during each month of 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4875/04]
- Official Engagements
Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the German Chancellor, Mr. Schroder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/04]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 191: To ask the Taoiseach the names, duties and annual salaries of each of the special or political advisers appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4879/04]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Human Rights Issues
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the context of the programme of the Irish EU Presidency, she will work to ensure that the proposed...
- Departmental Funding
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by her Department during the past seven...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by her...
- EU Regulations
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all county councils are complying with the provisions of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997; if she...
- Industrial Development
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has activated the early warning response system in her Department with regard to the proposed sale of a...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of claims occurring from the collapse of a company (details supplied); the impact that these claims...
- Companies Legislation
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new exemption threshold in respect of the Companies (Auditing and Accountancy) Act 2003 will come...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of participants in community employment in County Kerry; the number of participants at the end of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employer can insist that an employee take out an occupational pension when he has already taken out a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether an upgrade in health and safety inspection procedures and legislation is necessary with...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans her Department has to introduce legislation to criminalise bullying in the workplace. [5049/04]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland has become uncompetitive despite having an apparently low inflation rate; and if she will...
- Work Permits
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the refusal to issue new work permits in certain occupational sectors applies to employees already...
- Competition Authority
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of documents that have been delivered to the Competition Authority arising from a summons to each...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Funding
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which cost overruns...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those...
- Defence Forces Staff
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Defence the number promoted to corporal under DFR A10 paragraph 37(4) and A Admin Instr Part 10, paragraph 303, in the past 12 months; the number who applied...
- Defence Forces Review
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress which has been made on the implementation of the implementation plan in 1998 and the report of the steering group on the special study...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the Gormanstown Military Camp lands. [4741/04]
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Defence if duplicate documents will be issued outlining the Army service of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who served in Fermoy, County Cork,...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford only received payment for 11 and not 17 cows under the beef premium; the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years...
- Milk Quota
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if additional milk quota will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the special arrangement for hardship...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will make a statement on correspondence (details supplied). [4602/04]
- Potato Disease
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the disease in seed potatoes similar to foot and mouth disease in animals; and the action he is...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding an application for the redesignation of the remainder of Monaghan as severely handicapped; when the application...
- Control of Horses Legislation
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Control of Horses Act 1996 applies to unlicensed commonage in view of the fact that there is no reference to commonage in the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will call for a review, under the auspices of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, of CAP reform and its effects on ACP agriculture;...
- Grant Payments
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when it is proposed to issue grant aid under the native woodland scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps he has taken to secure the classification as severely handicapped of the part of County Monaghan not currently so designated....
- Grant Payments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding new entrants to farming under [i]force majeure[/i]; and his views specifically in relation to a person (details...
- GATT Licences
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his Department is conducting an investigation into the possible misappropriation of GATT licences to connected companies under EU...
- Badger Numbers
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of badgers that were killed in each of the 26 counties for each of the years from 1995 through to 2003. [5097/04]
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance when the final report by consultants (details supplied) on flood alleviation works to be initiated along the Tolka River will be published; the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the entitlements for VRT exclusions to include Aniridia; when this will be included on the list; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which cost overruns...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those...
- Flood Relief
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allocate sufficient funds to allow long term works to commence to provide a solution to the flooding at Mornington when the consultants...
- EU Funding
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken and intends to take to ensure that post 2006 EU funding to the Border, midlands and western region for infrastructural...
- Tax Strategy Group
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Tax Strategy Group last met; and its agenda and programme of work for 2004. [4778/04]
- Garda Stations
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the acquisition of a site for the proposed new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of small self-administered pension schemes in the years 1997 to date; the number of participants; the estimated cost in tax foregone of...
- Tax Code
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory time allowed for the transfer of a tax deduction card for an employee from one employer to another employer, to ensure that they are on...
- Public Sector Procurement
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the investigation being carried out by the British Office of Fair Trade in relation to competition in Government...
- Flood Relief
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress towards flood prevention in Ennis, County Clare; the likely timetable; the role of the OPW; and if he can guarantee that the necessary...
- Tax Code
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if his self employment section will send a nil net liability for 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 to the Department of Social and Family Affairs for a person...
- GATT Licences
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are conducting an investigation with the EU Agency, OLAF, into the loss of customs revenue arising from the possible...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions for the provision of facilities under the decentralisation proposals in Birr, Tullamore, Edenderry, Portarlington and...
- Tax Code
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the entitlements or discretionary benefits, from a tax point of view, for persons. [5030/04]
- Tax Yield
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the total accruing to the Exchequer under all taxation headings, including VAT, VRT and excise duties from the public transport sector; and if he...
- Flood Relief
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department has liaised with Kildare County Council with a view to addressing the issue of ongoing flooding at Mill Lane,...
- Tax Code
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of this country's taxation levels, he has examined the cause or causes of an apparent lack of competitiveness in Ireland's economy when...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which decentralisation proposals outlined in the budget are implemented or scheduled for implementation in 2004; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that are in place to ensure that Irish citizens claiming residency abroad for tax purposes comply with the requirement to be out of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Issues
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made progress in relation to trying to legalise Irish persons working in the United States of America; if discussions have taken...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which cost...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to...
- Arms Trade
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the context of the programme of the Irish EU Presidency, he will support efforts towards the adoption of an international arms trade...
- International Agreements
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work to promote the speedy ratification in 2004 of the optimal protocol to the UN convention against torture by all member states...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the British Government the disruptive raids by the British Army in the Loughshore area of County Tyrone which began on...
- Voluntary Agencies
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the dedicated unit in his Department to work with the voluntary agencies at home and abroad will be established; the number of staff it...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland supplied aid to Uganda given the evidence available in respect of Government activities and the serious concern expressed...
- Department of Education and Science
- State Examinations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State Examinations Commission informed schools in September 2003 that the junior...
- Psychological Service
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the psychological assessments of the 14 children in Carnew national school, County Wicklow, given that...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive the number of resource hours they were allocated following assessment. [4525/04]
- Schools Recognition
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following the enormous success of the CABAS school in Drogheda, he will fast track the decision to put this school and others like...
- School Staffing
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a personal assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to enable them to attend playschool and in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the building of the Nano Nagle's Special School, Listowel, County Kerry, can proceed to advanced stage. [4529/04]
- Departmental Funding
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five...
- Educational Entitlements
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason their application was refused;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used within his Department to prioritise building proposals which have been approved as necessary; if he plans to publish...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when resource hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who attends the Killian Presentation Secondary...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of teacher scarcity, he proposes to review the Scrúdú Cáilíochta na Gaeilge requirement for teachers trained outside...
- School Policies
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school has a responsibility to keep a younger child in school from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. until the parent is available to pick the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to refurbishment and an extension which is currently at...
- Departmental Funding
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding funding from the in-career development unit of his Department for Chaplains' Conference; his views on the fact...
- Psychological Service
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Louth that are served by the national educational psychological service; if there are unfilled vacancies...
- Pension Provisions
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made with regard to the pension scheme for primary school caretakers who were employed under the 1979...
- EU Presidency
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 26 February 2004, as part of the Irish...
- Adult Education
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when programmes under the adult literacy services will be informed of their budgets for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which his Department uses for deciding whether home tuition will be made available to children in the autistic spectrum in...
- School Transport
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school bus service can be re-routed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Youth Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request to support the post of a national co-ordinator for the YMCA; if his Department had made such support...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is unable to meet the request for places in the school, as...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the audit of special needs assistants service has been completed; the outcome of the review; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inservice Training
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to discontinue the subvention towards reasonable expenses incurred by course organisers in providing...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational welfare officers appointed to date; the schools to which they have been appointed; the further appointments...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an institution (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been investigated for abuse of children placed there by the State in the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who carried out supervision duties in a...
- School Accommodation
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of the extra facilities required at Naas CBS; the full extent of the recent offer made by his Department to the school...
- School Staffing
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed on a full-time and part-time basis. [4953/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria currently being employed in the evaluation of the necessity for the provision of a special needs assistant to a school...
- School Textbooks
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has plans to compel publishing companies to produce books in CD-ROM format as an alternative to book format; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Coláiste Mhuire, Johnstown, County Kilkenny, will be included in the school completion programme; if the extension required by the...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if two primary schools agree to realignment and one is included in the teacher support pilot scheme project, if the realigned school...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding primary school teachers in the Laois-Kildare area seeking to complete their diplomas in 2004 because they cannot...
- School Staffing
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the appointment of a principal to the Patrician High School, Carrickmacross,...
- School Accommodation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the need for a new four teacher school for St. George's Church of Ireland national school in Balbriggan, County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to provide additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford given the significant increase...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Harbours and Piers
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be made available for Brandon Bay pier, Brandon, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by...
- Television Reception
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare are unable to receive the terrestrial channels, if they are...
- Communications Masts
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will clarify the issue of health hazards connected to telephone masts given the concerns of persons...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will extend the snap net season in the River Suir from mid-April to the end of August 2004; and if he will...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of marine and leisure development at Roundstone pier, Connemara, County...
- Coastal Protection
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the problems of sand deposition between Doaghmore and Glinsk given that the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought information from ComReg and Eircom regarding the number of telephone lines that have failed the...
- Port Development
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress that has been made to provide alternative accommodation for large trawlers which have used the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Funding
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department in...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the Monaghan swimming pool application; if his Department has agreed the feasibility study; when work can commence; and...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received by his Department for the sports capital funding for 2004; the breakdown of the applicants on a...
- Sports Funding
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a loan of €6 million will be advanced to Clare County Council to allow it to complete the Lees Road sport complex; and if he...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has received an application for lottery funding from an organisation (details supplied) in County Longford; if same...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Board Services.
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the widespread top-up billing to medical card holders by chiropodists; if he is negotiating a new...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider extending the long-term illness card cover to include Wegners disease, which is debilitating and responds well to...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has carried out an assessment of the number of long-term public care beds capable of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will have arrangements made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 to be admitted to Beaumont Hospital for a serious hernia...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the lack of publicly funded convalescent beds for persons who have completed a period of acute care in...
- Health Board Services
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of bed occupancy at the Maynooth Community Hospital; the extra staff required to bring the hospital to full operational...
- Hospital Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing the necessary staff at Naas General Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Health Board Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he plans to extend the allowance for opticians for sufferers of aniridia; when this situation will be reviewed and changed; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department in the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on hospital waiting lists in the State as of February 2004; the number of adults and the number of children on...
- Task Force on Obesity
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the task force on obesity; the members of the task force and the sectors they represent; if the soft drinks...
- Health Board Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the health boards which do not have in-patient ophthalmic services. [4588/04]
- Health Board Funding
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the surplus in regard to the Western Health Board in 2002 and 2003; the areas to which this surplus reissued; and the projects to which...
- Hospital Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgical procedures at major level, intermediate level, minor level and day surgery which were carried out at...
- Health Board Payments
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all health boards are complying with the provisions of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997; the instances where any specific...
- Health Board Investigations
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of outstanding legal claims pending against the North Eastern Health Board; the nature of such claims; and if he will...
- Hospital Staff
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who have left each individual hospital in the North Eastern Health Board region since 1 January 1998; and if he...
- Hospital Funding
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital funding supplied by his Department through the North Eastern Health Board to each of the five major hospitals in...
- Clinical Standards Committee
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a list of the persons and their contact details who sit on the clinical standards committee of WestDoc. [4635/04]
- Health Board Allowances
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines or procedures his Department has in place in each health board area to manage all payments, including disability allowance...
- Health Board Services
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans he has to upgrade the health centre located in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, as part of the need to improve infrastructure on...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a primary medical certificate was not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their circumstances...
- Medical Cards
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are covered by medical cards in the Midland Health Board area; the number in tabular form who held medical...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will respond to correspondence from the Irish vaccine injury campaign of 12 January 2004 regarding a compensation scheme; and if he...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Eastern Regional Health Authority will make the benchmarking payment due to its personnel; and when will this payment be made....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment can be made for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed. [4786/04]
- Hospital Staff
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the use of administrative resources in a public hospital by a consultant to deal with a patient treated privately...
- Organ Retention
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals he has to introduce legislation to proscribe the practice of retaining organs without consent; and if he will make a...
- Health Board Funding
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to provide national development plan funding to support the development of a day centre for older people in the Youghal area of...
- Medicinal Products
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which the price of medicines and drugs are determined here, especially in relation to State schemes; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the picture exchange communication system available to autistic children is not made available to children with severe speech...
- Health Board Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent and location of the population likely to be served by the Ballymun health centre; the method by which such needs are...
- Hospital Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will investigate whether a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was left on a trolley in Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar,...
- Health Board Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the steps he intends to take in relation to a letter (details supplied) by five consultant psychiatrists...
- Patient Statistics
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in each health board area attending accident and emergency departments of hospitals as a result of assault in each...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapists report and the allocation of a new wheelchair will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will increase the level of subvention in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in care at Freshford,...
- Health Board Waiting Lists
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans he has to reduce the numbers on waiting lists in the SEHB area for orthodontic treatment; the reasons there is a waiting list...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the structure within the SWAHB that deals with disability services; the number of staff in this section; the total funding involved in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the SWAHB are at odds with Government policy in regard to decentralisation by the altering of their previous decision to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Child Care Services
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received by the SWAHB in relation to the advisory service for children in their homes by their families; the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time for dealing with patients from the time of arrival to the time of discharge at the accident and emergency unit, St....
- Child Care Services
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding replacement funding for a childcare facility (details supplied) which had its funding severely reduced by social...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in providing a special Alzheimer unit on the grounds of St. Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny; if the plan has been costed; and if...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if subvention and enhanced subvention will continue to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision in...
- Health Board Services
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5044/04]
- Hospital Staff
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he intends to take to address the situation where there is only one nurse on duty at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a knee operation. [5051/04]
- Grant Payments
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants available from health boards for the upkeep and maintenance of community halls providing youth and some sports facilities....
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether, in view of the letter to the Taoiseach dated 10 December 2003 regarding fire protection at the 5-Day Medical...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Funding
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which cost...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport the work undertaken to date by the interim taxi regulator; and the programme of planned work by that regulator over the next 12 months. [4569/04]
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the date on which he received the report of the taxi hardship panel; and the reason for the delay in issuing payments in respect of the...
- Road Safety
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether some cyclists, especially at night, disregard the rules of the road; and if he will launch a public information and safety...
- Speed Limits
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has held discussions with car importers and manufacturers with regard to the shift to metric speed signs in view of the fact that the metric...
- Public Transport
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had or plans to have discussions with Dublin Bus regarding proposals which he may have for the introduction of electronic real time...
- Road Safety
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the prerequisite of a national car test prior to the taxing or insuring of a motor car as referred to in recent newspaper...
- Driving Tests
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport the average waiting times for a driving test at each of the country's test centres; the number of testers working in each of the centres at...
- Aer Rianta
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has for the Great Southern Hotel group in the context of the proposed break up of Aer Rianta; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rail Network
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport the details regarding his recent announcement to sanction the reopening of the Cork to Midelton rail link; the finance that he has made available...
- State Airports
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Transport if the historic designation of massive red zones at Irish Airports, as exemplified by lengths of 3,048 metres at either end of Dublin's main runway...
- Rural Transport Integration
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport the funds that have been allocated by his Department under the accessible transport scheme in 2002, 2003 and 2004 to allow subsidised accessible...
- Driving Tests
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria and qualifications needed for a position as a driving tester and a driving instructor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Air Traffic Control
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to correspondence (details supplied), if he will outline the Irish negotiating position on the issue; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has proposals to deal with the unsatisfactory situation whereby many club managers are requiring younger patrons to...
- Business Permission
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a non-EEA national who is legally residing in the State, in an application by him for business permission, has...
- Departmental Funding.
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in...
- Consultancy Contracts.
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the...
- Registration of Title.
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if this matter will be expedited. [4571/04]
- Road Traffic Offences.
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Deputy Mitchell has not received a substantive reply to Question No. 433 of 11 November 2003; if the Minister is...
- Residency Permits
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for permission to live and work here; and if...
- State Contracts
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which the Garda Síochána seek tenders for services and goods; the rules for sending tenders; the...
- Residency Permits
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current status of the application for residency for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if, due to...
- Prison Deaths
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a statement could be issued outlining the cause of death of a prisoner (details supplied) in St. Patrick's Institution on...
- Child Care Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the equal...
- Deportation Orders
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportation cases approved by him likely to be deemed unconstitutional on the basis of a recent decision of...
- Visa Applications
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a working visa was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [4666/04]
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the transfer of a person (details supplied) to an education and training unit in the Prison Service;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the number of staff in the immigration and citizenship division of his Department is...
- Crime Levels
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures for the Cork city division for the past three years of available statistics. [4732/04]
- Irish Prison Service
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the refurbishment of Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow; the length of time during which the refurbishment was...
- Garda Strength
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is his intention to increase Garda strength given the recent number of attempted robberies and other incidents in the...
- Visa Applications
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of an appeal made by a person (details supplied) concerning the refusal of visas to their spouse and family; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider exempting a non-national spouse of an Irish citizen from the requirement to register annually at the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 10 February 2004, if he can explain the exact information requested by his...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cyclists in the Dublin metropolitan area who have been cautioned or arrested for cycling on the footpath,...
- Garda Stations
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the much promised and long awaited Garda station for Leixlip, County Kildare; the precise position...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Harbours and Piers
Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for funding from Wicklow Town Council for works (details supplied);...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the route the planned sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Wexford will take; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his...
- Polling Station Staff
Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of paying staff at the polling stations in the 1999 local and European elections and referendum; and...
- International Agreements
Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Aarhus Convention in Ireland; and the steps that have been taken towards implementing it...
- Public Service Charges
Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation to address the anomaly whereby certain local authorities charge...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the capital allocation for the national Traveller accommodation programme for each of the years...
- Planning Issues
Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the promised guidelines on planning will be introduced to give greater equity to rural dwellers; and if...
- Housing Grants
Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 7 October 2003, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he envisages work to be carried out on the Mullagh-Quilty sewerage water scheme; and if he will make a...
- Register of Electors
Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give details of recent regulations regarding the compilation of the register of electors by local...
- Waste and Sewerage Schemes
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the contract documents for the provision of a sewerage scheme in Lecarrow, County...
- Election Management System
Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to inform the voters of Dublin North Central and Dublin North East regarding...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of each tribunal of inquiry in 2003; and the individual payments made to each legal...
- Register of Electors
Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the supplementary register application forms will be made available without further delay in order that...
- Election Management System
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all polling stations in the elections to local government and the European Parliament on 11 June 2004 will...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will change the designated buildings under the town renewal scheme 2000 for the village of Croom, County...
- Badger Population
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licences which have been issued by the national parks and wildlife service division of his...
- Fire Stations
Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the tendering of the proposed new fire station for Ardmore, County Waterford; and when...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in...
- Inland Waterways
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress regarding a stretch of the Ulster Canal from Lough Erne to Clones; if and when design work will commence;...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for the disbursement of moneys from the dormant account fund; the purpose of the money which has been...
- Community Development
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on the community development programme application submitted by a group (details...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by her Department during the past seven years in respect of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by her Department in the past five...
- Community Development
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the necessary finance will be sanctioned for the provision of a resource centre at Kells, County Kilkenny; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reconsider her decision to apply the new regulations governing applications for rent allowance to the application of a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons employed in her Department's press office; the title, role, grade and salary of each person employed in the...
- Press Statements
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason her press office refuses to release press statements simultaneously to both the media and the Opposition spokesperson;...
- Social Insurance
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason employment in the service of a spouse or other relatives of the employed person is an excepted employment, and these...
- Family Support Services
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available for Sligo Travellers Support Group. [4949/04]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 10 February 2004, the reason her Department did not respond to the queries; the...
- Child Care Services
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding replacement funding for a child care facility (details supplied) which had its funding severely reduced by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the period of time a person must be on the housing list to qualify for rent subsidy; if a person has to be assessed by the...
