Written answers
Thursday, 2 June 2005
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Representations
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent contacts by his Department with representatives of the Turkish Government; if representations have been made to his Department...
- Arms Trade
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with his counterparts relating to the possible lifting of the EU arms embargo on China; and if he will make a...
- EU Constitution
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is eligible to join the EU constitution's new permanent structured co-operation in view of the fact that the states involved must...
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at the seventh review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York;...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the humanitarian situation in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18594/05]
- Chernobyl Shelter Fund
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedures which are in place, or that he proposes, in order to account for Irish contributions to the Chernobyl shelter fund; the way in...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent EU Foreign Ministers' statement on 23 May 2005 on Uzbekistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale for the decentralisation of Development Cooperation Ireland to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/05]
- Humanitarian Disasters
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for the establishment of a civilian response group to act as a rapid reaction force in natural and humanitarian disasters abroad;...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the release from detention in Khartoum of a person (details supplied); if the Government made any representations to Sudanese...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the current state of the Northern Irish peace process and such recent talks as have taken place with the parties in...
- International Criminal Court
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU has held recent discussions with the United States regarding recognition of the International Criminal Court by that country; and if...
- Inter-country Adoptions
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) now resident in an orphanage in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement on...
- Codes of Conduct
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has a code of conduct; if that code includes reference to tackling racist or inappropriate language; and if he will make a...
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposal for an on-line database for illegal Irish emigrants living in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Enlargement
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if progress has been made with regard to Croatian entry talks to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/05]
- HIV Infection
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans or proposals at international level to enhance the programme to tackle AIDS in Africa with particular reference to the availability...
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if progress has been made in dealing with North Korea and the proliferation of nuclear weaponry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Millennium Development Goals
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position relating to the achievement of the millennium development goals by each member state of the European Union and by the Union in...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had recent contact with the Palestinian or Israeli Governments with regard to the renewed attempts to achieve a Middle-East peace...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of aid to be given to Uganda for 2005 and 2006; if the Government is to alter policy in this matter; and if he will make a statement...
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding EU talks with Iran in relation to nuclear capability in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Travel
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his travel plans to the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18610/05]
- Military Neutrality
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will participate in EU battlegroups in view of the recent developments in this matter at EU level; and if he will make a statement...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position on the Moroccan prisoners being held by Polisario; the number of these prisoners; if they have been visited by the...
- Residency Applications
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) to reside here; the Government's likely response to same; and if he will...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether and if the European Union will insist that the current withdrawal of occupation in Gaza will be effected and followed by...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18593/05]
- Humanitarian Relief
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the response he has had to any efforts he made in relation to the 242 families who were accorded temporary residence in the United States...
- EU Budget
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made in deciding the next seven year budget for the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/05]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress of the public consultation on the formulation of a White Paper on Official Development Aid. [18639/05]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Sudan; the humanitarian assistance that is being made available to the affected regions in that country; the security...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of the new EU agreement, recently signed, which relates to the achievement of the UN target for overseas development...
- EU Council Meetings
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the 23 May 2005 meeting of the EU foreign Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18641/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the appointment of Mr. Peter Hain as the new British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; the contents of his meeting with...
- Official Engagements
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is planned that he will address the UN on any topic before the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18611/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent contacts in Belfast between the British Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Mr. Jonathan Powell, and...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Amnesty International Report 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18644/05]
- International Boundaries
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has brought proposals to Cabinet concerning the expansion of Ireland's international boundaries to allow for further offshore...
- Senate Committee Hearings
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent Senate Committee hearings in the United States dealing with the abuses of Iraqi oil resources in the...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any progress made following a recent complaint made to the Israeli authorities of ongoing and serious harassment of...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government continues to make representations on behalf of detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Sun Kyi in Burma; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his estimate of the loss of civilian life in Iraq; his views on the escalating loss of life and the deflection of funds from the task of...
- International Boundaries
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to Rockall under the international law of the sea and the related rights of exploration that ensue from the issue of...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the UN statement declaring that it has satisfied itself regarding the departure of the Syrian military from the Lebanon; and if...
- Human Trafficking
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action being taken at European level to prevent human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18623/05]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18590/05]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he has taken to increase the Department's capacity to account for the spending of ODA by aid agencies, in order that further...
- EU Funding
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if recognition of the Sahara-Arab Democratic Republic as an independent state is still Government policy; his views on whether it is legal for...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the logic behind, and reasons for the production of a White Paper on Development Aid, in view of the fact that a major review took place in...
- EU Enlargement
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when it is envisaged that Romania and Bulgaria will join the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18609/05]
- Task Force on Emigrants
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of recommendations of the task force on emigrants that have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Permanent Mission to the United Nations will support the request of Bhutanese refugees sheltered in seven camps in south-eastern...
- United Nations Reform
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the five permanent members of the UN Security Council will block plans for reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18625/05]
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the proposed Real ID Act in the United States will lead to the deportation of undocumented Irish emigrants living in the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the report commissioned by the Government in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami; and if he will give an...
- Overseas Missions
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the discomfort he expressed at the term "battlegroup" at a recent meeting of the Forum on Europe, he has held discussions with...
- Military Neutrality
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland should join a common EU security and defence arrangement with other EU member states; and if he will make a...
- United Nations Reform
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU will agree on a common approach to UN reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18627/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a personal assistant will be assigned for 26 hours to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 with regard to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced...
- Health Service Staff
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of vacancies by Health Board area, of nursing, therapy and allied medical professional posts; and if she will...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of tenders and requests to participate as a design team to work up detailed plans for the design and...
- Hospital Staff
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be seen in a hospital in Dublin. [18801/05]
- Consultant Appointments
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the post of consultant haematologist with interest in child haematology in Cork University hospital (details supplied)...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the design team will be appointed to the project at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny as announced by her Department three...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the 14 hospitals from which patients on the outpatient waiting lists will have access to the national treatment purchase...
- Inter-country Adoptions
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government is making efforts to have an independent representative appointed to protect the rights of a person...
- Medical Cards
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if reconsideration will be given to the case of an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role in respect of the alleviation of bed shortages in each of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area with particular...
- Medical Cards
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by medical cards; the percentage which this represents; and the number of prescriptions...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the capitation rates paid to general practitioners based on the age, gender and distance from the surgery...
- Hospital Services
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient admissions in hospital in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the number of day cases; and the total...
- Health Service Staff
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number employed in the health services in 2004 and to date in 2005 and the way in which that has grown since 1997; the...
- Health Services
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total receipts from the health levy for 2003 and 2004 including the estimate for 2005 based on the returns for the year...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Yield
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution of SMEs to the economy in terms of tax revenues. [18744/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by his...
- Freedom of Information
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance when proposals for the further extension of bodies covered by the freedom of information legislation will be finalised within his Department; if the...
- Flood Relief
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a flooding problem in the charge of the Office of Public Works at the home of a person (details supplied) in...
- Test Centres
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance when a new test centre will be built (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/05]
- Flood Relief
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the flooding which occurred on the Clontarf Road in 2004 as a result of a tidal incursion; and if he will make a...
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the process which is available to persons who are dissatisfied with the outcome of applications or interviews in respect of membership of the civil...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of premises or sites that have been acquired to date; the location of same in pursuit of the Government decentralisation programme; and if...
- Tax Code
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the potential value of the capital allowances write off on the construction of a private hospital; if these will be written off...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Land Reclamation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the proposal to reclaim land from Dublin Bay will increase the risk of recurrence of flooding; and if he will...
- Port Development
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the studies he has undertaken of traffic congestion surrounding Dublin Port; the recommendations which have...
- Harbour Authorities
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a decision has been made to locate the acting harbourmaster for Killybegs port in Dublin; and the reason for...
- Draft Orders
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will sign the PSO from AER VI into action. [18748/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals...
- Lost at Sea Scheme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if unclaimed tonnage under the lost at sea scheme has been assigned to other fishing vessels; if so, the names...
- Port Development
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn that Dublin City Council is preparing a strategy statement which will set a...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the directors of a marina (details supplied) in County Donegal...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Task Force on Emigrants
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress which has been made on the implementations of the recommendations of the task force on policy regarding emigrants (details...
- International Agreements
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the discussions regarding the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which commenced in May 2005 at the United...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 for all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by his Department;...
- United Nations Reform
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which he foresees membership and formation of the UN Security Council developing in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken or proposed through the EU or UN to address the issues of war, strife, starvation and human rights abuses in the 20 most...
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress on an amnesty for the undocumented Irish in the US; the result of recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts in the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give an update on the situation in Nepal; if human rights issues are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the information on the circumstances surrounding the murder of a person (details supplied); if he has initiated new inquiries with the...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent attacks on the cars and homes of Catholics in North Belfast which appear to have been co-ordinated and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 regarding to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by...
- Sports Funding
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if grants are available to assist a club (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [18785/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of SME's in the State, their sectoral breakdown and the numbers employed. [18744/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 regarding to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 regarding to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of extending the free travel companion pass scheme to persons who are aged 70 years and over and who are...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by his...
- Driving Tests
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for HGV driving tests to be carried out in a town (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport the quality bus corridors in Dublin and their respective length and the total number of inbound and outbound services each day on each of the...
- Driving Tests
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the forecast number of driving tests scheduled in each test centre for each week from 30 May 2005 until 30 December 2005 as far forward as...
- Public Transport
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by mainline rail, suburban rail, DART, Dublin Bus and by provincial bus in 2004. [18886/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for...
- Public Transport
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the passenger miles which will be travelled in 2005 by the mainline rail, DART, other suburban rail, provincial bus, Dublin Bus and...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the specific funding that has been disbursed from the dormant accounts fund in 2005 to each individual constituency;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a forestry premium will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Welfare
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken to research if there is any link between the intestinal problems in animals or humans and the spread of the ragworth...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by...
- Forestry Sector
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will retain the current supports for afforestation as requested by the IFA relating to the ongoing EU rural development...
- Grant Payments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the payment of the 2004 headage payment, suckler cow payment and extensification payment for a person...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Levels
Question 215: 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 the Kilkenny-Waterford division...
- Visa Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 on all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by...
- Residency Permits
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for permission to remain in the State for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a group (details supplied) in Dublin 10 with regard to assistance from the gardaí in obtaining clearance...
- Crime Levels
Question 220: 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 the Galway east-Roscommon Garda...
- Parental Leave
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers and take up rates of parental leave for each year since the introduction of the Parental Leave Act 1998. [18827/05]
- Residency Permits
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 28 April 2005 in the case of persons (details supplied), if he will authorise...
- Drug Seizures
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures for each of the past ten years per district in Dublin; and the type and value of the drugs...
- Crime Levels
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has met with the traders, shop owners or the policing forum in the Thomas Street-Francis Street-Meath Street areas to...
- Drug Seizures
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements for the secure storage and safe destruction of illicit drugs seized by the Garda Síochána; if there is...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the evidence upon which he is implementing mandatory drug testing in prisons when the Scottish prison service has indicated...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent media reports (details supplied) that he intends to allow for the privatisation of Loughan House and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to regularise the situation regarding special needs assistants in primary schools; her further plans to make those posts...
- Psychological Service
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there has been a delay of over two years for a psychological assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the junior infants class starting in September 2005 in a school (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a special needs assistant. [18804/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if parents of children at second level schools, who believe that it is not in the interests of their children to complete transition...
- School Staffing
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reverse the announced loss of a teacher for the coming school year for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
- School Transport
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy of her Department in providing bus escorts on school buses; the proportion of buses on which they are employed; and if they...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the information technology system linking Institutes of Technology, including its cost; the selection process and its performance to...
- School Placement
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will obtain a place at a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to correct an inequality, which has arisen, in relation to the allocation of special needs and learning support...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by his...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for decentralisation;...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 in relation to all commissions, inquiries and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process which is available to persons who are dissatisfied with the outcome of applications or interviews...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of outstanding loans under the shared ownership scheme in 2004; and the total subvention awarded...
- Development Levies
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his estimate of the total revenue raised by local authorities from development levies in 2003, 2004 and to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed in 2004 under part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his forecast...
- Motor Taxation
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue received from motor taxation in 2004; and the expected revenue in 2005. [18919/05]
