Written answers
Wednesday, 13 April 2005
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of management fees imposed on residents of social and affordable housing schemes throughout the...
- Planning Issues
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); if this report will have an impact on the guidelines for one-off...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made at a national level in allowing the sale of local authority flats to tenants;...
- Air Pollution
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report presented to the Clean Air for Europe steering group by the European Commission which...
- Planning Issues
Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing the planning regulations in order that decisions on proposed local authority...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role he envisages the voluntary and community sector having in the provision of social housing in the next...
- Litter Pollution
Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided not to proceed with the consultants recommendations of an anti-litter levy on chewing...
- Waste Management
Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in regard to his discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
- Infrastructure Projects
Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed critical infrastructure Bill, which was first announced in October 2003;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his estimate of the number of unfinished housing estates here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Election Management System
Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce a scheme of automatic voter registration for persons reaching their 18th birthday;...
- Planning Issues
Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis for the changes in the retail planning guidelines announced by his Department on 5 January 2005; the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to the announcement on 24 February 2005 to swap State-owned lands for private...
- Waste Management
Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage waste minimisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Recycling Facilities
Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed civic amenity centre for Drogheda, County Louth. [11150/05]
- Planning Issues
Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the different roles and responsibilities of his Department and local authorities in regard to monitoring and...
- Waste Management
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of representations he has received on the proposed waste treatment plant in Waterford Port; and if...
- House Prices
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average increase in the price of a new house and a second hand house in Dublin and the rest of the country...
- Waste Management
Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department received the study prepared by the Health Research Board on the health implications of...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the British authorities in regard to the recent disclosure that 30 kg of...
- Waste Management
Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether those companies categorised as self-compliers under the waste regulations are meeting...
- Planning Issues
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish new guidelines for determining planning applications for the use of planning...
- Waste Management
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has now responded to the supplementary letter of formal notice from the European Commission...
- Planning Issues
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish guidelines on one-off houses in the countryside; and if he will make a statement on...
- Building Regulations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the disparity between the energy performance criteria for domestic heating installations in the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to ensure that Ireland meets its obligations to comply with EU law on...
- Electronic Voting
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his consideration of the First Report of the Commission on Electronic Voting which was...
- Environmental Policy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will update the House on the work being carried out by his Department in relation to North-South...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 9 February 2005 regarding the 10,000 housing target under...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation in respect of the management of apartment complexes in the private sector...
- Waste Management
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy in relation to the reduction of clinical waste; the changes he intends to make; and if...
- Local Government Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering amending the Local Government Act 2001 to allow for towns with a population of less than...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the national spatial strategy; and if he will make...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of the NESC report published in December 2004, and the other recent...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households and individuals waiting to be housed by each local authority; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that only 809 affordable housing units were built in 2004, less than 1% of total housing...
- Waste Management
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Government has not yet submitted to the EU Commission the three year report on implementation...
- Quigley Report
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to implementation of the recommendation made in the recent report of Mr. Dermot...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position regarding the international legal action taken by this country with a view to securing the...
- House Prices
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of the All Party Oireachtas Committee's...
- End-of-Life Vehicles
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the long delay in introducing regulations on end of life vehicles; the communications he has...
- Waste Disposal
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that recent figures from the EPA show that builders are generating twice as much waste as...
- Waste Management
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the setting up of waste minimisation clubs to reduce waste; and if he will make a statement...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the finding in the NESC report on housing that up to one-third of all new households formed in...
- Environmental Policy
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department is taking to meet the EU target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010; and if he will...
- Waste Management
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for delays in the implementation of the regional waste management plans; the action he intends to...
- Road Network
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been made available to enable a northern bypass non-national road to be constructed in...
- Environmental Policy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes made to the revised action plan on the nitrates directive due to be submitted to the European...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken by him since assuming office in putting pressure on the UK Government to close...
- Planning Issues
Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the Department of Transport regarding the placing of mobile phone transmitters...
- Litter Pollution
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided against a ban on ATM receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11036/05]
- Archaeological Sites
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the views expressed by the director of the National Museum regarding the proposed M3's route...
- Building Regulations
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether most new apartment developments comply with Part M of the building regulations; and if he...
- Elections Management System
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total amount of public money spent to date on the storage of electronic voting equipment; if he is...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landlords who had registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board by the deadline of 1...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the private sector has a role in the provision of local authority housing over the next...
- Recycling Policy
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the opening hours of recycling centres are suitable for modern lifestyles and if more...
- Waste Disposal
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the continued deposition of untreated waste into landfill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined and is satisfied with each of the five year action plans for social and affordable housing...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the abolition of Dúchas and the adoption of its duties by his Department have been a...
- Recycling Policy
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national recycling market centre to expand and develop more secure long-term markets...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has investigated the case of a €20 million housing scheme in Finglas, Dublin, that was not advertised...
- Environmental Policy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department is involved in the policing of the plastic bag levy; if he has received reports of consumers...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of all work carried out for his Department by a person and company (details supplied); and if he will...
- Waste Management
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of adequate recycling facilities and if he has proposals in this...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the success of the PPP projects for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make...
- Homeless Persons
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of move-on accommodation units for homeless persons and those at risk of homelessness in the State;...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been made not to proceed with plans for the establishment of a national fire authority, a...
- EU Directives
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of European Court of First Instance decision to rule against Ireland for...
- Planning Issues
Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report on civic and social life in suburbs presented at NUI Maynooth on 1 April 2005;...
- Waste Management
Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase the penalties for illegal dumping of waste; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the contract documents for the provision of a sewerage scheme in Lecarrow, County...
- EU Directives
Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to implement the EU directive on the energy performance of buildings; the progress which has...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Average Industrial Wage
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage increase in the average industrial wage since 1997. [11288/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need to repair and refurbish the Estuary Centre, Lissenhall, Swords, County Dublin...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not yet sanctioned the funding for 19 additional beds in Wexford General Hospital; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if orthodontic treatment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for the delay to...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite approval for an application under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if further research will be made into the high rates of cancer in Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make a statement...
- Medical Cards
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 135 of 22 March 2005, if she is satisfied that her Department was not involved in the development...
- Mental Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 178 of 8 February 2005, if the chief executive officer of the Mid-Western Health Board has referred...
- Hospital Staff
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the appointment of a consultant haematologist with an interest in child haematology to the Mercy...
- Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the funding made available by her Department to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is envisaged that the Health Service Executive's midland area will pay psychiatric nurses employed in the Longford...
- Hospital Services
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the transfer of the elderly medicine and rehabilitation wards from outlying units to the main building of...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person who was not in receipt of an old age contributory or non-contributory pension is entitled to subvention or to a...
- Organ Retention
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the report of the Dunne inquiry; if she intends to publish the report; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the proposed redevelopment of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dungarvan, County Waterford; and...
- Health Action Plan
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the work which has been carried out to date by the project team appointed to undertake an option appraisal for a health...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if he will implement the recommendations of the Wolfe report on St. Joseph's Foundation, Charleville, County Cork in order...
- Department of Finance
- Garda Stations
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/05]
- Architectural Heritage
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received information from agencies regarding the condition of Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare and the obvious need for action to...
- Flood Relief
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with Kildare County Council or other agencies with a view to improving the drainage or alleviating the risk of flooding at...
- Tax Code
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the case of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if their case will be examined with a view to allowing them the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Water Sports Vehicles
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position on proposals to assist local authorities in adopting regulations on the operation of jet skis...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy to promote the production of bio-diesel and other alternative fuels; and if he will make a statement...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions that have taken place in regard to the finding of a new anchor tenant for the Digital Hub; and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Northern Ireland Office's decision to downgrade the chief commissioner of the Equality Commission to a part-time post; and...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a new target date has been set by which Ireland's contribution to overseas aid will reach the 0.7% of GDP target; if his Department has...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will fulfil its duty to safeguard the rights of Irish citizens throughout the world and take urgent action to secure the...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations he has made to the British Government regarding the Inquiries Bill and its ongoing attempts to hide the truth regarding...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application for funding for a group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Louth in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Maximum Price Orders
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a freeze on the price of alcohol at retail level until at least 2006; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedures whereby the spouses of non-nationals can secure work permits, in circumstances in which their spouses have...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to include the orphan's payment as a qualifying payment....
- Social Welfare Settlements
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the terms of a settlement reached with a person (details supplied) will be extended to other Waterford dockers who found...
- Department of Transport
- Motor Cycle Facilities
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending the use of bus lanes to include motor cyclists; if comparative studies of the accident rate involving motor cyclists...
- Public Transport
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/05]
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to calls for a review of the taxi hardship scheme. [11346/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a driving test route for articulated vehicles in Tullamore has been suspended; when this route will be restored; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the work of the British-Irish Council on the misuse of drugs which is being led by the...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is an allowance for a dependant child in third level education for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if adequate representation will be provided for the people of Tourmakeady by the use of his nominating rights to...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single payment entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed. [11352/05]
- Milk Quota
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11354/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to address the SBP overshoot; if there is a legal entitlement to recoup an overshoot in the 21 month premium;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Work Permits
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures involved for non-nationals working here on work permits in applying for citizenship. [11485/05]
- Asylum Applications
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10353/05]
- Coroners Service
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make urgent changes to the Coroners Act in view of the case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether...
- Garda Transport
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in replacing the desperately needed Garda marked car for a location (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Deployment
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of community gardaí in the Louth and Meath areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for post-nuptial citizenship in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application by the spouse of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be processed and a decision communicated...
- Garda Deployment
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Drogheda area; the number stationed each year since 2000; and if he will make a...
- Coroners Service
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no obligation on a coroner to hear the views of the next of kin of...
- Deportation Orders
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportation orders granted in each of the past ten years; the number of these which have been fulfilled; the...
- Refugee Status
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the interests of fairness, he will reconsider his decision retroactively to apply the three-year residency...
- Residency Permits
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for leave to remain here on the basis of humanitarian and compassionate grounds which he has...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need for more consistent sentencing in sexual assault cases and training for the judges who hear them....
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to improve the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Placement
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school places will be secured for persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has examined the submission made to her by the INTO for smaller class sizes and for the replacement of unqualified primary...
- Third Level Colleges
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a third level college for Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11287/05]
- Millennium Fund
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the millennium fund has been transferred from the area partnerships to the Higher Education Authority; the way in which the...
- School Closures
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) is closing; and if she will consider leaving this school open. [11313/05]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to reduce the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools following the programme for Government of 2002; the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will include funding for schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an appointment of one extra class teacher at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be made by September 2005; when she...
- School Transport
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application for school transport for children residing in the Barracore and Doninga area of County Kilkenny...
- School Accommodation
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's plans to deal with the additional demands that have arisen for primary school places in Droichead Nua; if there is...
- School Staffing
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have received notification from her Department indicating that schools are over staffed as a result of the...
- School Enrolments
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the use of primary circular 32/03; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11320/05]
- School Staffing
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted the resource teacher applied for. [11321/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant and resource teaching hours presently allocated to a person will remain available to the person on...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location, site size and cost of all school sites, throughout the State, acquired in each of the past five years; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on progress made towards building a sports hall at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
- School Accommodation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action which is being taken to reduce classroom sizes to deal with the serious overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in...
- Irish Language
Question 257: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an coibhneas céanna ceapachán múinteoirí atá ag Gaelscoileanna a thabhairt do Scoileanna Gaeltachta ós...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the proliferation of temporary accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Foireann Scoile
Question 260: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ag éirí as Ceist Pharlaiminte 347 an 28 Deireadh Fómhair, cén fáth go mbíonn oidí feabhais Béarla ar fáil i ngnáthscoileanna...
- Adult Education
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 604 of 22 March 2005, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that circular PPT 17/04 from her Department...
- School Transport
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the request for children in the Mungret, Raheen and Clarina area of County Limerick to be included in the school...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has decided to provide financial support to the Union of Secondary Students for its ongoing costs; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if free school transport will be sanctioned for persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [11481/05]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- House Prices
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the degree to which investors and owners of second properties have inflated house prices since...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a role in the protection of nuclear materials that may be transported in the State; and...
- Housing Provision
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent by the State and local authorities on the provision of affordable housing in each of...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total funding allocated by his Department to the local authorities in County Louth for each year since...
- Voting Arrangements
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons with a mental handicap are deemed ineligible to...
- Housing Provision
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for sheltered housing by an association (details supplied) in...
- Electronic Voting
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the full extent of the expenditure to date including consultancy, security, storage, public relations or other...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total land bank available for housing in the ownership of the various local authorities throughout the...
- Water Quality
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to ensure the quality and adequacy of supply in respect of domestic drinking water; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that sewerage and water treatment systems available or proposed here are adequate...
- Road Network
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to road and bridge realignment proposals at Bond Bridge, Maynooth, County Kildare; the...
- Library Projects
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is anticipated that the new library in Leixlip, County Kildare will become operational; and if he will...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which representations, discussions and negotiations have been made or received with reference to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the current procedures for water and sewerage schemes should be tightened up to allow a...
- Housing Grants
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will qualify for consideration for a new house grant. [11489/05]
