Written answers
Tuesday, 5 October 2004
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the submission from Dublin Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign on the mid-term review of the national drugs...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made in relation to the decentralisation of his Department; and if he will make a...
- Irish Language
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made by the Irish language advisory committee to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the role of his Department in assisting the residents of Pollathomas, County Mayo a year after...
- Offshore Islands
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in the provision of transport to islands, the provision of airstrips and the provision of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his Department who have applied to the CAF under the decentralisation programme; and if he will...
- Community Development
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in advancing corporate social responsibility particularly in regard to areas affected by drugs...
- Voluntary Activity
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which he can assist the community and voluntary sector, which has seen the fourth anniversary of the White...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when legislation on charities will be published; the likely content of such legislation; and if he will make a...
- Western Development Commission
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the work of the Western Development Commission recently; and if he will make a...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent annual report of the Dormant Account Funds 2003; and the reason he intends to change the...
- Irish Language
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has given consideration to providing extra funding to local authorities and State agencies to meet the cost of...
- An Coimisiún Logainmneacha
Question 158: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ag an gCoimisiún Logainmneacha ó ceapadh é. [22674/04]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which he envisages the rural social scheme will be funded into the future; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied regarding a grant made (details supplied) by Udarás na Gaeltachta to a company outside of the...
- Charities Legislation
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department's proposals for a league table of charities to allow for more public information regarding the way in...
- Community Development
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the situation regarding the future of, and financial support for, community development programmes; and if he will...
- Irish Language
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for his view that Irish speakers are discriminated against, as he is reported as saying at a recent press...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the rural social scheme has been phased into the 27 Leader areas not originally included in the scheme; the level...
- Rural Development
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will give details of the work carried out by the Rural Development Co-ordinating Committee under the NDP to date...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work which is being done by drug task forces to make contact with new communities of non-nationals in relation to...
- Departmental Studies
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects the rural enterprise study to be completed; the measures he will pursue to enact its recommendations;...
- Rural Development
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his priorities in the area of rural development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/04]
- Western Development Commission
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount allocated to date to the investment fund of the Western Development Commission; the number of projects...
- Foilseacháin Ghaeilge
Question 171: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén obair atá ar siúl ina Roinn féin nó ar son na Roinne chun scríbhneoireacht chruthaitheach ghaeilge a fhorbairt...
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost and quantity of the anti-racism pack recently launched by his Department. [22896/04]
- Voluntary Activity
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which was allocated under the training and support services grant scheme for 2004; the amount allocated to...
- Drug Misuse
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on recent research from the Health Research Board which shows that drug use outside Dublin trebled between...
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
Question 175: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta conas a d'éirigh le scéim na mac léinn sa Ghaeltacht i mbliana. [22790/04]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with regard to the development of the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forbairt na Gaeilge
Question 178: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad a chuid smaointe i dtaobh thodhchaí na Gaeilge labhartha agus scríofa. [22899/04]
- Insurance Industry
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has proposals to alleviate the high cost of insurance on community and voluntary organisations; and if he will...
- Stádas na Gaeilge
Question 181: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta chun stádas oifigiúil a bhaint amach don Ghaeilge san Aontas Eorpach. [22718/04]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to introduce legislation in relation to volunteering; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drug Misuse
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date on funding for the young people's facilities and services fund; and if funding under this heading...
- Community Development
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in improving the alignment of structures of community and local development organisations across...
- Rural Development
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of his Department's rural development fund which has been spent to date; the schemes and proposals which...
- Laghdú Fostaíochta
Question 190: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eol dó na deacrachtaí atá ag tionscal (sonraí tugtha) i nDún na nGall agus an bhfuil iarrachtaí á ndéanamh chun...
- Irish Language
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to encourage Irish-speaking parents to pass on the language to their children; the cost of this programme...
- Rural Development
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress to date on the INTERREG IIIA Programme Ireland-Wales for rural development...
- Comhairle na Tuaithe
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the work programme of Comhairle na Tuaithe on access to waymarked ways; and if he will make a...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recommendations which were submitted to his Department by the sub-group established within the national drugs...
- An Daonáireamh Náisiúnta
Question 202: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil staidéar déanta aige ar an gcuid de Dhaonáireamh 2002 a bhaineann leis an nGaeilge. [22787/04]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the annual report of the Merchants Quay project, which highlights a substantial increase in the number of...
- Réamhscolaíocht agus Seirbhísí Óige
Question 205: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ag Údarás na Gaeltachta chun béim níos láidre a chur ar naíscolaíocht agus ar...
- Legislative Programme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his legislative proposals for the current term of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22784/04]
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work his Department is involved in to advance the implementation of the national spatial strategy; and if he will...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisations which have received grants from the dormant accounts disbursement fund; the amount of the grant in...
- Rural Development
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to meet with the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Marian Fischer Boel, to...
- Coimisiún na Gaeltachta
Question 213: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cen dul chun cinn atá déanta aige chun moltaí Choimisiún na Gaeltachta a chur i bhfeidhm. [22733/04]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he foresees the medicinal use of cannabis becoming legal; and if this represents his Department's policy;and if he...
- Rural Development
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date on the implementation of county development strategies to encourage small rural enterprise. [22735/04]
- Taisteal an Aire
Question 217: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, maidir lena chuairt ar Ghaeltacht Dhún na nGall ar an 14 Meán Fómhair, cad iad na ceantair ar ar thug sé cuairt; cad...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he expects to increase expenditure in support of communities attempting to combat the drugs...
- Polasaí Dátheangach
Question 221: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta aige ó ritheadh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, agus an bhfuil go leor airgid ag na...
- Leader Programmes
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in protecting and developing rural communities and in supporting rural development, in particular...
- Ferry Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if regulations for ferry operators to the islands have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Language
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the status of the Irish language as an official EU language; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rural Development
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress to date on the INTERREG IIIA Programme Ireland-Northern Ireland for rural...
- Job Creation
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of job losses experienced in 2004 to date in the Donegal Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in advancing and improving community supports for older persons. [22722/04]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the decentralisation of Foras na Gaeilge has been agreed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22686/04]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Department Websites
Question 240: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are posted on the website; if so...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Insurance Industry
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to reduce the cost and ensure the availability of public liability and employer liability insurance for...
- Amnesty International
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received correspondence from Amnesty International regarding a person (details supplied); if he can answer the two...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Health and Safety Authority is not meeting the targets set by Government in respect of decentralisation to...
- Work Permits
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work permit application of a person (details supplied); the reason a renewal application for this...
- Department Websites
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department...
- Soft Drinks Industry
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to control the price of soft drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23451/04]
- Job Initiative
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends addressing the discrimination preventing married women who, due to the fact that they have not been in receipt...
- Disability Support Service
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Websites
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are posted on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the decentralisation of the Army to the Curragh; the number of staff that have declared an interest in relocating to...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a forestry maintenance payment. [23576/04]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department is seeking repayment from the estate of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the further reason...
- Grant Payments
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is to have a penalty imposed upon them in relation to their application for...
- Departmental Websites
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from her Department are posted...
- Milk Quota
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the restrictions on off farm income in relation to the milk partnership; if, in view of inflation and so on,...
- Grant Payments
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a slatted house grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the details and new rates of the pension recommended for persons (details supplied). [23215/04]
- Tax Code
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance when tax refunds will issue to a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in order to allow redundancy payments to be made; and if he will make...
- Departmental Websites
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are posted on the...
- Freedom of Information
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has to include VECs under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the sourcing of a site for the decentralisation of his Department to Athy, County Kildare (details supplied); the number of...
- Tax Code
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance if he would allow exemption from stamp duty in a case where a family are purchasing a home in order to accommodate a disabled person. [23572/04]
- Pension Provisions
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give details of changes published in September 2004 in relation to pensions for public service workers; if existing pensioners who...
- Tax Yield
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in 1998, 2003 and estimated for 2004, who were assessed for income tax; the number who had no liability; the number on marginal...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Websites
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are posted on...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his endeavours and contacts in respect of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/04]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to assist in the negotiations regarding Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23456/04]
- Department of Education and Science
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to change the regulations which impose restrictions on persons who wish to obtain access to VTOS and PLC...
- School Transport
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 203 of 21 October 2003, 113 of 6 November 2003 and 257 of 4 February 2004, if she will...
- Education Schemes
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of remedial teachers in mathematics teaching at primary level and at secondary level; the way in which the number of these...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be included in the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. [23203/04]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance promised three years ago will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to install new windows and...
- Library Project
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the success of the junior certificate school programme demonstration library project, it is proposed to extend the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in regard to additional educational assistance; and if she...
- School Staffing
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a teaching position in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a...
- Statistics on Reading Problems
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give details of the trend in the numbers of pupils with reading problems in primary school and secondary school in each...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding for a refurbishment project at a college (details supplied) in County Longford will be approved; and if she will make a...
- Transition Year Programme
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures for a pupil to proceed to pre-leaving certificate year when the school claims that transition year is compulsory; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a visiting teacher dealing with the needs of children with hearing difficulties has not been appointed following a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications her Department received for allocation of resources for pupils with special educational needs attending...
- Psychological Service
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for resource hours will be reviewed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if the supplementary...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to address the lack of adequate learning support for children with special needs attending a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when resource hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who is responsible for a child's safety upon their exit from a bus until they reach the front gate of the school; and if she...
- School Staffing
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to ensure that a reimbursement due to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a resource...
- School Closures
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department made a decision to close a college (details supplied) in County Dublin despite the advice of consultants and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason higher education grants are being refused to students who attend Griffith College; and the legal, academic and policy...
- Psychological Service
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a psychological assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
- School Staffing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the situation regarding special needs assistant hours for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason a...
- School Transport
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary have to pay an annual fee to CIE for school transport. [23345/04]
- Psychological Service
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with learning difficulties requiring psychological assessment in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a syllabus is available for the SCG examination and the place this can be obtained in the context of teachers working in primary...
- International Education Matters
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 27 April 2004 the progress to date by the working group; and if she will make a statement...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will announce details of the 2005 summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23406/04]
- Departmental Websites
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from her Department are posted...
- Psychological Service
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision to refuse resource teaching time for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the NEPS...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if works will now be funded at schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if her attention has been drawn to the anxiety of the local...
- Education Schemes
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to encourage education in foreign languages in primary schools; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pre-school Education
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she remains committed to pre-school education; her plans to provide funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23444/04]
- School Staffing
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not been responded to;...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing a computer for home use to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will obtain a prefab to accommodate an extra teacher for children enrolled for...
- School Staffing
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has only two resource teachers; when...
- Psychological Service
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the decision to refuse resource teaching time for a person (details supplied) when the NEPS report of February...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will address the learning support needs of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which awaits decisions in her...
- Eamon Ceannt Scholarship
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an Eamon Ceannt Scholarship will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23477/04]
- School Accommodation
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the need for additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the current...
- School Staffing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the application for learning support staff (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 29 September 2004, her timetable for bringing the order before Dáil Éireann; and if she...
- Capitation Grants
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to increase the ancillary services grant, which has not been increased for the past two years; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in establishing a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a post primary school (details supplied) in County Limerick, even though it is...
- Educational Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the adult educational guidance project in Cork City is facing closure and that the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo were refused licences for traditional pot fishing boats....
- Broadband Programme
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the name of the contractor and the details of the contract in rolling out broadband throughout the country; and...
- Retail Prices
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of increase to consumers for all regulated services for which he has responsibility in terms of retail...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he will take to ensure that public service levels are maintained within the agencies due to be...
- Departmental Websites
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from...
- Post Office Network
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to ensure An Post maintains rural post offices and provide services for rural communities; if...
- Services for People with Disabilites
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Vehicle Registration Office
Question 359: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is her or her Department's intention to alter the status of the legal registration office in Mullingar, and that it...
- Hospital Services
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients left on trolleys per day in Tallaght Hospital during the last Dáil session; and the length of time before these...
- Health Centres
Question 361: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not wheelchair...
- Health Board Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Cancer Strategy
Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has regarding the concerns of Cancer Care Alliance in the matter of providing a full and properly...
- Medical Cards
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 and over in 1998 and in 2003; and the average cost of medical card cover for...
- National Cancer Strategy
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the locations of the planned two centre Dublin based radiotherapy service. [23258/04]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if information on consultants' waiting lists for each consultant in each specialty is made available to general practitioners on a...
- Hospital Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for eye cataract surgery; the length of time they have been on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a meeting will be arranged with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [23278/04]
- Hospital Services
Question 371: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding is available to continue the programme of the inner ear cochlear department at Beaumont Hospital; if proposed...
- Pension Provisions
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the entitlement of pension rights will be granted to retired nurses (details supplied). [23349/04]
- Hospital Services
Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application has been received in her Department from the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar seeking approval for the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress at the Midland Regional Hospital project at Tullamore; the amount spent per annum on this extension since...
- Health Board Services
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Western Health Board will arrange the reassessment of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for orthodontic treatment. [23424/04]
- Home Help Service
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been approved for home help. [23425/04]
- Departmental Websites
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from her Department are posted...
- Hospital Services
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will supply a minibus to the activities section of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Housing aid for the Elderly
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will investigate the guidelines for the home improvement scheme for the elderly that is operated by the South West Area...
- Medical Cards
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards not renewed in the past year in the Kildare area of the South West Area Health Board; the plans her...
- Health Board Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists within the South Western Area Health Board region; the efforts her Department has made to overcome...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of a 96 bed unit at the Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland, Clontarf, Dublin 3; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person, details supplied, in County Galway will be called for assessment for a tonsillectomy; the date this person...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in regard to the issues raised with her by persons in correspondence (details supplied); the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a healthcare unit (details supplied) in County Kerry as soon as a new service is extended to the...
- Health Board Services
Question 389: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the situation at a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role her Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Services
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the fare levels on CIE services at the beginning of 1998 and at the end of 2003. [23233/04]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of employees of the National Roads Authority which has signalled its intention to decentralise to Ballinasloe; the number who have been...
- Rail Network
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Transport the position concerning the western rail corridor; if he will publish the report of the study group set up in 2004; and if he will make a statement...
- Driving Tests
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23266/04]
- Speed Limits
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Transport if the metrification process of speed limit signs will commence on 1 January 2005; if he will outline the new speed limits which will apply and the...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Transport if adequate funding in the region of €6 million will be allocated in 2004 to the rural transport initiative for meaningful development to be...
- Driving Tests
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Transport further to correspondence (details supplied) if he will furnish a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/04]
- Departmental Websites
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are posted on the...
- Air Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of US military personnel passing through Shannon Airport for each month of 2004 to date. [23485/04]
- Driving Tests
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driving test in County Tipperary; and the breakdown of the figures. [23488/04]
- Public Transport
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport if the RPA will make arrangements through his Department to introduce an interim arrangement, pending the introduction of ticketing, in order that...
- Driving Tests
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to make allowances in the driver theory test for persons with learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Travel Survey Data
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the total number of morning peak journeys in the greater Dublin area in 1998 and in 2003; and his estimate of the number of these...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21 September 2004; and if he...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- EU Directives
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the concerns of an organisation, details supplied. [23463/04]
- Gaming and Lotteries Legislation
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to prohibit or regulate the advertising of too good to be true prize-winning schemes; and if he will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve funding for a project, details supplied, in Dublin 10 given that all other funding is in place; and if he...
- Court Poor Box System
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the funds from the court poor box should be disbursed by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursement Board;...
- Garda Stations
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the view of the community in Tallaght west that the issue of a Garda station for Tallaght...
- Visa Applications
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons, details supplied, were not granted permits to visit here; the action which must be taken to overcome the...
- Grant Payments
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the application for grant aid under the equal opportunities child care programme, details supplied,...
- Visa Applications
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider an appeal to allow a person, details supplied, in Dublin 8 to undertake a course of studies here by...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strategy he has in place to reduce hepatitis C and HIV transmission in prisons here. [23228/04]
- Deportation Orders
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has in regard to the concerns of a person, details supplied, in County Kilkenny regarding the immigration...
- Visa Applications
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa application will be processed for a person, details supplied; the reason for the delay in processing this...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of publicly funded child care places in Dublin 11; if he has satisfied himself that the number of places meets...
- Community Policing
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding support for the Rialto policing forum due to the fact that this matter has been outstanding for a...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are circumstances which would warrant a review of his decision in relation to an application by a person, details...
- Garda Operations
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date of policing the yellow boxes along the routes of the Luas trams; the funds recouped to date from either the...
- Registration of Title
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding future plans to reform or streamline the conveyancing system for private dwellings; his views on...
- Child Care Services
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a community-based pre-school, details supplied, in County Tipperary....
- Departmental Websites
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department...
- Garda Deployment
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Commissioner will have extra foot patrols deployed to the Clonliffe Road, Clonliffe Avenue and Tolka Road...
- Deportation Orders
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is intended to deport persons, details supplied, in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of waiting lists at legal aid centres in Kilkenny and in Newbridge, County Kildare; if he has satisfied himself...
- Garda Communications
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will respond to a submission from the Rialto policing forum. [23549/04]
- Deportation Orders
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportations of non-national parents of Irish citizens since the Supreme Court decision of 2003; the number of...
- Status of Irish Born Children
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of a person, details supplied; and the Government's policy with respect to such children....
- Human Rights Issues
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made towards ratification of Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights on non-discrimination;...
- Registration of Title
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree of progress made on the application for first registration by persons (details attached) in County Westmeath who...
- Child Care Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the application by persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the equal opportunities child...
- Registration of Title
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the registration application made by Cork City Council for a property (details supplied), and which was lodged on 29...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the relocation of a section of his Department to Tipperary town will take place. [23568/04]
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it has ever occurred that a member of a prison visiting committee has been removed from their position before their...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 for their family was refused; if...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's plans to investigate the provision of extra funding for the home improvement scheme for the...
- Strategic Planning Guidelines
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the five year housing plan submitted by Limerick County Council to his Department....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has in regard to overhauling or replacing the totally unsatisfactory public water supply in...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request for the statutory designation of Newcastle Lough as a natural heritage area at...
- EU Directives
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the finalisation of the draft national action programme under the nitrates directive; if,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be approved for the upgrading of the west Roscommon water supply scheme; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Websites
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department's website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from...
- Legislative Programme
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he is likely to publish the Construction Industry Federation Bill; the stage the proposed Bill is at; and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, as a matter of extreme urgency, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes will ensure that...
- Roadside Hedges
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reconsider reverting to having county councils responsible for the cutting of the hedges along the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Innishannon, Ballinadee-Ballinspittle-Garretstown, water supply scheme can now proceed; and the...
- Recycling Facilities
Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve finance for a recycling facility at Cashel, County Tipperary. [23493/04]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the archaeological works being carried out as preparatory work for the new sewerage scheme in...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the status of each local council's implementation of their Traveller accommodation plan...
- Waste Recycling
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volume and share of recycling by sectoral source in 1998 and in 2003; and the way in which this compares...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed to date in 2004 under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will be proactive in the support for the development of a needle exchange programme in prisons here. [23227/04]
- Property Rights
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposals in place within his Department to facilitate the use of private lands here by walkers, similar to that...
- Charities Legislation
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position on the reform of charities law and the Charities Act which is now over 40 years old. [23344/04]
- Departmental Websites
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his...
- Córas Náisiúnta ISBN
Question 470: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige treoir a thabhairt dá Roinn chun córas International Standard Book Numbering, ISBN,...
- Grant Payments
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a grant will be sanctioned to New Inn parish council for an alarm for the elderly. [23575/04]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Free Travel Scheme
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to implement measures to enable pensioners to access free travel on a whole island basis; and the discussions he has...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if powers exist to prevent health boards from giving rent subsidy to persons who are either evicted or excluded from local...
- Departmental Websites
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department's website is up-to-date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from his Department are...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the reforms introduced to the rent supplement scheme are having an adverse impact on large numbers of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the role his Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21 September...
