Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2004
- Department of Education and Science
- Commissions of Inquiry
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the proposals from Mr. Justice Ryan to end the impasse involving the work of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse have been...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature of the set modern standards for school buildings; and if he has a strategy for ensuring that every school building attains...
- Teacher Assistance Service
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from the Teachers' Union of Ireland for a full-time assistance service for teachers;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 12 of 19 February 2004, in reply to which he stated that Adamstown was a separate entity to Lucan, if this means...
- School Transport
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers using school transport for each year since 1997; the amount spent on the school transport system since 1997; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the work to date of the National Council for Special Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that will face a reduction in teaching numbers for the 2004-05 academic year; the number of these schools that are...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will prioritise in a proactive way pre-school and primary school education by fulfilling his commitment to have properly resourced...
- School Management
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reform the representation of teachers and parents on boards of management of comprehensive schools; his views on whether...
- Inservice Training
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department intends to alter the inservice training being provided to teachers for the 2004-05 academic year and after; and if he...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he intends to introduce regulations adding to the list of institutions included under the Residential Institutions Redress Act...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to improve primary education facilities throughout the country with particular reference to areas of social and economic...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Early Start programme will be expanded or extended in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14266/04]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions he has taken to fulfil his pre-election commitment to school building renovation. [14249/04]
- School Discipline
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to address growing indiscipline problems in schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent ASTI survey...
- Teaching Profession
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to recent INTO concerns at the falling number of males entering the teaching profession; if his...
- School Facilities
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to assist in the upgrading of science laboratories in schools in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further Education
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will reverse the cap placed on student numbers at colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to transferability of pension entitlements arising from years of teaching service in Northern Ireland and the Republic,...
- Schools Recognition
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide full recognition to Montessori teachers who qualify at St. Nicholas's Montessori college, following the completion of...
- Psychological Service
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of NEPS psychologists to be recruited during 2004; the number currently employed within the service; and if he will make a...
- School Insurance
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the cost of insurance for primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14275/04]
- Further Education
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has been proactive in addressing the obstacles to further education facing the disabled, children with special needs and persons...
- Second Level Education
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to end the practice of streaming of first year pupils in second level schools, following the advice of the National Council...
- School Staffing
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to a reported Department circular recommending that experienced principals who relinquish their posts to become...
- Commercial Promotions in Schools
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from primary school teachers representatives for growing commercialisation in schools...
- School Admissions
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will introduce regulations governing admission to schools under the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of projects sanctioned under the summer works scheme; the commencement date for works; if there is flexibility built into the...
- Youth Work Act
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to further implement and provide resources to enable the Youth Work Act to become fully operational; and if he will make a...
- Course Credit Transfers
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to remove the glaring anomaly whereby students taking FETAC awarded subjects can transfer directly into UK...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the review of initiatives to address educational disadvantage to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the findings of his Department's audit of special needs provision, commenced in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Educational Schemes
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the insufficient provision of meals to children from disadvantaged areas under the school meals scheme is having an...
- Psychological Service
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the recent report from the National Educational Psychological Service which states that considerably more primary school...
- Standardised School Year
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the difficulties being faced by some boarding schools in respect of the new standardised school year arrangements; and if...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected number of education welfare officers to be recruited in 2004; the numbers currently employed by the NEWB; and if he will...
- Psychological Service
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends allocating additional funding for the National Educational Psychological Service in view of the fact that the last...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to upgrade primary schools in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/04]
- Linguistics Institute of Ireland
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the standing of the Linguistics Institute of Ireland; the arrangements that have been made with regard to staff and...
- Schools Recognition
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department will not sanction a new gaelscoil in Lucan; the factors that were assessed in coming to such a decision; if...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the issue of overcrowding in school classes; if his attention has been drawn to the new figures from the INTO showing...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to issues in relation to the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will be authorising a programme to have more teachers qualify as special needs teachers; and if he has a strategy for ensuring...
- Substance Misuse
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the efforts made to combat drug use and highlight the dangers of drug addiction in secondary schools; and if he...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have made compensation applications to the Residential Institutions Redress Board at the latest date for which...
- Substance Misuse
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to address increasing instances in schools of teachers encountering students under the influence of alcohol or drugs; if his...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to review the compulsory Irish language requirement for teachers from outside the State; his views on whether the minor...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide extra resources to fund the schools building programme with particular reference to the need to alleviate...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 in view of recent events. [14380/04]
- Teacher Training
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if voice training will be provided to teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14255/04]
- Psychological Service
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey of more than 400 primary and secondary schools that shows that waiting time for...
- Student Profiles
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent NCCA survey indicating that 44% of schools suffer from creaming off of students; the...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation at the Dublin Institute of Technology whereby the institute must pay €1.4 million in...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress he has made on his recent commitment to address the needs of educational disadvantage schemes; and the way in which the...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse; and if he has a strategy in place for addressing the...
- School League Tables
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to publishing school league tables; the grounds on which he is considering a review of the blanket ban on their...
- Departmental Information Packs
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of briefing packs prepared by him; the number of packs that were produced; the cost of each briefing pack; the number of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the schools building programme in view of the fact that he committed to allocating €30 million to...
- School Transport
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he intends to complete his cost review of school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14111/04]
- Student Councils
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind the establishment of a working group to promote student councils in post-primary schools; the powers and remit of...
- Third Level Courses
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made a decision in regard to the University of Limerick's request for approval for a graduate-entry medical course; if the...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's plans to combat educational disadvantage before children start school; the extent to which his Department plans to...
- Third Level Funding
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a discussion paper from the Higher Education Authority on funding for universities here; if his...
- School Transport
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce school transport charges for pupils attending primary schools; his plans to increase the charges already levied...
- Early School Leavers
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the Fianna Fáil manifesto promise that the Government will ensure that reducing absenteeism and early school leaving...
- Third Level Fees
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is considering introducing university tuition fees for students once they have completed three years in college; if this...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which has been spent on the schools building programme since the launch of budget 2004. [14247/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which he intends to allocate the extra 350 special needs teachers he recently announced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Third Level Admissions
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expand on his recent remarks at the National Parents Council primary annual conference in Limerick that students might in...
- School Staff Development
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for teacher in-career development has decreased by 25% over the past four years; his views on whether this cut in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach when he last met Justice For the Forgotten and persons (details supplied) in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will report on that...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the report commissioned in Britain by the RNID and to the damage caused to...
- Steel Prices
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in her role during the Irish EU Presidency, she will seek that China cease its embargo on coke and steel...
- Jobs Initiative
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that without a change in the eligibility threshold, the €10...
- Work Permits
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when renewal of work permits for persons (details supplied), which have been submitted by a company through...
- Patent Law
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the attitude of her Department to the patenting of life forms. [14293/04]
- Insurance Industry
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with respect to insurance companies from outside this country quoting for business here; and if...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, with reference to the alleged fraud perpetrated by a non-governmental organisation (details supplied) on...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has completed its investigations regarding the disposal of a small section of property to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Pension Provisions
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Defence the position of the Pensions Act that members on overseas missions are given in regard to benefits; if there are different criteria in regard to...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans his Department has to open up recreational facilities at Army locations, that is, swimming pools, squash courts, soccer and GAA pitches,...
- Defence Forces Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the accommodation facilities in Cathal Brugha Barracks; the plans for this barracks; and when the residents can expect to enjoy...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14429/04]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the new REP scheme. [14141/04]
- Grant Payments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will consider issuing a premium payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of animals. [14142/04]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will rescind the decision made regarding the REP scheme penalities on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) purchased animals privately, forwarded the farm to farm...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation he proposes to introduce to prevent the cross-contamination of conventional crops if genetically modified crops are...
- Grant Payments
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in a cattle subsidy payment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and when payment is likely to...
- Live Exports
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of calves under two months old exported to continental EU in 2003; the number which went to each destination country; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive the balance of suckler and other grants; and if he will make a...
- Registration of Title
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will take steps immediately to deal with the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on whether in this...
- Nitrates Directive
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to the nitrates directive; if agreement has been reached between his Department and the IFA; and if the...
- Grant Payments
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when extensification payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14402/04]
- Nitrates Directive
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the issues (details supplied) raised by the IFA in respect of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will take steps to ensure that the area aid payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath are awarded to them;...
- Department of Finance
- Civil Service Staff
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of architects who are working for the Civil Service; and the number of these who are stationed in Dublin. [14171/04]
- Tax Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses from Northern Ireland working here are operating VAT free (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/04]
- Garda Stations
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if consultations have taken place with interested parties regarding proposals for the redevelopment of the Tallaght Garda station site; and if he...
- Liquor Licensing
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of publicans' licences renewed in the State for the year ended 30 September 2003 in each turnover category (details supplied). [14308/04]
- Tax Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that a decision awaited from the Attorney General's office in respect of whether a waiver should be granted pursuant...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the voluntary element of the Government's decentralisation programme and on restrictions which civil servants will face in terms...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the positioning regarding the Miami Five case. [14102/04]
- National Identity Card
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consultations he has had or communications he has received from the Northern Ireland or British authorities concerning the proposal to...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the US authorities to express serious concern at the additional measures announced on 6 May 2004 by the US...
- Voluntary Service
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he had with the Department for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about the setting up of volunteering 21, in view of the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends lifting the cap on enrolments to post leaving certificate courses. [14585/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that the appropriate resource support is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new post-primary school at Castlegregory, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on the provision of additional special educational resources for Holy Family national school, Tralee,...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be included as a relevant institution for the purposes of the redress board; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding that has been allocated to the special autistic class in the Educate Together School at St. Joseph's, Navan Road; and if...
- School Transport
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport was not provided for persons attending Urlingford national school even though it was promised to families...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no vocational school in County Wexford was included in the recent announcement of the €30 million additional funding for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the appointment of a special needs assistant at a primary school in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Youth Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant will be provided for a group (details supplied) in County Louth. [14211/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision he is making to meet the considerable need for a special needs teacher at Avoca national school, County Wicklow; and the...
- School Placement
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary level school places available in Lucan, County Dublin; the number of junior infant enrolments that took place in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not been approved for two prefabricated classrooms in view of the fact that the...
- Child Care
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child care allowance has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on...
- Third Level Fees
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals to extend the free fees initiative to include part-time third level courses for persons participating in third...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the planned extension and sports hall at Coláiste Éanna, Ballyroan Road, Dublin 16; and when the school authorities...
- School Accommodation
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has satisfied himself with the level of accommodation provided at Brooklodge national school, County Cork; the reason its...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to providing a resource teacher to help with the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and...
- School Transport
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary, post-primary and special needs pupils availing of the school transport service in each year from and including...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to overcome the problems expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Council for Special Education
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet NAMHI in relation to the body's request for representation on the National Council for Special Education; and if he...
- School Staffing
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when a resource teacher will be allocated to the community school, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of the site for Griffeen Valley Educate Together school. [14423/04]
- School Accommodation
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding measures to solve the huge accommodation problems being suffered by St. Andrew's national school and the need to...
- School Recognition
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received notifications for plans to set up an Islamic school in the Lucan area. [14425/04]
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department is making plans to increase multi-denominational school places in Lucan, in view of the large non-Catholic population...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received correspondence regarding the lack of primary and second level school places in the...
- School Closure
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take urgent action to save Greendale community school, Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14432/04]
- School Staffing
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional resource hours will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [14435/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for classes for dyslexic children. [14436/04]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the release of funding to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will investigate a situation whereby a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is attending Brooklodge national school and...
- Suíomh Scoile
Question 207: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le suíomh úr a lorg do scoil úr i nGort a' Choirce i nDún na nGall. [14454/04]
- Halla Spóirt
Question 208: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an eol dó an géarghá atá le halla spóirt do Phobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair, cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta agus an ndéanfaidh...
- School Staffing
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the appointment of a special needs assistant will be approved for the Presentation secondary school, Clonmel, for a person (details...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the roll-out of the home school liaison scheme over the coming 12 months. [14467/04]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pupils in senior infant class in Scoil San Carlo, Leixlip, County Kildare will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extension will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [14571/04]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will move without delay to purchase the site earmarked on the Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, Dublin 5, for a new school...
- Third Level Colleges
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is envisaged that the third level college, which was announced before the general election 2002 for the northside of Cork city...
- School Staffing
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Wexford that are waiting on extra hours for learning support teachers, resource teachers or special...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a submission from a group in Kilkenny relating to establishing a special school for autistic children in Goresbridge, County...
- European Schools
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has approved the spending of €16.45 million from the EU budget on a school in Uccle, Brussels; if Ireland contributes a further...
- School Staffing
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has two resource teachers with children...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will obtain a pre-fab; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school...
- School Accommodation
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he or his officials have been in contact or received correspondence from groups in Gorey, County Wexford, with reference to the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has plans to extend or build a new community school in Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if travel concessions can be given for a person (details supplied) in County Clare who needs the assistance of a resource teacher to go...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the requirement for the extra facilities required at Sallins national school, Sallins, County Kildare; when...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the developments in regard to the provision of a new primary school in Kill, County Kildare; the action or actions likely by the end of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which requirements have been, are being or will be met in respect of extra buildings or other facilities, including...
- School Curriculum
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all grant commitments made to various second level schools throughout the country towards the encouragement of sciences in the...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to his reply to previous parliamentary questions, wherein he has indicated that responsibility for compliance with health and...
- School Accommodation
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has identified the top 50 second level schools in the country which suffer most from overcrowding or inadequacy of buildings or...
- School Curriculum
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the education system here is keeping pace with Ireland's competitors in the area of science and technology; and if he will make a...
- Psychological Service
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to meet requirements as set out in respect of psychological assessment or assistance at all primary and second level schools...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to meet the full requirement in terms of resource, remedial, special needs teachers in all primary schools throughout the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date towards improving pupil-teacher ratios in primary and second level schools with particular reference to areas...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the five hours' resource teaching recommended for them. [14665/04]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources how much funding was given annually to each coast guard station in Leinster over the past five years; and the...
- Eel Population
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the eel population here was reduced in recent years; the scale of the reduction; its causes; and his plans to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the decision to base the new coast guard and safety agency in Drogheda; and how...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding can be granted for the necessary improvements required to allow the ferry from Howth harbour to...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of recent grants to sporting organisations; and the amount of public money that was given to the Football Association of...
- Departmental Funding
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding is available for a project (details supplied). [14194/04]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding that was made available for each of the past ten years on a county basis; and if he is satisfied that all community...
- Grant Payments
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of the €1.5 million grant that was awarded to the Castleblayney Arts and Community Development Company Limited towards...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism whether sports capital funding should be contingent on the merits of the application and in accordance with pre-determined rules...
- Department of Health and Children
- Offences Against the Person
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal safeguards in existence to ensure the protection of girls and women against female genital mutilation here; and if asylum...
- Mental Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a report on the psychiatric services in the SEHB area carried out by a person (details supplied) is available; if it was made public...
- Grant Payments
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a motorised transport grant will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their medical...
- Health Board Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for cutbacks in the support services for psychiatric patients at St. Luke's Hospital in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [14104/04]
- Medical Cards
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14105/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new psychiatric hospital at St. Luke's, Kilkenny is serviced by a kitchen on site; and if so, if it is fully equipped and...
- Child Abuse
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by category of all cases of child abuse as reported to the health authorities in 2001 to 2003, inclusive. [14119/04]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes so long to obtain results of smear tests as compared with the United Kingdom. [14125/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive home help. [14131/04]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an MRI scan in Galway. [14132/04]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children about a request for two stump boards for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [14137/04]
- Nicotine Replacement Therapies
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider making the nicotine patch available to medical card holders and under the drugs payment scheme in an effort to assist...
- Health Board Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the population aged over 65 that receives home help; the percentage of over 65s who receive home help in each of the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for hip replacements, knee replacements, cataract operations and heart bypass surgery in each of the health...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average rate of nursing home subventions in each of the health board areas; and the number of persons in receipt of the subvention in...
- Health Board Staff
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of extra nurses, therapists, paramedics, home care attendants and home helps who have been employed by the ERHA since 1998....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation in Sligo General: and if he will make a decision on their...
- Grant Payments
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have the respite care grant issued in view of the circumstances. [14159/04]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will have their operation in Sligo General Hospital. [14161/04]
- Hospital Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when operative orthopaedics will officially commence at Mayo General Hospital. [14172/04]
- Food and Nutrition Strategy
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his Department plans to launch a campaign on the dangers of eating disorders and promote healthy eating (details supplied). [14176/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be taken into residential care; and if he will work with local services to secure a...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the restoration of detoxification at Our Lady's treatment unit, Cuan Mhuire, Athy; and when it will resume....
- Health Board Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new services to be provided by the North Western Health Board in view of increased spending on suicide prevention and research of...
- Hospital Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to correspondence (details supplied) on a parliamentary question, the position regarding the proposed assessment unit at St....
- Departmental Funding
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give consideration to an application by an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 8 for emergency funding totalling...
- Mental Health Services
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his proposals to introduce a compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/04]
- Medical Cards
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W. [14206/04]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proceeds from the sale of part of the land of St. Loman's Hospital will be used to improve the hospital facilities; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be called for knee surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14208/04]
- Health Centres
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on plans for the redevelopment of the health centre at Millbrook Lawns, Tallaght, Dublin 24; if his attention has been...
- Hospital Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has satisfied himself with the treatment offered to a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital on 1 May 2004; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan to Castlebar General Hospital. [14296/04]
- Chiropody Services
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many practising chiropodists have no qualification other than postal courses; and if his...
- Medical Cards
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the negotiations with the representatives of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists of Ireland in view of the fact...
- Child Care Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Galway who was attending the children's behavioural clinic, University...
- Home Help Service
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the employment of home help on bank holiday Mondays. [14302/04]
- Departmental Properties
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consideration the SEHB has given to an application for a site in the name of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Medical Insurance
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the caps his Department has agreed on consultants' liabilities for the private sector going forward; if a cap will apply for just one...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will receive an occupational therapy assessment. [14398/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a copy of the guidelines adhered to in respect of the provision of orthodontic treatment in the Western Health Board....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for speech therapy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the draft legislation aimed at addressing the issue of female genital mutilation which was submitted...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that methadone is being prescribed for cocaine users in the Eastern Regional Health Authority...
- Health Board Staff
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the appointment of a doctor for an area (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hip operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); if procedures were followed in relation to this person's discharge; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be admitted to Tallaght Hospital for a dental procedure; and if he will make a...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the suspension of inter-country adoptions between Belarus and Ireland. [14469/04]
- Hospital Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been approved for Peamount Hospital's five year strategy. [14471/04]
- Suicide Prevention
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new services to be provided by North Eastern Health Board in view of increased spending on suicide prevention and research of...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by suicide and the rates per 100,000 by health board or regional authority and county for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and...
- Hospital Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a long stay bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he expects the building of the accident and emergency extension to Letterkenny General Hospital will go to tender; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hip operation. [14574/04]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the start-up date for the long awaited BreastCheck for the Munster area can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the situation regarding the high care coronary care unit in Monaghan General Hospital, if the unit will be...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that has been or is being taken by the South Eastern Health Board in response to its meeting held with representatives of...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding to extend the Caredoc co-op after hours' service to Waterford city and county was not included in his Department's...
- Hospital Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been no progress on the situation whereby one single consultant rheumatologist is responsible for the entire...
- Department of Transport
- Driving Tests
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if an early driving test application can be arranged for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W. [14460/04]
- Public Transport
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of air bus vehicles that are adapted for persons with disabilities; and if inspections are carried out to ensure that the amount of...
- Driving Tests
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14237/04]
- Road Safety
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the penalty points system; the range of offences for which penalty points are imposed; the level of implementation of the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 420 of 30 March 2004, if he will report on the eligibility of persons with free travel passes to use their passes on Luas...
- Public Transport
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport when his Department commissioned the new study into the Dublin Bus market; the terms of reference for this study; when he hopes to be in possession...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Court Procedures
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are mechanisms in his Department where an applicant (details supplied) can claim their award; and if he will make a...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving peace commissioners in the State; the number in Dublin postal districts 1, 3 and 7; the procedure by...
- Child Care Programme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 384 of 9 March 2004, if the future funding of the group has been fully considered; if so, the...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if charges will be brought against members of the British armed forces who entered the State at Edentubber, County Louth, on...
- Garda Operations
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason homes are being visited in Shannon, County Clare, by the Garda and persons are being questioned with regard to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí who were transferred in the past 12 months into the Dublin metropolitan area and out of the Dublin...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Commissioner agreed to meet with a person (details supplied); the reason the meeting did not happen; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has information on the status of the groups of persons who were deported in the recent past in particular on those...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a formal complaint of bullying by a prison officer has ever been processed according to procedures approved by the Health...
- Garda Strength
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to appoint more gardaí to Scariff in County Clare to deal with law and order incidents which take place over...
- Crime Prevention
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether, in the context of the study carried out in the North of Ireland which showed 230 criminal gangs...
- Visa Applications
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) whose father is resident in County Louth. [14185/04]
- Garda Operations
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí are enforcing the three tonne limit for traffic at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 6W. [14216/04]
- Asylum Applications
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the provisions that are in place for the accommodation of and assistance to former asylum...
- Garda Strength
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently allocated to Galway city; the numbers at end of year for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003; and if...
- Equality Legislation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the maximum advice and support will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if this person's rights will...
- Visa Applications
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the maximum advice and assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [14430/04]
- Prison Committals
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been imprisoned in the past 12 months for the non-payment of a fine and for the non-payment...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons convicted under section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999; the number of persons who have received...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures for a person to obtain a licence for a fully licensed off-licence; his plans to have a lottery licence...
- Crime Levels
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homicide victims by age for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. [14486/04]
- Garda Strength
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to previous parliamentary questions, he can now deal with the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the further information submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will enable him to expedite a decision...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans of local authorities to develop an integrated housing assistance policy in consultation with...
- Election Management System
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he acted without adequate protection for the taxpayer when he signed a multi-million euro contract...
- Litter Pollution
Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take following his consideration of the consultants' study commissioned in September 2003...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number in total and by type of traveller accommodation units yet to be provided by each local authority...
- Recycling Policy
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person requires planning permission to recycle domestic waste for compost purposes within their own...
- Housing Grants
Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria for eligibility for the essential repairs grant for persons aged over 65. [14149/04]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make public his plans for supplementing non-profit investments to accommodate housing needs. [14164/04]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to allocate additional resources to local authorities to cope with housing means assessments. [14165/04]
- Environmental Policy
Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to promote higher standards in quality, design, safety and energy efficiency within...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase the loan limits under the affordable housing and shared ownership schemes in line...
- National Parks
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a planning application will be submitted for the proposed visitor centre for Ballycroy National Park,...
- Register of Electors
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin who was born in the UK and holds an Irish passport is not...
- Fire Stations
Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Fire Cover Study will be undertaken by Dublin Fire Brigade in view of the major residential and...
- Housing Grants
Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to restore the first time buyer's grant, particularly in view of the continuing escalating...
- Waste Management
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to ensure equity in waste management charges throughout the country; if it is...
- Polling Stations
Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of polling stations to be used during the local and European elections; the number of such stations...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new sewerage treatment plants for Kilkerrin, Dunmore and Leenane, County...
- Environmental Policy
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposal for an international agreement on a contraction and convergence response to climate change has...
- Minimum Voting Age
Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the debate in the UK regarding the reduction of the voting age to 16; his...
- Housing Grants
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by persons with disabilities in...
- Retail Sector Developments
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when review of retail planning guidelines will be determined upon; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Grants
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a new house grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern among many members of the architectural profession...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the protection which exists for the feral goat; if, in the absence of protective measures, regulations can be...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ulster-Scots Agency
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he can provide funding from any source to maintain the Border minority group service being provided from the Market...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a community-based organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has been informed that its funding allocation...
- Volunteer Service
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the contacts he had with the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about the setting up of Volunteering...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W is entitled to a pension. [14124/04]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will withdraw guidance that exemptions to the Government housing supplement be minimal in number and advise that persons who...
- Employment Support Services
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if part-time public sector employees who have been paying PRSI Class A contributions while their full time colleagues have been...
