Written answers
Tuesday, 8 February 2005
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent of the role he expects Bord Gais to play in the production, generation or distribution of energy in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which it is Government policy to support the production of bio-diesel or other non-fossil fuel...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consequences of the European Commission's decision to uphold the recent ruling by the Commission for...
- Electricity Generation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of the provision of electricity services throughout the country;...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide a supply of natural gas to the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mobile Telephony
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that health and safety standards in the mobile telephone industry are keeping pace...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has finalised his proposals in the context of the broadcasting Bill; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the full scale Government review of the energy market here; the issues the review will address;...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether a greater share of the television licence fee should be allocated to the independent...
- Energy Regulation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will be able to give policy directions to the energy regulator; and the statutory changes which are...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the major difficulties being faced by local fishermen on the River Suir...
- Energy Resources
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which national oil reserves and storage are adequate to meet contingencies; and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the implementation body examining the situation in An Post is likely to be in a position to examine in full...
- Electricity Generation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of the electricity industry; the extent of any targets he has in...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent report by the Worldwide Fund for Nature that 13 of 15 species of marine life are in...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to extend RTE broadcasts to enable Irish persons living in Britain to access RTE programmes on...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether there is scope for a greater number of local independent radio stations; his further views...
- Postal Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has been informed by An Post in respect of the company's future intentions in regard to...
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for vessel owners who were encouraged to build larger vessels to target non-quota species in deep water...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on protests by anglers in Donegal, Kerry and other areas that their sport is being gravely hindered by...
- Electricity Generation
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the likely impact of full market opening for electricity on 19 February 2005; his plans for...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when all of the State will be broadband enabled; the reason Northern Ireland has attained broadband enablement...
- Digital Industries
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when responsibility for the digital hub project was transferred to his Department; and if he will make a...
- Port Development
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with Dublin City Council to discuss the proposals from that authority for the...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to tackle cheap Norwegian salmon imports which are contributing to a crisis in the fish farming...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development of radio communications in the context of the radio communications...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on current developments in the Irish Coastguard and maritime safety agency; and if he will set a date...
- Port Development
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has undertaken with the Department of Transport on the ability of Dublin roads to take the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the practice of pair trawling in the Shannon Estuary special area of conservation is in compliance with the...
- Electricity Generation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on recent proposals to lease out some ESB generating stations; his further views on whether the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the fact that the recently constructed weir on the River Nore at Kilkenny was allowed to be built...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the development of mobile phone technology; if he has given directions or...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the distribution of the television licence reserve fund; the full extent of this fund at present;...
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of State finance that was provided over the past five years to support the building of new fishing...
- Electricity Generation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent European Commission report on the internal market for gas and electricity here and on...
- Post Office Network
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on recently published submissions from the Irish Postmasters Union relating to financial supports for...
- Garda Investigations
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received any report from the Garda into allegations of irregularities in the fishing industry in...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the estimated size of the wild salmon stock on the rivers Liffey and Boyne; the fish counting and measures which...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the research he conducts on the final destination and use of fish stocks caught by the Irish fleet; his estimate...
- Postal Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has received communication from or given directions to An Post in the matter of the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the main implications of the new exploration licensing round off the west coast of Ireland; the extent of...
- Digital Industries
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans for the replacement of the anchor tenants at the digital hub; if he expects to be in a position to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferences in respect of the future of the public and private broadcasting sectors; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the fact that the quota management system here is based on statutory regulations rather...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the main conclusions of the recent consultants report commissioned by his Department into the way in which RTE...
- Postal Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the publication of the Postal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 and on recent industrial...
- Electricity Generation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide the latest available figures on sources of energy in the generation of electricity in the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects TG4 to proceed on a stand-alone basis in the future; and if he will make a...
- Communications Masts
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there is no local or national register of the location of mobile phone masts; and if ComReg will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will commit his Department to a timeframe for the completion of negotiations with mobile phone operators...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans as outlined in the programme for Government in respect of the Minerals Development Bill; and if he...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received any communications from ComReg which would indicate any breach in health or safety standards...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a recent European Commission report showing that consumers here are paying...
- Electricity Generation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the latest ESB generation adequacy report which states that there may be a...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a recent report in Britain into mobile phone use which indicates that the...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reasons behind the decision to grant an increase of €3 in the television licence fee from 1 April 2005;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has issued instructions or directives to combat Internet or mobile phone pornography; and if he will make...
- Marine Safety
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of prosecutions that have been taken on foot of hoax calls to the Irish Coastguard; and if he will...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has met with anglers' representatives to discuss the damage caused by drift net fishing to salmon stocks;...
- Coastal Protection
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the extensive damage caused by recent storms at Maghery Beach, County...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the depressed state of the fishing industry in County Donegal, particularly...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of companies, groups or agencies involved in the provision of broadband facilities throughout the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent EU negotiations on fishing catches and quotas for 2005; his further views on whether...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason no progress has been made in relation to the €15 million development project for Castletownbere...
- Port Development
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the main elements of the new ports policy framework launched recently; the reason the decision has been made to...
- Postal Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options in respect of the continuation of the services provided to An Post; and if he will make a...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of current oil, gas or other mineral explorations, on or offshore; the extent to which viable...
- Post Office Network
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which an external audit has taken place in An Post or is so intended; and if he will make a...
- Marine Safety
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he plans to take new initiatives on water safety in view of the increase in incidents at sea involving...
- Mining Pollution
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timetable he has for a solution to be put in place to the pollution that is coming from a tailing pond...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent joint ofcom and ComReg report into cross-Border telecoms issues; if initiatives are...
- Digital Broadcasting
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the migration to digital broadcasting; when he anticipates the timing of the analogue switch off;...
- Postal Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of postal service employees whose entitlements under benchmarking were withheld; and if he will make...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consumer Expenditure
Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach his estimate of the number of persons in dental practice and the value of private consumer spending on their services. [3512/05]
- Economic Statistics
Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the distribution of women of working age by economic activity, indicating those at work, those engaged in homecaring, those in education...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the number of personnel, who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they are willing to...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Board Property
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in selling the eight houses owned by the North Western Health Board in Slieve Sneacht Road,...
- Health Board Services
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a commitment will be given to a national funding framework for the violence against women service in light of the fact...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 18 May 2004, the reason for the difference between the figure of 451...
- Health Board Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the report or investigation carried out by persons (details supplied) regarding clinical and management issues...
- Ruddle Review Panel Report
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will receive the report into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has in place to increase the bed capacity of the neurosurgical unit in Beaumont Hospital in view of the fact...
- Health Board Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to grant funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Health Board Staff
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding for additional staff at St. Mary's, Drumcar, County Louth; and if she will make a statement...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cover which is provided for doctors for good Samaritan acts in relation to the State medical indemnity scheme; if no...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will approve the implementation of the extension of Westdoc to provide out of hours cover to 41 or more general...
- Hospital Services
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds which are vacant in the orthopaedic units of Mayo General Hospital and Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details attached) in County Kildare will receive medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is appropriate to have a hospital on the same grounds as a prison. [3446/05]
- Medical Cards
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a medical card; and if she will make a statement...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for changes in the capital disregard for receipt of nursing home subvention. [3467/05]
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of public nursing home beds in County Longford. [3468/05]
- Health Service Staff
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is unable to obtain employment with the health board; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when speech and language therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [3488/05]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 201 of 22 June 2004, the progress which has been made for the provision of a new community...
- Health Insurance Companies
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the value of premia paid to and expenditure by health insurance companies. [3517/05]
- Ambulance Service
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents in Ashbourne, County Meath, regarding the poor ambulance...
- Medical Cards
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to introduce legislation in order that a directive can be issued to the Health Service Executive with...
- Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if this person can be considered for the public...
- Civil Registration Service
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to commence the changes to the Civil Registration Act to allow registrars to officiate at wedding...
- Medical Cards
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all of the health boards have implemented the new income thresholds for medical cards; if not, the health boards which...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a solution to the need for the urgent expansion of the BreastCheck service into Donegal will be found...
- Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the level of prevention measures in place in Donegal for both male and female cancers; and if she...
- Asthma Research
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the provision of information will be promoted to sufferers or families of young asthmatics to minimise the risk of...
- Mental Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the appropriate home supports for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be put in place; if the SEHB will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be called for an appointment with a consultant; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the difficulties being experienced in the recruitment of social worker assessors for adoption...
- Hospital Services
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans which exist to develop general services and facilities in South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel; if she...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown for the nursing home subvention guidelines in each of the former health board areas; and the lowest and...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to having extra beds provided for Letterkenny General Hospital to help ease the pressure on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding beds for respite care at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to commence the construction of a health centre at Westbury, Corbally, County Clare; and if she will...
- Health and Safety Standards
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if gymnasia and leisure centres are covered under public health legislation that require that they be regularly inspected...
- Violence Against Women
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that for four years running, the Government budget has neglected to increase...
- Hospital Staff
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has allocated funding for the two neurology consultants and a full complement of support staff for Waterford...
- Nursing Education
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she signed into effect an An Bord Altranais decision to adopt changes which radically alter the qualification...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the allocation of funding for personal assistance and assisted living hours announced in budget 2005 will be made; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the serious capacity problems at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, which has led to the cancellation of a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the nine bed medical assessment unit in the accident and emergency department of the county hospital, Roscommon, will be...
- Medicinal Products
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take to restrict the availability of dextromethorphan in over the counter cold medicine in view...
- Hospital Services
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has cut the 2005 budget for St. Columcille's Hospital by €1 million; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in her Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date regarding the reconstitution of the disabled driver and disabled passengers medical board of appeal; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce amendments to the capital gains tax system to allow a waiver of this tax in cases in which land is compulsorily purchased to...
- Flood Relief
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the carrying out of urgent flood relief measures in respect of properties (details supplied) in County Cork. [3764/05]
- HM Customs and Excise Vessel
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a HM Customs and Excise vessel came into a pier (details supplied) on the morning of 30 January...
- Child Care Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider proposals (details supplied) on funding child care services. [3398/05]
- Flood Relief
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will accept responsibility for the flooding of the home and farmyard of a person (details supplied) in County Galway on 7 and 8 January 2005...
- Departmental Properties
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of land which is owned by the State or its agencies in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3525/05]
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if arrangements will be made for an application form to obtain a C2 certificate to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3786/05]
- Nursing Homes
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of nursing homes which have been built in the State in the past ten years; and the number of those built which benefited from the tax...
- Tax Code
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3790/05]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been refused the primary certificate, disabled drivers-passengers; his views on whether...
- Planning Applications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of Public Works has not responded to a request for further information by the planning authorities in County Leitrim concerning...
- State Property
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the procedures which must be followed when the State or any of its agencies wish to dispose of real property; if tendering is...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they are...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Communications Masts
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will urgently investigate the health and safety concerns regarding the mobile phone mast overlooking the...
- Marine Safety
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the work carried out on a vessel (details supplied) whilst it was docked at Waterford Belview...
- Semi-State Sector Remuneration
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he was consulted with regard to a reported pay increase for the chairperson of An Post; if the increase was...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the efforts being made to address excessive roaming charges applied to mobile phone users here; if his attention...
- Digital Hub Project
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to replace the anchor tenant at the digital hub; the total cost in terms of expenditure by the State...
- Broadcasting Policy
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for the development of the broadcasting industry; if he has examined the extent to which the State...
- Industrial Relations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent breakdown in talks between ESB management and unions on a new pay agreement, staff...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an application is with his Department requesting funding (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
- Postal Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to fund An Post's public service obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if An Post will ensure that its pensioners are treated properly and fairly and are awarded the pension increases...
- Post Office Network
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if An Post will reverse its decision to sell Cahir post office, County Tipperary, and put the franchise out to...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that the proposed pontoon to be built in Rossaveal Harbour and funded by his...
- Acmhainní do TG4
Question 271: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Mara agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha an bhfuil géarghá le hacmhainní breise a chur ar fáil do TG4 sa chaoi gur féidir leis an stáisiún leanúint ar...
- Electricity Supply Board
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the board of the ESB has expressed an opinion in regard to the future role of the company; and if he will...
- Broadband Infrastructure
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if broadband will be rolled out to each of the towns in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- ESB Contracts
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the offer of contracts to the offshore section of AER VI; if, in view of the fact that...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the proper climate exists for the development of competition in the provision of modern telecommunication...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide figures for violent crimes, including shootings and attacks on the person, in Northern Ireland for 2003 and 2004. [3867/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve the roll-out of the sports partnerships scheme to allow the Irish Sports Council to approve new applications,...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Questions Nos. 547 of 7 December 2004 and 502 of 26 January 2005, the criteria he uses in deciding funding allocations...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will develop research and development models similar to the Malmo region of Sweden to ensure better potential...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in respect of a company; and if he...
- Job Creation
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA jobs created in each of the counties of Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past ten years; his views on...
- Job Losses
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he can visit Ballyshannon in County Donegal to discuss a strategy to create employment in the region in...
- Job Creation
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has proposals to create employment opportunities at a vacant IDA advance factory in Youghal, County Cork; and if he...
- Regional Development
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the future of Shannon Development. [3490/05]
- Companies Investigations
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 23 and 28 of 16 December 2004, the reasons for the Tánaiste giving her authorised...
- Health and Safety Information
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if non-nationals will receive health and safety information in their own language; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason payment of the disability allowance was discontinued for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the action which...
- Child Support
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will work with the Department of Finance on child care proposals (details supplied). [3397/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department plans to review the earnings disregard for persons with disabilities who are in rehabilitative employment; and...
- Child Poverty
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent EU-S12C report which indicated that nearly 15% of children under 15 were living in consistent poverty; the...
- Income Support
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an examination will be carried out on the income supports for mature students in view of the case of a person (details...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personnel who, on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an...
- Department of Transport
- Airport Development Projects
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his comments, as reported in the local press, made during his recent visit to Cork regarding the provision of airbridges in Cork...
- Driving Tests
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport the action that can be taken to assist following the new regulations introduced regarding the gear boxes in lorries being used by a driving school...
- Road Safety
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether there should be no pillion passenger allowed in respect of provisionally licensed motorcyclists; and if he will make a...
- Speed Limits
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to change the present speed limit for large public service vehicles in view of the establishment of a speed limit of 80 km/h for...
- Road Accidents
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fatal accidents which occurred in each of the past three years on regional roads outside the 30 to 40 mph speed limit; the number...
- Integrated Ticketing System
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date with regard to the introduction of integrated ticketing by the Railway Procurement Agency; the amount which has been granted...
- Road Accidents
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road accidents and road fatalities recorded in County Meath in 2004; the way in which these compare with similar figures for 2003;...
- Driving Tests
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport the average waiting times for a driving test at each of the country's test centres; and the number of testers operating in each centre. [3493/05]
- Rail Services
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of State capital investment made in Irish Rail's freight business each year from 1997 to date; the areas in which these allocations have...
- Toll Charges
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation is to be introduced to deal with the issues preventing the control of toll charges at the West Link Bridge; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the number of "Go Metric" newspaper inserts which were produced in the recent public information campaigns; the cost of...
- Speed Limits
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); his views on the project proposed; if he will consider facilitating the...
- Road Safety
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport if there has been an improvement in the level of seat belt usage from the figures given for the period 1996 to 2000 which revealed that 77% of...
- Road Network
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost, as given in the Atkins report, of adjusting the backfill in the port tunnel in order to give a 4.9 m clearance for trucks. [3829/05]
- Public Transport
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any request from Bus Átha Cliath for approval or for funding for additional buses to serve the rapidly developing areas around...
- Road Safety
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has any role in regard to road safety and the development of policy for same; the need for the introduction of a mandatory code to ensure...
- Public Transport
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport the list of applications currently on file with the Department for a new bus route licence in Dublin; the details of the operator, the route, the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they are...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the moneys allocated for the necessary works to make the Royal Canal navigable through County Longford; and the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the community workers co-operative will be able to continue its important work addressing the causes of poverty,...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will comment on his decision to limit the amount awarded per group applying under the scheme of community...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 1 February 2005, if the Government White Paper, Supporting Voluntary...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if, in respect thereof, a resolution can be achieved;...
- Inland Waterways
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funds are available for the construction of a lock at Inistioge, County Kilkenny; if Waterways Ireland will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to be accepted as a [i]force majeure...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, with regard to the Veterinary Practice Bill 2004, she has accepted the recommendations from Veterinary Ireland, with particular...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes to review the farm retirement scheme with a view to resolving and correcting its inconsistencies; and if she will make a...
- Registration of Title
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is unable to register his interest in a commonage. [3476/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of retired farmers in County Longford who were in receipt of the early farm retirement scheme for each of the past five...
- Grant Payments
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will assist young full time farmers who have taken over land from relatives in cases in which there are few entitlements on the...
- Milk Quota
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to extra milk quota from the national reserve; and if she will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the early retirement pension of a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been reduced; and if she will make a...
- Transportation of Animals
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the terms of the EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005; if the need for certificates of competence for drivers and...
- Milk Quota
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in his appeal for milk quota on hardship grounds. [3649/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position on the single payments scheme appeal of a person (details supplied). [3655/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the early retirement scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal against the decision not to grant [i]force majeure[/i] exceptional circumstances in relation to the single...
- Live Exports
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she has taken with regard to three Irish livestock export companies that were fined a total of €18,000 in December 2004 for...
- Milk Quota
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the transfer of a milk quota will be expedited and approved. [3776/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the early retirement pension. [3777/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outstanding payments which will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3778/05]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number and extent of forestry grant applications approved in the past five years; the percentage of all approved applications this...
- Sugar Industry
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the national sugar quota and on the national sugar beet quota; the steps she will take to bring both national quotas under...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in her Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends introducing privacy rules or legislation in relation to the electronic or print media; and if he will make a...
- Ground Rents
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to simplify the buy-out by tenants of ground rent, in particular as applies to places of business; and...
- Child Care Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an ADM grant will be awarded to a playschool (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the extent of the involvement of staff of his...
- Family Law
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the best cost effective method to ensure that fathers pay agreed maintenance payments to the children in...
- Registration of Title
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry office will expedite the applications on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [3444/05]
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give an update on the plans to build a prison in the north Dublin area. [3446/05]
- Visa Applications
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the denials of work visas to persons (details supplied); the conditions of the visa which these persons may...
- Garda Investigations
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí are actively investigating slashing of tyres of cars belonging to two persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12....
- Garda Strength
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at each Garda station in County Meath; the level of increase in Garda numbers that has taken...
- Crime Levels
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of crime figures in respect of robberies, motor offences, serious and violent crimes for County Meath in 2004;...
- Censorship Laws
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the laws that govern the sale and distribution of games (details supplied); his views on whether some...
- Public Order Offences
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 6 October 2004, the steps that have been taken since his last reply; the...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the option to purchase lands at Newlands Cross, County Dublin; the size and nature of the site; the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to update the law that governs the running and procedures of co-operatives; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for permission to remain here on the basis of marriage to an Irish national...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is any proposal to reform the existing ward of court procedure. [3539/05]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions for offences under section 31 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988, as amended, in each of the...
- Garda Strength
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength, including all personnel at each Garda station in the Mayo division as of 20 January 2005; his views in...
- Residency Permits
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow all the former Kosovar programme refugee parents who gave birth to children during their stay here between...
- Visa Applications
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will be processed for a person (details supplied). [3644/05]
- Asylum Applications
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application by a person (details supplied) to stay here; and if a decision in the case will be expedited....
- Visa Applications
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current status of the visa application for a person (details supplied); the further time it will take before a decision...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of communications and nature of communications received from the Department of Health and Children requesting...
- Communications Masts
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location of each of the mobile phone masts in use by a company (details supplied) at Garda stations in Dublin; the...
- Child Care Services
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is an appeal system whereby unsuccessful applicants for capital funding for a community child care facility can...
- Film Censorship
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the film censor is fulfilling his role as censor of films rather than classifier of films;...
- Child Care Services
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application (details supplied) for funding for child care facilities will be considered as part of the ongoing...
- Paternity Leave
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the paternity leave which is provided for in law, from employers to fathers, prior to, during and after maternity...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to utilise the unit adjoining St. Patrick's Institution at Mountjoy Prison; the number of persons who were...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which have been put in place to ensure the ongoing and adequate funding of the private practitioners scheme,...
- Crime Levels
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of shootings and attacks on the person during 2003 and 2004 in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a...
- Detention Centres
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the planned location of the detention centre for young offenders; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Stations
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations which have been identified as being in a state of poor repair or dilapidation or have otherwise...
- Garda Strength
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in County Kildare; the number of Garda stations in County Kildare; if the construction of new stations...
- Crime Levels
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the large numbers of offences of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault and rape...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the apparent inconsistency in court sentencing and in regard to cases of sexual assault,...
- Victim Support
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the level of support available to the victims of crime, in particular the victims of sexual assault, aggravated sexual...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of personnel who, on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an...
- Child Care Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider proposals (details supplied) on funding child care services. [4481/05]
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Responsibility
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has responsibility for the Institute of Chartered Accountants; if she can intervene when a person has a complaint about same;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on class sizes at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 of over 30 students; and the position regarding the school...
- School Class Sizes
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will identify the 20 biggest primary and post-primary classes in the country; her plans to address big class sizes; and if she...
- Pre-school Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of publicly funded pre-school places in County Meath; the way in which this [i]per capita[/i] proportion of pre-school...
- School Enrolments
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the waiting lists for entry to primary and post-primary schools in counties Meath, Louth, Kildare and Wicklow; and if...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the provision in her Department for each of the past five years for physical education equipment in primary schools and...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 26 January 2005 (details supplied), the location in the guidelines for the scheme of a...
- Psychological Service
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an appointment with a child psychologist will be confirmed for a person (details supplied) currently on a waiting list. [3489/05]
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be recognised for incremental credit in their salary in relation to their time...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be provided for an extension and refurbishment work on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the parameters used in deciding on the persons who should qualify under the access programme operated in schools in Cork for admission...
- Third Level Education
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated number of students attending private third level institutes of education; and the nature of the relationship which these...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a sports hall and other sporting facilities at the north campus of the Institute of Technology,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval has been given to provide a new school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when official recognition was...
- Education Schemes
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has a role in limiting the number of students who participate in teachers education courses (details supplied); if not, if any...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the commencement of work on an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a blind child (details supplied) who had the assistance of a full time special needs assistant in primary school will continue to...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional financial support which is available to parents (details supplied) in County Cork who have three children in third level...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of vocational education committees that have not yet been fully reconstituted in the aftermath of the 2004 local elections;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for an extension and refurbishment to the...
- School Staffing
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the potential staffing crisis in a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider granting the additional funds necessary to a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- School Transport
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will furnish a final reply to a query raised with the school transport section of her Department in September 2004 (details...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to restructure the VTOS training scheme; if she plans to review the content of the courses; and if she will make a statement...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in purchasing a site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the progress in providing a new secondary...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in need of a major refurbishment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the commencement date for the construction of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
- Third Level Fees
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an examination will be carried out on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, as an example of the total inadequacy of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied) on the Grangegorman Development Agency Bill; and if the maximum support and assistance...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a requirement on schools to have a bullying statement; the level of compliance with the requirement; the way in which it is...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of personnel who, on applying for promotion in her Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Defence if, under the Irish Red Cross Society, Directions as to Ambulance Service, Order 1955, Red Cross ambulances are not to be used for commercial hire or...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel who have been hospitalised in 2004, 2003 and 2002; the number of these that have been senior officers, junior...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence the acreage of lands belonging to the Department of Defence at Gormanston, County Meath which were sold; what funding was received for this; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel who, on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required to sign an agreement that they are...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason he stated that Irish fishing vessels are more likely to be in breach of fisheries legislation than foreign vessels when a number of...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will approve the tender documents concerning the design, build and operation of a sewerage...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Sligo Borough Council for the provision of central heating in houses;...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for designation of funding under the remedial works scheme by Sligo Borough...
- Fire Stations
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a decision on the application for funding for the refurbishment and extension of Sligo fire...
- Waste Management
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government concerning waste management, the amount of revenue allocated to prevention and minimisation of waste, to...
- Environmental Policy
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of all moneys collected from the environmental levy since its introduction, along with a...
- Election Management System
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of electronic machines which were purchased by his Department for electronic voting; the locations...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on the council waiting list for housing in County Longford. [3472/05]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses built in County Longford in each of the past five years. [3474/05]
- Election Management System
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ancillary equipment, as distinct from the electronic machines, that was procured in relation to the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a social housing scheme application (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of private rented accommodation in use or available for use; and the number of these which...
- Planning Issues
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to change the retail planning guidelines in respect of food outlets; and if he will make a...
- Food Industry
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to compel manufacturers to market food and food products in biodegradable containers; and if he...
- Environmental Protection Agency
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the current membership or directors of the Environmental Protection Agency; the date each was...
- Solid Fuels
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of the negotiated agreement on a reduction in the sulphur content of bituminous coal and petcoke...
- Waste Disposal
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the urgent need to meet the needs of Arklow, he will provide investment out of Exchequer...
- Water Quality
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to provide funding for the upgrade of the Galway County Council water pumping and treatment...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of personnel who on applying for promotion in his Department since January 2004, have been required...
- Waste Disposal
Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the statement by Race Against Waste that uncontrolled burning of waste is one of the biggest...
