Written answers
Wednesday, 4 May 2005
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Food Agency Co-operation Council
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-operation Council in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14003/05]
- Single Farm Payment
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for cross-compliance under the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13993/05]
- Farm Safety
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of planned initiatives on farm safety, in view of relative danger of the farm as a workplace; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Visit
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her recent visit to the US with Enterprise Ireland. [14138/05]
- Food Industry
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her efforts to develop a competitive potato sector here. [14143/05]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the European Commission's view that governments of member states should take more responsibility for European policy on...
- EU Directives
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with other Departments and State agencies with a view to meeting the EU biofuels directive requiring Ireland...
- Live Exports
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to recent concerns expressed, following the release of film by Compassion in World Farming, of the...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which production, processing, hygiene and traceability standards applicable here have been applied to all meat imports in...
- Grant Aid
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase the level of grant aid available to farmers under the SFP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assistance made available to animal welfare centres throughout the country in 2004 in comparison with the previous three years. [14136/05]
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has carried out an assessment to determine the degree to which farm families can rely on the family farm for their livelihood in...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her priorities for the current round of world trade talks and the summit due in Hong Kong later in 2005; and if she will make a statement...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the final conclusion to the reported importation of animal feed contaminated with traces of bone; and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented; the number in respect of which...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assessment carried out by her Department regarding the implications of the SFP on the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will index link the early retirement pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13992/05]
- Farm Safety
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps being taken to address the serious problems of death and injuries through farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on...
- Milk Production Partnerships
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage dairy partnerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14163/05]
- Farmer Numbers
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have left full-time farming since 1997; her views on the fall in the number of full-time farmers; the steps she...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a...
- Energy Requirements
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its...
- EU Directives
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14208/05]
- Sugar Quota
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the ownership of the Irish sugar quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14008/05]
- Live Exports
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her efforts to protect the trade in live animals from Ireland; the number of cattle exported in the first four...
- Forestry Sector
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will investigate the clear felling by Coillte Teoranta of the Nenagh River gorge, a SPA, and the planting of Bolingbrook Hill...
- Food Imports
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland imports between 10,000 and 20,000 litres of goats milk per week; and if she will...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's position regarding the abolition of export credit refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Labelling
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking in order that all third country beef is properly labelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14002/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission to index link the single farm payment; if she intends to make the payment in two...
- Food Industry
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main areas being targeted under the food institutional research programme. [14140/05]
- Departmental Agreement
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the agreement between her Department and a company (details supplied). [14021/05]
- Sheepmeat Prices
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to address the serious crisis facing many sheep farmers due to poor prices being paid for lambs by meat...
- Farmers Markets
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers markets in operation in the country; the action or supports her Department has taken or made available, or intends...
- EU Directives
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a...
- Beef Industry
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her efforts to assist the trade in Irish beef in 2005. [14142/05]
- Animal Diseases
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she plans to introduce procedures that will reduce the risk of animals contracting MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Animal By-Products
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is examining the possibility of making safe use of digestate from anaerobic digestion in view of the fact that Denmark and Britain...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the rejection by farm organisations of a proposed system of penalty points for non-compliance with animal registration and...
- Food Labelling
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to improve the standard of food labelling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14013/05]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made to upgrade the remaining area of County Monaghan from disadvantaged to severely handicapped status; the...
- Food Industry
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to improve the lot of dairy farmers who are being paid less today for milk than a decade ago; and if she will...
- EU Directives
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to deal with the crisis in the intensive farming sector, that is, pigs, poultry and mushrooms, being brought about by...
- Modulated Funds
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the modulation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13991/05]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, arising from the recent decision of the EU to ban US imports of certain types of animal feed unless they can be certified as free of...
- EU Directives
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her negotiations with the EU on the implementation of the EU nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement...
- Food Industry
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to discussions within the EU on proposed reforms of the EU sugar regime; and if she will make a statement on...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the joint committee report on the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Organic Farming
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will urgently introduce initiatives to encourage organic farming here and to rescue Ireland's green clean image in the food...
- Special Beef Premium
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to reduce the impact of the special beef premium overshoot on farmers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission regarding the next round of the WTO; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress of REP scheme 3 to date. [14139/05]
- Animal Diseases
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cases of BSE in cattle discovered in 2004 and to date in 2005; the way in which this compares with recent years; the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows, as a result of current proposals...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the decentralisation programme within her Department; the number of the 60 posts that were due to be moved to...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the farm retirement group for justice that farmers who opted for the EU...
- Food Industry
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to develop the marketing potential of Bord Bia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14000/05]
- Forestry Sector
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to the recent Bacon review of the forestry sector, the proposals her Department intends to pursue to develop the sector,...
- Food Banks
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of food banks in operation in the country; the success of these food banks in combating food poverty; the measures her...
- Forestry Sector
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the proposed cut by the EU of grant aid for forestry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14007/05]
- Depopulation Programme
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cattle born before 1996; the estimated value of same; the projected cost of herd depopulation as a result of BSE from 2005...
- Avian Influenza
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that adequate procedures are in place to protect against the spread of avian flu to this country especially in view...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the large number of farmers now erecting genetically modified free zone signs on their land around...
- Departmental Staff
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will be restructured in view of the projected staff surplus of 400 in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement...
- Teagasc Service Development
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to develop the Teagasc service provided to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14004/05]
- Carlow Sugar Plant
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her approval has been sought from Greencore for the proposed sale of the site of the Carlow plant which closed on 11 March 2005; if...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if deductions from farmers' SFP will not exceed 3% when linear and other cuts are accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, since the challenge by a company (details supplied), she has revised her Department's testing procedures for animal proteins in...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has concluded the review of the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14207/05]
- Forestry Sector
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the report from the EU Court of Auditors regarding the way in which forestry grants were awarded here; and if she will make...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding BSE incidence in the country to date in 2005 compared to the same period in 2002, 2003 and 2004. [14135/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European Commission regarding the impact of the special beef premium overshoot on farmers; and if...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Live Register
Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the live register in Newcastle West for each month of 2005 to date. [14568/05]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach if the legal adviser to a group (details supplied) will have full access to all relevant files and papers of Departments and the Garda Síochána; and if he...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Levy
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements she is making to provide for repayment of the excess health levy of PRSI (details supplied) by residents...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has concluded its consideration of the High Court judgment striking down the Government's proposed...
- Civil Registration Act
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if she will consider amending the Civil...
- Inter-Church Marriage
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to inter-church marriages; if they can be celebrated in churches of religions other than those of...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a Cúram home care grant. [14566/05]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which genetically modified foods are for sale here, whether labelled or unlabelled; and if she will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has rescinded all funding sanctioned by the ERHA with respect to...
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE is to re-examine all capital or other funding granted prior to its formation on 1 January 2005; and if she will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is now in a position to approve the appointment of a design team as requested by the Health Service Executive in...
- An Bord Altranais
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to instruct An Bord Altranais to make its telephone system more customer friendly; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress towards opening the health care centre in Cootehill, County Cavan for the use of the elderly; her views on...
- Medical Cards
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13965/05]
- Health Services
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been allocated to the south east advocacy network for 2004 to date; if the group is on a contract; if...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of organisations which provide indemnity cover for medical consultants in private obstetrics practice here; her...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the terms of the long-term illness and disability scheme to include growth hormone deficiency. [14026/05]
- Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will transfer to Athy nursing home; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for a person at University College Hospital, Galway, will be brought forward; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the mobility allowance scheme is means tested; if there are plans to review this qualifying condition; and if...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the range of costs charged by accident and emergency departments for victims of traffic accidents who indicate they wish to...
- Hospital Services
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 22 March 2005, when a reply will be furnished; the procedures in her...
- Hospital Staff
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 22 March 2005, when a reply will be furnished; the procedures in her...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of accident and emergency beds available to the HSE in hospitals throughout the State; and the number of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when payment will be sanctioned for a replacement artificial limb for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [14108/05]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish legislation to refund nursing home over-payments; if the legislation will address the issue of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite places for adults and children with an intellectual disability in counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon,...
- Opticians Regulations
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will permit a person to sell and distribute glasses and prescription lenses through the Internet with the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will liaise with a person (details supplied) to develop an all-Ireland strategy to deal with the threat of a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the budget to the mental health service as a percentage of the total health budget for each year since 1997. [14202/05]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides in 2004 by age and gender. [14203/05]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be conveyed by her Department to the Health Service Executive in the matter of approval to proceed to...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if extra beds will be provided in Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14243/05]
- Hospital Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects all the facilities anticipated, including the use of all theatres and back-up facilities, to become fully...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals in respect of which there have been reports of incidences of MRSA in each of the past three years;...
- Mental Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the Mental Health Commission deals with complaints; the criteria it uses when investigating complaints...
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE and the St. John of God service provider will put a care plan in place to assist a person (details supplied) in...
- Mental Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding services for persons with a mental illness in the Dublin area, particularly in relation to supported...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have applied to the Health Service Executive for repayment of charges for publicly funded...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to enable general anaesthetists to upskill in paediatrics in order that emergency services and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provision that is made in hospital accident and emergency departments, occupational therapy and other clinics to assist...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to previous parliamentary questions and the unsatisfactory reply issued by the Health Service Executive in the...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she is making to ensure that the funding of €400,000 in 2005 earmarked by her Department for sheltered...
- Medical Records
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make urgent inquiries regarding the non-availability of medical records for a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Staff
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be made available for the appointment of a second consultant ortho-geriatrician post at Connolly...
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 by virtue of the full medical card, the over 70 medical card...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 189 and 200 of 20 October 2004, the position on inter-country adoptions with...
- Medicinal Products
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency that two classes of antidepressants should not be used in...
- Waste Disposal
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for her refusal to meet the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to discuss the health implications of...
- Medical Cards
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when doctor-only medical card application forms will be available to the public. [14357/05]
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing an independent inspectorate to check standards in nursing homes, both public and private; the...
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated for cancer services in 2005. [14368/05]
- Information Communications Technology
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated in 2005 by health services for investment in information and communication systems; and if she...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider new arrangements for accident and emergency services in order that those whose need does not stem from...
- Department of Finance
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU programmes aimed at peace and reconciliation; the funding which Ireland provides towards their operation; and if he will make a...
- Wheelchair Access
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the accessibility of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to persons who are wheelchair-bound; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the settlement reached with the residents of Dublin Road, Kilkenny, relative to the site at Leggetsrath, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, which...
- Tax Code
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to allow persons with various illnesses such as diabetes who cannot obtain life assurance, to obtain a house purchase...
- EU Directives
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to sign into law the EU public procurement directive; and the practical applications of the directive which are being considered for...
- Enviromental Policy
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will set an example for private sector developers and require that building contracts it commissions use a percentage...
- Tax Code
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax credit similar to the PAYE tax credit to recipients of foreign pensions, in cases in which it is their sole income, to put...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to construct a proper fish pass at Lacken Weir, Kilkenny, in light of the failure of the existing fish pass to function as evidenced...
- Departmental Properties
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the date of purchase and the purchase price of properties (details supplied); the cost of maintenance and security on each property to date; if each...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a special incentive savings scheme for persons under the age of 21 with a view to reducing their spending power for...
- Tax Yield
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenues accruing to the Exchequer from the vehicle registration tax in 2004. [14336/05]
- Tax Code
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a vehicle registration tax equalisation system in order that the owners of used cars which are exported abroad...
- Universities Act
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions that must be met to allow for the alteration of university statutes, in cases in which such alteration might have an implication for...
- Tax Yield
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by deposit holding institutions in corporation tax in 2004. [14366/05]
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings held with the Department of Transport regarding the provision of time slots by Iarnród Éireann to accommodate two sugar beet trains...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Post Office Network
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the serious threat to the future of post offices unless action is taken by the...
- Postal Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason up to 300 former employees of An Post have not yet received 7% pension entitlements under the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has allocated funding for research on wave and tidal energy in 2005. [14059/05]
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the volume of cast iron piping in the gas pipe network; the cost of replacing and upgrading this piping; and if...
- Electricity Generation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the subsidy which has been granted under the public service obligations order to a power station (details...
- Pension Provisions
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that An Post pensioners receive the increases in their pensions. [14121/05]
- Inland Fisheries
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of installing a fish counter at Mocollop on the River Blackwater; if the counter functioned at all...
- Post Office Network
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Government is taking steps to bring the post offices that are less than commercially viable within the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when it is envisaged that the Maritime Safety Bill 2003, will be enacted in order to enable local authorities to...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the provisions in the Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003 to ring-fence moneys for funding programmes produced by...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the publication date of a review (details supplied) of inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Colombia Three
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if assistance will be given to families of the Colombian Three with translation issues regarding Judge Acosta's decision at the trial and his...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland voted at the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva against a draft resolution on the question of detainees in Guantanamo...
- Emigrant Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans regarding the recommendations made by the task force on policy regarding emigrants; the funding required to implement such...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual incremental increases agreed by which Ireland would provide 0.7% of its GNP in development aid by 2012 in view of the serious...
- Economic Partnership Agreements
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will seek that the EU work with the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries either to achieve at the WTO an extension...
- Visa Applications
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application for a visitor's visa by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14268/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the maximum support and advice will be given to a football club (details supplied) with its grant; and if assistance will be given...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Motor Fuels
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the monthly movements in the price of unleaded petrol and motor diesel here during the past 12 months; and the movements in...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason no reply has been received for Parliamentary Questions Nos. 189 of 14 December 2004 and 297 of 15 February 2005;...
- Job Creation
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that were brought or referred to County Kerry by IDA Ireland in 2004; the type of business in which...
- Work Permits
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the maximum penalty which can be imposed on an employer for the employment of a person outside of the EEA without a work...
- Job Losses
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the prospect of re-opening a company (details supplied) and the creation of...
- Economic Partnership Agreements
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's views on the UK paper on the economic partnership agreements being negotiated by the European Commission...
- Company Closures
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to previous parliamentary questions, his views on the position of some unsecured creditors such as a company...
- Work Permits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if this person...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases notified to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board since establishment to the end of March 2005 by...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their rent subsidy reduced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Family Support Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department, through the family support agency, has received an application from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consultancy projects which have been undertaken in the past 20 years to assist his Department estimate the scale and nature of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Reach agency has considered the question of cards for social welfare and related purposes; if so, the recommendations or...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider increasing the fuel allowance from €9 to a more realistic amount. [14217/05]
- Departmental Funding
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take urgent steps to make the necessary funds available to enable a centre (details supplied) to remain open after 30...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the rent allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport
- Driving Tests
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the mobile unit that is used for the theory test for learner drivers cannot be brought to Erris in County Mayo, obviating the need for...
- Regional Airports
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); his views on the initiatives outlined in same; if he will meet with the group...
- Road Safety
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in issuing guidelines in regard to the introduction of lower speed limits at locations such as schools; and when these...
- Public Transport
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding public transport services in the Artane, Beaumont and Coolock areas in Dublin 5. [13982/05]
- Road Safety
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport if trucks will be fitted with wing mirrors to ensure that drivers can see pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14150/05]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to ensure that penalty points are endorsed on the licence record of a person; if it is acceptable that it may take several months...
- Road Network
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a deputation from Monaghan County Council to hear their case for the reclassification of the Cremartin-Castleblayney road; and...
- Driving Tests
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 12 April 2005, when resources will be sanctioned to allow for the urgent and essential recruitment of...
- Rail Services
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail will provide time slots to accommodate two sugar beet trains from the Portlaoise depot to Mallow in County Cork; and if he will make...
- Public Transport
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his meeting with the South Dublin Chamber of Commerce based in Tallaght; will the proposal receive his special attention; and...
- Haulage Industry
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his Department's inspectorate for the haulage industry; the remit of the inspectorate; the number of inspectors in same; the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo could not participate in the rural social scheme; and if he will...
- Irish Language
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had or proposes to have with the Department of Education and Science regarding the need to...
- Inland Waterways
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will meet with a deputation from Monaghan County Council to discuss the steps which can be taken to move forward...
- Community Development
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will reconsider his decision in respect of the removal of funding from the community workers co-operatives....
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government's negotiating position regarding the EU review of disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee report on the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for cross-compliance under the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14249/05]
- EU Directives
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will go ahead with its action programme for the implementation of the EU nitrates directive; her views on whether she...
- Biotechnological Inventions
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its...
- Grant Payments
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments made under a herd number for a person (details supplied) in County Galway for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002; and if she...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will address the EU single payment entitlements of farmers who inherited holdings during or since the reference years; if so, the...
- Grant Payments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a REP scheme payment. [13946/05]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the application for single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes to seek the designation of the remaining 16% of County Monaghan as severely handicapped; and if she will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on early retirement from farming will be...
- Land Reclassification
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person is selling their farm and have consolidation entitlements, if those entitlements go to the person who buys the land. [14078/05]
- Veterinary Matters
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to bring in legislation in order that farmers receive prescriptions to obtain animal medication; if legislation is required;...
- Grant Payments
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be informed of entitlements for the single payment scheme. [14086/05]
- Milk Quota
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation which governs the transfer of milk quota; when this legislation was last changed; the regulations which deal with the...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department is ceasing or suspending the herd number of temporarily out of stock livestock owners; if the action is...
- Grant Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to amend qualification for the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14164/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the age limit for the transferee under the ERS is a State or EU rule; if she will consider the review of such an age limit in the...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of botulism in bovine animals within the vicinity of poultry farms; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the balance of the beef and suckler cow premia. [14420/05]
- Food Poverty
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures her Department has implemented since 2004 or intends to implement in 2005 to address the issue of food poverty and the lack...
- Grant Payments
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of herdowners who have entitlement under the new single farm retirement scheme. [14559/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who have availed of the farm retirement scheme each year since its inception. [14561/05]
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the development which has taken place in regard to the WTO; the significance of such developments or preliminary discussions from the...
- Sheep Imports
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent of sheep imports in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/05]
- Food Labelling
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the success or otherwise of her efforts to discourage misleading relabelling of meat and meat products; and if she will make a statement...
- Food Industry
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the dramatic difference between the prices paid to the producer and those charged to the consumer; and if she will make a...
- Potato Sector
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage of potatoes grown in the country in 2005; the most prominent varieties; the value of the crop; and if she will make a...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in regard to the pigmeat industry with particular reference to the extent of imports as a percentage of national...
- Pet Food
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which pet food is imported into this country; if such imports contain meat and bonemeal; and if she will make a statement...
- EU Directives
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which she has measured the potential impact of the nitrates directive and its likely effect on production; and if she will...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all meat imports into this country are rigorously inspected to prevent the importation of disease; and if she will make a statement...
- Food Industry
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she proposes to enhance the marketing of Irish beef and lamb at home and overseas; and if she will make a statement on...
- Food Labelling
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that food labelling is adequate to accurately reflect the origins of the produce; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all payments to farmers under the various aid and headage payment schemes are up to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Deer Farming
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the future prospects for deer farming here and on international markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14587/05]
- Dairy Industry
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her preferred options for the development of the dairy industry in the future; if this is in accord with EU policy; and if she will make...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that the use of meat and bonemeal in animal feedstuffs has been discontinued entirely; if there have been...
- Beef Exports
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current EU market for Irish beef; the extent to which these markets have grown or otherwise in each of the past five years; and if...
- Cereal Sector
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the future of cereal growing here; her plans to develop and expand in this area; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her strategic short, medium and long-term plans for the agriculture sector. [14592/05]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to make an application in his own right for entitlements; if same will be combined with...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Ground Rents
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding ground rent legislation; his proposals to assist persons forced to pay this rent to landlords; and if...
- Child Care Services
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a funding application for a group (details supplied) was brought to his attention; the reason the group was refused...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students taking up postgraduate courses in Nottingham University for...
- Visa Applications
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance with a visa application will be given to a person (details supplied); and if they will provided with the...
- Residency Permits
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and when a decision will be made....
- Crime Prevention
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be made in connection with an application from the STAY project in Tallaght to be included as part of the...
- Child Care Services
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the continuation of a staffing grant for Rathkeale community crèche. [13958/05]
- Registration of Title
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 14 October 2003, if an application (details supplied) at the Land Registry...
- Crime Levels
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Birr area of County Offaly for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including...
- Residency Permits
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status and family re-unification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
- Registration of Title
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application (details supplied) with the Land Registry office will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Levels
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Terenure Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the...
- Garda Stations
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations comprising each of the Garda districts within the Dublin metropolitan area. [14093/05]
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the services which are provided by the Village Project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to clients of the probation and...
- Crime Levels
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the south Roscommon area in the Roscommon-Galway East division for each year from 2000 to 2004; if...
- Garda Strength
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to ensure the Garda has sufficient resources to enforce road traffic laws, particularly on national motorways; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to be followed by a person for residency under the 15 January 2005 scheme to allow them to obtain a temporary...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which he intends to take to resolve the dispute with prison officers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for Irish citizenship for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22....
- Garda Equipment
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed camera boxes in place; the roads on which they are placed; the number of boxes fit to be used and the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 14 April 2005, the reason a person who was legitimately approved for a back...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) to serve the remainder of their sentence in a prison...
- Crime Levels
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Tallaght area, Dublin 24, for each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of places available in the Dublin area for children who are out of control, and who have received custodial...
- Asylum Applications
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision is likely in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14362/05]
- Garda Stations
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Garda station at Ballinhassig, County Cork, has not been replaced other than by temporary accommodation which...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to make a decision in the case of a person (details supplied). [14439/05]
- Refugee Status
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the refugee status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14440/05]
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the latest delay in installing the long promised closed circuit television scheme for Finglas village in...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prosecutions have been taken in respect of breaches of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1979; if the legislation needs to be...
- DNA Databank
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the absence of a DNA databank is hampering the efforts of the Garda in the investigation and detection...
- Garda Operations
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of a directive or notice which has been issued to members of the Garda informing or requesting them to create...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the use of gardaí in the event that prison officers go on strike; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will identify the auctioneer or agent referred to in the minutes of the meeting of the Mountjoy site replacement...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff who work for the reception and immigration agency; and the recruitment process which was used for such...
- Garda Deployment
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the possibility of approving two additional gardaí to service the Fethard area of County Tipperary owing...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent to date on the development of the all-Irish education centre planned for Ballyvourney, County Cork. [13910/05]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm authorisation for the purchase of the site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the youth affairs grant application of a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Galway will retain its fourth mainstream assistant class teacher; if the position of a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for special support for a person attending a primary school (details supplied); if this essential...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for extension of two classrooms and a general purpose room will be approved for a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an additional resource teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as well as additional funding for a...
- Educational Projects
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources, financial and otherwise, which are provided by her Department to a village project (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 349 of 28 October 2004, if the amount of £47,000 has been paid to Kilkenny County Council relative to...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the overall review of primary educational infrastructure in the Santry and Whitehall areas of Dublin 9 now under...
- School Accommodation
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the serious overcrowding at a national school (details supplied) in County Clare; if she has satisfied herself that...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in delivering the building programme at schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding for the construction of a new community school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if she will meet with...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will fund the resurfacing of a paved play area at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [14287/05]
- School Absenteeism
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received reports from the National Educational Welfare Board on the progress made in addressing absenteeism from school...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered an ABA tutor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14290/05]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 835 of 12 April 2005, if there has been further progress with the case. [14303/05]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- University Statutes
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conditions that must be met to allow for the alteration of university statutes, in cases in which such alteration might have an...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in deciding to provide by order for additional institutions in respect of which former residents are entitled to make applications...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements for a second level school place being made for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [14444/05]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process by which a person appeals a decision made by the Registration Council for recognition of their qualifications for the...
- Department of Defence
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Question No. 493 of 26 April 2005, the number and various grades of staff employed in that branch of his Department; the number and...
- Aircraft Landings
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had requests to permit the landing and parking of private helicopters at military locations; if so, his response to same; if not, the way...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the use of members of the Permanent Defence Force in the event that prison officers go on strike; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Motor Taxation
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the vehicles registration office in Shannon will return a copy of a registration book to a person (details...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing the regulations to allow a person who wishes to go to arbitration under CPO for...
- Seanad Reform
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given by the Government to the extension of the Seanad franchise to graduates of DCU...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants referred to arbitration with the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the Clarinbridge water scheme; when he will make a decision on this scheme; and if he...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expected publication date of the final report on the Ardfert Cathedral excavations 1987-92; and if he will...
- Recycling Policy
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recycling facilities which are available here for such products as glass, paper and plastic; the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider the reintroduction of the radon remediation grants scheme; the likely funding required for...
- Housing Grants
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost on an annualised basis of increasing the disabled person's housing grant to cover 100% of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by the private sector since 2000 by means of public-private partnerships for social and...
- Housing Policy
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the recent NESC report on housing; and if he will make a...
- Homelessness Strategy
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement the strategy on homelessness; the cost of implementation; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided for the construction of social and affordable housing in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the...
- Local Government Elections
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on directly elected mayors for Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; if any additional...
- Planning Issues
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a rezoning review board to scrutinise rezoning decisions; the likely cost of such a body;...
- Waste Management
Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenues raised by local authority waste charges in 2004. [14332/05]
- Recycling Policy
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding being allocated for recycling in 2005. [14333/05]
- Waste Management
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on setting up a national toxic and hazardous waste remediation facility; the likely cost of such a...
- Recycling Policy
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of kerbside collection of recyclable materials on a national basis; the likely...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the selected tender for the Straffan sewerage scheme in County Kildare to enable work to...
- Housing Grants
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position whereby a person applies to their local authority for a disabled person's grant to install...
- Waste Management
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a common approach or guidelines to be adopted by local authorities in relation to the...
- Planning Issues
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are statutory requirements for local authorities to complete transport analysis and traffic modelling...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the water schemes which are approved for the current year; and the number which are in progress in County...
