Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2004
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons killed and injured in road traffic accidents to date in 2004; the way in which it compares with 2003; the steps he intends to...
- Rail Network
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to receive the report of the working group evaluating the potential for the phased reopening of the Sligo-Cork rail route; and if...
- Light Rail Project
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent call by the Dublin City Business Association to join up the Luas lines in the city centre; if he intends to progress this...
- Rail Network
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport if an analysis has been carried out within his Department on the possible introduction of on-street light rail services in Cork city. [26891/04]
- Rail Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the decision taken by Iarnród Éireann to increase by 25%, from January 2005, the rates it charges to its business customers to...
- Air Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the board or management of Aer Lingus on the way in which best to meet the company's capital requirements to finance...
- Landing Rights
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if the foreign soldiers landing in Shannon Airport on approved military refuelling flights have been counted as tourist visitors here within the...
- Road Safety
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to ban the use of larger supercube trucks over the coming years. [26993/04]
- State Airports
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the operation to date of the three new airport authorities, established following the abolition of Aer Rianta; and...
- Road Network
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement in relation to the authority which has responsibility for the Dublin Port tunnel in the event of a fire breaking out...
- Light Rail Project
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed route for the extension of the red Luas line to Spencer Dock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26975/04]
- Public Transport Integration
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 401 of 5 October 2004, the outcome of his discussions regarding the introduction of a combined bus, Luas and rail ticket...
- Road Network
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the Dublin Port tunnel open for public use. [26894/04]
- Rail Network
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the analysis he has carried out on the construction of a new direct rail line between Dublin and Navan; the projected cost of building such a line;...
- National Car Test
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to include the inspection of tax and insurance certificates as part of the NCTS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/04]
- Rail Network
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has completed an evaluation of the CIE strategy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27022/04]
- Road Network
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a final decision regarding whether the height of the Dublin Port tunnel should be raised; if not, when he expects this decision will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government will carry out a review of the ratio of spending in the capital budget between investment in public transport and roads in view...
- Road Network
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce new toll routes to fund completion of motorways linking Dublin with Cork, Galway, and the M50 upgrade; and if he will...
- Road Safety
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport the speed limit increases that were suggested by him for 43 specific sections of roadway around the country which have been agreed with the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport when the full penalty points system will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26962/04]
- Landing Rights
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will verify that no US military or chartered civilian aircraft, permitted to overfly Irish airspace or land in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel,...
- Rural Transport Integration
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has opted to continue the rural transport initiative on a pilot basis; the reason, despite a recent review by ADM, no decision on...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed new runway at Dublin Airport, announced recently by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made to establish an independent authority to procure public transport services; the nature and functions of the...
- Speed Limits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the changeover of all speed limits from miles to the metric system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26961/04]
- US Immigration Procedures
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received a request from the US authorities for clearance to start finger-printing US bound passengers at airports here under the terms of the...
- Road Network
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Government approved the proposal for the widening of the M50 motorway and the upgrade of several junctions on the motorway; and the cost...
- Driving Tests
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of provisional licence holders awaiting the driving test; the number of these who are to sit the driving test for the first time; the...
- Public Transport
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made with regard to the review of the location of bus stops announced following the serious accident at Wellington Quay, Dublin on 21...
- Air Transport Agreement
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in regard to the Shannon stopover; the position in regard to negotiations between the EU and the US on the open-skies policy; and if...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the report of the taxi advisory council on new regulations to be introduced to the...
- Railway Stations
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects discussions betweenhis Department and Iarnród Éireann regardingthe future development of a commuter station at Spencer Dock will...
- Heavy Goods Vehicles
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the call made by a recent inquest in Dublin into the death of a cyclist for a review of blind spots in cabs of...
- Public Transport
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport if he remains committed to the break up of CIE into three separate companies, as set out in the programme for Government 2002; when legislation...
- Driving Tests
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to increase the fee to sit the driving test; if so, the amount of such increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/04]
- Airport Landing Facilities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of United States troops who landed at Shannon Airport in 2003 and 2004 to date; if he has plans to review permission for such landings...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in addressing the long delays between motorists being observed breaking the speed limit or other road traffic offences which...
- Light Rail Project
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Transport if the RPA is undertaking a review of all aspects of the Luas project; when such a review will be completed; if it will be published; and if he...
- Road Safety
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he proposes to meet the targets in the new National Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006 in view of the fact that many of the targets...
- Road Accidents
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need for an independent road accident investigation unit in view of the high number of road fatalities and casualties on roads...
- State Airports
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to the establishment of a second terminal at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26951/04]
- Road Safety
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to respond to the call made by the Chairman of the National Road Safety Council for a more structured investment in road safety in...
- Driving Tests
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason, despite the fact that 130,000 persons are on the waiting list for the driving test, that eight driving tester vacancies remain...
- Road Network
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent statements (details supplied) that major national roads projects are likely to be significantly delayed due to the Government's...
- Air Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government's view on the role Aer Lingus should play as a national carrier; if his attention has been drawn to serious concern expressed by...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is still proposed that Bus Éireann employees will be decentralised to Mitchelstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27003/04]
- Road Network
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent calls by the National Roads Authority for additional funding to complete its road building programme; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take in order to create safety awareness around Luas traffic. [26996/04]
- Light Rail Project
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date to extend the two existing Luas lines at Cherrywood and at the Docklands; the progress that has been made in negotiating PPPs...
- Infrastructural Projects
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport the status within his Department of the Iarnród Éireann proposal for an interconnector south of the River Liffey; the timetable for the...
- Traffic Management
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by IBEC which found that traffic congestion had got worse in Dublin over the past two...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding which has been given to facilitate development and improvement project works to regional non-State owned airports under the current...
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the work to date of the taxi hardship panel. [26977/04]
- Rail Network
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to re-open the rail line between Sallins, County Kildare and Tullow, County Carlow; if discussions or meetings have been held regarding...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 202: To ask the Taoiseach the five measurable performance indicators he regards as targets of greatest priority within his Department; the way in which this measure has changed in each...
- Departmental Staff
Question 203: To ask the Taoiseach if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with particular reference to major...
- Department of Health and Children
- Seirbhísí Bord Sláinte
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí cén fáth nach bhfuil teiripe urlabhra do pháistí ar fáil trí Ghaeilge i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne; cén fáth nach bhfuil...
- Health Board Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason speech therapy for children from Irish speaking families is not available through Irish in the Kerry Gaeltacht;...
- Health Board Allowances
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to significantly increase the health board travel allowance (details attached); and if she will make a...
- Health Board Services
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have taken up the support accommodation scheme; and the amount being awarded per week. [26771/04]
- Children in Care
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if minors temporarily staying in Garda stations for want of suitable accommodation have been assigned a social worker....
- Ambulance Service
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from persons (details supplied) requesting a meeting to discuss the future of the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with the crisis at accident and emergency departments in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the long-term illness list to cover Crohn's disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will work closely with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, to mainstream health-related community...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Mater Hospital did not respond to faxes sent to it in relation to a person (details supplied) in County...
- General Practitioner Co-Operatives
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the general practitioner co-operative service will be implemented in 2005 for the people of north Cork (details...
- Medicinal Products
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of restrictions on the sale of products (details supplied). [26837/04]
- Departmental Staff
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a dedicated auditing unit in her Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of her Department...
- Medical Cards
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to recoup the €6 million overpaid to general practitioners under the medical card scheme; if any...
- Departmental Records
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if information technology systems operated by each health board are compatible and if they are linked to the Department's...
- Cancer Research
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding research into the causes of breast cancer; and if she will report on new recent developments in...
- Health Board Services
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the South Western Area Health Board is engaged in providing services at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 22...
- Hospital Services
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure patients needing radiotherapy treatment in Galway will receive treatment in the private clinic in Galway...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the statement of need for a new accident and emergency department submitted in March...
- Health Board Services
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of funding to the Southern Health Board to develop a project (details supplied). [26991/04]
- Water Quality
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expenditure in the two years since the inconclusive outcome of the fluoridation forum on total ongoing operational...
- Hospital Services
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full-time radiologist will be appointed at Ennis General Hospital in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing bed crisis at Wexford General Hospital; if her attention has further been...
- General Register Office
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by Irish citizens in obtaining copies of their birth...
- Hospital Services
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hip operation. [27093/04]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when her Department will grant approval for the development of a village complex for 60 residents with an intellectual...
- Hospital Staff
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to appoint neurological posts at the Mid-West Regional Hospital, Limerick. [27105/04]
- Health Board Services
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for assessment for orthodontic services in the mid-west region. [27106/04]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the three-monthly maintenance costs incurred by patients using a defibrillator will be included in the drugs and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients on the orthodontic waiting list that have been treated under the national treatment purchase fund...
- Hospital Admissions
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients that were readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2003. [27135/04]
- State Property
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent sale of part of Our Lady's Hospital for €5.2 million, she will conduct an inquiry into the sale...
- Hospital Services
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the chief executive officer of the Mid-Western Health Board as a matter of urgency, having received...
- Health Board Services
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 266 of 19 October 2004, if she previously made inquiries into the same unit regarding the case...
- Hospital Services
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds not in use in hospitals in the South Western Area Health Board area; the plans she has in addressing...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of successful applications for nursing home subvention and enhanced subvention in the South Western Area Health...
- Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the provision of the necessary funding to ensure the re-opening of the X-ray unit at St....
- Cancer Strategy
Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received a report on radiotherapy from the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists in 2003; if that report recommended...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if thousands of persons over 70 have been charged illegally for nursing care despite their exemption from such charges...
- Hospital Services
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the CT scan machine in Wexford General Hospital will be in operation 24 hours per day, seven days per week in order...
- Health Board Services
Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the guidelines she gives to health boards regarding the operation of the long-term illness scheme and the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of bullying of health board employees either formally or informally investigated by each health board...
- Medical Cards
Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons who have taken out savings accounts under the Government's SSIA scheme who are also eligible for a medical card...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be admitted to hospital as soon as possible; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the number of mortgage-payers affected by the endowment policy scandal and if existing legislation and statutory requirements...
- Telecommunications Equipment
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the procedures and criteria whereby telecommunications masts on Garda stations are also used by private companies; and if he...
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if agricultural tractors and trailers can be reallocated as goods vehicles by re-registration; and if so, the costs and conditions that are involved....
- Garda Stations
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage the transforming state assets initiative is at with regard to the pilot scheme to replace the existing Garda accommodation at the eight...
- Child Care Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees per Civil Service crèche; the average cost per child of the service for parents; the cost per child to the Exchequer of...
- Tax Code
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received representations regarding the new regime for charging benefit-in-kind in respect of the use of a company car; if these queries...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings sold by the Office of Public Works to date to finance decentralisation; the location of same; and the total raised in each case. [26805/04]
- Departmental Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with particular reference to...
- Offshore Accounts
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some elderly relatives of offshore account evaders are being forced to pay fines of over €100,000; and if urgent assistance will be...
- Tax Code
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind applying capital gains tax on pensioners who get a small windfall, when their overall income, including the total gross amount...
- State Property
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the removal of the exemption for State occupied buildings from rates under section 15(3) of the Valuation Act 2001; if he will bring...
- Tax Code
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a hotel bed tax of €2 a night to be collected by local authorities and from which bed and breakfasts and guest...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on wind energy; the measures he has taken or proposes to take to give maximum support to the industry;...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will extend the time limit for the implementation of the code of practice for fishing boats due to the...
- Post Office Network
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the social dimension of the post office network; and if he will grant a subsidy for the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his...
- Marine Safety
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will request funding in budget 2005 for an ocean-going rescue and salvage tug with a large towing...
- Heritage Projects
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the programme of activities for a vessel (details supplied) over the next three years, in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources following the recent incident involving a company (details supplied) if he is intending to greatly strengthen...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the present rate of royalty payments made in respect of all dolomite quarry and mine operations here; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to roll out broadband connectivity to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences in respect of mineral exploration with his Department in regard to the exploration of...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Question No. 702 of 29 September 2004, if he will again review this application in view of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with particular...
- Military Incursions
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the British Government the overflight incursion some two miles into County Monaghan, and over the town of Clones, by a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of temporary posts in his Department for each year since 1997; the average duration of the contract for temporary staff for each...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated number of Irish persons assisted by Irish welfare agencies based in the UK, through DÍON funding in 2003; if he expects that...
- Support for Irish Prisoners Abroad
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has granted funding to Irish voluntary groups which provide assistance to Irish-born prisoners who are newly released from jail; and if...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to circumstances in cases in which Irish-born emigrants receive less than their full social and health...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Staff
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a sports recreation grant will be awarded to a group (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of requests for decentralisation in respect of Fáilte Ireland staff to Mallow, County Cork; if he is facilitating an...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Motor Fuels
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the major discrepancies in regard to diesel and petrol prices here; the plans his Department has to address the...
- Working Conditions
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work days lost through sickness by exposure to chemicals including as a result of asthma, allergies and...
- Community Employment
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of child care facilities employing staff via community employment programmes currently and in each of the past...
- Internal Audit Unit
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with...
- Insurance Industry
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in consultation with the IFSRA and the Department of Finance, he will order an immediate inquiry into the endowment...
- Patents Applications
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is evidence that patents pending can be disclosed out of the Patents Office, particularly in relation to a person...
- Industrial Development
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits there have been in Donegal since January 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the issuing of free travel passes to elderly Irish-born emigrants when they return here; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day to day spend of his Department with...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive carers allowance from 21 September 2003 to 22 January 2004....
- Safe Home Programme
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funding to date that has been allocated to the safe home programme; if his Department intends to expand this scheme;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not being awarded the full rate of old age non-contributory pension; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/04]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will examine the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 as a typical example of inadequate welfare...
- Social Welfare Regulations
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if changes are proposed to the structure where persons on social welfare present themselves to the Garda station to sign on for...
- Social Welfare Statistics
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who received the social welfare allowance supplement for each month in each health board area for the years...
- Welfare Organisations
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names of the 30 welfare organisations that he has invited to meet him over the coming months. [27294/04]
- Department of Transport
- Driving Instructor Register
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to address the concerns expressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27444/04]
- Legislative Programme
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport when legislation will be published to replace the Transport Act 1932, in order to allow for increased competition in the bus market; and if he will...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will apply some flexibility in this case. [26804/04]
- Toll Revenues
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual yield to the State in each of the years 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 from the West-Link toll bridge. [26810/04]
- Air Accident Investigations
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of incidents that have occurred at Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, County Dublin; if any have been reported to the Irish...
- Departmental Staff
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with particular reference...
- Driving Instructor Register
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the validity of the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare within the DTSA; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that the railway line which links the two major towns in Westmeath, namely Athlone and Mullingar, is immediately...
- Rail Network
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Iarnród Éireann has spent only less than half of the transport budget allocated to the BMW region under the National Development Plan...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to implement effectively the promise made in the programme for Government that investment will take place in expanding the...
- Air Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has investigated reports that a Gulfstream jet (details supplied) which was used to illegally transport al-Qaeda suspects to Guantanamo Bay...
- Road Safety
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new EU regulation to replace the existing drivers' hours rules, as set out in Regulation 3820/85 will be finally adopted; and if he will...
- Driving Tests
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport the process involved concerning the renewal of the contract for the national car testing franchise; if he has given consideration for changes in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of requests for decentralisation in respect of Bus Éireann staff to Mitchelstown, County Cork; and if he is facilitating an early...
- Public Transport
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the changes by Bus Éireann in regard to collection points that are causing towns and villages (details...
- Rail Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport the current capacity of the commuter rail services at Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip and Confey stations in County Kildare; the extent to which...
- Road Network
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in respect of proposed toll roads or bridges, consideration has been given to a design, build and hand-over process which would give the State...
- Road Safety
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of recorded motor accident black spots throughout the country; the most serious of these locations in respect of which no road alignment...
- Public Transport
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it has been established that the Luas has replaced other modes of transport; if its current users are mainly bus, train or...
- Road Safety
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport if the number of road accidents involving the Luas was anticipated; if so, the extent; if remedial action is likely; and if he will make a...
- Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has quantified the impact of the inadequacy of the Dublin Port tunnel to accommodate higher vehicles with particular reference to the number...
- Road Network
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 16 December 2003, if consideration has been given to transferring negotiations in regard to land...
- Rail Services
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of commuters currently using the rail services from Monasterevin, Kildare, Newbridge, Sallins and Hazelhatch in County Kildare; the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his...
- Community Development
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be granted to an association (details supplied) in County Sligo under the sheme for community support...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the next round of applications for grant aid under the Dormant Accounts Scheme is likely to be advertised. [26935/04]
- Irish Language
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the involvement of Foras na Gaeilge in providing assistance to Irish speakers abroad and in promoting...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is planned to hold a review of the White Paper on Rural Development; and if so, the terms of reference of same....
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a [i]force majeure[/i] application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if, in view of the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a dedicated auditing unit in her Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of her Department with particular...
- Milk Quota
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the penalty imposed by the EU for exceeding the national milk quota for 2003. [26899/04]
- Grant Payments
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the entitlements under premium payments to which a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is entitled; and if she will make a...
- Live Imports
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there have been breaches of the regulations by the lamb processing factories or importers, in respect of live lamb imports from...
- Grant Payments
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding renewal payment of farm retirement pension for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27142/04]
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the future of the Irish sugar beet and sugar processing industry in the light of the current proposals...
- Animal Diseases
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Johne's disease following the change in policy introduced in January 2003 when her Department discontinued culling...
- Potato Sector
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there has been a 10% decrease in the use of Irish certified potato seed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Deployment
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a part-time co-ordinator will be sanctioned for a policing forum (details supplied). [26778/04]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application by persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath for naturalisation will be expedited; if it will be...
- Identity Cards
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the documentation which persons who have neither a driving licence or passport can use as proof of their identity in order...
- Asylum Applications
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Child Care Services
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding will be provided to an association (details supplied) in County Limerick to construct a community based child...
- Departmental Staff
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his Department with...
- Temporary Travel Documents
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review his decision in respect of an application for temporary travel documents in the case of a person (details...
- Control of Fireworks
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the contacts he has had with the UK Home Secretary, Mr. David Blunkett MP and the Northern Ireland...
- Drug Seizures
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the recent drugs seizures (details supplied) in the Clontarf area; the further position regarding...
- Child Care Services
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for capital funding from a group (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of seizures of crack cocaine in Dublin city to date in 2004; the number of persons charged with the...
- Registration of Title
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite a dealing application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when it...
- Garda Stations
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when money will be made available for the upgrade of Ballyfeard Garda station, County Cork. [26922/04]
- Child Care Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason staffing grant assistance has been discontinued in the case of a group (details supplied) in east Cork; if he...
- Status of Person
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and when a final decision will be made in their case. [26942/04]
- Deportation Orders
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the deportation order issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be withheld pending the...
- Criminal Legal Aid
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of cases granted legal aid has been severely curtailed and...
- Crime Prevention
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Garda authorities are taking in response to the concerns of residents (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible to change the signing in day for a person (details supplied) at a prison from Wednesday to Saturday; and...
- Garda Strength
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the permanent Garda force attached to the Garda station in Athenry, County Galway; if there is a holding or...
- Work Permits
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in dealing with an application for renewal of a business permit for a person (details supplied) in...
- Child Care Services
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding is available for staffing purposes from his Department for a privately run crèche and pre-school (details...
- Visa Applications
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new recruits into the Garda Síochána in 2004 and in each of the past three years; the persons who come from...
- Garda Strength
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of officers within the Garda Síochána who are from Dublin city and county as against officers from every other...
- Crime Prevention
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to fund further Garda diversion projects in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27148/04]
- Garda Stations
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí residing in barracks in Kildare; the proposals his Department has to refurbish the living and other...
- Travel Documents
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 12 October 2004, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an...
- Extradition Arrangements
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an announcement by the British Home Secretary of changes in the criminal law in that...
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person resident here who is offered an approved nursing course in the United Kingdom can obtain a higher education grant from...
- School Transport
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will issue regarding school transport for children in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Educational Psychological Service advised against, or voiced concern regarding the weighted system that is now being...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when new building work will commence for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26780/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given to sanctioning an extra five hours a week to a special needs assistant at a school (details supplied) in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth cannot be given third level grant aid. [26813/04]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider amending section 7 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001 to ensure that representatives of parents of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to implement a structured transition programme in cases in which special needs entitlements of students transfer when...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sanction will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in 2005; and if not, the year in which she expects sanction to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a dedicated auditing unit in her Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of her Department with particular...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the long promised and much needed physical education facility for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will have its design team...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval and funding will be made available for the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
- School Staffing
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she provided full-time special needs assistant hours to a person (details supplied) with autism spectrum disorder when they...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans in relation to the lands at Beechpark, Castleknock, currently occupied by a club (details supplied), in view of the...
- School Staffing
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a replacement teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is likely that this appointment...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan for refurbishment or extension; when the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an institution (details supplied) in County Dublin on the list of residencies on the Schedule to the Residential...
- School Staffing
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26919/04]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will finalise the purchase of a site for a new school in Ballygarvan, County Cork. [26923/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been granted resource hours in view of the fact that the person was...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the costings in respect of the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary schools with autism, ADD and ADHD; the gender breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the exceptional circumstances, she will re-examine the decision to reduce the staff of a school (details supplied) in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when renovations will commence on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the nature of the renovations that will take place; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be allocated the additional special needs assistants it needs in order to provide a...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the entitlements of a teacher (details supplied) in view of the new resurgence in part-time teachers' payments. [27088/04]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason part-time special needs assistants are on a different rate of pay to full-time special needs assistants; and if she will...
- Arts Council
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the report of the Arts Council, A Professional Dance Curriculum for Ireland; the steps she intends to take in view of this...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a teacher qualifying from a college (details supplied) in Belfast as a secondary school teacher can take up a job as a resource or...
- School Placement
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to ensure second level education for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been refused...
- Youth Services
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the implementation of the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27146/04]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teachers and pupils working in the science department at a school (details supplied)...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 12 October 2004, if Fingal County Council will reserve a secondary school site in the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the construction of Athy Community College; when she expects it to commence; and if she will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications lodged in her Department from 1997 to 2004 for refurbishment works to be carried out on schools in Counties Sligo and...
- Capitation Grants
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the application submitted for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo for grant aid for major capital...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the higher education grant aid will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of former residential institutions for children which have been designated under the Residential Institutions Redress Act...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is proposed to reduce the number of courses provided at an institute (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day to day spend of his Department with particular reference to...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of swimming clubs using the Curragh swimming pool; if he has satisfied himself that the pool is being used to its capacity; if not, his...
- Pension Provisions
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of pension money withheld by his Department and due to overholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27170/04]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of craft personnel trained by FÁS specifically for the Defence Forces over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Defence the present strength of the Defence Forces; the number of new recruits for each of the past two years; the number of men and the number of women...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will issue of the chosen firm's fee proposal for recruitment of a consultant engineer to prepare...
- Departmental Staff
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a dedicated auditing unit in his Department assessing and monitoring the day-to-day spend of his...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of possible affordable and Part V housing units which have been replaced by cash levies by...
- Residential Tenancies Board
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made since the passing of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and when he will...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for funding under the capital assistance scheme from an...
- Housing Grants
Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new house grants refused due to failure to meet the occupancy clause at a development (details...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Cork County Council for grant assistance to upgrade the water scheme in...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps to establish whether there is a conflict of interest involving two members of the Dublin...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding to date that has been allocated through the voluntary housing capital assistance scheme...
- Environmental Policy
Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the matters which were discussed at the EU Environment Council meeting which was held in Luxembourg on 28 June...
- Housing Levies
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings to which a levy has been attached under section 4 of the Planning and Development Act...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new sewerage scheme for a village (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- House Prices
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on rising house prices that are placing tenants in local authority estates in a position in which...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position pertaining to a project in County Galway under the serviced land initiative (details supplied);...
