Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2005
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who were refused the carer's allowance on the grounds of the means test; the number of persons who were...
- Pension Provisions
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take to facilitate or encourage working women to take out pension cover, in regard to his recent statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of the rent supplement who have children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11922/05]
- Social Insurance
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of women who availed of unpaid maternity benefit in each of the years 2000 to 2004, inclusive; the cost of such payments...
- Pension Provisions
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the means test for farmers applying for the old age non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent OECD report, Society at a Glance, which shows that Irish people retire later than...
- Pension Provisions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by a company (details supplied) which shows that the ten biggest...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his department has made efforts to prevent fraud through the EFT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11899/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is considering changing the dual eligibility rule for people in receipt of the carer's allowance, for example, a person who...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimate provided in 2004 for the school meals community programme; the amount expended in 2004; the number of schools and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out any research on the [i]de facto[/i] wage penalty imposed on mothers who work part-time; and if he...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will examine the way in which a closer integrated system may be established between the Revenue Commissioners and the...
- Social Insurance
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce the sickness allowance as legislated for in the Social Welfare Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently in receipt of a State pension; the implications for pension policy of the changing age structure of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when he intends to introduce new regulations for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11894/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently in receipt of family income supplement and the average payment made; his plans to promote greater...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by the Community Platform that national partnership is not meeting...
- Family Support Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance which is available to persons who experience difficulties with funeral expenses; and if he will make a statement on...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent study produced by the EU Commission, the Report on Gender Equality Between Men and...
- Child Care Policy
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to his comments in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding payments to grandparents for child care, if his Department's...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department is on target to achieve its NAP-inclusion target of setting child benefit and child dependant allowance at...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has research which gives an indication of the number of persons currently receiving payments through methods...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is excluding children of refugees and asylum seekers from his plans to alleviate child poverty; if, alternatively, he will...
- Employment Support Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to his comments in newspapers (details supplied) when he expects recruitment and training to be completed for personal...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the national action plan against poverty and social exclusion; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the restrictions on the cashing of social welfare cheques in retail outlets; if he has plans to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends introducing the advocacy service for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Service Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the public services card framework using the personal public service number will be introduced; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he is making to encourage and assist persons with disabilities and long-term illnesses to identify and take up...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to reduce the qualifying period for the back to education allowance to nine months; if so, when he will introduce...
- Family Rights
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to calls from a lone parents organisation, One Family, for recognition for lone families under the...
- Family Support Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the locations of the 75 family and community resource centres; the number of extra family and community resource centres he plans...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to bring in advisers on education and employment for those with a disability, in the same way that he is introducing...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on research carried out by the Combat Poverty Agency on the working poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has reviewed the habitual residence condition; if he has considered the hardship this condition has caused in many cases in...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if any refunds made to pensioners residing in nursing homes, arising from the recent Supreme Court decision that found that...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent findings of the report, Inclusion is Everyone's Business, produced by the social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on claims by the Migrant Rights Centre that restrictions on welfare benefits for non-Irish citizens are placing migrant...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recently published three year strategy from the Combat Poverty Agency to address poverty here; the steps he...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if phase I of his Department's review of the supplementary welfare allowance in 2000 was finished; the findings and...
- Family Support Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out or commissioned any research specifically on the needs of separated fathers; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to act on the basis of a recent criticism (details supplied) of his Department's [i]modus operandi[/i] when dealing...
- Child Support
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average amount requested by his Department from liable relatives for child maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the location of the local social welfare offices which will be dealing directly with one-parent family claims by the end of 2005...
- Pension Provisions
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to address the issue of 1950s homemakers who either were not in a position to accumulate stamps or were not in a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, when a person reaches the age of eligibility for the old age pension, his Department informs that person by letter that they...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Register of Births
Question 167: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach the number of births registered to families in Dublin 15 in each of the past three years. [11861/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Vaccine Trials
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to the Adjournment matter raised by this Deputy on 14 April 2005 on the subject of vaccine trials, the...
- Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on efforts to provide an out of hours general practitioner service on the campus at Tallaght Hospital;...
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children if urgent assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in order to obtain a place at St....
- Ambulance Service
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE will treat St. John's ambulance drivers with the same care, courtesy and provisions as are provided to employees...
- Hospital Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she has taken to address the overcrowding of the accident and emergency department at Mayo General Hospital....
- Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive western region contracted any beds from private nursing homes in County Mayo. [11651/05]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends providing additional beds at Mayo General Hospital. [11652/05]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of BreastCheck in the west. [11653/05]
- Practitioners of Complementary Medicine
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to introduce legislation to regulate alternative medicine practitioners. [11654/05]
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from local health authorities on the average delay for a parent wishing to undertake an...
- National Diabetes Working Group
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to ensure that diabetes specialist doctors, diabetes nurses, diabetes chiropodists and diabetes...
- Ambulance Service
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances available in the Roscommon and east Galway areas of the Health Service Executive; the years of...
- Press Releases
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has instructed her Department's press office to delay or withhold press releases from opposition spokespersons and...
- Organ Retention
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to publish the Dunne report into organ retention; the reasons for the lengthy delay; and if she will make...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if patients from this State who were accommodated in Northern Ireland nursing homes due to unavailability of beds in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if some 10,000 adult employees with varying degrees of intellectual disability are being paid just 65 cent per hour or...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed closure of the nursing home at Beaumont Hospital; the reason this unit is not allowed...
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will qualify for a medical card. [11712/05]
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for an outpatient appointment for a hip replacement;...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a definite commitment will be given to extend the breast screening programme, BreastCheck, to County Kerry before the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the tracking study which has been carried out by his Department regarding persons diagnosed with ADD, ADHD or ODD as...
- Hospital Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a diabetes clinic at St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when orthodontic treatment has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the Cork University Hospital cancer unit has no designated inpatient cancer treatment facility;...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons did not receive the results of tests carried out having failed to obtain answers from the health offices...
- Medical Cards
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision will be expedited for an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Services
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on progressing the development and construction of the urgently needed new maternity unit at...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the acceptance of an [i]ex gratia[/i] payment of €2,000 for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges to medical...
- Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for enhanced community nursing for the elderly in County Louth. [11871/05]
- Nurses' Remuneration
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the unacceptable delay in the payment of arrears of an acting-up allowance to certain nurses within...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when approval will be granted for the construction of the oncology-haematology section at Waterford Regional Hospital which...
- Drug Treatment Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding being provided for residential drug treatment in 2005; her views on whether such funding is adequate...
- Hospital Staff
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider introducing a Dublin weighting allowance of 10% for doctors and nurses; the likely costthereof; her...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider providing State funding for meals on wheels groups; the likely annual cost of such an initiative; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the extension of medical card eligibility to all those over 65; the likely annual cost of such an...
- Hospital Services
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation at Aras Mhuire, Tuam, County Galway, concerning the provision of two cancer care beds which were approved for...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be allocated in order that extra personal assistants will be provided to persons with...
- Health Service Reform
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the motion passed by the General Council of County Councils calling on her to address the democratic deficit in...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown in the rate of subvention being awarded to nursing homes in the various regions of the HSE. [12030/05]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a cataract operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason this operation was...
- Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of women's refuges in the State; the extent of the State's subvention thereto; the additional subvention...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was informed that a bed would be available on 11 April 2005 in...
- Hospital Services
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the likely cost of doubling the number of cancer treatment service centres in the State. [12140/05]
- Mental Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the total health budget allocated for mental health services in 1997; the percentage allocated in 2005;...
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the introduction of a home subvention scheme to empower older persons to buy in services they feel...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of funding vaccination campaigns in 2005. [12143/05]
- Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the provision of 850 step down beds; the likely cost to the Exchequer thereof; and if she will make...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider extending the nursing home subvention scheme to cover the full cost of care and to ensure that...
- Health Services
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding available for acute care and rehabilitation for older persons. [12148/05]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicide deaths by gender and by age group (details supplied). [12181/05]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she proposes to put in place to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency wards in the Mater...
- Medical Cards
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if respite care will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of the mobility allowance; her plans to increase the number of recipients in the near...
- Nutrition and Health Foundation
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) requesting it to endorse the nutrition and...
- Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the disturbing allegation that her Department reversed a successful policy in favour of undermining...
- Department of Finance
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of semi-State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/05]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list held by the Revenue Commissioners of all licensed premises in counties Roscommon and Leitrim....
- Garda Stations
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance when the long awaited site for the new Garda barracks in County Kerry (details supplied) will be acquired by the Office of Pubic Works. [11694/05]
- Tax Code
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a draft decision of the advocate general of the European Court of Justice in a case between a company (details...
- World Bank
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a statement on the proposed appointment of a person (details supplied) as the nominee to the presidency of the World Bank; his views...
- Tax Code
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in respect of PAYE and PRSI contributions for workers brought here from a non-European country for the purpose of employment in the...
- Garda Stations
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ongoing delay with providing a suitable site for a new Garda station in Castleisland, County Kerry.
- Tax Code
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a P21 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the progress of the 2003 decentralisation programme as it applies to locations identified in County Kildare; when...
- Flood Relief
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 109 of 16 December 2004, the progress to date of the consultations with the interested parties; the plans there are to...
- Tax Code
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the home carer's tax credit in 2005; the likely cost to the Exchequer of increasing the home carer's tax credit to that of...
- Disability Legislation
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely cost, on an annualised basis, to the Exchequer of rights-based disability legislation. [12202/05]
- Tax Yield
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenues raised by the 2% insurance levy in 2005. [12203/05]
- Tax Code
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely loss to the Exchequer of doubling the rate of capital gains tax in view of the significant increases in revenues since it was reduced to...
- Cost of Tribunals
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely reduction in costs accruing to the Exchequer by replacing statutory tribunals with private inquiries; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received an application for a C2 tax clearance certificate from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of disabled persons, on a county basis, who are waiting for appeals to be heard for the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax...
- Tax Code
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which would be involved in reintroducing the roll-over tax for those involved in compulsory purchase orders; his views on whether a person...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Central Fisheries Board
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Fisheries Board is operating illegally under the...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the review of the aquaculture operation in Ardgroom Harbour at Beara in West Cork has been completed; and if...
- Energy Resources
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason Irish stocks of motor gasoline doubled from their 10 year average in the first month of 2005, to a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding to Clare County Council to increase the pier at Doonbeg, County Clare; and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the pensions issue at An Post for retired staff; if the maximum support will be given to...
- ComReg Audit
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 1 March 2005, if Com Reg has carried out an audit on this site; and...
- Cosaint an Chósta
Question 270: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Mara agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha ag éirí as Ceist Pharlaiminte 683 an 29 Meán Fómhair 2004, an mbeidh sé in ann glacadh le tairiscint Chomhairle...
- Post Office Network
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of sub post offices which were in operation on 1 January 1997 on a county basis; the number in...
- Lough Swilly
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the classification which Lough Swilly in Donegal will come under, that is, open sea or smooth sea; and if he...
- Postal Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many postboxes around Dublin still carrying the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans which are in place for the introduction of broadband to Calry (details supplied) in County Sligo....
- Coastal Erosion
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made in respect of the application by Wexford County Council for funding to address...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is communication with other interested parties, for example, the Department of Agriculture and Food and...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding plans to infill 52 acres at Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 184 of 7 July 2004 and 174 of 14 December 2004, the position in relation to a location (details...
- Immigration Issues
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent contacts with the US Government regarding the undocumented Irish currently living in the United States; and...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports that Roma children living in a refugee camp near a toxic waste dump in Zitkovac, Kosovo are...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding for a school sports development (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in regard to community employment schemes in rural areas in which the pool of eligible persons is small, he will allow...
- School Wardens
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the maximum support and assistance will be given to a person (details supplied). [11795/05]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to the FÁS safe pass in 2005. [11995/05]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the likely cost of providing for the payment of three weeks' statutory redundancy payment for every year of service; and if...
- Industrial Relations
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a formal complaint was made to the labour inspectorate during the course of 2001 regarding the treatment by a company...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the National Safety Authority of Ireland to relocate to Arklow, County Wicklow; the number of members of...
- Discovery Orders
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has ignored a High Court order (details supplied) to file an affidavit of discovery within the time frame laid...
- Industrial Relations.
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a labour inspector was transferred from his Department to the Employment Appeals Tribunal in May 2003; if the inspector...
- Job Creation
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA itineraries into the north west region, by county, over the past two years; the status of those potential...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding was granted for the establishment of an enterprise centre at Bray, County Wicklow; if so, when the allocation was...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the eligibility criteria for the low cost supplementary dietary allowance; his plans to change them; and if he will make a...
- Social Insurance
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if workers brought here from a non-European country for the purpose of employment in the construction industry, as widely reported...
- Departmental Transport
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to encourage the use of public transport by officials in the course of departmental business; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason it is necessary for him to use taxpayers' moneys to employ a press adviser and run a separate press office in his...
- Social Inclusion Measures
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the findings of the recent survey on income and living conditions (details supplied) collated by the Central...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of increasing the cap on rent allowance by 50%. [11963/05]
- Departmental Staff
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Question No. 531 of 12 April 2005, if he will provide the requirements for establishment referred to. [12117/05]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the number of appeals being processed in relation to social welfare benefits; the number of appeals for each...
- Departmental Staff
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of general practitioners employed to review disability claims; if there is a high turnover of general practitioners...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the unfair anomaly whereby persons claiming disability benefit are not entitled to a Christmas bonus, he will...
- Child Care Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will become more directly involved in the provision of sustainable and affordable child care for parents living in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider introducing a voucher scheme to allow older persons entitled to free public transport to avail of private...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he has examined the negative impact of sharply increased living costs on widows and widowers; his plans to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to improve entitlement to pensions in respect of contributions made by self-employed persons; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reduce the qualifying age for receipt of old age pension, contributory and non-contributory; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently on the disability allowance; the number who have been disallowed in the past four years; and if he...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to expedite the process of social welfare claims requiring calculation or contributions in more than one...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of savings accruing to his Department from the budget 2004; the groups of persons who became the victims of these cuts;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients of family income supplement; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past three years; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason Irish citizens, who were forced to work abroad for over a two-year period, have to fulfil the habitual residence...
- Pension Provisions
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will remove the anomaly whereby a person making voluntary contributions for pension purposes, and who enters insurable...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason all works on the south side of Dublin city associated with the DASH project were not completed in one tranche in 2004. [11659/05]
- Employee Share Ownership Schemes
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on calls by the Aer Lingus unions for an increase in their shareholding in the airline in the event of private investment into the...
- Public Transport
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the operation of a bus service without a licence in competition with a licensed operator (details supplied); and...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will examine the possibility of using the military airfield at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, as a relief for civilian traffic at the heavily...
- Rail Services
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to increase passenger capacity on the Drogheda-Dundalk rail line. [11873/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts which have been made to reduce the lengthy delays experienced by persons awaiting their driving test; the present waiting time for each...
- Public Transport
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the continuing problem whereby wheelchair-accessible, low-floor buses are not yet available on many Dublin Bus...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is illegal to modify a private motor vehicle; if it is permitted in certain circumstances; and the legal position regarding the matter. [12156/05]
- Road Network
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding originally committed to national roads under the NDP to both the BMW and south and east regions respectively; the level of...
- Rail Network
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on Government policy regarding providing a rail link from Dublin city to Dublin Airport; and the Government's views on extending...
- Rural Transport Initiative
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the allocation of funds to rural bus projects throughout the country; if his Department has allocated moneys to ADM for...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Designated Areas
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for the extension of the CLÁR area in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11695/05]
- EU Funding
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason his Department has withdrawn from measure 1.4 of INTERREG 3a. [11714/05]
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to amend the qualifying criteria for the rural social scheme to include other categories of social...
- Grant Payments
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grant aid will be made available through Údarás na Gaeltachta for a project (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the €350 million dormant account fund; if ADM will continue to administer the fund; when the fund will...
- Irish Language
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand on his recent comments regarding language teaching in Sweden and Canada (details supplied); and if...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding being provided for drugs task forces in 2005. [11998/05]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a payment will be made for a REP scheme plan for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applicants who entered the early farm retirement scheme each year from 1997 to 2004; and if she will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider allowing persons who had commonage, particularly in the Achill area, and who did not put that commonage in their...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider the issues and concerns raised by retired farmers who have lost entitlements following the introduction of the CAP...
- Grant Payments
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received notification of entitlements under the single payment scheme; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 634 of 12 April 2005, if any sections of her Department based in County Wexford are being decentralised to...
- Grant Payments
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will furnish a full reply to the issue raised. [12051/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food , further to Question No. 634 of 12 April 2005, if she will confirm that there are no plans to transfer staff from Davitt House in Mayo;...
- Grant Payments
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive extensification and suckler cow payment; and if so, when. [12137/05]
- Compensation Payments
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the provision made by her Department for poor weather compensation in each of the past five years. [12138/05]
- Cattle Identification Scheme
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the animal health computerised movement system has been rolled out nationwide; the number of district veterinary offices and private...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers involved in the REP scheme; if she has satisfied herself with the numbers that have applied; if there will be...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of young farmers who have applied for installation aid in each of the past seven years; the number who have been awarded same...
- Beef Exports
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of meat which is being sold through the UK market; the percentage of this which goes directly to the retail trade; if she has...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Child Care Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria for community groups to be eligible to apply for child care staffing grants; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a request from a person (details supplied) for transfer to a prison in this State; if this matter will be...
- Visa Applications
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the visitor visa applications of two persons (details supplied); if the basis on which these visa...
- Garda Equipment
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to address the problems which gardaí in Kerry are having with the lack of basic communications technology...
- Residency Permits
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for permission here as the non-Irish parent of an Irish baby; and if all the applications...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/05]
- Deportation Orders
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to return to Ireland will be given to persons (details supplied); if he has received any representations on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused citizenship and a work permit; and if he will make...
- Visa Applications
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grounds on which the visa application for a person (details supplied) was refused. [11755/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the submission of further information in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; if their...
- Residency Permits
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and the policy of his...
- Registration of Title
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing will be completed in the Registry Office for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11920/05]
- Refugee Status
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant refugee status to two persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11953/05]
- Child Care Services
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average cost of new child care places funded by his Department. [11987/05]
- Garda Equipment
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations with video recording equipment; the likely cost of installation of such equipment in those...
- Garda Budget
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Exchequer funding allocated to the emergency response unit in 2005. [12033/05]
- Crime Prevention
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of the funding provided for neighbourhood watch schemes in 2005. [12034/05]
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of detention facilities for offenders under 18 in 2005. [12035/05]
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider establishing anti-racism networks at local authority level; the likely cost of establishing such...
- Garda Operations
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider establishing a dedicated organised crime unit within the Garda Síochána; the likely cost of...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reinstate the civil legal aid private practitioners scheme; the likely Exchequer funding required for such an...
- Departmental Funding
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding being provided under the auspices of his Department for the protection of witnesses in criminal...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding being allocated by his Department for immigration control in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Anti-Racism Measures
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding being allocated by his Department for minority ethnic non-governmental organisations in 2005; and if he will...
- Youth Services
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers employed; the funding allocated for them; and if he will make a statement on...
- Registration of Title
Question 418: 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 Roscommon; the reason for the delay...
- Departmental Staff
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unestablished civil servants in his Department. [12116/05]
- Asylum Applications
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) for permission to remain in the State on the...
- Child Care Services
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding in 2005 for the child minders development grant. [12149/05]
- Pyrotechnics Regulations
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has powers to license the importation of pyrotechnics; the number of licences issued in each of the past...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the naturalisation process will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will...
- Child Care Services
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the likely cost to the Exchequer of establishing universal provision of early childhood care based on the Swedish system;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reverse the deportation order in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork and use his discretion to...
- Murder of Former Councillor
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 12 April 2005; and the reason the reinvestigation into the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider staying the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford, at least...
- Registration of Title
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for registration of ownership of property by a person (details supplied);...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Irish Deaf Society will be given the maximum support on issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to replace the ageing school bus fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11685/05]
- School Staffing
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding numbers at a school (details supplied); and if it will lose a teacher in 2005. [11706/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Irish sign language will be recognised as an official language and the maximum support given to the 5,000 deaf persons here and the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to third level grants; and if all local authorities adhere to the same criteria. [11762/05]
- School Placement
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken to date in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if her officials' attention has been...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support which has been arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the supports demanded by this...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a site and new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress which...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national school classes in each national school in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; the number of teachers in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be included in the further...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been achieved since a commitment (details supplied) was made in the programme for Government 2002; when more...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special education needs organiser has been appointed to the Clondalkin and Lucan area for processing resource applications for...
- Youthreach Programme
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding being allocated for Youthreach and Traveller education programmes in 2005. [11991/05]
- Education Schemes
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the Exchequer of the aid for school books grant scheme and book rental schemes in the 2004-05 school year. [11992/05]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in the first year of second level education who are from welfare dependent families. [11993/05]
- Education Schemes
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the Breaking the Cycle scheme in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11994/05]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of her budget which is devoted to measures to tackle educational disadvantage. [11999/05]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the funding approved for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in order that laboratories can be upgraded in such...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is correct for a SENO to apply the provisions of circular SP/ED 09/04 to refuse an application for resource hours for a Down's...
- School Staffing
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in respect of funding for accommodation improvements at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the pupil-teacher...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of providing broadband services and technology laboratories to all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the Early Start programme in 2005; the number of schools covered; the likely cost of the programme being extended to the...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reintroduce the grant for sports equipment in primary schools in such a way that it will match the increase in public...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the help her Department will give to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12135/05]
- Early Childhood Education
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the likely cost to the Exchequer of establishing universal provision of early education based on the Swedish system; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if pupils will lose the special needs assistants allocated to them (details supplied) when they transfer from one school to another....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the sod was turned and by whom on the all-Irish education centre planned for Ballyvourney, County Cork. [12223/05]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the decision taken in 1994 that soldiers in the Army would no longer serve 21 years and that the service contract would be 12 years,...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which the Naval Service defines the term "long-term attachment"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11799/05]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Defence if electoral and heating works will be completed at the new target shed and workshop for civilian staff at a military camp (details supplied) in...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the manner in which a village is designated as a heritage village; if consideration has been given to the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding made available to local authorities to enable them to pay for summer employment schemes...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of transactions and the number of housing units constructed under Part V of the Planning and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for grant aid has been made by Mayo County Council regarding the Glenamoy group water scheme...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding for the local improvement schemes will be announced; his views on whether it is difficult for...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status and timescale for the start of sewerage schemes in County Clare (details supplied); and if he will...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish all the archaeological and historical advice which he has received and considered in regard...
- Fire Stations
Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to a fire station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
- Waste Disposal
Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of his speech to Dáil Éireann on 15 February 2005 (details supplied), he will specify the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a submission in regard to works in lieu of rehousing in respect of a person (details...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the chronology of correspondence with Waterford County Council for a project (details supplied) under the...
- EU Directives
Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that counties Cork and Wexford and other counties have been...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost of clearing the housing waiting lists within five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants and other financial assistance awarded by his Department in each of the past three years to women's...
- Housing Grants
Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding available for the disabled persons grant; the way in which this funding is allocated;...
- Waste Management
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recent guidelines he has issued to the EPA with respect to dumping and remedial issues; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his role in paying overtime bills to constituency secretaries within his Department; if the proper procedures...
- Planning Issues
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider appointing a planning inspectorate to enforce planning laws; if it will be an effective...
- Motor Taxation
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual cost to his Department of the on-line motor tax website; and the average cost to his Department of...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the urban and village renewal scheme beyond 2006; if he is reviewing the current scheme;...
- Housing Grants
Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost of the disabled persons building grant in 2005; the annual cost of increasing it to...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of revenues raised by local authority development charges in 2004. [12161/05]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available for adapting houses to the needs of older persons; and the extent of funding for older...
- Library Projects
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals his Department has received from Kildare County Council for the provision of new library...
- Fire Stations
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals his Department has received from Kildare County Council for the provision of new or improved...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to buying the former Stella Cinema in Rathmines with a view to...
