Written answers
Wednesday, 20 April 2005
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Proposed Legislation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring forward legislation to remove the provisions which disqualify those over the age of 66 from the terms of the...
- Enterprise Strategy Group
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding his consideration of the report of the Enterprise Strategy Group; if the Government has specifically...
- Employment Rights
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the damage done to efforts to attract migrant workers here by recent revelations of exploitation; and if he...
- Job Losses
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Question No. 301 of 15 February 2005, if he will review the policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the promised new legislation in regard to export controls for military goods will be introduced; the main features of...
- Indigenous Enterprise
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in indigenous enterprises in each of the past five years; the number lost in the same period; and...
- Company Closures
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding due to the unsecured creditors of IFI; if the secured creditors have been paid; if so, the amount...
- Trade Exports
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of exports to Hong Kong; the outcome of recent meetings with the Ireland-Hong Kong Business Forum; and if he will...
- International Agreements
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland will be part of the EU like-minded group on the basis of the UK position expressing concerns in relation to...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of deaths and injuries reported arising from industrial accidents in each year from 2000 to 2004; the further...
- Company Closures
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with former workers at the Irish Fertilizer subsidiary Richardson's in Belfast who received inferior...
- Manufacturing Sector
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he is taking to develop the indigenous manufacturing sector of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Regulation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the call from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for improved regulation of recruitment...
- Enterprise Strategy Group
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Enterprise Strategy Group, Ahead of...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he decided to refer proposals on the reform of the pharmacy sector to the Competition Authority; and if he will...
- Departmental Studies
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has completed its socio-economic strategy for Mitchelstown; if so, the findings of the strategy; the...
- Employment Rights
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether his Department should instigate a major inquiry into the working conditions of migrant workers to...
- EU Directives
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to ensure that EU Directive 92/100/EEC, relating to the protection of the rights of authors, is...
- Energy Costs
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out an analysis of the impact of energy price inflation on businesses in various sectors here;...
- Industrial Projects
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has sought clarification from the European Commission regarding State aid for industrial projects following the...
- Banking Sector
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has studied the likely effects of the new rules on cross-border banking, which are due to come into effect...
- Workplace Inspections
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate and the number of prosecutions initiated by the inspectorate...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on claims that the increase in the minimum wage will damage competitiveness and increase consumer prices; and if he...
- Trade Union Recognition
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that there are sufficient legal safeguards in place to ensure the right of all employees to be represented...
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to each of the inquiries being carried out by or on behalf of his Department; if he will give a...
- Employment Rights
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent case involving a person (details supplied) who had been employed as a...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on CE places at 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1 January 2005 and the anticipated numbers at 31...
- Insurance Industry
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of the 47 recommendations in the Competition Authority's final report and recommendations in regard to...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to carry out a review of the performance of all enterprise development agencies in the State; and if he will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people participating in FÁS training schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12180/05]
- Company Closures
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the liquidation process for Irish Fertilizer Industries; if he is satisfied that all possible steps...
- Job Creation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the 20% failure rate of start-up companies can be lowered; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Labour Force Development
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response in policy terms of his Department to the increase in female labour force participation; and if he will make a...
- Air Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent research by the Air Transport Users' Council regarding charges that are added...
- Job Creation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to provide alternative employment for those in the banking sector facing redundancy; and if he...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that the Health and Safety Authority has sufficient staff and resources to carry out its work...
- Employment Rights Bodies
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to publish the report of the review group on the employment rights bodies; the main recommendations in the...
- Work Permits
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the promised legislation to put the employment permit regime on a comprehensive and sound statutory footing will be...
- Employment Rights Bodies
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to allow the employment appeals tribunal to be subsumed by the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement...
- Skill Shortages
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the areas of the economy which suffer from a skills deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12065/05]
- National Minimum Wage
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate of his Department to ensure payment of the national minimum...
- Work Permits
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all non-national employees are being treated in accordance with Irish and European labour laws; the procedures he has put...
- Regulation System
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there should be a single regulator for all services and utilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Remuneration
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has collated data on pay disparities between men and women in individual sectors; and if he will make a...
- Science and Technology Groups
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended that Ireland become a full member of CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7613/05]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to his consideration of proposals to introduce legislation to provide for a new offence of corporate...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has taken steps to ensure that seafarers operating from Irish ports are paid the minimum wage and enjoy the benefits...
- Grocery Industry
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on each of the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business in its report on...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the level of the recent increase in minimum wage was calculated and agreed upon; the nature of the meetings he had with...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in enabling persons with disabilities to enter the workforce; if his Department has implemented...
- Consumer Rights
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposal for a consumer rights enforcer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/05]
- EU Directives
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility which have yet to be implemented; the number in...
- Trade Missions
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the recent trade mission to China; if he will estimate the degree of economic activity between Ireland and...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether his Department has a role in taking action to address gender gaps in participation in certain...
- Employment Rights
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he has taken or plans to take arising from allegations of very serious irregularities in regard to the treatment...
- Job Losses
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to provide alternative employment in County Limerick following the recent closure of companies...
- EU Directives
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm that the Government has now missed the required legislative implementation date to give effect to EU...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that young children are being enticed into signing up for contracts for mobile...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a debate will be held in Dáil Éireann before the Hong Kong meeting of the WTO, as was held before Cancun; and if he...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of deaths and injuries reported arising from accidents in the construction sector in each year from 2000 to...
- Indigenous Enterprise
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether adequate opportunities are available for indigenous companies to expand; and if he will make a...
- Industrial Relations
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many times he has met with management at a company (details supplied); the workers who have allegedly been underpaid by...
- Consumer Strategy Group
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish the report of the Consumer Strategy Group; if the report has been considered by Government; the...
- Events Ticket Sales
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received the report from the Competition Authority on the level of competition for the sale of tickets for...
- National Workplace Strategy
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action it is proposed to take within his Department on foot of the Report of the Forum on the Workplace of the Future;...
- Employment Rights
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms and conditions in regard to treatment of workers that foreign-based construction companies tendering for public...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Mourning
Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the number and details of official days of mourning over the past ten years. [12339/05]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who not being civil servants but are...
- Department of Health and Children
- Civil Ceremonies
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of couples who were married in a civil ceremony at the registry office in Cork in 2002, 2003 and 2004. [12289/05]
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the waiting time for orthodontic assessment and the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for persons in need...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) comprising of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the Celbridge...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds occupied and the number of beds not in use at the Maynooth community care unit; the number of staff and...
- Ambulance Service
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to approve the location of an ambulance in the town of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if she...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the approval, funding and opening of the completed units on the grounds of Our Lady's Hospital,...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the approval, funding and opening of the acute medical unit at the South Tipperary General Hospital,...
- Mental Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of Exchequer funding provided to mental health services for 2005; the increase given in 2005 in comparison to...
- Children Act 2001
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which she has responsibility and which have not yet been commenced; and if she...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of step-down beds in each of the Health Service Executive regions that are being funded by her Department in...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in her Department who...
- Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the high call out charge for the doctor on call in certain areas of County Louth; if her...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 172: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of nursing care in St. Joseph's centre, St. John of...
- Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive areas in which speech and language services to medical card holders are...
- Health Service Staff
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical specialists appointed by her Department since 2002; the areas of the Health Service Executive that...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 175: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children the facilities or funding available from his Department to persons with communication problems seeking to...
- Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children further to the reply to the Adjournment debate of 14 April 2005 and the statement that speech and language...
- Hospital Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for an operation at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a more detailed answer to Question No. 138 of 22 February 2005 has not been forwarded by the Health Service...
- Department of Finance
- College Building Projects
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a college (details supplied) in County Sligo is a key provider of university level education with a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 182: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Finance if he will clarify the lease arrangements for Departments currently located in the Dublin area, including the remaining...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who are not civil servants but...
- Departmental Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unestablished civil servants in the State. [12472/05]
- Debt Relief
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will press for the sale of IMF gold to fund the debt cancellation of the debt of poor countries to the IMF and the World Bank. [12473/05]
- Tax Collection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if a P21 for 2003 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12474/05]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Coastal Protection
Question 188: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if assistance is available for persons with property on river banks to assist with...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 189: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a foreshore licence will be issued in order to allow the start of sewerage...
- Marine Safety
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when Kerry County Council will receive payment from his Department to cover the costs of carrying out safety...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his...
- Foreshore Developments
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has been contacted by Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Fingal...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in respect of every town here, he will provide information regarding the service provider; the level of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Constitution
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the choice the Government will make if it must choose between passing the EU constitution and maintaining the unanimity requirement on...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who not being Civil...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the sectarian attacks on Nationalist homes in Old Throne Park in the Whitewell area with the British Government; and if he...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the requirement that a minimum of 90 days expiry remain on a visitor's passport to the Czech Republic...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who not being...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for an application from a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of the repairs at the National Aquatic Centre; the proposed date for the completion of the repairs; the cost of such...
- Sports Funding
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a football club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given financial support and advice for its members; and if he will make a...
- Culture Ireland
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the establishment of Culture Ireland, the new semi-State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/05]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Directives
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will allow a debate and vote in Dáil Éireann on the proposed EU services directive before it is agreed;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend his reply of 24 February 2005 to questions regarding increasing the powers and number of labour inspectors,...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will investigate the rates of pay of personnel working in small post offices to ensure that they are paid at least the...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken and the steps he intends to take to address the very serious unemployment levels in the town of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, regarding the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who are not...
- Employment Support Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 270 of 22 March 2005, the way inwhich the Government supports and encourages existing small and...
- Job Protection
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 135 of 16 December 2004, the number of the 140 Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Cork...
- Job Creation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 135 of 16 December 2004, if IDA Ireland has any specific programme in place to promote Youghal and...
- Job Losses
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA assisted jobs that have been lost in Kerry each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Development
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the IDA lands at Castledermot, Monasterevin and Kildare, County Kildare; if the local authority has...
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspectors involved in the supervision of working and pay conditions of employees throughout the country, both...
- Job Creation
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net number of new jobs created here in each of the past five years; the number which were high tech or high wage; the...
- Work Permits
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received in the past six months; the number approved, received or pending; and...
- Insurance Industry
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which insurance costs here compare with those in the rest of Europe, the US, Australia and other countries to...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has monitored the extent to which Irish goods being exported are maintaining a competitive edge against all others;...
- Job Creation
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs arising from overseas investment created here in each of the past seven years; the extent to which a...
- Job Losses
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been relocated to low wage economies in the past five years; the countries or regions affected...
- Work Permits
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to applications for work permits for persons, which were submitted by a company (details supplied)...
- Industrial Development
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an enterprise (details supplied); if his Department or the IDA has ceased payments of rent in regard...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is carrying out a re-assessment of the application for the non-contributory pension for a person (details supplied) in...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who are not...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedure involved in applying to his Department for a respite grant in a case in which an applicant is not on the HSE...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding options for the proposed Dunboyne Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12267/05]
- Rural Transport Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 586 of 12 April 2005, if RTI allocation for 2005 will remain at the €3.45 million he announced in January 2005; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if the DTO has not met for the past two years; if so, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12270/05]
- State Airports
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all the studies or reports which will inform his decision on the optional location for a second terminal at Dublin Airport; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department, who not being civil servants are...
- Rail Network
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in respect of any proposals to extend a metro or the Luas to Dublin Airport, the plans will incorporate an extension to Swords, County Dublin....
- State Airports
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for hotels (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12459/05]
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be re-examined for compensation in relation to a taxi plate. [12460/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Staff
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department,...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Animal Diseases
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo must have two herd tests; if this person's...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when installation aid approval will be given for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the overwhelming circumstances encountered by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in her Department who not being...
- Grant Payments
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total amount of entitlements which will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the effect which the gas pipeline will have on persons (details supplied) with regard to REPS payments. [12514/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all payments under the single farm payment will be made in October when they are due; and if not, if an interim payment will be made...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the transfer pursuant to Article 2.2 of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons sought by a...
- Garda Stations
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda station (details supplied) in County Wexford is for sale; if not, if there are plans for its sale; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for the revocation of the deportation order for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting quite a while for a passport application to be...
- Garda Investigations
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference of the legal counsel who will examine the documentation related to the Grangegorman murder case; the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow persons (details supplied) to return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12302/05]
- Registration of Title
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite a dealing application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be considered for a transfer to Shelton Abbey; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who...
- Judicial Appointments
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of High Court judges; and the number of these who are solicitors. [12442/05]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the medical grounds which disqualified a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary from entry to...
- Registration of Title
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application will be expedited for first registration by persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for ensuring that any additional gardaí will be deployed in areas in which they are most needed and on the duties...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the purchase of the Thornton Hall site for the proposed new super prison would withstand scrutiny from...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his position on the granting of an amnesty for illegal workers in this State is consistent with his position on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Ballyfermot Garda station; the units or special squads they are attached to; the number...
- Garda Investigations
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 110 of 12 April 2005, if he will publish the full contents of the final report on the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Funding
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding provided to the institutes of technology over the past ten years; the level of funding provided per student to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 959 of 12 April 2005, if any complications arise with the school's application under the schools buildings and...
- Children Act 2001
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which she has responsibility and which have not yet been commenced; and if she will report on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reconsider the eligibility of dyslexic pupils to remain under the scope of resource teaching (details supplied); and if...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national schools in the Dublin 24 area in which class sizes exceed 30 or more pupils; the number of national school...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in her Department who are not civil...
- School Staffing
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by Gaelscoileanna, such as a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which...
- School Accommodation
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding new developments or progress with regard to a school (details supplied); and if the pupils, parents and teachers...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the proposals to come into effect in September 2005 in relation to pupils with special educational needs...
- Teacher Exchange Schemes
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schemes in place which allow a teacher from Ireland at primary, secondary and adult education level to exchange with a teacher in...
- School Staffing
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need for an additional teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if, in view...
- School Placement
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) is being excluded and ignored by all services; and if they will be given a place in September...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools in disadvantaged areas will not have to make local contributions; the amount of local contribution they have to make; the...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Staff
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his Department who not being civil servants...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Wildlife Acts
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Questions Nos. 1321 and 1322 of 26 January 2005, the number of persons who had prosecutions...
- Seanad Reform
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposal to extend and centralise the electorate for the Seanad graduate panels will be implemented in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have easier access to funds from his Department to construct new local authority houses...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the urban and village enhancement 2005 for Strandhill, County Sligo; when the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of the category of ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in his...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has put in place to calculate the levels of environmental emission that have been generated...
- Waste Management
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the facilities available for the recycling of green waste; his views on whether these facilities need to be...
- Rights of Way
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether mandatory rights of way should be incorporated into county development plans; and if he...
