Written answers

Tuesday, 22 March 2005

  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Culture Ireland
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the practical assistance which will be forthcoming from the new Culture Ireland body in 2005; the medium through which Irish writers...
    • Athens Review
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he intends to take to implement the recommendations of the steering group appointed to carry out the Athens review; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give special consideration to the application from a group (details supplied) in County Galway under the sports capital...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with the sporting organisations in regard to ticket touting and ticket forgeries; his views on whether...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the financial support being provided to Shamrock Rovers Football Club to allow it to complete its new stadium; the discussions he has...
    • Arts Policy
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy in respect of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/05]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the annual budgets expended by the cities designated as European City of Culture since the instigation of this...
    • Sporting Events
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the GAA will open up Croke Park for international sporting events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/05]
    • Stadium Development
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the Lansdowne Road stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9175/05]
    • National Stadium
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals for the future use of the National Stadium Ireland site at Abbotstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Football Association of Ireland
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has met the new chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland since his appointment; if so, the nature and content of...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress being made on the programme for Government commitment to encourage special interest tourism; and if he will make a...
    • Conservation Costs
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 17 February 2005, the estimated overall cost of the conservation programme for the...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if progress has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to complete a national audit of local sports facilities...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to foster expansion and competition on air and sea routes; and if he...
    • Sporting Accidents
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the tragic death of a young boy in August 2004 involving a collapsing goalpost, he has had discussions with sporting...
    • National Concert Hall
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9186/05]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 36: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 37: To ask the Taoiseach the total, or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of the Official Languages Act...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 38: To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three years; if such appointments are...
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 39: To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of all companies in the State which employ fewer than 50 persons. [9294/05]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 41: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the resignation of a person (details supplied); the consequences of same for patient care; if an advertisement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of health professionals by grade, and the number of front line support staff who are employed in the disability...
    • Publication Costs
      Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost of all publications launched in 2004 by the North Eastern Health Board on an individual basis; and if she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has ceased the recruitment of health professionals within the disability services; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person whose sole income is an invalidity pension will not lose their entitlement to the medical card, despite the fact...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the home of a person is calculated in relation to subvention assessment; the situation when the house is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for treatment in Sligo General Hospital; and if she will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the redevelopment of the Brú Caoímhín nursing home on Cork Street in Dublin. [8559/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the empty beds at the Curragh Camp Hospital will be used to provide extra capacity for Naas Hospital in view of the need...
    • Departmental Expenses
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy which is applied by a health board in cases in which a health board psychiatrist refuses to continue to treat a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason children with autism and other disabilities can be taken into care; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be transferred from Cork to Dublin; if the Health Service Executive will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a subvented bed will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mumps Outbreak
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent of the recent steep rise in reported cases of mumps in County Cavan; the strategies in place to ensure the...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 following the nursing home charges illegally imposed on this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to previous replies on the practice of chiropodists charging medical card holders over 65 for their services, if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is best practice that a patient visiting the Doc-on-call service should also be required to pay an...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which a child care worker who was abusing children at a school (details supplied) in Kilkenny was allowed by the...
    • Health Services
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a decision to suspend speech and language therapy assessments until 2006 at...
    • Influenza Outbreak
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has assessed the reports of the risk of a serious outbreak of flu affecting this country; her appraisal of the risk;...
    • Health Services
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Meath will be admitted to Harbour View, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total, or expected total cost to her Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under...
    • Compensation Scheme
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a written commitment given by her predecessor to establish a no fault compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses will be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the concerns of a person about poor infection control at...
    • Health Services
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the HSE national service plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8850/05]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for assistance under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if adequate and stable funding and the maximum support and assistance will be given to an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing homes in each health board region on a county basis for the year 2004; the number, name and location...
    • Nursing Home Provision
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason nursing homes in provincial areas were not considered by the HSE after tendering through the HSE for the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of intellectually disabled persons in psychiatric hospitals. [8899/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was not renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8903/05]
    • Prescription Drugs
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in relation to the use of cannabis by prescription for medicinal purposes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 did not receive speech and language services for their child; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive support and advice on a medical card. [8941/05]
    • Labour Court Recommendation
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available towards the cost of installing and maintaining a CAT scanner in Bantry hospital. [8979/05]
    • Consultant Appointments
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to appoint an oral maximal facial surgeon in the western region; the reason the region is without such a...
    • Health Services
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 27 January 2004, if she will provide an update on the development of...
    • Irish Psychiatric Association Survey
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to deal with the findings of the survey by the Irish Psychiatric Association carried out by persons...
    • Legal Advice
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of requests for legal advice made by her Department to the Attorney General in respect of each of the years 2002,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which terminally ill patients throughout Ireland will access radiotherapy for pain relief in the last weeks of...
    • MRSA Incidence
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the MRSA epidemic in hospitals here is contributed to by overcrowding and lack of proper facilities for...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the delay in releasing funding for BreastCheck now means that 400 women and their families per year will pay the price...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Meath admitted to Beaumont Hospital for an appointment...
    • Proposed Regulation
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) which runs lifestyle seminars in this country and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of psychiatric patients readmitted to hospital within two weeks of discharge. [9032/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding entitlements for people aged over 70 years on medical cards; if the card holder is entitled to a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for subvention. [9060/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if ambulances and ambulance crews in the Health Service Executive north-east area are covered by insurance to collect...
    • Health Services
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic...

    • Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide the necessary funding to the Health Service Executive western area in order to establish a...
    • National Repayment Scheme
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide all the necessary information her Department has for persons to make a claim under the national...
    • Health Services
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding given to Comhar for the south-east region for the past five years; if she will report on the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of her Department that she has made for the past...
    • Health Services
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment from St. John's Hospital in Limerick; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is still waiting to see a consultant; if she will fast-track the...
    • Health Services
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an adequate number of staff will be provided at the Celbridge health centre to facilitate the speedy processing of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding developments at Temple Street Hospital; if parking spaces will be made available for all nursing...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, was not held to account for the nursing home charge issue, particularly...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Meath had their children taken into care; and if she will increase the...
    • State Property
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which State property under the care of her Department has been disposed of without going to auction or...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a nursing home subvention; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the full-time beds which are available for persons under 65 years of age who need full-time care and...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider using the Curragh Hospital to relieve the present crisis in the accident and emergency department at...
    • Health Services
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the maximum grant payable for a hairpiece within each area of the Health Service Executive for holders of medical cards....
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which her Department will deal with the many inquiries from families whose elderly relatives were in private...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will initiate a sworn independent public inquiry as requested by the family of a person (details supplied). [9318/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of the provision of a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to have qualitative research carried out into the prevalence of ADHD and related conditions (details...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having a place made available in hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is responsible for the performance of the functions of her Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the decision to make medical cards available to all persons aged 70 and over received the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects the development and implementation of the national standards for disability services as recommended by the...
    • Health Services
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of paediatric occupational therapists employed in each Health Service Executive area; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if cutbacks in capital or current spending or in services will result from the need to repay residents in nursing homes...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to young and disabled children, who have a long-term illness card, when they are out of hospital;...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to her Department; if circulars or instructions have been...
    • Health Services
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having home subvention sanctioned for applicants; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of licences existing that permit doctors or agencies to offer methadone treatment here, outlining the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a bed for the long term care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be provided; if a decision in the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the nursing positions will be offered to the successful candidates who applied to St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny city;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if arrangements will be made to restore visiting rights to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if rehab care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the doctor only medical cards will be authorised; the extent of the income thresholds; the number of families and...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the findings of the national commission on human assisted reproduction; if she intends to act upon...
    • Medicinal Guidelines
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to review and draw up guidelines for the prescription of cox-2 inhibitors; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Asthma Incidence
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to establish an interdepartmental task force on childhood asthma, in view of the fact that one in five Irish...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to move the acute psychiatric unit at St. Senan's Hospital, Enniscorthy to the general hospital at...
    • Hospital Equipment
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason many general hospitals do not have 24/7 CAT scanner facilities; the hospitals which do not; and if she will make...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn fact that a cohabiting couple with only one earner is treated for tax purposes as a single person even if they have...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on alteration of the tax system to encourage travellers to use eco-friendly modes of travel, that is, the incentivisation of such travel...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed by way of application for charity status by an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8628/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the total, or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of the Official...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of imported used cars registered here from Japan, the UK and the European Community in each year from 1993 to 2005. [8885/05]
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if a general embargo is in place on the recruitment of staff other than to fill existing vacancies by local authorities. [8936/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims by non-Irish nationals of the tax relief afforded to creative artists in each of the income range bands given in the reply to a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance when payment of moneys will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork whose premises were damaged by flood waters and who have been waiting...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time it took for the Office of Public Works to identify a suitable site for a new school development in Ballygarvan, County Cork. [9067/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the policy on the payment of members of statutory boards in the non-commercial area; the rates of payment; the degree of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is tax compliant. [9099/05]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made in the past three years; if such...
    • State Property
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if, when being disposed of, all State property must be auctioned or put to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9219/05]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if, regarding SSIA accounts, an account holder is obliged to complete a disclosure notice three months prior to the maturity of such accounts or else...
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider cutting motor taxation on cars, VRT and taxes on motor fuels, in view of the high cost of motoring here; if money collected from...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concern of staff at Sarsfield House in Limerick at a mobile mast (details supplied) being erected on the roof...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Job Creation
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms of the Arigna fund and any beneficiaries, including the recipients, the date and the sums so...
    • Salmon Management Report
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the total allowable catch of salmon recommended by the National...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the agenda for the preparatory meeting for the UN open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason 1.5 million sharks have been allowed to be killed off Irish waters in the past decade by mostly...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will consider offering grant support for growing energy crops and installing biomass boilers;...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has a copy of the HAZID documents (details supplied) upon which the QRA for the proposed upstream Corrib...
    • Gas Terminal Safety
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will publish the qualitative risk analysis on the Corrib gas terminal at Bellanaboy, County Mayo. [8728/05]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total or expected total cost to his Department in regard to the publication, through the media, of a notice...
    • EU Directives
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the EU countries which have the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol in operation; when they were enacted in those...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has considered implementing a catch and release fishing policy on the Grand Canal; if he has received any...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the delivery of broadband as a matter of urgency to a hub town (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the procedures which should be followed in cases in which local authorities appoint members to a harbour...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department....
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to publish the completed submission by the Marine Safety Directorate (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to his Department; if circulars or instructions...
    • Passenger Boat Licences
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of unlicensed charter boats which were apprehended in 2004; and if he intends implementing measures...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position on US military aircraft flying through Dublin and Shannon airports with prisoners on board who are on the way to be...
    • Human Rights Abuses
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the recent attacks on ethnic Hungarians in the Serbian province of Vojvodina at EU and UN level; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the context of his recent visit to the USA, the matter of China's recently published anti-secession law and the possible effect this...
    • Irish Language
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total, or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three years; if such...
    • Unification of Cyprus
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to support the unification of Cyprus, particularly in the context of the application by Turkey for EU...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application by a club (details supplied) in County Galway for capital lottery funding; when a decision will...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total, or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under Section 13...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide this Deputy with copies of any correspondence between his Department and the Director of the National Museum and...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will allocate a grant under the sports capital programme to a project (details attached); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the special advisors attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which the roof structures at the National Aquatic Centre have been examined with a view to the prevention of any...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding allocated by his Department under the sporting, recreation or community grant schemes in the year to date; and...
    • Access to Sporting Facilities
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the stadium capacity in the country at present; the extent to which various sporting organisations can be accommodated within such...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he directs policy on the arts; the way in which such direction is transmitted to the relevant body or bodies; and...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the expansion of the tourism industry in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/05]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Newspaper Industry
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation, existing or planned, to protect the public interest in an independent press, in particular to prevent a...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish his Department's report on bullying in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Employment Service
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with regard to the re-establishment of the County Clare Local Employment Service; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to change the Redundancy Payments Act 1979 to remove the age limit in order that there be no...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if grant aid will be available to an organisation (details supplied) who propose to employ full time staff. [8793/05]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total, or expected total cost to his Department for the publication, through the media, of a notice under Section 13 of...
    • Unsolicited Goods
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice causing widespread difficulty for retailers throughout Ireland, whereby they...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 163 and 170 of 1 December 2004, if he is stating in the final paragraph of the reply...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 16 December 2004, the grant aid returned to the State; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) which runs lifestyle seminars in this country and...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three...
    • Work Permits
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will issue to a person (details supplied). [9153/05]
    • Enterprise Centre Occupancy
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage occupancy of enterprise centres across the State and in each local authority area. [9293/05]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding violence and abuse in the retail sector; and the recommendations which are being put in place to deal...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by the IDA to attract inward investment with a view to utilising advanced and vacant factories and...

    • Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the Government supports and encourages existing small and medium indigenous Irish businesses; and if he...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the...
    • Late Payments Legislation
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the extension of the late payments legislation to the private sector; and the recent assessment he has...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department procured a breakdown of the income of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if an appeal...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of full-time staff in his Department's treatment benefit section; the number of full-time staff in the section in 1997;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the free schemes. [8624/05]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contributory pensioners on reduced rate pensions, the plans he has to apply annual budget pension increases to all...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for the carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8737/05]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a date has been set for the introduction of concessionary travel for pensioners on an all-Ireland basis. [8748/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing in relation to unemployment benefit. [8786/05]
    • Departmental Costs
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total, or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of housing units for which the supplementary rent allowance was awarded in 2003 and 2004 in each health board area...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department's attention has been drawn to the abuse of personal public service numbers; if so, the nature and extent of such...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider expanding the back to education allowance to include part-time courses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the practice of his Department to ask persons for one parent family payment to provide baptismal certificates in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for and awarded a one parent family payment. [9002/05]
    • Pension Funds
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the restriction on the borrowing powers of pension funds; if he is considering the setting up of any thresholds in...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent support has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will explain the legislative base for charging PRSI on unearned income to self-employed persons; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason refugee and asylum seekers granted residency status are required to serve a further period of at least six months...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to respective consultancy firms for consultancy services in 2004; the amount he expects to spend in 2005; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the maximum amount that can be earned per week which will allow persons to receive the full amount of the one parent family...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if financial assistance or a special needs payment will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
  • Department of Transport
    • Tax Code
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on alteration of the tax system to encourage travellers to use eco-friendly modes of transport, that is, a carbon levy on air travel...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress to date with the implementation of integrated ticketing on the public transport systems; when full integrated...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting time for driving tests in all the centres in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8622/05]
    • Public Transport
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is a case of either one or the other proposal being approved in relation to the separate proposals before his Department,...
    • National Car Test
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a person who wishes to tax a motor vehicle but is unable to do so due to the fact that the vehicle must be subject to an...
    • Road Network
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in respect of the height of the port tunnel; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the names of farmers and landowners who own land around a portion of old disused railway line situated between St. Johnston and Carrigans in County...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding provided to the BMW south and east regions, respectively, for road building and public transport projects each year under the National...
    • Road Safety
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a regulation to require trucks, HGVs, buses and coaches to carry a decal showing the statutory speed limits for such classes...
    • Public Transport
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport what negotiations have taken place with the CIE unions and the social partners since the Government took office in 2002 with regard to the reform...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date on the discussions between the OPW and the Department of Finance on securing off road compounds for driving test centres for...
    • Public Transport
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the role played by his Department when Bus Éireann decides to extend a local bus service to a new route; if Bus Éireann is required to notify his...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to restructure the airlines pension to include inflation and salary related indexation; the way in which requests of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport if he envisages the introduction of additional legislation to legitimise the outsourcing of speed cameras. [8810/05]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the total or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of the Official...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed construction of Pier D at Dublin Airport by the Dublin Airport Authority; if these represent a change of position from...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport further to correspondence (details supplied), if his Department will co-fund a feasibility study in relation to the reopening of Killucan railway...
    • Air Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made in relation to completing an open skies aviation deal between Ireland and the US; his views on whether Ireland can...
    • Road Network
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport what documentation is in his possession regarding the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath. [8955/05]
    • Road Classification
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the process and steps involved in changing the classification of a national road now bypassed to a regional road; and the procedures for...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to circulate the guidelines on special speed limits to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8980/05]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Department of Finance wrote to his departmental officials in March 2004 urging them to ensure that his Department had in place a contract of...
    • Air Services
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport if Aer Lingus has acquired new aircraft for its European short haul fleet since 2003; the number, type and cost of this acquisition; if the new...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in regard to a driving licence, a person over 70 years of age can have a three, five or ten year approval [9055/05]
    • Public Transport
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport if his policy for public transport is to encourage interchange between bus and rail. [9083/05]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three years; if such...
    • National Car Test
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedure to be followed to obtain an up to date NCT on a vehicle that has not received an NCT in the previous two years; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport when his or his predecessor's attention was first drawn to the inadequacy of the Dublin Port tunnel to cater for the higher HGVs on roads; if...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport if the RPA is undertaking a review of all aspects of the Luas project as stated by his predecessor, Deputy Brennan; when such a review will be...
    • Road Network
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy on new road tolls; if he will curtail the imposition of new tolls in view of the high costs of motoring here; and if he will make a...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9316/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to his Department; if circulars or instructions have been issued within his...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedures in place to ensure that wheelchair users are not denied the use of wheelchair accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport if an early driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [9382/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport his role in providing funding and permission for the National Roads Authority to proceed with major infrastructural projects; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when persons on the rural social scheme will be awarded the increases announced in the budget. [8584/05]
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Community Development
      Question 360: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria used in his decision to suspend funding to the Community Workers Co-operative;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total or expected total cost of the publication by the 26 nominated public bodies of a notice under section 13 of...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the target of 2,500 participants in the rural social scheme will be reached in 2005; if existing participants in...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) for land acquired for the construction of a cable car from...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past...
    • Irish Language
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work completed by the Irish language forum to date; the recommendations it has made to him in relation to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to his Department; if circulars or instructions have...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which his Department is prepared to assist tourism projects on inland waterways; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of an appeal for the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made;...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount her Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the special beef premium payment which will accrue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the penalty on this payment; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will address the concerns contained in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8646/05]
    • Meat and Bonemeal Disposal
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation with regard to the rendering and disposal of meat and bonemeal produced in the State; the amount of this material...
    • EU Directives
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications which the proposed draft action plan and the draft guidance document will have on existing grassland and tillage...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will rescind the decision made on the retention period on the herd of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an application for flexible milk allocation in 2004 and 2005 for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8741/05]
    • Land Annuities
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when annuity payments in respect of a portion of land in County Cork are due to cease; and if the land can be transferred to their name...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with a rural environment protection scheme application in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total or expected total cost to her Department for the publication through the media of a notice under section 13 of the Official...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the application for the single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8853/05]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to provide compensation to farmers who took part in the early retirement scheme from the modulation funding that comes on...
    • Agricultural Policy
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the exclusion of sugar beet from the grant scheme covering energy crops; and if her Department made any...
    • Land Commission Trusts
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide the details of the ten former Land Commission trusts held by her Department that are located in County Kerry. [8879/05]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a REP 2 scheme is null and void when the applicant dies; the further reason it is not possible for a family member to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review a decision of her Department which rejected an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of...
    • Land Sales
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if lands purchased off a person (details supplied) in County Wexford by her Department can be sold back to them; the procedure for this;...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with details of the amount of moneys paid out to each county; the number of participants in each county...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the work programme of the consumer liaison panel for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/05]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person is not entitled to the full benefit from their farm retirement pension and the contributory old age pension; the...
    • Company Grant Aid
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 32 of 27 January 2005, the plans by her Department in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland to recoup grant aid;...
    • Land Certificates
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason no response was issued to a solicitor in County Mayo and the whereabouts of a land certificate (details supplied). [8996/05]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for permission to lease their milk quota in 2005....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding forestry grant payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider applying to the European Commission for authorisation to increase the farm waste management grants scheme; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive notification of their single payment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of her Department that she has made for the past three years; if...
    • EU Directives
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her progress on having the recommendations of the Brosnan report accepted in the context of EU decisions on the...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason it is proposed to close the regional veterinary laboratory (details supplied) in County Clare; if she will retain the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is responsible for the performance of the functions of her Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Land Commission will arrange to have urgent remedial works carried out to lands at Ballysteen, Askeaton, County Limerick, to...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the last period...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason details of the scrapie monitor scheme were not notified to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if this person...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if special advisers attached to her Department are part of the line management system of her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is satisfactory that it takes more than two years for an application for citizenship by...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a visa. [8541/05]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if figures are available to indicate the proportion of journalists here who are male and female; and if measures are in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the investigation into a person (details supplied)by the immigration office will be finalised. [8567/05]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is entitled to become established, in view of the their long dedicated service;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for naturalisation; and if...
    • Garda Traffic Corps
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount which has been allocated to the budget for the newly created traffic corps in 2005; the amount which was...
    • Accommodation for Ex-prisoners
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of half way houses for prisoners and ex-prisoners in the greater Dublin area; the number...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child care places that have been created by his Department in each of the past five years under the equal...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a holiday visa to this country; if his Department will review this...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Ballyfermot Garda station and per head of population; the number stationed in 1996 and...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any interaction has taken place between his Department and local authorities, such as South Dublin County Council,...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the large scale housing developments that have taken place in the greater Lucan and Clondalkin areas over the...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase Garda levels at each station in the Dublin Mid-West constituency by 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful prosecutions achieved in 2003 and 2004 in relation to HGVs using Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown....
    • Treatment of Prisoners
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the discrepancy between his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 3 June 2004 and a statement in the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the recent raids in Cork, Kerry, Westmeath, Louth, Meath, and Dublin in relation to criminal activities...
    • Garda Compensation
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is taking so long to deal with a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons family (details supplied) in County Longford with a view to granting them residency...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional gardaí will be assigned to Limerick to act as community gardaí to combat the waive of anti-social behaviour...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the proposals to set up joint policing committees as contained in the Garda Síochána Bill 2004, the Garda...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to amend Irish matrimonial laws, in particular our divorce laws in view of European Council regulations; and...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will to provide additional resources to the Garda Síochána in Tallaght to facilitate an effective response to crime...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to provide closed circuit television in Tallaght, Dublin 24; the potential for such a facility; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa was refused to persons (details supplied). [8819/05]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8822/05]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a grant has been refused by his Department for the Busy Bee creche in the name of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will complete registration for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [8824/05]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total, or expected total cost to his Department for the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when grant aid will be made available to provide child care facilities in Newmarket, County Cork. [8843/05]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow with regard to remaining in the...
    • National Age Cards
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of national age cards issued in 2003 and 2004; the amount collected each year with reference to these cards; his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the way in which an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was treated;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with relocating Buncrana Garda station on a greenfield site; and if he will make a statement on the timescale...
    • Garda Training
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a new facility for inservice training at the Garda College or elsewhere will be built; if he proposes to continue renting...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or intends to take on foot of the recent Kinlen reports for Mountjoy, Castlerea, Limerick and...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding or estimate of the funding which will be required to bring all Garda stations classified as most in need of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is proposed to review, reform or otherwise address probate law and if it is further proposed to address the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person's application (details supplied) to remain in Ireland; the length of time it will be before a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application was refused to a person (details supplied); the further information required to obtain a visa...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the transfer of a person (details supplied) from Wheatfield prison to Midlands Prison, Portlaoise, to...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 143 of 17 February 2005, the position regarding a query on a dealing (details supplied); the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have their application for naturalisation decided. [9065/05]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on plans for the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders to deal with anti-social problems in...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to provide adequate child care facilities in the west Kerry peninsula; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the matter of a post-nuptial citizenship application in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 and grant leave to remain here....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be expedited. [9225/05]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the strategies and action plans of the Garda Síochána to deal with anti-social behaviour in and...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location of each of the reception centres at which asylum seekers are housed; the number of men, women and children...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Land Registry Office dealing will be expedited as requested by a person (details supplied). [9250/05]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Laytown Garda station; the opening hours of the station; if there is a 24-hour Garda car...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the deportation of non-nationals on or around 14 March 2005, including the nationalities of...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding for the Connect project at Mountjoy Prison has been cancelled or cut; and the extra funding being spent in 2005...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to carry out research regarding the number of prisoners in the State that have ADHD (details supplied);...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth for naturalisation will be processed; this person's...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a child care organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 11 did not receive a funding allocation in either December...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which citizens of New Zealand can apply for and become residents in this State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision in the case of a person (details supplied); if this person's card will be renewed in the...
    • Ministerial Responsibility
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will order a review of the practice whereby prison vans to Wheatfield travel through the Oval and Turret Road,...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if residency status will be offered in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will defer his proposal for deportation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which has been awarded to parents of autistic children who are receiving the home tuition grant to date; if she will report...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Cliffoney national school, County Sligo, which was built in 1914 is totally inadequate...
    • Therapy Training
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of third level college places provided each year since 2000 in occupational physiotherapy, physiotherapy and speech and...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports which are provided to primary schools and post-primary schools for children with ADD, ADHD and ODD; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the decision to suppress two disadvantaged posts at a school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that students participating in post leaving certificate courses and who do not qualify for...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to change the criteria for admission to VTOS and for the back to education allowance for persons under the age of 21;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 540: 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...
    • School Staffing
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of a full-time special needs assistant will be fast-tracked for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Employee Assistance Service
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the provision of the employee assistance service; if she intends to provide a different service in its place; if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are grounds for appealing an application for third level grant assistance towards a postgraduate course available in the UK on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of all works that will be carried out in respect of a grant allocation recently announced to a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a replacement teacher for a special needs class for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if there is a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the applications for a special needs assistant and resource hours for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the deductions made from the pay increases of salary arrears for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford due to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Wexford was not considered for temporary accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans her Department has to provide an extra class teacher as a matter of urgency from September 2005 for a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she proposes to take to relieve the classroom accommodation crisis that pertains at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will provide funding to equip the science laboratory at a college (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance by way of child care facilities, grants for books and so on offered to those who wish to return to adult education; and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total or expected total cost to her Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a notice under section 13 of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a review is being carried out into the resource hours allocation to a person (details supplies); the further reason the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the need for improved staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding extra accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if approval will be granted in 2005; and...
    • School Transport
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school bus service will be provided for students to attend a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if a decision on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) are still awaiting a reply from her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8872/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will commence the urgent upgrading of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary with a modern building; and...
    • Medical Education
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the consideration of proposals to have a medical faculty at the University of Limerick. [8882/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration she has given to the appointment of a youth work assessor; if further consideration has been given to placing such a...

    • Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans for implementing the McIver report into the further education sector here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for disadvantage status by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties arising at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the action she will take...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the educational needs of pupils from a school (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that the...
    • Student Councils
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make available funding to encourage and subsidise activities by the student councils in second level schools; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for an extension and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will appoint a full-time third classroom teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of additional permanent accommodation at a national school in County Cork. [9021/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will grant a resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will receive grant aid in 2005. [9023/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the appointment of an additional teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Private Colleges Regulation
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) which runs lifestyle seminars in this country and abroad; if such...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the length of time it will take to produce a new school development in Ballygarvan, County Cork should a site be immediately available....
    • School Placement
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school placement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for the necessary works for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9096/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in finding a site for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a site will be purchased....
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of her Department that she has made for the past three years; if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on discussions her Department has had with the County Dublin VEC regarding the future management of the physical...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made on the implementation of her Department's proposals to reduce the number of schools in the learning support...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Limerick has not been included in the list of primary schools scheduled for extensions...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick is still not receiving the...
    • School Transport
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if pupils in Limerick who failed to obtain a place at a local school of their choice in the first round offer and who accepted a place...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra special needs teaching staff will be posted to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist with current student...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason none of the recommendations in the McIver report, published in April 2003, has to date been implemented; the timescale for...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will set out an action plan for art therapy to assist pupils at risk. [9150/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe and amount of grant awarded to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, following her recent schools announcement;...
    • Free Fees Initiative
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that refugee and asylum seekers who have been granted residency status are gaining appropriate access to...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is responsible for the performance of the functions of her Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service...
    • Adult Education
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the context of the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001, employees teaching in the adult education services who do...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the provision of a physical education hall for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • School Staffing
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if she proposes to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be granted an extension given that one of the classrooms is a potential fire...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to her Department; if circulars or instructions have been issued...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in the Julianstown area of Meath; the average primary school class size; and the plans there are to...
    • Recreational Facilities Scheme
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding which is available towards a parents council in a national school to fund the cost of a playground or sports ground. [9538/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by an educational psychologist. [9324/05]
    • School Closures
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has plans to retain the primary school at Knock, Lettermullen, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will appoint an extra full-time classroom teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [9326/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will identify the schools in County Limerick which have applications with her Department for upgrading works, provision of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to have qualitative research carried out into the prevalence of ADHD and related conditions (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the last period...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a response will be expedited to an application for home tuition in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the cost of a wheelchair...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide adequate school places in primary and second level in the Sallins, Naas and Kill areas of County Kildare with...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Defence the assistance he is giving to the organisers of the UN display taking place in the RDS on 24 April 2005; and if a submission made by a person...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Defence the total, or expected total cost to his Department regarding the publication, through the media, of a notice under Section 13 of the Official...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Defence if the investigation into the Jadotville siege has been completed; the findings of same; if there are plans to commemorate those who participated; if...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for the past three years; if such...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on proposals to provide assistance along the lines of medical card entitlements to former members of the Defence Forces; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Defence the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to his Department; if circulars or instructions have been issued in his Department...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Defence if the changeover of the FCA to the Army Reserve will be marked in any special way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9308/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Defence if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997;...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Road Network
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available the Terrascope report on the Kildare bypass and Pollardstown fen; and if he will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department paid in 2004 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Litter Act will be amended to force all those who own metal cabinets in streets with infrastructure...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to change the rules of the local improvement scheme (details supplied). [8617/05]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has in regard to the commencement of the west Waterford water scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of the disabled persons grant scheme in his Department has concluded; if he will publish the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the house completion figures in each of the private, local authority, voluntary and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for a thatched roof grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding which has been approved in respect of a development (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Waste Management
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Dublin City Council has submitted the name of a company (details supplied) as its preferred bidder for the...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total or expected total cost to his Department in relation to the publication, through the media, of a...
    • Fire Services
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the request for new fire fighting appliances from Cork City Council; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn by civil servants in his Department to the suggestions arising from the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made in relation to the upgrading of Mullingar sewerage treatment plant; if a plan...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide him with copies of all correspondence since 1 January 2005 between his Department and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the most recent years figures for the amount of local authority housing completions, demolitions and...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the existing building regulations are being adequately enforced; and the...
    • Conservation Areas
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State organisations responsible for drainage of the River Nore in County Laois; the role Dúchas has in...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to provide suitable accommodation for persons being released from prison in order to avoid...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of his Department that he has made for...
    • Municipal Policy Committee
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the long delay in establishing a municipal policy committee in Letterkenny...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons in the State who are entitled to vote; the number of persons who are registered to vote;...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authorities will levy and have levied waste charges against community and voluntary groups;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the special advisers attached to his Department are part of the line management system of the Department....
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is responsible for the performance of the functions of his Department in accordance with section 3 of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that the various differential rent schemes as operated by the local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department gave instructions to local authorities that persons who are housed by voluntary housing...

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