Written answers
Tuesday, 22 February 2005
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Food Industry
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider the establishment of an expert group on niche product food production to come up with practical...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; when the review will be complete; if he is...
- Seirbhísí Sláinte
Question 17: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn ata déanta maidir le ceapadh múinteoirí teiripe cainte Gaeilge, cen áit a mbeidh siad...
- Foras na Gaeilge
Question 18: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé cur síos ar an easaontas atá ar siúl, de réir nuachtán, idir Foras na Gaeilge agus roinnt eagras...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 22: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon socrú déanta aige bualadh le Bord Údaras na Gaeltachta chun na giorruithe airgid ata á gcur i bhfeidhm a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the date for the publication of the draft charities legislation remains the end of 2005; if any new information has...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the next round of grants from the dormant accounts fund will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forbairt na Gaeilge
Question 27: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé cur síos ar thionchar na rialachán a rinne sé a bhaineann le comharthaí bóithre, fógairtí béil,...
- Oileáin amach ón gCósta
Question 32: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haer-stráice a chur ar fáil ar Oileán Thoraí, agus an ndéanfaidh se...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any new information is available to him in regard to additional applications through the central applications...
- Income Support Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the success or otherwise of the rural social scheme to date; the number of participants on the...
- Area Development Management
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any new proposals have been brought to Government with regard to the restructuring of ADM; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the nature of the works which his Department has financially supported in the past 12 months, with particular reference...
- Rural Development
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recently published review of enterprise support in rural areas; if he intends fully to support the...
- Irish Language
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the development of an Irish language radio station for young persons; if he intends to progress this...
- Health Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will elaborate on his recent announcement regarding the provision of speech and language therapy for Irish...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the promised charities legislation; the proposals contained in this legislation; when it will be...
- Income Support Scheme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public policy initiative he has taken that will result in much needed income other than from mainstream farming for...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his departmental investigation into allegations of unprofessional conduct in Irish Waterways has been completed; the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, having accepted that Ballyfermot was wrongly excluded from strand 1 of the RAPID programme, he has addressed the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 58: To ask the Taoiseach the number, cost and status of all public relations consultancies, contracts or procurements entered into by or on behalf of his Department or its agencies or...
- Waste Management
Question 59: To ask the Taoiseach the total weight of waste that his Department produces within its offices in the last year for which figures are available; the breakdown of the weight produced...
- Department of Health and Children
- Adoption Services
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which a person who has been adopted can get information about his or her birth name and his or her...
- Grant Aid
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the grant aid advanced to the National Disability Federation of Ireland for the years 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called to the cardiothoracic unit of the Mater Hospital in Dublin...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the building of Dingle hospital will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5585/05]
- Health Services
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing grab rails at the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if an...
- Medical Cards
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the review of medical cards for eligible persons suffering from long-term illnesses, particularly in...
- Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a statutory scheme for the provision of chiropody services under the medical card. [5608/05]
- Mental Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the opening of a psychiatric unit in Beaumont Hospital; when the proposal for this unit was...
- Medical Cards
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by a medical card at each of the dates 1 January 1997, 1 June 2002, 30 September 2004, 31...
- Health Services
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5644/05]
- Smoking Ban
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if research has been or will be carried out or into the effect of the smoking ban on consumer behaviour, the hospitality...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 10 February 2005, the amount spent on the national public awareness campaign...
- Youth Health Programme
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent each year since 2000 to date on the national youth health programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
- Mental Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of organisations to which her Minister of State referred in response to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 10...
- Medical Cards
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over the age of 70 in possession of a medical card who were or are at the higher capitation and at the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has recently met the Coeliac Society of Ireland; and the funding arrangements planned for its work. [5670/05]
- Ambulance Service
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost per return journey of a privately hired ambulance from Our Lady's Hospital, Navan to Dublin and other external...
- Hospital Services
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is impossible for electronic files on patients to be shared between...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be completed to a house (details supplied) in County Limerick under the special housing aid for the elderly...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made by her Department in reviewing the impact of the diabetes shared care pilot scheme in north Dublin; and...
- Hospital Charges
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by publicly funded hospitals in the employment of debt collectors in the years 2003 and 2004; and if she...
- Health Service Staff
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided to sanction staff for the remaining 20 beds at Birr community nursing unit; the number of...
- Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a psychology appointment. [5726/05]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed as home attendants in the Kildare and west Wicklow areas in the past three years; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not been granted the medical card; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) and address the issues raised therein; and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the parents of autistic children had any input into the review of services available to persons with autism being...
- Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to orthodontic treatment in the mid-west region; if she will deal with the huge waiting list for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no further funding is available for a special school (details supplied) in...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when she will include Crohn's disease in the list of illnesses covered under the long term illness scheme; and if...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the provision of new purpose built units within the grounds of St. Brendan's Hospital, intended to house...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that her Department recently expressed concern at being outfoxed by dental care providers in...
- Grant Payments
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home and lands of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan, which the Health Service Executive valued...
- Hospital Services
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an ophthalmic procedure at Galway Regional Hospital....
- Health Reform Programme
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Hanly report now that she has wound up the Hanly group; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the upgrade of Ennis General Hospital will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5874/05]
- Birth Certificates
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedure for a mother wishing to remove the name of a person from their child's birth certificate, with this person's...
- Hospital Staff
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the findings of the task force established in April 2002 by her predecessor to examine the incidence of assault on...
- Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a suitable and proper care centre involving one-to-one supervision will be made available to a person (details...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimate of money owed to persons or their families from Tipperary South as a result of the Supreme Court decision of...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimate of money owed to persons or their families from County Clare as a result of the Supreme Court decision of 16...
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction among many members of the public with the manner a company (details...
- Health Service Staff
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and the number of clerical administrative staff in each health board area for each year from 1995. [5963/05]
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has called for an all-Ireland solution to the...
- Adoption Services
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the groups awarded grants by the Adoption Board in 2004; the amount of the grants awarded; the reason PARC and PNPIC...
- Child Care Services
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the child care co-ordinator at a project (details supplied) in Kilkenny...
- Health Services
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the medical care unit, Thomastown Hospital,...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for the roll out of the Health Level 7 messaging structure within the health service; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on the practice of health authorities holding the pension books of older persons in public nursing homes...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal basis for the practice whereby persons with disabilities who are in residential care have all or part of their...
- Department of Finance
- Child Care Facilities
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress with, the costings and timescale for the provision of crèche facilities for those working within the Leinster House complex; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendation contained in the NESC report on housing that consideration should be given to a separate tax on second homes; if the...
- Flood Relief
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance in cases in which houses are wrecked beyond repair due to flooding and in which the insurance only covers repairs but such repairs do not restore...
- Standards in Public Office Commission
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to extend the scope and remit of the Standards in Public Office Commission. [5724/05]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance when a correct P21 will re-issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5549/05]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be dealt with as speedily as possible; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who have paid stamp duty at the lowest rate, 3%, in Dublin in 2004; and the number who paid stamp duty at the lowest...
- Political Fund Raising
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider putting in place measures to ensure that companies and persons with substantial contracts with Departments be precluded from...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of recent investigations by the Standards in Public Office Commission, he will consider requiring that each Department keep an up-to-date...
- Tax Code
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are tax incentives for persons towards paying crèche fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/05]
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements under dormant accounts legislation on life companies to contact the policyholders in respect of single premium investment bonds...
- Tax Code
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all section 50 student accommodation schemes approved since the inception of the schemes; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider accessing the national pensions reserve fund on a once-off basis to fund the cost of reimbursement of the nursing home charges on...
- Tax Code
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 269 of 15 February 2005, the technical difficulties which have been experienced; if he will elaborate on these; the steps...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if approval has been granted to the foreshore licence for the Mullagh and Quilty sewerage scheme; the status of...
- Housing Grants
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing a grant to facilitate the installation of geothermal heating in all houses; and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to assist, directly or indirectly, TG4 with reference to home-produced material; and if he will...
- Postal Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the failure of An Post management to allow the same pension increase to former employees as is...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a foreshore licence regarding the proposed new sewerage system at Cheekpoint, County Waterford, will be...
- Harbour Authorities
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a representative of the workers will be appointed to the port of Waterford; and if he will make a statement...
- Fishing Permits
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will revoke the fishing permit for course angling introduced in 2003 on the River Suck; and if he will...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action that is being taken to achieve the objective set out in the EU biofuels directive requiring Ireland...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a comprehensible survey to establish the parameters of the wild oyster fishery in Lough Swilly will be...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by conditions to licences awarded to certain fishing...
- Broadcasting Development
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has met or intends to meet representatives of the independent television production sector or its...
- Job Losses
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the number of jobs lost in Gaeltacht-based companies supplying programming...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to address the issue of ownership of intellectual property rights in television programmes and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) was in charge when a young unarmed Irish citizen was shot dead by security forces while trying to give himself...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the grant aid advanced to Aid Action Ireland for the years 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5558/05]
- International Agreements
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of contact his Department has had at EU 133 committee meetings in view of the impact of liberalisation of trade with Ireland's...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is money available or if he will make money available to refurbish the Gus Healy swimming pool in Cork; if he has had any...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve an application by a centre (details supplied) in County Longford under the grants capital programme; and if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Workplace Inspections
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections that were carried out by the labour inspectorate in 2004; and if he will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in establishing a replacement industry for a company (details supplied). [5579/05]
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made within his Department on the proposal to create a new statutory body to investigate bullying in the...
- Job Creation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position on a year by year basis for each of the years from 1998 to 2004, the number of jobs created with the assistance...
- Grocery Industry
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the abolition of the groceries order would result in job losses in the retail sector; if below-cost...
- Job Creation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland-supported firms which were set up here in 2004; the number of existing IDA Ireland-supported firms...
- Industrial Development
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work undertaken by Enterprise Ireland in 2004 in facilitating the expansion of Dublin companies to regional locations;...
- Retail Sector Developments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a submission (details supplied); the action he intends to take to alleviate the concerns raised; and...
- Metrology Service
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 124 of 16 December 2004, the progress on the inspection regime under the metrology law; and if he...
- Construction Industry
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are workers at the Dublin Port tunnel project working 12 hour shifts at €45 per day; and if he will investigate...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been awarded the old age non-contributory pension. [5550/05]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has set up a working group to review the position of lone parents and relevant social welfare payments; when the group was...
- Work Permits
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Maltese nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is entitled to some form of payment from his Department to prevent undue...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive, southern region, is refusing to pay supplementary welfare to a person (details supplied)...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation regarding the decentralisation of jobs to Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, and to Sligo; the timetable for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason recipients of social welfare are entitled to child benefit for children up to 21 years in full-time education, while...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal regarding rent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Social Welfare Benefits.
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce some element of flexibility into the qualification criteria for the companion travel pass for persons who...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their appeal dealt with in regard to unemployment benefit. [6066/05]
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal position in respect of the widespread use of quad-bikes by young people; if these bikes come within road traffic legislation; if it is...
- Driving Tests
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be available for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5601/05]
- Road Network
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will use his powers under section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1993 to direct the NRA to approve phase 1 of the Roscommon to Cooltighe stretch...
- Driving Tests
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport the assistance which can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to bring forward their C class driving test date; and if he...
- Road Network
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport if all relevant State and EU public procurement and tendering requirements were followed in relation to the tendering process to build and operate...
- Driving Tests
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport if the percentage of successful applicants for the driving test is broadly similar for all the driving test centres; if there is evidence to show...
- Air Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on warnings from Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland that aviation restrictions, which are curbing access to Ireland from Europe and...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of and implications arising from the recent European Commission initiative to promote the development of regional airports here and to...
- Public Transport
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport if a decision has been made to allow buses approaching Dublin to use the hard shoulders of roads in order to reduce delays due to traffic...
- Traffic Management
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in order to reduce the amount of traffic on roads, he will consider designating stretches of dual carriageway for persons who carpool and...
- Driving Tests
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport if Drogheda town will be considered as a location for a driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5775/05]
- Air Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are any legal impediments either under EU law or Irish law to transatlantic flights going directly from Cork Airport to the USA; if, in...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if arrangements will be made in order that penalty points imposed become effective from the date of the offence, rather than delayed until the...
- Public Transport
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to improve public transport in general in the Dublin area; his plans for quality bus corridors, Dublin Bus, Iarnród...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress being made towards providing a second terminal in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5968/05]
- Road Network
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport when work on the Dublin Port Tunnel will be complete; the cost of this project; the tolling regime which will be in place; if the proposed heavy...
- Heavy Goods Vehicles
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations covering the use of headlights on HGVs; if, in view of the use of excessive lights on the top of the cabs of HGVs, he has plans to...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for subsidised ESB for a slatted house in the name of a person (details...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to previous parliamentary questions, if the long outstanding funds due for installation of alarms in the...
- Offshore Islands
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which Údarás na Gaeltachta has assisted island communities through the provision of buildings; and if any...
- Iarratais Pleanála
Question 267: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta céard iad na hiarratais pleanála a fuair a Roinn óúdaráis phleanála, a bhfuil ceantracha Gaeltachta faoina gcúram,...
- Community Development
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the enhancement of services provided or funded by his Department on a county basis; and if he will make...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications received from County Kildare for funding from the proceeds of dormant accounts in 2005; the...
- Drugs Task Forces
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he expects to assist those in the fight against drugs throughout 2005; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has expanded the number of groups or bodies eligible for various forms of grant aid from his Department; and if...
- Community Development
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he has been able to address the issue of rural depopulation; if he has come to an understanding...
- Departmental Funding
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for grant aid or other forms of financial assistance received in his Department from...
- Departmental Programme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the development of the RAPID programme and groups likely to benefit under that heading; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applicants under the area aid scheme, the suckler cow scheme, slaughter premium, special beef premium and the sheep...
- Factory Closures
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, on the closure of Carlow sugar factory, a report from a German consultancy firm was commented on or used at her meeting with the...
- Grant Payments
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of evidence given by persons (details supplied) at the Mahon tribunal, she will re-examine the entitlement of a person to...
- Freedom of Information
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in addition to the informal third party observations sought by telephone on 7 October 2004, there was other informal oral or written...
- Milk Quota
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a quota belonging to a person (details supplied) in County Clare was reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the review of the disadvantaged areas; if there is a timescale when there are likely to be proposals from the...
- Grant Payments
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment entitlements will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to be considered as a new entrant-inheritance under...
- EU Directives
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the obstacles to the publication of the specifications of earthen bank tanks; when these specifications will be published; if she...
- Grant Payments
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has received the latest correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford with regard to the outcome...
- Milk Quota
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if additional milk quota on hardship grounds will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive annual payment for forestry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Appeals
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if unsuccessful appellants to the agricultural appeals office are notified of their right of appeal to the office of the Ombudsman...
- Grant Payments
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if farmers who declared their holdings for area aid in order to qualify for the single farm payment entitlements in 2005 will be allowed...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on a submission (details supplied); her plans to address the submission in regard to the WTO talks; and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position in relation to the arrest of a person (details supplied) as part of the investigation into a series of...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the allegations made by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 regarding a member of the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has accepted all the recommendations (details supplied) made in the first report of the Morris tribunal;...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature of his responsibility in ensuring the implementation of the European Agreement on the Transmission of...
- Drug Seizures
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent comments in a publication (details supplied) indicating that there is an increase in demand and...
- Garda Units
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of horses acquired for the mounted Garda corps; his plans to increase this number in view of the comments of the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has investigated the shooting of domesticated deer at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo as reported...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to release a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5738/05]
- Irish Prison Service
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who visited Mountjoy Prison in 2004; the number of prisoners admitted to Mountjoy in 2004; the number...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the tender process, applicants and applications considered, including details of the successful applicant,...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures open to victims of crime who are not satisfied with the Garda investigation of their case; if he will seek...
- Asylum Applications
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to make a decision on an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Registration of Title
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 14 December 2004, the reason for the delay in having this person's (details...
- Garda Stations
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in progressing the new Garda station promised for Ballymun; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Children Act
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the exact sections and provisions of the Children Act 2001 that have not commenced; if he will give a proposed date for...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money which has been expended in refurbishing the Mountjoy Prison complex in the past ten years. [5922/05]
- Registration of Title
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a land registry dealing (details supplied) will be expedited. [5934/05]
- Department of Education and Science
- Tax Code
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the operation of section 50 tax relief for student accommodation, there is any conflict of interest on the part of...
- Capitation Grants
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has issued any guidelines in respect of schools within the free education scheme that levy a top-up fee on parents; if she has...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of special services for children with Asperger's syndrome at St. Joseph's secondary school in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5621/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department proposes to establish a special needs class for Down's syndrome children at a location (details supplied). [5633/05]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) in County Galway to facilitate the purchase of furniture and equipment; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 487 of 8 February 2005, the extra teaching support and special needs assistance specifically allocated to the...
- Grant Payments
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant aid advanced to the Institute of Design and Disability for the years 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be issued with a P60 from her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports which her Department will put in place to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if her Department will...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a mechanical lift will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Fees
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance is available for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Class Sizes
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average number of pupils in primary school classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5834/05]
- Educational Projects
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds given to community groups in the Dublin South-East area for after-school projects; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Property Transfers
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department owns any of the school property in the Dublin South-East area; the schools to which this applies; and if she will...
- School Staffing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the classroom circumstances of Gaeltacht primary schools, she will concede the same appointment thresholds for...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for additional classrooms urgently...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the assessments carried out on special needs assistants; and if there has been a delay in notifying applicants who were...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the land for the promised new school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be purchased; the alternative arrangements which are...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given to proceed to tender stage for the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 given the circumstances of their case; and if she will make a...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in implementing the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001, resulting in...
- School Management
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 2 February 2005, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new board of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and extent of capital works which need to be carried out to the Ballymun comprehensive schools prior to the amalgamation of...
- School Transport
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension of school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to facilitate 12 children as...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan who were assessed by Department...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will investigate the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5640/05]
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the Defence Forces ombudsman, including powers and functions and date of commencement of the role; if the ombudsman will be...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding overholders in the Curragh, County Kildare; the position regarding his Department's proposals to address the matter; his plan...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Architectural Heritage
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider an application for grant assistance towards repair and restoration of a premises (details...
- Waste Management
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made on the promised introduction of a common nationwide waste charges waiver...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average cost per unit of delivery of social housing in the State. [5580/05]
- House Completions
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the house completions in each of the past five years; the percentage of these each year which were social...
- EU Directives
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the nitrates directive, 91/676/EEC; and if he will make a...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria under the housing aid scheme for the elderly which prevents two elderly persons from qualifying...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses constructed or started by Laois County Council on a year by year basis for the years 2000...
- Election Management System
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the warranties on the electronic voting machines have now expired; the open market value of the machines;...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when action will be taken to help preserve the freshwater pearl mussel, [i]margaritifera durrovensis[/i]. [5653/05]
- Flood Relief
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an emergency fund available in his Department to compensate householders who are victims of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the new scheme of lettings for Dublin City Council as submitted in 2004; and if he will...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of the Croom and Patrickswell water supply scheme. [5693/05]
- Departmental Communications
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department had identified difficulties in external communications prior to the Government assuming...
- Planning Issues
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is aware that a decision was made by Bray Town Council in December 2004 when drafting its town...
- Housing Grants
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to information which has been submitted to his Department recently, the position regarding a social...
- Planning Issues
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if regulations exist to govern the change of use of retail shop units to chip shops and food takeaway outlets...
- Housing Policy
Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has set a housing stock per population target; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Election Management System
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the difference in the reply to Question No. 534 of 30 November 2004 indicating that the monthly...
- Retail Sector Developments
Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding possible changes in the...
- Property Rights
Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the report on property rights by the All-Party Committee on the Constitution will be implemented; and if...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that geothermal heating is included in all public buildings; and if he will...
- Dog Breeding Establishments
Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the list of members of the working group to review the management of dog breeding...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he allocated funding to local authorities to fund Traveller accommodation; if he must authorise any...
- Housing Policy
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has set a social rent housing stock per population target; and if he will make a statement...
- Fire Stations
Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application to provide a new fire station at Freshford, County Kilkenny; the amount of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department, through Kilkenny County Council, reduced the grant to a project (details supplied)...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the funding for architectural protection grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the €20 charge payable to county councils when making an objection to a planning application;...
