Written answers

Wednesday, 11 May 2005

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the basis of her decision to close down the Dunne inquiry into the retention of organs of deceased children; her proposals...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to date in dealing with the accident and emergency crisis; the number of new beds which have...
    • Asthma Incidence
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the huge increase in asthma figures in children; her further views on whether indoor air pollution is a factor...
    • Health Services
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on comments by the HSE that the health services funding is insufficient for 2005; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether nurses should be awarded their pay claims in full and without delay; and if she will make a statement...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry, to be chaired by Judge Maureen Harding-Clarke, into the activities of the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent comments (details supplied) made by the Coroner for County Offaly; the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the national rollout of the cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the catchment area for a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow to include the area of south...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to address the issues of isolation and loneliness among elderly persons identified in the...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that there are much higher rates of dental fluorosis here than in Northern Ireland as a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to address the prevalence, detection and treatment of prostate cancer; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if contracts have been signed for the provision of 500 short-term nursing home beds for patients who no longer need acute...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken in each of the past five years to address the issue of the lack of bed space in all hospitals...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action her Department took on receipt of a letter in January 2003 recommending the use of a US based plastic surgeon who...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report by Comhairle na nOspidéal on the mental health services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services provided for persons with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15449/05]
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to negotiations with hospital consultants regarding the indemnity scheme; if the Government is...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the chief executive designate of the Health Service Executive will take up their position; if the finance director of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her response the recent decision of the High Court to award almost €3 million in damages to a person; if she is concerned...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent figures produced by the Central Statistics Office showing that hospital charges...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a media report that the new chief executive of the HSE intends to introduce a new tier of management; and if...
    • Complementary Therapies
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the regulations and legislative protection surrounding the business of complementary therapists; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of health authorities holding the pension books of elderly patients to pay for their long-term care has...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the law governing international adoptions in view of the experience of a person (details supplied) in a...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the INO and the HSE management have reached an agreement on the introduction of a new nursing grade; and if she will make...
    • Special Needs Children
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which studies have been conducted here into the cause or causes of children born with various special needs;...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the Travers report, progress has been made with regard to determining the whereabouts of the file prepared...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity which St. James's, the Mater public, St. Vincent's public, Blanchardstown, Tallaght and Beaumont Hospitals...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to research showing that rates of tuberculosis infection may be increasing in pockets of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to open closed beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15411/05]
    • Influenza Vaccines
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with regard to acquiring a stock of influenza vaccines to deal with any influenza pandemic; the...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the introduction of an out-of-hours general practitioner co-operative service for the east Cork...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of calls received to date by the national repayments scheme helpline; the latest information available to her...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the application process for the doctor-only medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed at the recent IMO conference that surgeons and anaesthetists are...
    • Community Care
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it has now been decided not to proceed with the 850 community nursing units, announced in July...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends lifting the cap on medical staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15439/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will elaborate on the recent plan announced by the HSE to move additional beds into existing wards; if the staffing...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with hospital consultants on the renegotiation of their contract; and if she will make a...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that water fluoridation has occurred here without the necessary statutory approval; and if she will...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the national roll-out of BreastCheck in the west and southern areas; and if she will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her ten-point plan for the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Capital Programme
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital projects in the health area for which funding has been provided and which are expected to commence in 2005; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the health service plan recently published by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15335/05]
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that publication of full hospital waiting lists will be resumed; the latest information available to...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to improve the ambulance service in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the new cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a feasibility study has been carried out as to whether or not St. Bricin's Military Hospital will be used to help...
    • Pharmacy Regulation
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her consideration of the report of the pharmacy review group; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Expenditure
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children Ireland's ranking in relation to health spending within the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the community nursing unit on the grounds of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent claim from the Irish Cancer Society that women were dying needlessly from a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the publication of the Comhairle report on plastic surgical services; the date on which the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds provided to date and the hospitals in each case in regard to the commitment given in the national health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new facilities that have opened following the allocation of funding announced; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to have their colonoscopy under the national treatment purchase fund if the date for carrying out...
    • Company Privatisation
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has had recent discussions with VHI regarding the privatisation of this company; when this company will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has the full co-operation of IMPACT for the introduction of the new doctor-only medical card; and if she...
    • Risk Equalisation
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent statement by BUPA Ireland that it may have to withdraw from the Irish market if risk equalisation...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the call from the IMO for priority to be given to an increase in public bed capacity and...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on introducing an out of hours general practitioner co-operative service; and if she will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the package of measures announced on Estimates day to improve accident and emergency services, she will...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the establishment of the four new regional health areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some chiropodists are charging medical card holders €10 per visit; if...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the investigation which has been held into the circumstances in which huge numbers of counterfeit condoms (details...
    • Public Health
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of radioactive contaminants that can be treated using iodine in tablet form; the number of these contaminants...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person from the UK who has resided in the UK all their life, who is in receipt of a contributory pension from the DHSS...
    • Health Services
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the non-payment of a curam home care grant approved by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Community Care
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the review by the HSE in relation to the number of hours allocated to the home help service in County...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent request to the HSE to consider using mobile military field hospitals to alleviate overcrowding in...
    • Health Service Executive Property
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of security, maintenance and insurance of the vacant property at Myshall, County Carlow since the property was...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be awarded to allow the special care baby unit at the Regional Hospital, Mullingar to open immediately on...
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to provide for the commencement of the marriage provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004 allowing...
    • Health Services
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate additional rehabilitative training places to the HSE western region; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no reply issued to this Deputy in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 8 July 2004; if she has satisfied...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists for heart and hip replacement and eye surgery; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the number of medical cards issued to date compares with the commitment given by the Government prior to...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists and child psychologists required throughout the country at present; her plans...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of posts to be filled at each level throughout the health services at the present time; her plans to bring...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds available at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number occupied; the number of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when all the posts at Naas General Hospital will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15702/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and status of posts awaiting to be filled in the health services in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve, enhance or otherwise upgrade the various health centres in County Kildare having due regard to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds available in County Kerry at the present time; the number required; her plans to expand this...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA reported to date; if more than one such case has been reported from the same location; the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds available in 1990; the number available now; if the position reflects needs created by...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the treatment purchase scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15712/05]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to address the shortage of nursing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15713/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of step down beds provided since June 2004; the number required; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the towns and villages in which Garda stations have been disposed of and which have had new purpose built facilities with the finance from these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a job vacant or becoming vacant in the near future on OPW sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15636/05]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15650/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if a study has been completed regarding the benefits of introducing here a flat tax on personal and corporate income; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government intends to ratify the UN Convention on the protection of the rights of migrant workers and members of their families,...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of disabled persons in sheltered or supported employment earning less than the minimum wage. [15505/05]
    • Economic Partnership Agreements
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he shares the concerns and reservation expressed by the UK Government in respect of economic partnership agreements; and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department was in any way involved in the issue of permits for exemption from PRSI to GAMA workers from Turkey; if...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the incentives available to an industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/05]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures which are in place to monitor the standard of accommodation provided by private landlords whose tenants are in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the boundary areas with regard to the entitlement of the smokeless fuel allowance; the criteria used for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of customers who receive either weekly or monthly payments from his Department; the percentage of these who receive...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department will consider allowing stay-at-home husbands or wives to purchase credits under the PRSI code as a means of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that social welfare payments awarded via a bank account are delayed by one day when a...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the computerisation of births, deaths and marriage records has eliminated the perceived risks previously identified with...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to any country that requires electronic funds transfers or equivalent arrangements for the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to legislate to provide that digital imagery will be deemed admissible as proof of commission of a speeding offence in cases...
    • National Car Test
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of tests carried out by the national car test in each test centre since 2000; the number of test failures and the main reason for the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the award of funds by his Department for a proposed play area at Ladyswell, Drumheath,...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid the balance on 18 animals, on the special beef premium. [15588/05]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of clients of her Department being paid by direct credit system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15589/05]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to ongoing medical problems a person (details supplied) had to give up milk...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which existing participants in the forestation grant scheme, who have already been receiving grants under the said scheme,...
    • Commercial Horticulture
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the incentives which are available to an industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15627/05]
    • Rural Development
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15628/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food , further to Question No. 129 of 4 May 2005, the reason her Department deems up to 27% of animals ineligible even though it has paid...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to meet the difficulty of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford and other persons regarding the early retirement...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Coroners Service
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a penalty of €6.35 is a grossly inadequate penalty for a person who refuses to attend a Coroner's...
    • Youth Diversion Project
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve and provide funding for youth diversion project for the Mitchels area, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he...
    • Courts Service
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to avoid exposing the State to possible action before the European Court of Human Rights due to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of house break-ins in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to date in 2005; the number of persons charged to...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons charged to date in relation to the ongoing serious anti-social behaviour at the new senior citizen...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been a recent upsurge in street prostitution in a residential area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for family reunification will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Equal Rights Issues
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rights which fathers have in seeking sole custody or full time care of a child who has been physically and emotionally...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason correspondence in relation to a visa has been forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Rathmines Garda station area, Dublin, for each of the years between 1997 and 2004; the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Staffing
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the service which will be put in place to replace resource teaching hours for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim from...
    • School Transport
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which catchment areas for school bus transport for secondary schools are drawn up and decided; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make the necessary funding available to a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [15541/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance her Department will offer to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in relation to remedial spelling at their...
    • School Discipline
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place in respect of school expulsions; if the newly established Education Welfare Board must authorise a school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional teaching resources and facilities which will be made available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in connection...
    • School Staffing
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the staffing of a primary school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reviewed. [15608/05]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Higher Education Training Awards Council does not come within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and if...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 which have 30 children or more; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on progress in securing a permanent location for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if her attention has been...

    • Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made since her visit on 10 March 2005 in locating a suitable site for a school (details supplied); if she...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) has not been selected for overseas service with the 93rd Infantry Battalion on the UN mission in Liberia; if...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Air Pollution
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has studied the result of various air pollution monitors throughout County Kildare; if any trends are...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no allocation was made to Waterford County in the fire services capital programme 2005 in respect...
    • Fire Services Capital Programme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the documentation awaiting approval in his Department since October 2004 in regard to the approval in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will furnish a comprehensive account of the position concerning the provision of a new modern sewerage...
    • Road Network
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate funding to carry out works on the R394 Mullingar to Castlepollard road at Taughmon, County...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons purchasing dwellings under shared ownership both nationally and in each of the four...