Written answers
Wednesday, 15 June 2005
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Company Takeovers
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the purchase of a company (details supplied); his views on the consequences for this sector here...
- Alternative Fuels
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of expressions of interest his attention has been drawn to in relation to the production of alternative...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with broadband availability throughout the country, with particular reference to the potential...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he anticipates the development of digital television in the future; the way in which he...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that his intentions in regard to meeting 13% of national electricity requirements from wind...
- Energy Resources
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in respect of fuel use and production with a view to achieving targets entered into under the Kyoto...
- Postal Services
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has developed his policy regarding the future of An Post; and if he will make a statement...
- Fishing Vessel Inspections
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the new European proposals for multinational inspections of fishing vessels in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress which has taken place with a view to delivery of a more cost effective mobile telephone service here...
- Coastal Protection
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has made a final decision with regard to the acquisition of an emergency towing vessel for the Irish Coast...
- Electricity Generation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has read the recent British Council for Science and Technology report on future energy strategies; his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent and total cost of the use of couriers in his Department in each of the past five years; the extent to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to suggestions from Channel 6, the Irish TV station scheduled to broadcast later this year, that it...
- Postal Services
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which the introduction of post codes will be financed. [19928/05]
- Coastal Protection
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 14 October 2004, if there have been further developments regarding...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the latest position with regard to discussions with scallop fishermen in County Wexford regarding their protests...
- RTE Authority
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there was such a delay in the appointment of a new RTE Authority; his views on the absence of a...
- Electricity Sector
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to extend the review of the national electricity market to include all areas of energy in Ireland; if...
- Unsolicited Communications
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has examined the courses open to the regulator with a view to issuing directives to combat...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to the future of broadcasting here with particular reference to independent broadcasting,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes an extended role and function for ComReg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/05]
- EU Directives
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the current position with regard to the proposed EU directive on ferries;...
- An Post
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the recent announcement in An Post's 2004 annual report that the company recorded a pre-tax...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to submissions by service providers anxious to become involved in the more rapid...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the proposed new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to be created under the new Broadcasting Bill will have the...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the future of the Dublin Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre in view of the necessity on safety grounds to retain...
- Energy Sector
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the efforts he has made to promote an all-island energy market; his views on recent problems with the all-Ireland...
- Electricity Sector
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has selected a consultant to carry out the proposed review of the electricity sector here; and when such a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions which have taken place between his Department and Sligo Harbour Commission in relation to the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the current levels of economic activity on the metropolitan area networks, including the levels of income and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason his Department requested a series of pay increases for the chairmen of RTE and a number of other State...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the course of action he is taking to ensure that the ongoing dispute at Irish Ferries is resolved; if he will...
- Digital Hub
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost to date of investment in the digital hub; the extent to which it is intended to expand or extend the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes any policy changes or directives with a view to achieving a more rapid delivery of broadband...
- Environmental Policy
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the clear necessity for the Government to lead by example, as energy Minister, he will recommend...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) will build a shallow water offshore terminal for the Corrib gas field due to...
- EU Directives
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role his Department and Sustainable Energy Ireland will have in the implementation of the new European Union...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total cost of the consultancies in his Department in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Mineral Resources
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the claim made by the Government to the mineral rights of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain at the UN...
- Electricity Generation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a recent energy survey by IBEC showing that two-thirds of businesses surveyed...
- Fishing Industry
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the ovigerous sea lice levels that were recorded in Killary Harbour for the first four months of 2005; and the...
- Vessel Registration
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent and purpose of the proposed new corporate vessel registration system which is being introduced as a...
- Postal Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which he proposes to combat junk mail in the event of the introduction of post codes as per his recent...
- Digital Hub
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which consultancy facilities have been engaged at, by or through the digital hub project; and if he...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the scope and scale of submissions made to the Broadcasting Complaints...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that deregulation sufficiently provides for the introduction of new service providers in the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the recent report from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which revealed very low...
- Digital Hub
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the current position in regard to the replacement of an anchor tenant at the digital hub; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the availability of modern telecommunications services here is available or is likely to...
- Postal Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the denial to An Post workers of full backdated wage increase under the terms of Sustaining...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has appointed a consultant to review the quantified risk assessment of the Corrib gas onshore pipeline; if...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences for scallop fishing vessels that were issued in each of the past five years; the level of...
- Ferry Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the levels of pay and working conditions aboard the Cork to Swansea ferry (details...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his response to the surplus of €6.8 million posted by RTE in 2004; the way in which the national broadcaster...
- Pension Provisions
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the first stage of the off-shore wind farm on the Kish bank will be developed; and the way in which he...
- Fishery Offences
Question 96: 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 in...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he proposes to influence policy arising from the availability of digital television and the...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his main intentions for the new broadcasting Bill, to be published in the autumn; the impact the Bill will have...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann regarding his recent meeting in Carrick-on-Suir with the commercial...
- Electronic Funds Transfers
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will clarify his recent remarks at the IPU annual conference that the convenience of electronic funds...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the additional inspection and enforcement measures he intends to introduce to ensure compliance with the new...
- Port Development
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to proposals to develop a new deepwater port at Bremore, north of Balbriggan;...
- Energy Resources
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has entered into negotiations with the Department of Finance with regard to the possible future provision...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had discussions with likely satellite television service providers here; the extent...
- Postal Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received a copy of the report, An Post, A New Vision, commissioned by four An Post unions; his...
- Electricity Supply Board
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the latest Government plans for the ESB, in view of the record €1.2 billion the company has raised for...
- Port Development
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is still considering the request of the Dublin Port Company to have public land made available to a...
- Post Office Network
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if consideration has been given to the provision of banking services through An Post and the post offices; and...
- Gas Storage Facilities
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out any research on the development of either large scale LNG or natural gas...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Agencies
Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any State board under the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services available through An...
- Department of Health and Children
- Departmental Agencies
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a...
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20160/05]
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20161/05]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the improvements she intends to make to the accident and emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,...
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to amend the Constitution in order to include express rights for children. [20164/05]
- Health Services
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have expressed an interest in providing medical services for the hospice beds in the Sacred Heart...
- Nursing Home Inspections
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make available all inspection reports for all nursing homes as endorsed by the Information Commissioner in her...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve a lottery grant from her discretionary funds for the friends of an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical report from the senior area medical officer will be expedited in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- MRSA Incidence
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 2 June 2005 and a parliamentary question answered on 1 March 2005 regarding...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and...
- Medical Cards
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the change which she intends to make in the income guidelines for medical cards to take account of child care expenses; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five...
- Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be operated on for removal of cataracts. [20395/05]
- Department of Finance
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any State board under...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in processing an application for the disabled drivers tax concessions scheme by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and professional services to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services available...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has exercised his policy prerogative in respect of ComReg; if he will do so in respect of a person...
- Post Office Network
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to issue any policy directive in regard to the future of the post office network having particular...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the cost of broadband provision per customer; the length of time it will...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm the letter of 3 March 2005 from the European Commission to the Government concerning the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with a company (details supplied) or others with a similar capacity, in view of the...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to make provision for broadcasting the Ryder Cup as part of one of the events designated in 2006...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 155: 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...
- Alternative Fuels
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to offer support or an incentive to encourage the production of alternative fuels with particular...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will meet with a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grant aid will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20150/05]
- Fuel Costs
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to help ease the rising cost of diesel for fishermen; if help will be given to fishing organisations...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce initiatives to encourage persons to enter seaweed aquaculture; if he has any strategy in...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of vessels owned and operated here which will be licensed to fish for mussel seed in the Irish Sea in...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total investment by the industry and the Government under the NDP programme in new vessels to fish for...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of traditional mussel vessels which will not be allowed fish seed in 2005 due to new safety...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to ensure that the mussel seed fished by foreign vessels is not immediately exported for...
- Fishing Industry
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he will take to compensate the Irish traditional fleet which is being forced to watch on from the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the availability of modern telecommunications services here is available or is likely to...
- Post Office Network
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has developed his policy regarding the future of An Post; and if he will make a statement...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his main energy conservation plans and priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/05]
- Energy Resources
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and location of electricity interconnectors likely in the next five years; the capacity in each case;...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to mining or other exploration in respect of oil, gas or other minerals; and if he will...
- e-Government Projects
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the current position in regard to the development of the e-Government project; and if he will make a statement...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if any thought has been given to the use of home produced bio-fuels for public transport vehicles with a view to...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total number of producers of alternative fuel currently engaged in contributing to national requirements;...
- Energy Market
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, having regard to the rate of increase in the price of electricity to the consumer in the past two years, he...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to promote and encourage the use of solar energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20373/05]
- Industrial Relations
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the efforts that have been made to improve labour relations in An Post; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had sight of or received a copy of the submission by a company (details supplied) to ComReg, entitled,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any State...
- Foreign Military Aircraft
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when and the person by whom a decision was made to change long-standing criteria whereby permissions for foreign military overflights or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Intellectual Property Rights
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he proposes to uphold the current political agreement on computer implemented inventions with a view to...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years;...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the free schemes. [20241/05]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason he terminates the payment of child benefit to parents when a child in full-time education reaches the age of 19; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if...
- Department of Transport
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any State board...
- Airport Security
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps which have been taken to try to ensure the security and the safety of the travelling public as well as workers and persons living in the...
- Air Passenger Rights
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not yet designated a national body to monitor compliance with new EU rules on the rights of air passengers; if his attention has...
- Rail Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to commission a study to calculate the comparable overall costs to the State of rail freight [i]vis-À-vis[/i] road freight; the reason...
- Departmental Records
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department does not hold statistics on traffic volumes; and if he intends to correct this in view of his Department's role and...
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has sought legal advice on the legality of the taxi hardship panel compensation payments in view of the case taken in recent months to the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and professional services to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services available...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any...
- Grant Payments
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if repayment of an overpayment by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be waived; and if she will make a statement on...
- Milk Quota
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to the provision of extra milk quota to a father and son partnership (details supplied) in County Limerick....
- Grant Payments
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal against a decision regarding the level of single payment available to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Job Creation
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the number of new jobs which have been created to date under the agriculture and rural development...
- Grant Payments
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason, as of the end of 2004, only 27% of the forecasted agriculture and rural development measure of the BMW regional operational...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and professional...
- Grant Payments
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total amount of proposed funding committed to the native wood and neighbourhood wood schemes under the NDP in the BMW and south and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services...
- Sugar Industry
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the transport issue in regard to the sugar industry is a priority for her, the actions taken by her in seeking to resolve the matter;...
- Livestock Registration
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the registration of livestock. [20402/05]
- Grant Payments
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this issue will be rectified and the person...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy or proposals in regard to the possible introduction of a press council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member...
- Residency Permits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant permission to remain in the State to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received further details in relation to events which occurred on the date of the deportation of persons (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a response to their application for a certificate of...
- Road Safety
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of drink driving breath checks carried out in 2004 fell by 10%...
- Visa Applications
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the decision regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) for visas for their spouse and child;...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1, recently released, served their full sentence. [20237/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent spate of car break-ins on Murtagh Road, Dublin 7; if there are plans to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years;...
- Vehicle Regulations
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on cars that have been adapted to create as much noise as possible; the reason the gardaí do not enforce the law...
- EU Directives
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the EU directives which have not been implemented to date by his Department; the reason this is so; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have lost special needs assistants since March 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20140/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the crisis which is building up at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in classroom...
- School Staffing
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20142/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's disposition towards the small complement of permanent teachers with restricted recognition and who are now being...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the widespread confusion among parents in Whitehall and Santry regarding the future of their...
- Irish Language Textbooks
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements she is making to ensure that a complete range of suitable textbooks is available for students in Gaelscoileanna and...
- School Placement
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a school placement at CBS, Naas, County Kildare, for the academic year...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of legal and professional...
- School Transport
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the costings regarding re-routing of a school bus will be reduced for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- State Examinations
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children with dyslexia have to pay up to €600 for an assessment of their...
- Grant Payments
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that courses provided by the Dyslexia Association of Ireland which are an essential...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken to date on foot of her assessment of the needs of pupils with dyslexia; and the recommendations which remain...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 14 April 2005, the progress to date on obtaining a site for the school; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if permanent status will be given to the speech and language unit at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if...
- State Examinations
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that putting a question on the junior certificate examination paper regarding a school bus...
- Department of Defence
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is a member of any State board under the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Defence the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the past five years; if services available...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- EU Directives
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which EU policy directives on energy efficient buildings is operational; if new buildings under...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme in Athea, County Limerick, will be funded for refurbishment. [20183/05]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list payments, to contain the name of the payee and the firm or practice, made to the suppliers of...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Cork under the built heritage capital...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of courier or packaging services in each of the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department made any changes to a special area of conservation boundary (details supplied) in County...
