Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2005
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently working to assist those affected by the December 2004 tsunami; and if he will make a statement on the...
- United Nations Reform
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify recent comments attributed to him (details supplied) that he has been informed by senior figures in Brussels that the UN intends to...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Defence the improvements to the Air Corps he proposes to make in terms of aircraft over the coming 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence if, further to his reply of 26 January 2005, there is further information on an appropriate form of commemoration for the Irish soldiers involved in...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the Defence Forces are equipped and capable of dealing with eventualities in the event of a terrorist attack, with particular...
- Overseas Missions
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Irish troops serving in Liberia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6754/05]
- Departmental Properties
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is proposed to sell lands or buildings under his control in the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6734/05]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the reserve Defence Forces; the type of operations they are engaged in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6737/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence if the building that has been identified as the new permanent headquarters of the Civil Defence board in Roscrea is available to be occupied; and if...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence if the position of British and French nuclear weapons has been discussed within the European security and defence policy; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Missions
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who are available to the United Nations; if this number will be increased in 2005; and if he will make a...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for joint procurement of arms and equipment for the Defence Forces and the military forces of other States; and if he will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the stage at which his plans for decentralisation are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6719/05]
- Military Police Investigations
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Defence if, further to his reply of 26 January 2005, the second of two military police investigations into suggestions of near mutinous behaviour on a Naval...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to date of maintenance on Mowags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6721/05]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at 1 July 1998 and 1 January 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6713/05]
- European Council Meetings
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence the agenda for the informal meeting of Defence Ministers in Luxembourg on 18 and 19 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/05]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is proposed to augment the Naval Service with any new craft over the coming 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6736/05]
- Partnership for Peace
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on activities undertaken by the Defence Forces to date under the auspices of Partnership for Peace; the future activities that may...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is proposed to carry out the refurbishment of the RDF unit at Fair Street, Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Military Neutrality
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Defence the current position with regard to the development of a common defence and security arrangement across the EU; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the recently announced €33.5 million programme to upgrade military buildings around the country; when this upgrade will commence;...
- Hearing Impairment Claims
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army deafness claims that remain outstanding; when he expects these to be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence if cutbacks will be expected in future defence expenditure arising from the need for economies in Government spending following the Supreme Court...
- Military Neutrality
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the terms under which Ireland joined the European Defence Agency; the reason membership of the agency was not referred to in...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of aircraft within the service of the Air Corps; the age of the aircraft within the service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Engagements
Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach his and his Ministers of State's proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; if he will report on the briefing given or planned to be given by his...
- Department of Health and Children
- Community Welfare Officers
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) and make these concerns a priority issue....
- Water Fluoridation
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the statutory basis for water authorities adding fluoride to water; the levels of fluoridation for each water authority;...
- Motorised Transport Grant
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an age limit applies to applicants who seek the motorised transport grant from their local health executive; if so, the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of dispatching ambulances and their crews on to frosty, dangerous roads at 3 a.m. to collect employee...
- Hospital Services
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth is not being taken on to the national treatment purchase fund; and...
- Violence Against Women
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding of €7 million will be incorporated into the Finance Bill 2005, in view of the fact that for four years running...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Violence Against Women
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made regarding improvement of the forensic medical examination services; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the recruitment of both permanent and temporary senior management of the Health Service Executive in 2004 did...
- Grant Aid
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has considered an application for a once-off grant to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when increased nursing home subvention will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of employees in the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow region in each of the past three...
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; and if she...
- Health Service Staff
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new health structure, the personnel involved and the line of command and seniority within the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances available in the Kildare and west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive; the years of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners attached to her Department for Kildare under the auspices of the Health Service...
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to change his car for an automatic model for reasons...
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the advice she has taken relative to the growing number of cases of MRSA or superbug; the number of known cases in each...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role of the then Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Callely, at the meeting on December...
- Official Engagements
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently investigate the needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if her Department will fund the...
- Health Care Funding
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the funding requirements of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to allow it to continue its...
- Medical Cards
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is departmental policy to allow the Health Service Executive to charge holders of medical cards who are waiting for...
- Emergency Medical Supplies
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 953 of 30 September 2003, if the study has been completed; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 9 December 2004, the meaning of the statement in the reply given by the HSE...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if adequate speech therapy teachers will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to facilitate the...
- Food Safety Authority
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to change the legislation to allow the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to implement the name and shame...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the enhanced nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) will be decided upon. [6819/05]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 26 January 2005, the date for the meeting with the Ennis Hospital action...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Congenital Abnormalities
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of babies born with an illness (details supplied) each year from 1997 to 2004 in each county; the additional...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the addiction counselling service in North Tipperary will be put on a par with South Tipperary and the mid-west region;...
- Alzheimer's Disease
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. [6824/05]
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 400 persons will be examined in one day in the orthodontic...
- Food Safety
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174 and 175 of 30 November 2004 regarding the carcinogenic food dye, Sudan Red 1,...
- Hospital Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if appropriate hospital care will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the issues relative to...
- Nursing Home Subventions.
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if next of kin will be allowed to draw moneys owed to patients in a nursing home who are incapable of making a decision;...
- Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 84 of 8 December 2004 and 179 of 26 January 2005, the way in which the person...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if interest will be applied in the return of moneys illegally taken from elderly nursing home patients over many years with...
- Hospital Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for speech therapy for children in Ballyfermot in Cherry Orchard Hospital. [7003/05]
- Disabilities Incidence
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of Dublin children per postal district who have been diagnosed as having either Asperger's syndrome, autism or...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation to remove kidney stones will be performed on a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [7005/05]
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive orthodontic treatment; if the relevant authority will review...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation whereby a request was made for eye surgery by an optician (details supplied); when the...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has been halved; and if she will...
- Health Service Funding
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding from her Department to each voluntary organisation in the country for each of the years 2003, 2004...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when a refund will be made in respect of pension paid to a nursing home by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to save the lives of at least 200 women from dying of breast cancer, by making the national...
- Food Safety
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and type of food ingredients which have recently been banned on health grounds; if other food ingredients are...
- Department of Finance
- Asylum Support Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Broc House, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, was purchased in 2001 for nearly €10 million, as a reception centre for asylum seekers without the OPW...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will act on the interdepartmental report which was completed in 2003 into the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax...
- Tax Code
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will communicate with a person (details supplied) in County Galway concerning outstanding stamp duty matters. [6518/05]
- Liquor Licences
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list of all licensed premises in the Tipperary South constituency. [6581/05]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce financial incentives to encourage the construction of private housing schemes exclusively for the elderly; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/05]
- Tree Planting
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce additional incentives for farmers or foresters growing native ash trees, in view of the number of thefts of ash trees and the...
- Tax Code
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will process an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for a tax clearance certificate without further...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for redemption of VAT on diesel. [7030/05]
- Tax Code
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 form will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the year ending 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Communications Masts
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Health and Safety Authority will carry out a safety audit on the installation of a telephone mast on top...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding holders of salmon angling licences; if there is a restriction on the number of fish they...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will issue a formal decision in relation to the application by the Dublin Port Company for a consent and...
- Port Development
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will quantify the significant capacity shortfall that he has identified previously in ports capacity; the...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of the feasibility study being examined by Government with a view to providing natural gas from the...
- Official Engagements
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposed itinerary for the St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason licences for small commercial boatmen are now restricted to pots; and if he will make a statement on...
- Marine Safety
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will supplement mandatory courses on VHF radio, sea survival and first aid; and if he will...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a review has taken place or will take place into the impact of amending Section 19 of the Broadcasting Act...
- Postal Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will investigate the possibility of adopting a scheme, similar to that of the UK postal service, whereby...
- Departmental Regulations
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing regulations in conjunction with other Departments regarding an issue (details...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether a quantified risk assessment on the Corrib gas field, north Mayo, commissioned by the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of Clonsilla, Dublin 15, still cannot gain access to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedure for the renewal of Irish passports issued to the former Kosovar programme refugee children who were born in the State during...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total amount spent in relation to moneys paid in overseas development aid in 2004; the percentage of this which was paid directly to each...
- Official Engagements
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Prisoners
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas that the State establish a scheme to...
- Overseas Missions
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. [7025/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will review an application from a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath for lottery funds for a community hall; and if...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when grant aid will become available to construct a new swimming pool at Askeaton, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the portion of a sports capital grant in 2002 allocated to a club (details supplied) in County Mayo which has been awarded. [6861/05]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress in the construction of the advance factory in Tipperary town and on actions taken by the IDA...
- Official Engagements
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will be granted to a person (details supplied). [6688/05]
- Job Losses
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will meet a County Limerick group (details supplied) to discuss the serious situation which has developed following...
- Job Creation
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet a group (details supplied) in County Clare to discuss a proposal to re-open a factory; and if he will make a...
- Job Initiative
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he effectively abolished the jobs initiative scheme in the course of introducing a number of changes to the...
- Job Creation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the high level of unemployment in Glenties town and the surrounding area of County...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the Southern Health Board has refused a funeral grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [7007/05]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide the details of an appeal of unemployment benefit for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when persons in receipt of social welfare payments opt to change from book to...
- Official Engagements
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid by his Department to landlords in the private rented sector in respect of supplementary welfare rent allowance in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in regard to the blind pension. [6876/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the increase in social welfare payments granted in the budget for 2005 was intended for payment from 1 January 2005 and not the...
- Department of Transport
- Disabled Drivers
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the granting of disabled stickers for car use by persons who use the specially designated disabled parking bays...
- Road Safety
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a car can pass the national car test but be refused as unroadworthy for use during a driving test on the basis of a faulty airbag light....
- Regional Airports
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of aid, including PSO grant aid, which has been allocated to Ireland's regional airports over the past five years; if he will provide...
- Road Network
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself regarding safety at the Dublin Port tunnel, particularly in view of the recent collapse of the Barcelona tunnel which...
- Rail Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to receive the Iarnród Éireann feasibility study on the Shannon rail link. [6593/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test at each of the country's test centres at 1 February 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the...
- Official Engagements
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/05]
- Light Rail Project
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider ensuring that the passenger tickets on the Luas lines are made of recycled paper and are recycable. [6661/05]
- Road Network
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if any developments have taken place which might encourage an increase in the height of the port tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had any contacts regarding the strong demand that the Tallaght Luas line be extended through the Tallaght west estates to Citywest; if...
- Rail Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proposals for alterations to the DART service to Howth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7039/05]
- Public Transport
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to proposals for alterations to the 31 and 31B bus services to Howth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dublin Transportation Office
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport when the DTO advisory committee last met; when it is next expected to meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7041/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Official Engagements
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a...
- Community Development
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the level of support under the scheme of community support for older persons provided to County...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that all dormant accounts applicants will have equal access to a consistent, fair and...
- Grant Payments
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all details, including the necessary documentation sought by his Department, have been supplied by persons (details...
- Community Development
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two reputable bodies (details supplied) do not offer security locks...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will re-instate funding to the community workers co-operative. [6897/05]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- EU Directives
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the rationale behind the European Commission's proposal for a Council regulation on support for rural development 2007-2013 (details...
- Grant Payments
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their entitlements under the single payment scheme. [6487/05]
- EU Funding
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount deducted by the European Commission on the closure of a programme in respect of which there were alleged irregularities in...
- Grant Payments
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a provisional entitlement statement; and if she will make a statement on...
- Registration of Title
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will take steps to ensure that the Office of the Irish Land Commission furnishes the relevant land certificate or certificate of...
- Live Exports
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of ferries servicing Ireland which have licences for transporting livestock; the ferries and routes involved; if there is a...
- Live Imports
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the mechanisms available to a breeder to import pedigree dairy goats from the UK when the ferry companies...
- Official Engagements
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if she will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 10 February 2005, if the file for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
- Fox Hunting
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the arrangements her Department has made to regulate the practice of fox hunting; her views on the practice of cubbing or cub hunting;...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will insist that all areas currently designated as disadvantaged within the EU scheme will hold their status in the context of...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the announcement by a company (details supplied) of its intention to close the sugar beet processing facility in Carlow and to carry...
- Veterinary Medicines
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 16 December 2004, the reason for her stated intention not to extend prescribing rights for...
- Transport of Animals
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the provisions agreed at the December 2004 Council of Ministers meeting covering the transport of animals for...
- Fur Farming
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of fur farmers in operation in the State; the value of this type of farming to the economy; the number of fur farmers in each...
- Grant Payments
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, not only had an animal rejected from the special beef premium application, but...
- Veterinary Laboratory
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the future plans for the veterinary centre at Knockalisheen, Meelick, County Clare; the amount of land which is owned by her Department;...
- Grant Payments
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the entitlements under the single farm payments which are credited to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government's special share in a company (details supplied) means that her prior written consent is required to enable the sugar...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding illegal motoring fines levied and paid; the position in so far as penalty points allocated with the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) will be processed soon; the action this person should take...
- Employment Equality Legislation
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by members of the legal profession regarding new Circuit Court rules...
- Registration of Title
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing will be completed in the Land Registry Office for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6585/05]
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised closed circuit television will be installed in an area (details supplied); the number of gardaí who...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the new cooperation between the Garda Síochána and the PSNI will include assistance in the inquiry into the Dublin...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on progress regarding the proposed decentralisation of 200 posts from the immigration section of his...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will name the two committee members who visited the site at Thorntown in advance of the committee meeting to discuss...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposed itinerary for the St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a joint spouse visa will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6651/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 15 February 2005, the details of the Garda response to the issues raised in the...
- Registration of Title
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application (details supplied) lodged with the Land Registry Office; when this application...
- Child Care Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason capital grant funding under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 for a community group (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a provision whereby the widow of an Irish citizen can apply for citizenship. [6813/05]
- Garda Equipment
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the damage caused to speed cameras located in the State; the number of speed cameras in...
- Coroners Service
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent calls for legislation allowing for the modernisation of the Coroners Service to allow the service to...
- Registration of Title
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a registration application made by Cork County Council for a property (details supplied) was finalised and returned to...
- Residency Permits
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given permission to remain in the State on the basis that he or she...
- Visa Applications
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence in relation to a visa application (details...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to bring forward amendments to the 1997 divorce legislation in view of EU regulations which take effect from 1...
- Residency Permits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for applying for permission to return and reside here with their Irish born children for the former Kosovar...
- Child Care Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the criteria used to assess childcare groups for staffing have been or are to be changed; the meaning of references in...
- Visa Requirements
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-EU nationals may require British visas, at a cost of €56 to travel by...
- Crime Prevention
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the initiatives against hate crime in his Department; if he will further report on the initiatives...
- Garda Operations
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that eight members of the Garda special branch who raided the home of a Cork...
- Child Care Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government remains committed to child care provision, which is now a serious issue for many families; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a review of the application for naturalisation will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Closures
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the future of a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if her Department has made contact and had discussions...
- Retirement Provisions
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person who is due to retire as a lecturer in an institute of technology can have their contract extended if the college is willing...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in relation to the third level maintenance grant;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a P45 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6565/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision will be made in relation to her Department's discussions with Athlone Town Council with regard to the relocation of a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the pension rights of special needs assistants employed in post-primary education; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Placement
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 80 children who applied for secondary school places in Limerick in accordance...
- Early School Leavers
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, or if, all or part of the school completion programme is under way in various parts of the country; and if she will make a...
- Overseas Students
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 5 October 2004, the progress to date by the working group; and if she will make a...
- School Placement
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) will be accepted into Sallins national school, Sallins, County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will implement the proposed changes in the provision of special needs education in mainstream primary schools in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Longford will be advanced to stage four; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied) for all primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 24 February 2005, the organisations which submitted applications under the schemes; the...
- School Staffing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the INTO in regard to staffing at primary schools; her views on whether a reduction...
- Broadcasting Regulations
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider introducing regulations in conjunction with other Departments regarding an issue (details supplied); and if she...
- School Accommodation
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a County Wexford group (details supplied) to address the urgent problem of access to second level schools in its area;...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to tackle educational disadvantage in the Tallaght area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6847/05]
- Third Level Grants
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider the establishment of a centralised streamlined system of administration in respect of third level grants in view...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made in relation to autism facilities of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Dublin children per school with Asperger's syndrome, autism or ADHD who have been supported through their education in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full schedule of proposed works required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if provision is being made in respect of...
- School Staffing
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resource hours have not been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly despite the fact that a report from...
- School Accommodation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the extensive waiting list for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; her proposals to deal...
- Student Accommodation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the operation of section 50 tax relief for student accommodation, she believes any conflict of interest exists in...
- School Management
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 2 February 2005, if she will confirm that the new board of management for the Ballymun...
- Department of Defence
- Courts Martial
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself with the outcome of the court of inquiry regarding an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Discharge
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) was discharged from the Defence Forces. [6588/05]
- Official Engagements
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6635/05]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements which exist for recruitment to the RDF; if the Army authorities are proactive in encouraging recruitment to this part of the Defence...
- Army Barracks
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a commitment made by his predecessor to hand over part of the Army land in Ballincollig, County Cork, to various community groups has not...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy and alert warning mechanisms in the event of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Defence if all military equipment, including vehicles, is not up to date; if there are any areas in need of modernisation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength by rank of the Air Corps; the way in which this figure compares with that of ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of Naval Service and Air Corps personnel currently involved in air and sea rescue; the degree to which adequate equipment and...
- Defence Forces Accommodation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Defence the current total number of Army overholders; his proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/05]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the rules of the special housing aid for the elderly scheme. [6526/05]
- Turbary Rights
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment for compensation for turbary rights in an...
- Animal Welfare
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made on plans to regulate the puppy farm industry; if legislation is pending on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vacant houses which are in the possession of each of the local authorities in County Mayo; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an area (details supplied) in County Mayo will be included in the extension to a sewerage scheme in the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 2004 targets for social housing output were reached; and if he will provide details in regard to...
- Planning Issues
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to each local authority of implementing Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if funds...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures or steps which a community or voluntary organisation can take to secure a preservation order or...
- Waste Management
Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of criminal prosecutions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities under...
- Infrastructural Projects
Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to include aspects of transport infrastructure in the context of a new framework for the...
- Local Authority Retirement Scheme
Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider paying gratuity to long-serving members of local authorities who retired before the scheme...
- Official Engagements
Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposed itinerary for St. Patrick's week celebrations; the areas and countries involved and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received from Dublin City Council a revised scheme of letting priorities; when he received the...
- Planning Issues
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of acres of undeveloped land currently zoned for housing in the State in total and in each local...
- Local Government
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps needed to the taken by a town to achieve the status of town council under the Local Government Acts....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the development of a graduated rents discount scheme is being investigated by his Department as a viable...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide skateboarding parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6690/05]
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the appeals process in relation to special areas of conservation; the average...
- Departmental Staff
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the position of secretary to the SAC appeals advisory committee will be filled; and if he will make a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to upgrading the Patrickswell sewerage scheme. [6864/05]
- Road Network
Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, when works are carried out on a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo, the road thereon will be widened...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding which was allocated to Mayo County Council under the planned maintenance programme. [6905/05]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider issuing a directive to Laois County Council to include its housing strategy in its new...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received any submission from Kildare County Council requiring funding for group or small schemes to...
- Sustainable Development Strategy
Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to appoint a chairperson for Comhar, the National Sustainable Development Partnership; and the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal. [7047/05]
