Written answers
Wednesday, 18 May 2005
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Quigley Report
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to implementation of the recommendation made in the recent report by Mr. Dermot...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce free testing for radon gas in areas of high radon (details supplied). [16460/05]
- Election Management System
Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public money spent to date on the storage of electronic voting equipment; if he is satisfied that...
- Departmental Records
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, when he is asked for information relating to matters (details supplied) which under a European directive...
- Radioactive Waste Disposal
Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which radioactive waste is disposed of here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/05]
- Nuclear Plants
Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent accident at Sellafield; the nature of the assurances made to his Department by the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units delivered specifically through Part V of the Planning and...
- Service Charges
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in regard to his discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies he is pursuing at the International Atomic Energy Agency to highlight the dangers of Sellafield;...
- Waste Management
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the representations he received regarding changes to guidelines on the acceptance of waste; the nature of such...
- Environmental Policy
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed task force to deal with the non-implementation of EU regulations by his Department;...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the opinion of the European Commissioner for Energy (details supplied) that the European Union...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the issue of the long waiting list for local authority houses; if he has issued directions...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to centralise all tenant purchase, shared ownership and affordable housing schemes as recommended by...
- Housing Policy
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made by the Government in its consideration of the recent NESC report on housing; and if he will...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons believed to have died here in each of the past five years as a result of exposure to...
- Agricultural Schemes
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if analyses of soil samples resulting from the spreading of Biofert in County Carlow complied with all aspects...
- Waste Disposal
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made in dealing with the odour problem at the Ringsend waste water treatment...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the County Kerry wastewater villages advanced study in order to allow Kerry County Council...
- Recycling Policy
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on his discussions with the newspaper industry in relation to the recycling of newsprint;...
- Child Care Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that planning authorities are complying with Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Planning...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; its annual budget; and if he will make a...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the National Spatial Strategy; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Lands
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in compiling a comprehensive register of land owned by local authorities as recommended...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority units which do not have either hot water or central heating; and the funding...
- Housing Policy
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy on second homes. [16521/05]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the staffing limits his Department has placed on each local authority; and if it is intended to review the...
- Waste Disposal
Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department received the study prepared by the Health Research Board on the health implications of...
- Water Pollution
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the failure of some local beaches to meet EU bathing water standards as highlighted in the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed Critical Infrastructure Bill, which was first announced in October...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to increase affordable housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Environmental Policy
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement in relation to the recent European Court of Justice judgment against the State in...
- Waste Management
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive the results of the Office of Environmental Enforcement audit of dump sites used...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in implementing the RPII's radon programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Agreements
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had contact with his US counterpart regarding the failure of the US to ratify the Kyoto Protocol;...
- Fire Service
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the recommendations of the 2002 Government commissioned report on the fire service, including the...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the issues raised in the recent report of the RPII visit to Sellafield; and if he will make a...
- Local Government Reform
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of his plans for local government reform, including the provision of directly elected mayors in...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers employed by each local authority for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; the category under which they...
- Water Pollution
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to assist local authorities and community groups to clean up beaches and to improve amenities in...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the matters discussed at his meeting with the director of the National Museum on 12 May 2005; if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce open and transparent tender procedures for all voluntary housing projects as...
- Social Welfare Schemes
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is evidence for the recent public assertion that there is widespread abuses of the rent allowance...
- Waste Management
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether small electrical retail outlets will have a difficulty in fulfilling their obligations...
- EU Directives
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility and which have yet to be implemented...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the...
- Water Pollution
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assurances he will give to communities in Balbriggan and Skerries that the quality of bathing water at...
- Waste Disposal
Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to tackle emissions from backyard burning; if he has monitored an increase in such burning in recent...
- Local Authority Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that the taxpayer receives value for money from local authorities; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the serviced land initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16423/05]
- EU Directives
Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the likely cost to the State in fines if Ireland fails to implement the outstanding EU directives for which he...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to increase voluntary housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider improvement of the quality and timeliness of his Department's information on the extent...
- Waste Disposal
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce civic amenity centres specifically to meet the needs of small and medium size...
- National Monuments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consolidate the national monuments code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/05]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the amendment to the capital assistance scheme, introduced in November 2001, if the details of...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of directives issued by the RPII to employers to measure radon gas in the workplace; the number of...
- Environmental Policy
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the progress of the report to the EU Commission detailing the way in which Ireland is dealing...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the 30% maximum discount to prospective tenant purchasers of local authority housing; and...
- Homeless Persons
Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to expand vastly the provision of move-on accommodation designed to enable...
- Water Pollution
Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assurances he will give to communities in Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath that the quality of...
- Waste Management
Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the underspend on waste management for each year since 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Building Regulations
Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether his Department has protected the hollow block construction industry (details supplied);...
- Departmental Capital Projects
Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of overrun on the various projects publicly advertised for tender by his Department in the past...
- Rural Housing
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional dwellings he expects to be built in rural areas as a result of the changes he...
- Waste Management
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 4 November 2004, the reason he has stated subsequently that he...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he has taken to advance the Sellafield issues; if he has taken steps at international level;...
- Sustainable Energy Strategy
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the draft action plan on the implementation of the EU directive on the energy performance...
- Noise Pollution
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review and simplify the complaints procedure, legislation and regulation in the area of noise...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts he is making at local authority level to reduce poverty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Waste Management
Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research and development on modern non-burn alternative treatments for...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to the announcement on 24 February 2005 to swap State-owned lands for private...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funds available to Carrick-on-Suir Town Council to appoint a tenants liaison officer; and if...
- Environmental Policy
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures currently in place to gather and recover chlorofluorocarbons from discarded fridges and freezers...
- Planning Issues
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Law Society's report, Discriminatory Planning Conditions: the Case for Reform; and if he will...
- EU Directives
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of his Department's implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will sanction a mobility grant for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and the reason for the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the contingency plans which will be in place at Kerry General Hospital's accident and emergency department over the summer...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice whereby five persons are paid between €50 and €80 per week for working approximately 30 hours at a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of psychotherapists in the health services for each of the years between 2000 and 2004 and to date in 2005; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 76 of 14 April 2005, if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for treatment;...
- Mental Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if specific funding is given to mental health services which deal with young persons in County Laois; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be admitted for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full provisions of EU Directive 93/16/EEC, with regard to contracts under the GMS scheme, apply in respect of...
- Industrial Relations
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary moneys to honour the Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) concerning...
- Respite Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Brothers of Charity in Galway may not have sufficient funding to...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date by which she and the HSE expect the first repayments under the national repayment scheme for long-stay charges to...
- Nursing Home Regulations
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the regulations which govern private and public run nursing homes; and if she will make a statement...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if data are available concerning the annual death rate from cancer in County Donegal; the number of male and female deaths...
- Survivors of Symphysiotomy
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the assistance given to date to Survivors of Symphysiotomy; the reason such assistance has not been...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the chief officer of the Health Service Executive north-western area, and the chief executive officer of the Health...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the CASA respite house in Malahide was forced to close; and if it will receive the maximum funding in 2005 for...
- Hospital Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many hospitals in the State, including Waterford Regional Hospital, Cork...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received communication from Kildare County Council regarding the possible implementation of a scheme to alleviate flooding in the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the conditions adjacent to Connolly's Folly monument, Maynooth, County Kildare with particular reference to its...
- Flood Relief
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the permanent alleviation of flooding at Mill Lane, Leixlip, with particular reference to discussions between his...
- Tax Collection
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has paid any income tax in this State since 1959; if so, when it commenced to do so; and the amount of revenue...
- Freedom of Information
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will designate the Higher Education Training Awards Council as a body subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1997; when new institutions...
- Pension Provisions
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of outline proposals made for the enhancement of pensions for retired public servants on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Yield
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests for balancing statements made by PAYE taxpayers since 1 January 2005; the number of such requests that have resulted in a...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implications under equality legislation, or any other implications, for staff in the public sector if his Department...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a site selection for decentralisation for the Department of Social and Family Affairs offices to Buncrana in County Donegal;...
- Tax Collection
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if urgent assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with tax issues; and if the Revenue Commissioners and the Companies...
- Tax Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for the transfer of property to a niece or nephew under the capital acquisitions tax code, or relaxing...
- Child Care Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works plans to open a crèche in the Northside Civic Centre; if a contract for the operation of this crèche has been...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Foreshore Licences
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed land reclamation of 52 acres in Dublin Bay; if Dublin Bay will remain the...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that inappropriate viewing channels can be accessed from a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's attention has been drawn to the inadequate broadband service to the Palmerstown area; and if...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will have completed his review of a report (details supplied); when he will make a decision on the...
- Post Office Network
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring the 400 rural post offices which are considered non-viable under the ambit of a public service...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding developments in the Middle East, particularly the future of the Palestinian people. [16701/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a new swimming pool programme will be put in place. [16626/05]
- Departmental Funding
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, from the moneys voted by his Department, he has provided funds directly to arts, sport or tourism related projects in the past 12...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the commitment given that the new Cork and Shannon Airport Authorities would be debt free, his Department is reneging on that...
- Road Network
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the restrictions which are placed on the use of moneys collected from parking fees by councils; if councils are not permitted...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to expand pre-school education through Irish (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Development
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated by his Department for co-operation on rural development with Northern Ireland. [16556/05]
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will remove an anomaly (details supplied) that exists in regard to the rural social scheme; if so, when. [16557/05]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a decision will be made on the single payment [i]force majeure [/i]for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will...
- Animal Health Strategy
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding allocated by her Department for co-operation on animal health with Northern Ireland. [16550/05]
- Agricultural Education
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding allocated by her Department for agricultural education. [16551/05]
- Farm Safety
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding that has been allocated for farm safety since 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16552/05]
- Departmental Regulations
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the revenues her Department has raised by means of financial penalties for breaches of farming regulations. [16553/05]
- Cattle Breeding Programmes
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding allocated by her Department in 2005 to promote quality breeding among cattle. [16554/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments which a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive under the single payment scheme; and if she will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the precise changes in the regulations governing the transport of registered equidae as set out in Council Regulation EC No. 1/2005 of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Question No. 127 of 14 April 2005, if her Department has concluded its review of staffing numbers; the total number of staff...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Public Order Offences
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to deal with the continuing problem of drunkenness and rowdiness in the Ranelagh area; if he has...
- Garda Operations
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there will be cycle patrols operating from Irishtown Garda station in the near future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for permission to remain here, on the basis of marriage to an Irish person, will be approved for a...
- Prison Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prison officers who have transferred from Spike Island prison will be made permanent at their present location; if so,...
- Registration of Title
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite an application for a person (details supplied); if so, when; and if he will make a...
- Security Operations
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the additional security resources that were allocated to Shannon Airport on 10 May 2005 to facilitate the proposed stopover...
- Garda Stations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to close Mountjoy Garda station, Dublin 7, and Fitzgibbon Street Garda station, Dublin 1; and if he will...
- Garda Operations
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure a more visible Garda presence in the Portobello area; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda complement at Killucan Garda station in County Westmeath will be restored to its original level of three; and...
- Visa Applications
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16726/05]
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no progress has been made towards the Government's stated commitment that the average size of classes of children under nine...
- All-Irish Schools
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to expand second level education through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16575/05]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will establish the status of graduates of the B.Th degree in regard to their being able to teach religion in secondary schools...
- School Staffing
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Cavan by September 2005; her views on whether it is...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school (details supplied); when this project will go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16581/05]
- School Discipline
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the final appeal on a proposed expulsion from a school is made to the education and welfare board; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved immediately for a special needs assistant from September 2005; and...
- School Staffing
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Questions Nos. 249, 250 and 251 of 13 April 2005, if she will report on the issue. [16618/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be given an appropriate primary school place in an autistic unit for September 2005;...
- University Governance Provisions
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department was requested to arrange a visitation to a third level institution (details supplied) in County Cork; if, under the...
- School Discipline
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding action plans to deal with violent and disruptive pupils in schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Security Resources
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Defence the additional security resources which were allocated to Shannon Airport on 10 May 2005 to facilitate the proposed stopover by President George W....
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Waste Management
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives which are planned regarding extended producer responsibility; the persons who shall have...
- Environmental Policy
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on progress on, or plans to implement, the recommendations of the United Nations environment...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for an e-procurement initiative at local government level in view of the combined purchase power of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest annual figures he has for the level of emissions of greenhouse gases from the transport sector...
- Environmental Policy
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his assessment of the impact of the Good Friday Agreement, and the resultant cross-Border and east-west...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which his Department, in determining the funding for local authorities, provides balance between...
- Library Projects
Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on the new library at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of counties which employ an archivist. [16546/05]
- Litter Pollution
Question 291: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further steps he intends to take to ensure compliance with dog dirt littering laws; and if he will make a...
- Register of Electors
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if the Government is considering the...
- Public Procurement Procedures
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all contracts, procurements, disposals or acquisitions in which his Department has been involved in the...
- Planning Issues
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which local authorities have adopted his recently issued guidelines in respect of rural housing...
- Waste Management
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has issued guidelines in respect of the location of landfill sites; if such guidelines are...
- Local Government Regulations
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the commitment given with regard to access for Oireachtas Members to local authority...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason sufficient funds have not been made available to Kildare County Council to fund essential repair...
