Written answers

Tuesday, 14 June 2005

  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the resource teacher assigned to a school (details supplied) in County Cork is being moved; and if this resource teacher will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to provide funding to provide a premises for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans for an extension at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [19761/05]
    • Higher Education Sector
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of OECD report recommendations which have been implemented at third level to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the impending crisis at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will be made...
    • Vetting Procedures
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the introduction of vetting for all teachers, both full and part-time; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a submission from the board of management and the parents' association of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to bring pupil-teacher ratios into line with previous commitments and in accordance with best practice throughout the EU;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of early education places currently available in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19753/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by staff and pupils at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions she intends to take arising from the report, Literacy and Numeracy in Disadvantaged Schools, which found that in some...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the report she commissioned into use of moneys paid by her Department to Coláiste Mhuire Marino-Marino Institute of...
    • Standardised Testing
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding her consideration of a report from the NCCA recommending that all 450,000 primary school pupils should be tested...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to assist schools in catering for the increasingly diverse cultural and ethnic nature of the pupil base,...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to ensure that there is a full breakdown of recipients of third level grants available within a reasonable...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children currently awaiting a NEPS assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19688/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children carried by school bus transport each day at both primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Vetting Procedures
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children will be published; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any contact has been made with UK manufacturers of school buses with a view to purchasing new models with seat belts; if so, the...
    • National Adult Literacy Council
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received proposals from her Department in regard to role and functions of the National Adult Literacy Council arising from...
    • School Transport
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to commission a study into the benefits of seat belt use versus compartmentalisation for primary and second level students...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether her Department's new approach to tackling educational disadvantage highlights a substantial policy failure within...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new round of PPP school buildings will be announced; if any changes will be made to the PPP contract based on the experience of...
    • State Examinations
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the joint managerial body not to release teachers for oral, practical and in-service...
    • Teaching Profession
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males entering the primary teaching profession for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic year; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Examinations
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to proceed with changes to the structure and content of the leaving certificate examination as recommended by the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alternative in the event that a site is not purchased and construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in...
    • Children Act 2001
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will list the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which her Department has responsibility, which are already in operation; if...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children at primary level in classes of more than 35; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19694/05]
    • School Books
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take action to prevent publishers of school books from reprinting text books with minor textual changes, forcing parents and...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who failed to make the transition from primary to secondary education in 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on the physical sciences; and if she will make a...
    • Áiseanna Scoile
      Question 95: To ask the den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil iarratas ina Roinn le haghaidh halla spóirt do Phobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair, cén staid ag a bhfuil an t-iarratas faoi...
    • Grangegorman Development Authority
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Grangegorman Development Authority will begin its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19719/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the serious concerns regarding the impact the introduction of the weighted system of allocation of resource teaching...
    • School Inspection Reports
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the recent decision of the Supreme Court banning the publication of inspectors reports on primary schools; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to purchase a site and build a new permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo before September...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Funding
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to end the funding crisis in regard to Educate Together schools and the ongoing difficulties this is causing in terms of...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers currently employed by the NEWB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19729/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to schools in County Kildare; the number of these which will have their contracts...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is considering introducing ECDL or a comparable information and communications technology course as a second level subject....
    • Educational Projects
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports or programmes her Department offers to encourage secondary school pupils in disadvantaged areas to progress to higher or...
    • Student Councils
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to implement the recommendations contained in the recent report, Second Level Student Councils in Ireland, produced by...
    • Joint Managerial Bodies
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to results of a survey of 250 joint managerial body members which showed that some principals were...
    • Teaching Profession
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the report of the committee examining ways of attracting more men into primary teaching; the main findings of the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special schools in the State which are not covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average case load of each education welfare officer at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19686/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she is taking to upgrade schools in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18995/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Wicklow which have concessionary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • University Post
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances under which the Government agreed to an extension of four years in the term of office of the president of UCC; if it...
    • State Examinations
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call from the TUI for the extension of the leaving certificate timetable beyond the current 13...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she is unable to provide details of the number of school days taken by unqualified teachers; the steps she intends to take...
    • School Transport
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if safety belts will be fitted on all school transport vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19745/05]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the conditions at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin have continued to...
    • School Transport
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the 3:2 rule will no longer be necessary on school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19713/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has decided to reduce a three teacher school (details supplied) in County Mayo to a two teacher school; if she will...
    • School Placement
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who enrolled in junior infants in ordinary classes in September 2004; the breakdown of the ages of the pupils...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of parents who applied for a place in a Lucan primary school and who have been forced to send their children elsewhere in...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total number of persons who have made compensation applications to the Residential Institutions Redress Board at the latest date...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the manner in which the general allocation system is being introduced for children with special educational needs; and if she will make...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Government spending of €160 million on information and communications technology in schools is only half that of Northern...
    • School Inspections
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools at primary level and secondary level inspected by the Health and Safety Authority in each of the past five years;...
    • Third Level Sector
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recommendations of the McIver report progressed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19726/05]
    • Register of Courses
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which non-approved colleges and courses appeared on her Department's website; the colleges or courses that have...
    • State Examinations
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of leaving certificate students who gain exemptions from the need to take the Irish examination; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by her Department on the provision of prefabricated buildings at secondary level for the 2004-05 academic year; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has resolved the issues of persons (details supplied) who wish to retain the right to send their children to a school in County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timetable for meeting the commitment on class sizes given in An Agreed Programme for Government within the lifetime of this...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has finalised the institutions to be added to the list under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will bring forward a policy on the use of mobile phones in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concern expressed at the launch of the National Education Welfare Board's first strategic plan...
    • Student Population Increase
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions she is putting in place to cater for the projected increase in the student population in the years ahead; if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to try to relocate almost 70 special needs assistants with a view to retaining their experience within the educational sector...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish language commissioner, Mr. Seán Ó Cuirreáin, for a review of Irish...
    • Education Places
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of further education places to be agreed for the 2005-2006 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Research Funding
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to invest in strategic research and development at third level to help ensure that Ireland has security of energy...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents, teachers and school management authorities at the prospect of proposed...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Population Figures
      Question 150: To ask the Taoiseach the population in each of the 18 Dublin Garda districts at the last census. [18945/05]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the costs paid from Exchequer funds to 31 December 2004 of all commissions, inquiries and tribunals commenced since 1995 by his Department; the title of the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil and public servants on a county basis who have been relocated in accordance with the Government's programme for decentralisation; and if he...
    • Official Travel
      Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his official party; the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Helpline Service
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a grant of €30,000 will be approved in respect of a helpline service (details supplied) in County Cork. [19223/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if recommendation 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been implemented; if not, the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the funding package submitted for approval from the indicative funding available to the intellectual disability...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average cost for a plastic surgery operation under the national treatment purchase fund when compared to the cost of...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the maximum assistance and support will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to orthodontic...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual budget for the national treatment purchase fund since it was established in 2002; the number of persons treated...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if capital funding will be provided for a proposed day care project for the elderly (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to re-examine the grant available through subvention for nursing homes in view of the serious increase in energy...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to test imported foodstuffs for genetically modified content. [19020/05]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if certain anti-sickness drugs used by cancer patients including a medication (details supplied) have been removed from...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has issued instructions in regard to the provision of extra beds in Naas General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home subvention or home help will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current entitlement a 14 year old medical card holder has in terms of orthodontic treatment; if it is the policy of her...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if a person's income exceeds the non-contributory old age pension by a...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the refund of the hospital charge for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not replied to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 12 April 2005; and if she will...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to current media and television adverts on the benefits of folic acid by the health promotion unit of her...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the necessary finance for the appointment of a psychologist for County Carlow in view of the proposed...
    • Mental Health Statistics
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients admitted to each psychiatric admission unit nationally between 2000 and 2005 on a yearly basis; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent of hospital waiting lists for patients throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if medical card holders will have cervical smears for no charge; and if she will review the current practise where general...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the forum on fluoridation will be wound up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19139/05]
    • Suicide Statistics
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by suicide of persons under 25 between 1997 and 2004 in counties Clare, Limerick, north Tipperary and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount made available for 2005 under the special disability multi-annual funding package; the way in which this money...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is in a position to make a determination regarding an application for national lottery funding by a...
    • Nursing Allowances
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason student nurses attending Trinity and affiliated to St. James's Hospital have not been awarded their travel...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the rostered placement will be reduced to 34 weeks, excluding leave for the 2005 intake onwards, in view of the proposed...
    • Medical Records
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 5 October 2004, the progress that has been made to correct the inaccuracies...
    • National Children's Strategy
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the implementation of the national children's strategy; the amount of the strategy that...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the most up-to-date information on her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason 83 private nursing homes were inspected only once in 2004; if this is a satisfactory inspection regime; and if...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation which occurred at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk on 30 May 2005; and the reason...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons who are in receipt of a disability allowance and resident of a residential home are entitled to a refund of the...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to alter the regulations pertaining to the health insurance sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an occupational therapist's report in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 12 April 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will sanction a motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken and the representations she has made to the Health Service Executive to ensure that the post of...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be completed to a house under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied)...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to the requirements for and the availability of speech and language therapists between now and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions which have taken place within the Health Service Executive to ensure that chiropody services, at a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedure for the Inspector of Mental Hospitals to arrange visits to hospitals; if these take place without the prior...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to previous Government commitments in this regard, if she has succeeded in making one of the two radiation...
    • Health Services
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the sub-committee on radiotherapy will address the issue of designated transport with a view to providing the persons...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home beds each year for each of the past 20 years. [19344/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was not called for their operation on the 1 June 2005. [19367/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will arrange for the North Western Health Executive to provide orthodontic treatment for a person...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the unacceptable delay in organising an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the general practitioner only medical cards scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the gratuity this person would be...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received complaints regarding a nursing home (details supplied); if so, if they have been...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was refused sanction by the HSE for the purchase of certain medical material which...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a home care grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19425/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on the financial allocations made by her to each of the learning disability service...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 11 May 2005, the reason no reply has yet issued to this Deputy; her views on...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a general practitioners crisis in Beara in west Cork (details supplied); if support will...
    • Public Private Partnership
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the conditions pertaining to public private partnerships in the health sector; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in the discussions between the HSE north western area regarding north west residents...
    • Disability Bill 2004
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to meet the concerns of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19471/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an earlier appointment date to attend the consultant...
    • Health Funding
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if adequate funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) by the HSE in order that the centre can run to...
    • Foster Care
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the insecurity of children who are fostered under family arrangements whereby even quite...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason only children from fifth and sixth class at a school (details supplied) in County Galway are examined for...
    • Hanly Report
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it remains the policy of her Department to implement in full the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to find a replacement CEO for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19520/05]
    • Rehabilitation Services
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the supports available to assist stroke victims and their families during rehabilitation; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the proposed move of a service (details supplied); if this move represents a further downgrading of the...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal basis for withholding a benchmarking award to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if this is the case;...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided to a group (details supplied). [19524/05]
    • Health Act 1970
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Health Act 1970; the timetable for publication of the legislation; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [19526/05]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that plans are in place to close Caltragh House, the mental health services...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if multi-annual funding for the voluntary sector such as the Carmichael Centre is absolutely vital; if she intends to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with a hospital (details supplied) on a person's behalf; if he will be called for treatment in view...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a new wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to meet a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19581/05]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to make an announcement in respect of capital funding for a new hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; the...
    • Tobacco Controls
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has not yet ratified the WHO framework convention on tobacco control; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if public health and community medicine doctors are discriminated against in interviews for promotion; and if she will make...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in areas of Mayo (details supplied) in view of the fact that this has been a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a report of an MRI scan of a person (details supplied) cannot be found; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to permanent registration for section 7.6 doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial help which is available to a person for medical treatment in England when that treatment is not available...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be extended to the Waterford constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19787/05]
    • Community Care
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed for home help. [19824/05]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an adoption assessment (details supplied) is likely to commence. [19839/05]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint specialist psychiatric posts for persons suffering from chronic eating disorders. [19840/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a hearing test and hearing aid. [19861/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds occupied in County Monaghan; the number required; if she proposes to further develop this...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and details of reports into acute hospital services commissioned by the former North Eastern Health Board; the...
    • Iodine Tablets
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the €2.2 million cost of distributing iodine tablets to households here was justified; the length of...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has noted the results of an international survey which placed Ireland, with 119 cases of MRSA per million of...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to set up a national co-ordinating authority to develop guidelines and strategies in the area of suicide...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the remuneration, allowance, superannuation and additional advisers package proposed by Professor Drumm as a...
    • Rights of the Child
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) has been the subject of administrative proceedings over the past year or more which come...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made in the case of an application for appeal regarding a medical certificate for disabled drivers to the Health Service...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a description of the configuration of the Government's data VPN in the Kildare Street and Government Buildings area; the capacity...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance if a licence has been applied for by or granted to a mobile telephone company to erect a mobile telephone mast at the location of the Pension...
    • Pub Licences
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of active pub licences in the country; the breakdown of the figures by county; the number of dormant licences and the conditions attached...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal for the disabled drivers allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Refund
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance when the necessary tax refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18941/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be raised on an annual basis if his Department was to implement the recommendation contained in the NESC report on...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a request to provide funding to enable Fermoy flood plan to be undertaken; if so, the amount requested; if he will make funding...
    • Tax Code
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance if the owners of the Leas Cross Nursing Home benefited from the nursing homes tax incentive scheme; if so, the amount of tax foregone; and if he will...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the effectiveness of public private partnerships throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/05]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the effect on the economy of the release of funds from maturing SSIA accounts between 2006 and 2007; if he proposes...
    • Tax Code
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to introduce a carbon tax in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of and progress made in the planned decentralisation of an office of the Revenue Commissioners and debt management work from the Collector...
    • Tax Code
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives in place to support the provision of child care by employers and business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19182/05]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the most up to date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his official...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance when Bord Gais will be covered under the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [19206/05]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if an early assessment will be made by the disabled drivers medical board of appeal in respect of an appeal made by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State in terms of lost revenue of Section 23 tax relief in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Property
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if the OPW has acquired a site for the new Garda divisional headquarters in Wexford town; the location of the site and the amount paid; if the views...
    • Debt Cancellation
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the campaign for the sale of IMF gold to fund debt cancellation; if he supports this campaign; and if he will make...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide aggregate data on the total amount of corporation tax received from the retail and wholesale grocery sector during each of the tax...
    • Tax Code
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons aged over 65 years who pay tax at 20% only and 42%. [19348/05]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ennis was not included in the flood relief measures announced in May 2005 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be allowed six months to pay an outstanding amount of stamp duty without penalty interest being...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has approved an amendment to the superannuation scheme of University College Cork to permit an employee to extend their compulsory retirement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are qualifying for the home carer's credit; the aggregate cost of this credit; and the cost of increasing this credit by...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure shortfall to date in the BMW region under the NDP; his plans to make up this shortfall in the remaining years of the national...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare received all of their tax allowances for each of the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax revenue raised by the financial services sector here for the Exchequer in each of the past five years. [19838/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation of the Revenue Commissioners to Newcastle West, County Limerick. [19869/05]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to introduce a new national development plan post-2006; the range and prioritisation of projects contained therein; and if he will...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the effect that the increase in the national minimum wage to €7.65 per hour will have on restoring persons on the minimum wage to the tax net; if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding for a feasibility study as sought by Clare County Council regarding the future...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of salmon and trout tags his Department purchased in red, green, white, blue and orange in 2001,...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to the development of the Corrib gas field; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his observations on the low uptake of broadband Internet access; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Reception
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to his discussions with UK authorities regarding the broadcasting of Irish television...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in the event of the sale of the [i]Atlantic Dawn[/i] fishing trawler with the quota of 14,000 tonnage, it...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason independent consultants hired by his Department to review the safety of the Corrib gas onshore...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount a person (details supplied) was awarded for consultancy work conducted on behalf of his Department in...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a target for energy consumption based on 20% renewable energy by 2010 is achievable; if additional Exchequer...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on restoring the State's 50% stake in all oil and gas finds; the likely cost of such a move; and if he...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 31 May 2005, the location at which the capacity...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Lough Foyle oyster beds are protected under the Irish fisheries legislation. [19299/05]
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement clarifying the situation regarding the presence on board fishing vessels of a...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the extremely dangerous 345 bar Rossport pipeline of a company...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when funding will be provided for Lecanvey Pier in County Mayo. [19431/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications he has received in response to his advertisement for expressions of interest for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to an application to upgrade a crane at a pier (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of times a restaurant (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a foreshore licence or asked...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been informed of a decision of the board of the Port of Waterford Company to privatise the pilot boat...
    • ESB Conservation Measures
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the ESB conservation division is involved directly or indirectly in the commercial extraction of eels from...
    • Wild Salmon Stocks
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will publish all the scientific information he has in regard to the state of the north Atlantic wild...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of funding his Department provided for the publication of a report (details supplied). [19616/05]
    • Land Reclamation
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has commissioned a preliminary environmental impact statement on the Dublin Port application to reclaim...
    • Port Development
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the existing capacity of ports on the east coast; the projected capacity needs of these ports to 2014; the key...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has allocated or intends to allocate funding to halt the coastal erosion and remediate the old landfill...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the statistics regarding the level of penalties imposed for fishery offences here were not included...
    • Fisheries Offences
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if procedures for dealing with infringements (details supplied) will be simplified and streamlined to be more...
    • Pelagic Fisheries
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status regarding landing times at pelagic ports here; if he has resolved the industrial relations issues...
    • Fishing Vessels Decommissioning
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a realistic package for the decommissioning of whitefish vessels (details supplied) with a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • British Government Honours List
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedures regarding Irish citizens accepting knighthoods or OBEs from the British Government; and if there are any restraints on these...
    • International Conventions
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government, through permitting the use of Shannon Airport for the refuelling and servicing of two aeroplanes used for the...
    • European Constitution
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding France's "No" vote in relation to the future of the EU; if there are any contingency plans made; if he was expecting...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the basis for his comments in March 2005 that discrimination against Northern Nationalists had disappeared; the evidentiary basis for his...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the extent to which Ireland will participate in the European Union integrated rule of law mission for...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when all documents will be returned to another related person...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Lesotho will remain a priority country for Irish official development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19329/05]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had with the new Northern Secretary with regard to the peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the update on efforts towards the reunification of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/05]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the apparent contradiction between the replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 225 of 24 May 2005 and 164 of 1 June 2005...
    • European Constitution
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the meaning of the phrase more binding commitments to one another in this area with a view to the most demanding missions in Article 41.6 of...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will set a new target date by which Ireland will reach an overseas development aid minimum of 0.7% of GNP; if he will put...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Authorised Bookmakers Regulation
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with bookmakers whose business is regulated by the State in order to assess the extent to which they are...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of sports clubs in County Carlow which have applied for funding under the 2005 sports capital programme; the details of...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be allocated for Community Games; when funding will be granted in order that a suitable venue will be provided...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent of the financial support he proposes to offer through Kildare County Council towards the building of a swimming pool at...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Directives
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to implement the Commission's recommendation of 12 July 2004 on the transposition into national law of...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding persons (details supplied) with regard to health surveillance; the position regarding X-rays as a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the plan to move a section of his Department to Carlow town; the start date of construction on the site; the...
    • Economic Partnership Agreements
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's attitude to the UK paper on the economic partnership agreements currently being negotiated by the European...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of the communications between his Department and the plasterers' union referred to in the two page report from...
    • Small Claims Procedure
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date from which the new threshold for the small claims court will apply; and if he proposes to make any other changes in...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of factories and industrial units owned by companies (details supplied) in County Clare; the number...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of and progress made in the planned decentralisation of Enterprise Ireland staff to Shannon, County Clare; and if...
    • Company Investigation
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in terms of the public interest on a person and a company (details supplied) who and which will be in a position...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with...
    • Health and Safety Authority Investigations
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Health Service Authority has not investigated the circumstances of a fatal accident (details supplied) in...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the difficulties that will be faced by community organisations that have no community employment scheme...
    • Enterprise Policy
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for business and industry. [19286/05]
    • Company Closures
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding employment creation following the closure of a company (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19287/05]
    • Industrial Grants
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which grants for business and industry are regulated at the business park, Askeaton, County Limerick. [19288/05]
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections of building sites in the past 12 months to check the extent to which the employment of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of work permits outstanding for persons employed in the construction industry; the number of new permits...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding which was allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety since 2003. [19320/05]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new consumer agency will have power of review over financial institutions that are already regulated by IFSRA; if so,...
    • Work Permits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make more generous provision for work permit applications for white collar skilled jobs made on behalf of non-EU...
    • Industrial Grants
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money the IDA has received in grant repayments from a company (details supplied) in County Donegal following...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the case of a company (details supplied) in terms of abuses of workers, bullying, delays in pay,...
    • Industrial Grants
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding grants from IDA and Enterprise Ireland for a company (details supplied). [19821/05]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the southern branch of the Health Service Executive reduced the rent subsidy awarded to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason women who are out of work due to sickness were not allowed to claim for their children on social welfare when their...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is proposed to transfer the payment of old-age, widow's and other pension payments from post offices to banks; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 24 May 2005 when the review within his Department of the operation of the habitual...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the practice whereby his Department awards disability allowance payments directly to residential homes instead...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of staff in his Department who have expressed an interest in moving to Donegal town under the decentralisation...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the rate of rent allowance being awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which was...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow persons to continue to work and pay PRSI pension contributions beyond pension age to gain eligibility for the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the free schemes. [19489/05]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make changes to the policy of clawing back overpayments from the wills of non-contributory pensioners who saved their...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if permanent sources of funding have been identified for the Northside Community Law Centre; if the issues between his Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is aware that the number of free electricity units permitted under the household benefits scheme is no longer keeping pace...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is proposed to exempt the lump sum payments to non-contributory pensioners who had their pension withheld by the health...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused rent assistance; when her rent assistance application...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Tests
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person with an Irish driving licence must pass a UK driving test when disqualified from driving in the UK; if there are any...
    • Foreign Military Aircraft
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether there is a difficulty and inconsistency with the citizens of a peace-loving and neutral country having to pay some of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the legislation regarding penalty points for those exceeding the speed limit does not apply to non-Irish citizens who do not...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport whether the fatalities that took place following the tragic school bus crash could have been averted had there been seat belts installed; and if he...
    • State Airline
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he responds to former Aer Lingus and current Aer Lingus workers who have been given in a number of cases 3,500 Aer Lingus shares...
    • Road Safety
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need for seatbelts on bus transport; the potential cost of installing seatbelts on all school buses; the viability of such an...
    • Road Tolling
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport if meetings or negotiations either by his Department or anyone else acting on his behalf have taken place with National Toll Roads on the issue of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is appropriate and safe to build 162 apartments above the Port tunnel while it is being constructed; if all planning and traffic count...
    • State Airports
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport the Dublin Airport Authority plans in regard to the future of the Great Southern Hotel chain; and his plans to sell off the chain (details...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is aware that a company (details supplied) participated as joint owner in the development of a site; if he has carried out an investigation...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a progress report on the recruitment of the recently announced additional driving testers to reduce driving test waiting lists;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of and progress made in the planned decentralisation of staff of the Irish Aviation Authority to Shannon, County Clare; and if he will...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage reduction of traffic on city roads since the introduction of the Luas. [19155/05]
    • National Car Test
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport if one public consultation in respect of the review of the national car test held at the Red Cow roundabout is not sufficient; if he will hold...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport the most up to date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his official...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that a move to barrier free tolling will also involve a change in the tolling locations from the bridge to entry slip roads in...
    • EU Legislation
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered a challenge to aviation Regulation 847/04 in view of the fact that its effect is to reinforce competitive disadvantage and...
    • International Agreements
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the constraints placed on Ireland as a result of the proposed EU-US bilateral agreement on aviation, he will commit to opening talks...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers on duty in Kilkenny on 27 May 2005; the number of testers who travelled to Kilkenny from Dublin to conduct tests; the...
    • Road Network
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of INTERREG IIIA funding that has been allocated to local roads in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19306/05]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria which must be fulfilled by a person in order to secure a hackney licence; and if a person is already in full-time employment, if they...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be granted a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/05]
    • Rail Network
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding he has made available or intends to make available to enable the Midleton rail link to reopen; the total estimated cost of reopening...
    • Taxi Hardship Panel
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be re-examined for compensation with regard to a taxi plate. [19441/05]
    • Road Safety
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding which has been allocated to road safety initiatives for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19454/05]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport the studies he has undertaken of traffic congestion surrounding Dublin Port; the recommendations which have emerged from these studies; the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests scheduled in each test centre from 1 July 2005 to 1 September 2005 on a weekly basis. [19498/05]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Transport if persons who incur penalty points pursuant to section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 and who pay their fines on time receive notifications from...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Knock International Airport is one of Ireland's international airports, has a runway capacity for...
    • Rail Services
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had any meetings recently with Irish Rail; his plans to discontinue the freight service in the country; the Government's policy on the...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need to conduct a study proposed by an organisation (details supplied); if he will address the need for such an urgent study; and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will fund the maintenance costs of monitored alarms fitted for the elderly. [19093/05]
    • Irish Language
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with BCI regarding the establishment of an Irish language pop radio station catering for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 510: To ask the Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs cén fáth nach bhfuair duine ó Chontae Phort Láirge aon fhreagra ar litir chláraithe a sheol sé chuig an Roinn ar an 16...
    • Rural Development
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures his Department proposes to implement as part of the new EU rural development regulation. [19178/05]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be considered for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the money spent by his Department on fishing and marine projects in each of the past five years and to date in 2005;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the decision by his Department to terminate funding to the community workers co-operative; and if he...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason personnel installing personal alarms under the community support for older people scheme do not have a...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures which are in place to test animal feed for genetically modified content. [19020/05]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will address the various concerns highlighted in the attached submission on the subject of the early retirement scheme for...
    • Live Exports
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take with her UK counterparts to ensure that no lamb is being exported from Scotland, England or Wales via Northern...
    • International Agreements
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take at European level to ensure that WTO negotiations on the import of beef and lamb from third countries is done so...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a compensation scheme will be made available for herds affected by bovine viral diarrhoea; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied with the standard of accuracy of labelling of meat and meat products; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to extend the disadvantaged area in any new negotiations with the European Commission. [19173/05]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the estimated projected loss to farmers in Kildare of the special premium overshoot; if a reduced rate of payment will be made to the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the most up-to-date information on her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with her in her...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the full ten and 22 months special beef premium has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding beef premiums (details supplied). [19224/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a development grant will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the bona fide development of...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her reaction to the IFA strategy to meet national planting targets of 20,000 hectares of farm forestry per annum (details supplied); and...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when repayment through the farm retirement pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19285/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been notified regarding the single farm payment; if her attention has...
    • EU Audits
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the attention of her Department officials in County Galway was drawn to an impending EU representatives' audit which was to take...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review an application for the retirement scheme from farming for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19405/05]
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive additional suckler cow quota from the national reserve. [19406/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of a [i]force majeure [/i]application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has received an appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to a dairy quota; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received the top rate extensification payment; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 1 June 2005, if her officials have held a meeting with the agriculture directorate...
    • EU Directives
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to complete her review of the level of grant aid for slurry storage facilities in view of the fact that farmers have...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive the full amount of extensification payment; and if she will make...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Ireland is on track to achieve a target of 3% of land area in organic farming by 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 12 April 2005, if she will implement the recommendations contained in the report; and if...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the work undertaken by the organic market development group to promote the concepts of farmers markets; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a decision has been made on a [i]force majeure[/i] application by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 19 April 2005 (details supplied), if her officials have examined the situation for farmers...
    • EU Directives
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will not sign the EU directive on veterinary medicine (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19854/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers nationwide who will be penalised as a result of the 2004 EU special beef premium penalty; the number of farmers in...
    • National Forestry Strategy
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take at EU level and domestically to secure funding for the full implementation of the national forestry...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding payment of the beef premium and the extensification grant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Work Permits
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that some employers are having in respect of retention of employees...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda barracks (details supplied) in County Wexford is not for sale and not under negotiations at present; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the permanent residency application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts of Castlecomer, Kilkenny and Thomastown in the years...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the enclosed correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18964/05]
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to establish a comprehensive vetting procedure for volunteers; if the appropriate resources will be...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a work permit will be granted to a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a decision on their status. [18989/05]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application made in May 2004 for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Compensation Tribunal
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their award under the criminal injuries compensation tribunal;...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application to the Land Registry for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when the application...
    • Internet Regulation
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if action will be taken against a website (details supplied) which facilitates the shooting of live animals via the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that in regard to the curbing of binge drinking that greater control of the off-licence sector...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the plight of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will allow this person to remain...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if outside of Dublin there is one public house licence per 300 people, approximately 29% of whom are under 18 years and...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detailed for each Garda district (details supplied) within the Cork South-Central...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the topics discussed in his recent meeting with US Attorney General; and the concerns he may have raised on US adherence...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations of the expert group on the probation and welfare service that have been implemented since the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the adequacy of Garda cover in the Ardee-west Louth area having regard to the level of crime there; if he...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be made in respect of a land registry matter regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the full operation of the PULSE system nationwide; the way in which this connects with other State...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to correspondence (details supplied), if he will furnish a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for Carlow and Kilkenny counties in the years 1997, 2000 and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role and responsibilities of the ministerial decisions unit in the immigration, asylum and citizenship division of his...
    • EU Directives
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps contemplated by him to comply with Council Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA of 24 February 2005 on confiscation of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda superintendents who have been appointed to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Clare over the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the division of the Garda districts within County...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the progress of the implementation of the model framework for education training and professional...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when all documents will be returned to another...
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria which are employed to train professional door security personnel; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within Donegal in 2000 and 2004; and if he will make a...
    • Equality Tribunal
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the hearing of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a Garda station in the Castletroy area of Limerick in view of the population growth to 26,000; and if he...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the submission of Theatre Forum regarding licensing, restrictions on the sale of alcohol...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to remain here will be granted to a person (details supplied) residing in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Parental Leave
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of parental leave under the present legislation; the changes intended in the new legislation; when those changes...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an extension of a holiday visa will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the money recovered by the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2004; the way this money is spent; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views as to whether all Garda interviews with suspects should be videotaped; the likely cost of such an initiative; and...
    • Courts Service
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider the introduction of mental health courts that would provide an alternative to the existing courts system...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for citizenship on the basis of marriage for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for Newcastle West, Rathkeale and Bruff within the Limerick...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused asylum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/05]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which have been in place in the Finglas Garda station area in recent weeks to counteract criminal activity; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration to the wish of a person (details supplied) in County Clare to remain in the State; and if he...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing in the Land Registry office will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19368/05]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 624: 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 Louth and Meath Garda...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on persistent reports and substantial circumstantial evidence (details supplied) that persons are being smuggled...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when dealings (details supplied) will be completed in the Land Registry office. [19432/05]
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made in establishing a commission of inquiry into the allegations of child abuse in the diocese of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been received and is being processed....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the case of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; if any avenue of appeal remains; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Limerick Garda district of Bruff for each of the years 2000 to 2004; and if he will give...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate concerns expressed by persons in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a request has been received from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for a transfer to another prison to serve the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm a proposal to provide CCTV cameras for Drogheda; the indicative date for installation of same; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if this case needs to be reviewed; and if he...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when funding will be provided to a group (details suppled) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for Irish citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be processed; if his...
    • Work Permits
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy with reference to allowing the spouses of foreign nationals from outside the EU to join their spouses as the case...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider relocating another section of his Department to Clondalkin, Dublin 22, to facilitate staff working in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Lucan on 1 January 2005, January 2003, January 2001 and January 1999. [19595/05]
    • Refugee Appeals Tribunal
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training which is given to each Refugee Appeals Tribunal member; the duration of such training; and the frequency with...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all documentation and information provided to the Irish-born child unit will be returned to a person (details supplied)...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a victim (details supplied) of the Dublin bombings in 1974 is having problems in obtaining a medical expenses...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are now nightly incidents of anti-social behaviour at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if the Garda will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the decision made in relation to a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [19842/05]
    • Community Policing
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to ensure that recognition be given to the tireless work of volunteers nationwide by giving the community alert...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to apply a three-year residency requirement, as part of an internal change in guidelines...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda authorities have received ongoing complaints regarding an off-licence (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by his Department; if so, his views on the matter; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce temporary work visas to allow the spouses of persons applying for post-nuptial citizenship to work...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin arrived here in the first place is not still sufficiently...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Adult Education
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the differences that exist between the grading systems and presentation of results by the course providers, such as FÁS and vocational...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will respond to the letter of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding school children carrying overweight...
    • Adult Education
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding allocations will be made under phase 4 of the adult education guidance initiative; if she will expedite a decision in the...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to the functioning of the National Educational Welfare Board; the number of education welfare officers...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to schools in County Kildare; the number of these who will have their contracts renewed...
    • University Post
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a top educationalist had to leave a college (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the strategy to retain quality teachers in disadvantaged schools (details supplied). [19807/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the need for seat belts in school buses; if the scale of the tragedy may have been lessened had seatbelts been present; if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will retain the additional mainstream teaching post as previously...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Westmeath which will lose their previous disadvantaged designation by the introduction of the weighted...
    • School Placement
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the pupils from schools (details supplied) in County Wexford who are excluded from the catchment area; the work...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which is available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to help them enter the secondary school of choice....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the widespread discontent and opposition to her proposals for assistance for children with...
    • State Examinations
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if special arrangements will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Meath to sit their exams; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 935 of 12 April 2005, if an application for a full-time resource teacher for a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tenders which have been submitted in respect of the provision of important facilities at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Staffing
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the suppression of three permanent teaching posts at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance she will provide for a special needs person in west Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the inquiry into the resignation of the former Clare Vocational Education Committee chief executive will be complete; if the...
    • School Transport
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she plans to upgrade the school buses used to service schools in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in relation to children with special educational needs who attend early start programmes...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any scheme exists within her Department whereby a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assisted with additional funds to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 15 December 2004, if a decision has been made on the extension of the sanction for the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by south Tipperary VEC for a person to be based in Fethard, County Tipperary, under the grant...
    • School Staffing
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will restore the supernumerary allocation of 2.5 posts to south Tipperary VEC to alleviate the difficulty arising from the...
    • School Surveys
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of surveys and questionnaires which have been sent out to primary schools for completion and return in each of the past five...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up-to-date information on her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with her in her...
    • School Staffing
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to withdraw a teacher from a school (details supplied) in County Limerick under the new special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra resource hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) attending a primary school in County Louth; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant aid of €200,000 will be made available to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19225/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 May 2005, if she will sanction an extra class at the language unit of a school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the outrage and concern expressed by persons (details supplied) in County Galway concerning the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals being considered by her Department for the provision of accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a full-time special needs assistant was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated for the provision of spaces for young offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19272/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the elimination of the 3 for 2 seating arrangement on school buses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate the establishment, in conjunction with the INTO of nationwide panels of supply teachers, located on a defined...
    • Traveller Education
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to establish a Traveller education unit as recommended by the task force on Traveller education, to oversee the...
    • Standardised School Year
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to renegotiate the arrangements for a standardised school year with the primary school education partners; and if she will...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase capitation grants payable to primary school management authorities to a level that adequately reflect the costs...
    • School Staffing
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to reduce the enrolment figures for appointment and retention of primary school teachers in view of the failure to...
    • Adult Education
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding being allocated to provide for adult computer education and training in 2005. [19319/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change from permanent to temporary employment for many special needs teachers as a result of the weighted system for...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to renovate and extend a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19378/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a new primary school at Adare, County Limerick. [19379/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school buses which have seat belts fitted to them; the number of post primary school buses which have seat belts...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current number of special needs assistants in primary schools in County Clare; the number to be allocated in September 2005; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a major capital works project for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if a technical...
    • School Staffing
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist a school (details supplied) in County Cork in resolving a staffing issue before 7 June 2005; and if she will give...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19430/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the resource teacher allocation for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and the schools in County Mayo which were allocated...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken by an official of her Department (details supplied); the progress made; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is aware that development plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 appear to require that a pre-school service on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate funding to improve the facilities at a school (details supplied); her views on whether it is fair to have children...
    • School Staffing
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to reduce teacher numbers by one teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an assessment will be carried out with a view to giving designated disadvantage school status to a school (details supplied) in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to standardise contracts within the educational system for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19537/05]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in obtaining a new physical education hall via a prefabricated building...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make extra resource teacher hours available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork from September 2005; and if she...
    • School Transport
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused free school transport despite holding a medical card. [19580/05]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Waterford will be sanctioned; if a new greenfield site has been identified...
    • School Staffing
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will correct the mistaken enrolment figure for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which is 360 on 30 September...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of third level grants paid out by the city councils, county councils and vocational education committees in 2003, 2004 and...
    • School Transport
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for school transport for children residing in the Barracore and Doninga areas of County...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost of the programme of in-service for the physical sciences leaving certificate chemistry and physics including trainer,...
    • In-service Training
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost of the programme of inservice for leaving certificate biology, including trainer, teacher, education centre expenses and...
    • State Examinations
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if concessions are given to students who become ill while sitting the junior and leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether her actions in delaying the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare on the basis of falling...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 26 January 2005, the progress to date on the application; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level teachers appointed to permanent whole time positions during 2004 or for the latest year for which figures...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teacher representatives are paid for their membership of the Teaching Council; if simply expenses are paid; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff available in the planning and building unit of her Department in Tullamore to deal with the activity involved in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts she has made to ensure that special needs assistants continue to be employed in the system when their pupil moves on. [19811/05]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil/teacher ratio by school in the primary schools of counties Wicklow and Carlow (details supplied); the schools which have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to construct a new No. 1 primary school at Blessington, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the trustees of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 have notified her Department of the outcome of discussions on the...
    • School Status
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the prospective decline in the number of primary school students in Southhill parish and Our Lady Queen of Peace parish,...
    • School Closures
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has been notified by the trustees of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 of its intention to close this school;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers with restricted recognition currently working in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a one to one resource teacher will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19976/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by her Department; if so, her views on the matter; when a decision will be made;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to increase the number of special needs assistants at primary school level; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios into line with best practice in other EU jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to provision of an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra teaching staff will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra teaching staff will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra facilities will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Placement
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the primary school place needs of parents seeking a multi-denominational educational ethos in Naas, County Kildare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she has studied the need for the provision of a new primary school at Kill, County Kildare; if she has received...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which psychological assessment is readily available at all primary or post-primary schools throughout the country; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the new primary and post-primary schools requirements as set out by the various school authorities in the coming...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which she expects to increase the number of resource, remedial or special needs teachers at all schools throughout the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Tax Collection
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Defence when a reply will be issued in respect of Revenue matters to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will undertake to treat this...
    • Military Inquiries
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Defence if the findings of the inquiry into a person (details supplied) in County Limerick indicate that the naval authorities were guilty of contributory...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Defence the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his official...
    • Airspace Infringements
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on illegal or unauthorised encroachment into military airspace by aircraft from the Weston Aerodrome; and if there are additional...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the outcome of his Sarajevo meeting on 31 May 2005 with the EU's administrator in Bosnia Herzegovina, Lord Paddy...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Tax Code
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will work closely with the Department of Finance on tax relief or support in assisting the supply of dog...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in implementing the national spatial strategy as far as County Monaghan is concerned; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the installation of a water filtration plant for the public water...
    • House Prices
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average price of a domestic dwelling house in the Wexford district of the Wexford constituency in the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for a new house grant was received in 1999 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses which have been provided by each of the county councils in each of the past four...
    • Professional Qualifications
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a definition of the profession architect which is recognised nationally and internationally; and...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to the request for voting rights to be given to Irish citizens; and if he has any advice to...
    • Breaches of Legislation
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if hedge cutting took place at a location (details supplied) in recent weeks in breach of the Wildlife Act...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy towards the provision of disabled persons grants for the modification of accommodation of persons...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is appropriate and safe to build 162 apartments above the Dublin Port tunnel while it is being...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Dublin City Council will not gazump shared ownership bidders for houses in its administrative area; and if...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the number of planning applications being declared invalid based on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the most up-to-date information on his travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who...
    • Conservation of Buildings
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on funding of the Maritime Museum, Haigh Terrace, Dún Laoghaire; and the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal is at; when the project will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Kildare County Council for funding for the provision of a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence in the development of the Croom sewerage scheme. [19289/05]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the design for the affordable housing scheme in County Cork (details supplied) is complete; and when work...
    • Waste Management
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of groups (details supplied) regarding the fact that the UK...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bog owners and those with turbary who are still awaiting their €4,700 top up payment; when...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the Castleisland sewerage scheme; when this will go to tender; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Quality
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's views on an acceptable level of formaldehyde in lakes and rivers; if baseline figures exist;...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has a supervisory or statutory role in relation to the operation of the Environmental Protection Agency;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to submit the nitrates action plan to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department conducts any analysis of local authority housing waiting lists; if his attention has been...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with persons (details supplied) in County Offaly who have been in regular correspondence with...
    • Hazardous Substances
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will name the 78 dangerous substances mentioned in the EPA report issued in the 6 April 2001 in relation...
    • EU Directives
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the directive 2004/35/EC of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs expended by Ireland in defending a case in the Courts of Justice in view of the recent case taken...
    • Site Development
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the proposals for the development of Dún Laoghaire Baths and the Carlyle Pier are...
    • National Parks
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Office of Public Works will use all local media and possibly door-to-door deliveries to ensure that all...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has allocated or intends to allocate funding to halt the coastal erosion and remediate the old landfill...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for a sheltered housing scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he has...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure which has been expended by his Department on waste disposal technologiesother than...

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