Written answers
Wednesday, 1 June 2005
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has taken any action on foot of a report by the One Parent Exchange Network highlighting the difficulty of lone parents in accessing financial...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the purchase of sites for office facilities for relocated Departments and State agencies under the decentralisation programme; and...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings incentive scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the recent High Court decision in favour of the Revenue Commissioners, which will require Irish financial institutions to hand...
- House Prices
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the extent to which property based tax reliefs have fuelled property price inflation; and if he will make a statement...
- National Development Plan
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce a new development plan to succeed the NDP; and if he has instituted a system for prioritisation of projects for...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the progress in making staff assignments to decentralising posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18353/05]
- Tax Code
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to monitor whether or not those who claim to be non-resident for tax purposes are actually resident out of the country for the...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects which have been considered by the National Finance Agency for funding under PPP; the number which have been approved for PPP;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering the transfer of pension assets of non-commercial semi-State schemes to the NTMA. [18329/05]
- Standards in Public Office Commission
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Standards in Public Office Commission should be provided with the authority to appoint inquiry officers on its own initiative...
- Tax Code
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if, arising from the recent report from the Revenue Commissioners on the effective tax rates of the top 400 earners for the tax year 2001, the reason...
- EU Funding
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals put forward by the EU Presidency for the Union's next seven year budget plan; if the proposal will lead to significant cuts...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of larger public capital contracts which are now based on fixed price lump sum contracts (details supplied). [18364/05]
- Banking Sector
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the likelihood of a takeover or transfer of the two major Irish clearing banks which would see them go out of Irish control; and if...
- Public Service Wage Bill
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his target for the growth of the public service wage bill over the next four years; and the way in which it compares with the growth in that wage bill...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland's attractiveness as a location for international financial services is being eroded; and if he will make a statement on...
- Interest Rates
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from One Parent Exchange Network, which found that finance companies and money lenders were...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient procedures in place to provide for the adequate supervision of banks, in view of the continuing...
- Tax Code
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider integrating the payment of family income supplement with the tax code in order that the very low take up of this entitlement may...
- Pension Provisions
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the problem of deficits in pension funds in the public and private sectors. [18325/05]
- Programmes for Government
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has not satisfied himself with the progress of any area in implementing the programme for Government. [18358/05]
- Interest Rates
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the annual credit card survey published by the Irish Financial Regulatory Authority; if his attention has been drawn to concerns...
- Tax Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the "Prime Time Investigates" programme, transmitted on 23 May 2005 which highlighted a whole range of tax shelters...
- EU Directives
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented; the number in respect of which the deadline...
- Tax Code
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a new tax relief introduced for mental hospitals; if there are any other new tax reliefs under consideration; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of breaches detected of the Waiver of Certain Tax, Interest and Penalties Act 1993 in respect of each year since 1994; the number of...
- Tax Code
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is reason to change the provision in respect of definition of absence for the purpose of qualifying as a non-resident for...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants located in...
- Tax Code
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the response received to date by the Revenue Commissioners to the letters sent by ten top banks to around 120,000 customers warning them to regularise...
- Flood Relief
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the cost control in relation to the Kilkenny drainage project. [18355/05]
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his meeting on 12 May 2005 with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Ms Mariann Fischer Boel to discuss the issue of the tax exemption...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Revenue Commissioners intend to take in regard to financial institutions that have refused to co-operate in their investigation into...
- Tax Code
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make provision that the consultancy studies in relation to the tax review will be published ahead of budget 2006 in order that there can be...
- Capital Expenditure
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the revised stability pact for Ireland; and if he proposes to change the capital spending plans up to 2009 outlined in budget...
- Pension Provisions
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in the funds of the National Pensions Reserve Fund at the latest date for which figures are available; the amount invested outside of...
- House Prices
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the price of homes bought by first-time buyers in Dublin will benefit from the recent stamp duty concession; and if...
- Department Accommodation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed move of the Department of Health and Children from Hawkins House to a new location; and if this project will go ahead....
- Flood Relief
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the action which is being taken to rectify the fault identified in the Lacken weir on the River Nore which was built as part of the Kilkenny...
- Expenditure Review Initiative
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has initiated a fresh programme under the expenditure review initiative to cover the years 2005 to 2007; the percentage of total expenditure...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to undertake a study of the impact of the maturity of SSIAs on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18418/05]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions...
- Tax Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the provision of tax relief at source in order that all persons benefit from the relief to which they are entitled. [18409/05]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reform of the tax concessions for disabled drivers. [18415/05]
- Rebate Abolition
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's plans to cap the British budgetary rebate in 2007 and reduce it thereafter; and if he will make a statement on...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to play a leadership role in addressing the emerging problems of the competitiveness of Ireland's exporting sectors. [18421/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in the matter of the Government's decentralisation programme; the number of civil and public servants who have to date agreed to...
- State Property
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced; the property sold to date and the amount raised; the way in which the money used...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the clerical medical insurance-NIB...
- Tax Code
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the recent comments by the EU Tax Commissioner, Mr. Laszlo Kovacs, that a deal on common EU corporate tax rates will be agreed...
- Non-Resident Accounts
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of High Court orders sought to date by the Revenue Commissioners under the Finance Act 1999 to require financial institutions to supply...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if in regard to the Revenue Commissioners investigation into undisclosed funds invested in life assurance products, the number of persons who had made...
- Legislative Review
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the comments made in the Dáil on 23 and 24 May 2005, the proposed nature of the review of the legislation and regulations regarding...
- Project Evaluation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he opposes a unit with his Department to audit the quality of evaluation of the costs and benefits of major projects. [18332/05]
- Tax Code
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government will honour the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government that 80% of all earners will pay tax only at the standard...
- Pension Provisions
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details submitted) in County Cork has been refused a pension by RTE on the basis that a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if specialist civil servants will not be forced to change to unsuitable jobs due to decentralisation. [18342/05]
- Tax Code
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the operation of the tonnage tax, under which certain shipping operators will opt to pay a notional tax based on tonnage, rather...
- Capital Projects
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is arranging to receive regular reports on the progress of major capital projects in relation to cost over-runs and scheduled delivery times....
- Revenue Investigations
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest for...
- Tax Code
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of tax relief on refuse charges in 2004; the estimates for tax relief in 2005; the way in which it is intended to handle tax relief on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a reply to his letter to the financial regulator seeking advice on the adequacy of existing legislative and regulatory arrangements...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government's decentralisation plan will be carried out on a totally voluntary basis; if staff will neither be offered inducements to transfer...
- Funding Provision
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ring-fence receipts from the Criminal Assets Bureau for drug prevention and rehabilitation programmes. [18174/05]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will maintain its economic position as an investment location in view of the ever increasing costs which affect economic confidence; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if an evaluation of the proposed decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland has been prepared or presented to him. [18425/05]
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a publication (details supplied); if, on the basis of the findings therein, he will make changes to the pensions...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report by the Revenue Commissioners which identified high cost and loss of expertise as two effects of its relocation to...
- Tax Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the benefits of making specific tax credits refundable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18344/05]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to deal with the shocking waste of taxpayers' money coming from the over-spends, under-estimates and aborted projects...
- Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions he has received from the public to date in his review of tax reliefs; the further public consultation which will take...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance when a site will be acquired for the decentralisation of a section of the Revenue Commissioners to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Levels
Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the number of unemployed persons registered in the State. [18662/05]
- Departmental Publications
Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report was...
- Department of Health and Children
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a drug (details supplied) is no longer available on the medical card; the information in her Department in...
- Hospital Accommodation.
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 20 paediatric psychiatric beds in the entire State for the...
- Health Services.
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Comhairle report on plastic surgical services will be published; the action she will be taking to deal with the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the Brennan report; when she intends to negotiate a new contract with consultants; and if she...
- Hospital Hygiene
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to improve the hygiene and overall cleanliness in hospitals; her views on whether the lack of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will consider providing additional speech therapy services to persons with learning difficulties; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the 19 beds for Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18548/05]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the capital funding from her Department will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18549/05]
- Departmental Publications
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reports awaiting publication in her Department; the name of each such report; the length of time that has...
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds available in County Kildare; the number required; her plans to expand this service; and if she...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 12 April 2005, if the community welfare officer has compiled his or her report...
- Smoking Ban
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will revisit the smoking ban in view of smokers having to stand out in the cold and rain; if she will examine the...
- Hospital Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals on recent developments with regard to ending the patients on trolleys issue at Beaumont hospital, Dublin 9;...
- Nursing Education
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a new rule that will allow a person who has not qualified as a registered general nurse or as a...
- Health Services
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the mobile health clinic serving Carbury, County Kildare, is to be discontinued in view of the medical service...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress being made regarding the provision of a specialised Alzheimer unit for St. Ita's...
- Home Help Service
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to upgrade the ambulance service in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to upgrade services and facilities available in the County Hospital, Roscommon; and if she will...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to close the loophole by which luxury liners (details supplied) which generate massive revenue for their owners, can...
- Standards in Public Office Commission
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Standards in Public Office Commission should be provided with the authority to appoint inquiry officers on its own...
- Departmental Publications
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives or inducements which are being offered to civil and public servants in connection with the Government's decentralisation programme; if...
- Price Inflation
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to address the issue of price hikes not reflected in the CPI but which contribute greatly to a lack of competitiveness in the...
- Tax Yield
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra taxation accruing to the Exchequer arising from price hikes reflected in the CPI and from price increases not reflected in the CPI; and if...
- Drainage Schemes
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received communications from Kildare County Council with a view to the initiation of a drainage programme for the Prosperous,...
- Garda Stations
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which finality has been achieved in the project to provide the much promised and long awaited new Garda station at Leixlip, County...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in regard to his proposals for the implementation of recommendations contained in the report of the interdepartmental study group on the...
- Departmental Revenues
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated or other revenues accruing to the Exchequer from toll charges on the M50 and East Link bridges; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for decentralisation;...
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax concessions he proposes to offer to producers of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18696/05]
- Tax Yield
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which extra revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from higher oil prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18697/05]
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to reduce taxation on fuels used by the road transport and haulage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/05]
- Liquor Licences
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of liquor licences and full seven day licences renewed for the year ended 30 September 2004 at the various turnover levels and the...
- EU Funding
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in order that the national development plan is fully implemented in the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Surveys
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time...
- EU Regulations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No 170 of 17 May 2005 the differential calculation system for fees for oil...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to roll out the gas network throughout the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on...
- Electricity Network
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to roll out the electricity network throughout the BMW region; and if he will make a...
- Energy Resources
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to promote the use of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18739/05]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has a revised timetable for meeting the UN target for overseas development aid of 0.7% of GNP given that the Government has admitted...
- Visa Applications
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average length of time it takes to process applications for holiday visas in Irish embassies and offices abroad; if an application by a...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, as part of the tsunami aid delivery programme, it is planned to give money directly to any Government in the region; the Governments to...
- Fairtrade Products
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the systems in place in Development Co-operation Ireland to ensure that fair trade products are used within that department in as many areas...
- Departmental Publications
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Basque basic democratic agreement and table for accord initiative. [18710/05]
- UN Special Envoys
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his recent activities as special envoy for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18712/05]
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the EU-Iran nuclear discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/05]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the vindication of rights claimed and upheld by a person (details supplied) under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human...
- EU Funding
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are EU grants available for a project (details supplied); and if he will give the maximum advice and assistance on this matter....
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the conflict in Columbia and the efforts to develop a peace process there. [18718/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Abbey Theatre
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason the move of the Abbey Theatre to a dockland location was not appropriate five years ago when it was deemed that a new...
- Departmental Publications
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of valid applications received by his Department under the 2005 sports capital programme from counties Roscommon, Galway...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Research Funding
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the spend in research and development involving both public and private funding in the BMW region and the south and east...
- Departmental Publications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has...
- Research Funding
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his Department's consideration of the applications for the national institute for bioprocessing research and...
- Job Creation
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to locate 50% of IDA jobs in the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/05]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to develop the county enterprise board investment programmes in the BMW region; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to increase the level of Enterprise Ireland's supported jobs in the BMW region; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider eliminating the anomaly whereby a person giving full-time care to an invalid is means tested on all of an...
- Pension Provisions
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce regulations to allow widows who have no other income except the widow's pension to qualify for the free...
- Departmental Publications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed...
- Special Awards Scheme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will work with other Departments in supporting a project (details supplied) in Dublin 5 financially; and the maximum advice...
- Department of Transport
- Road Openings
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the Government's planned road openings Bill has been shelved; his plans to deal with the continuing problem of road openings and the...
- Departmental Publications
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report...
- Rail Network
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to upgrade the rail network in the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/05]
- Air Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve air access into the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/05]
- Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the Dublin Port tunnel is now running €200 million above the projected cost; and the timescale on completion. [18742/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Publications
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 25 May 2005 and her subsequent discussions with the Agriculture Commissioner; the response...
- Departmental Publications
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of reports awaiting publication in her Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the value on a county basis of the 2004 disadvantaged area payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18657/05]
- On-Farm Checks
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the minimum notice which a person must receive prior to an on-farm inspection under cross-compliance; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Stations
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations which were on 24 hour, seven days a week service in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 1997; the...
- Garda Strength
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within counties Cavan and Monaghan in...
- Registration of Title
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite an application on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration to approving an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for permission to...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in Kildare for speeding that may be deemed invalid following the High Court judgment that laser...
- Garda Stations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is considering proposals for the full closure of some stations and the reduction of hours in others; if any stations...
- Crime Levels
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the latest figures on gun crime in County Kildare; the corresponding prosecution rate; and if he will...
- Departmental Publications
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has...
- Crime Levels
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded in each Garda district in Tipperary North for the period 2000 to 2004. [18663/05]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the Garda Commissioner regarding the increase in the availability of crack cocaine and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make extra resources available to a Garda station (details supplied) to enable gardaí to tackle the increase in...
- Garda Strength
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Pearse Street Garda station; the units or special squads they are attached to; the number...
- Garda Operations
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there will be an independent investigation into the shootings of two persons in Lusk by members of the emergency response...
- Crime Prevention
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will revisit the file on the STAY project based in a school (details supplied); if he appreciates the tremendous...
- Visa Applications
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Operations
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the green space and laneway (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which attract nightly anti-social behaviour and public...
- Gangland Killings
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding crime prevention tactics dealing with gangland murders and the drugs issue. [18680/05]
- Department of Education and Science
- Institutional Abuse
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the victims of institutional abuse will be given the opportunity to revisit Daingean as part of their therapy; if suitable...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a Gaelscoil at Clonakilty, County Cork. [18510/05]
- School Enrolments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current allocation of hours for home-school liaison, guidance and counselling and pastoral care in respect of the proposed...
- School Staffing
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon will not lose its teacher from September 2005; if the appeal which has been lodged...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to a greenfield site outside the town; the...
- School Staffing
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a primary school teacher will be retained in their current teaching position for the school year 2005/2006. [18537/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department was requested to carry out a review of primary education in Enniscorthy town, County Wexford; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Publications
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports awaiting publication in her Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since...
- School Staffing
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will sanction a new teaching post for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if her attention has been drawn to...
- School Transport
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for school transport for persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension will be built comprising of a hall, computer room, resource training room, store room and a staff room to a school...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to reduce class size in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18683/05]
- School Transport
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school buses with and without safety belts; and if all buses carrying persons with disabilities have seat belts. [18684/05]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial aid will be available to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her attention has been drawn to the huge concern...
- School Staffing
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for an early start teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Third Level Education
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's opinion on the OECD report on third level education institutions here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to upgrade primary schools in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18724/05]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to upgrade primary schools in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18726/05]
- Research Funding
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to improve the research and development capabilities of the institutes of technology; and if she will...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Publications
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Government
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether certain towns in County Kildare should be granted town councils in view of the recent...
- Departmental Publications
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time...
- Motor Taxation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the cost of motor tax when paid in three month or six month lots is more expensive; if he will...
- Regional Road Network
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if money will be allocated to Sligo County Council for the R294 regional route within County Sligo; if his...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that a person who has been a tenant and is now the owner of a council house for over 30...
