Written answers
Wednesday, 22 June 2005
- Department of Transport
- Taxi Regulations
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport when regulations on customer service and standards in the taxi industry will be enacted; if he will report on the main aspects of these regulations;...
- Rail Network
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the findings of the recent report on the western rail corridor; the way in which the Government now intends to proceed with this...
- Road Safety
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fatal road accident and the death of a person (details supplied) he will take steps to ensure that the existing regulations are...
- Driving Tests
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the introduction of his driving test reforms; when the current backlog of driving test applicants will be clear; his plans to...
- Air Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the new contracts for the latest round of the State-subsidised public service obligation air routes to six regional...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a new complaints procedure to address abuse or overcharging by taxi drivers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Road Network
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any negotiations currently taking place relating to a proposal for the State to buy out the West Link toll...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to plans to change legislation to provide for the use of speed cameras to detect motor insurance and tax offences; if he...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department favours the introduction of contra-flow cycle lanes on one-way roads, which have proved highly successful in other European cities...
- Air Services
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has met with Aer Lingus representatives to discuss the scrapping of the airline's routes to Orlando and Washington in the United States; the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport if it remains his intention to legislate for random breath-testing of motorists; when such legislation will be published; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Access
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus will reach its target of having 60% of its fleet fully accessible to those with disabilities by 2006; if Irish Rail will meet its...
- State Airports
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study to examine the case for a second airport in the greater Dublin-Leinster area in view of the concerns regarding traffic...
- International Agreements
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding negotiations between Ireland and the US with respect to the changes to the existing bilateral agreement between both...
- National Car Test
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will announce adjustments to the current NCT arrangements following the recent review. [21243/05]
- Vehicle Safety
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to proceed with the European Union proposals to require safety belts to be fitted to all seats in all new vehicles except for buses used...
- Infrastructure Development
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport if increased attention will be paid to enhancing the rail and road infrastructure in the Shannon and Kerry regions to ensure visitors can move...
- Transport Strategy
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport the overall transport budget he expects to be able to allocate in the new ten-year transport investment plan. [21103/05]
- Light Rail Project
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has a preferred route for the extension of the Luas from Connolly station to the docklands; when such a routing will be agreed;...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the current financial position of the Aer Lingus pension scheme; the extent to which this scheme is currently in deficit; the...
- Rail Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the expansion of service including provision of expanded park and ride facilities, along the western suburban rail corridor in the...
- State Airports
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the final cost of the new terminal at Cork Airport; his views on the cost overruns in this project; if the cost of...
- Road Network
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy direction to the NRA in relation to the provision of service areas on motorways to which the NRA should operate. [21246/05]
- Rail Network
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in regard to the possible opening of a rail connection between Navan and Dublin via Dunboyne. [21233/05]
- Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the port tunnel to open to traffic and the reason for the further delays. [21231/05]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties facing airlines as a result of the ongoing increase in fuel prices; if further price...
- Rail Network
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria used by his Department in deciding to proceed with rail projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21170/05]
- Penalty Points System
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's role in the computerisation of the driver penalty points system and the action he is taking to address the continued delay...
- Road Safety
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Rules of the Road booklet will be updated by his Department; the expected date of publication; and will he ensure that an electronic...
- Rail Network
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is intended to double the track between Maynooth and Kilcock in order that the frequency of train services can be improved to this rapidly...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of a project recently decided by the Cabinet to give the go-ahead to the Dublin Airport Authority to build a second terminal at Dublin...
- Garda Traffic Corps
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the position with regard to the establishment of the Garda traffic corps; if he has met with the Department for Justice,...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the stage of development the proposed Sutton to Sandycove coastal cycle route is at; the estimated cost, the design and timetable for the...
- Rail Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts he has made to date to provide park and ride facilities adjacent to all commuter rail stations throughout the greater Dublin area; if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the board of the National Roads Authority is appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21198/05]
- Rail Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimate of the number of additional lorry journeys that will take place between Dublin and Cork each day as a result of the proposed...
- Road Safety
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget in 2005 for the safe routes to school programme; the number of schools that are involved; his plans to extend the programme; and the way...
- Public Transport
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the quality bus corridors which will be developed in 2005; the location of and investment envisaged in each; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Penalty Points System
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby dangerous drivers who accrue penalty points trade these points with other drivers; if he...
- Haulage Industry
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he intends to take to assist hauliers here who may be put at a competitive disadvantage as a result of UK proposals to impose a new toll...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport if a memorandum of understanding has been finalised between his Department and Irish Rail; the main terms of this memorandum; when it will be...
- Public Transport
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the pilot use of hard shoulders for public buses; the results from the pilot project to date; if it is intended to extend...
- Freight Traffic
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport the most recent figures available for the percentage of freight traffic in this country being carried by rail and by road; the relevant statistics...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 76 of 12 May 2005, if any staff of Bus Éireann have indicated that they are willing to move to Mitchelstown as part of...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if the review of its services has been completed by Dublin Bus; the recommendations arising from this review; if it has not been completed, when...
- Road Network
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport if and when he intends to proceed with legislation to allow for barrier free tolling at the West Link toll bridge; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he intends to take to upgrade the rail network in the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20985/05]
- Parking Regulations
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the continued delay in introducing heavier fines for illegal parking in disabled parking bays; if the consultation process has been...
- Traffic Management
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to address the issue of ever growing traffic bottlenecks throughout the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which the RPA has made on integrated ticketing; the reason its introduction is taking so long; and when the full system will be in...
- EU Directives
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in transposing EU Directive 2002/15/EC and EU Directive 2002/85/EC into Irish law. [21207/05]
- Aviation Tax
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the EU initiative of introducing an aviation tax on all EU flights to fund development in third world countries; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans regarding the expansion of the bus market in the greater Dublin area; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Railway Procurement Agency has carried out a review of the Luas projects with a view to analysing all aspects of the two lines completed in...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the length of time the issue of mutual recognition of penalty points system in Ireland and the UK has been under consideration by the British Irish...
- Traffic Management
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the reported value for money audit of cycle lanes in Dublin; the person who is carrying out the audit; the level of...
- Public Transport
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the details of the development of Kent Station in Cork and the development of a new Bus Éireann station at Horgan's Quay; and...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport the identity of the members of the National Roads Authority; when they took up their positions; who appointed them; what is the function of the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Reports
Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each report; the date of...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria for the doctor-only medical cards; when this scheme will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had home help hours cut. [21347/05]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which outlines the lack of comfort, care...
- Rights of the Child
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 277 of 14 June 2005, if a person (details supplied) has been the subject of administrative...
- Hospital Services
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be immediately admitted to St. James's Hospital for urgent...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to explain the charge for medical card holders for a SIDCA bone scan at a public hospital; the reason a medical card holder...
- Hospital Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of inpatient discharges and activity which is made up by private patients in each of the Dublin hospitals in...
- Environmental Policy
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a large number of plastic bottles for distilled water are used by the dentistry section of the HSE; her views on whether...
- Health Services
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps a person can take if he or she is not happy with the home help provided by the HSE; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to entitlement to a medical card for persons from the United Kingdom who move here for work or...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation for a person on high levels of medication and availing of the €85 per month maximum on prescriptions and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has plans to appoint a pain specialist in County Mayo (details supplied). [21494/05]
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare; the average waiting time; the number of dentists...
- Nursing Home Inspections
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether, in view of the recent case in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kerry, there is an adequate...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a special bed from the Health Service Executive; and if she...
- Medicinal Products
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if drugs (details supplied) have come to the attention of the relevant authorities; if they are listed as illegal drugs....
- Nursing Homes Standards
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she sought or received a report on the action by the Health Service Executive in relation to the Rostrevor nursing home;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the digital hearings aids for which a tender was completed some time ago, are now being supplied to the agencies who...
- National Children's Advisory Council
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership of the National Children's Advisory Council, NCAC, for the period from 2004 to 2007; when the first NCAC...
- Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the health services executive will be directed to review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are on waiting lists to see consultants at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan; the length of time each...
- Health Service Schemes
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE south eastern area, will establish a first responders scheme similar to that which existed in the former Eastern...
- Departmental Reports
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reports that have been published in her Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person in employment with a contribution record aged over 66, but whose employer understands him to be younger, claims the old age pension, if...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if Oireachtas secretarial assistants who accept the current buy out arrangement and any future VER package will retain entitlement to a pension lump...
- Pension Provisions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to the widow's and orphan's pensions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has two PPS numbers and is in receipt of two P60s. [21379/05]
- State Property
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public buildings currently renting roof space to telecommunications companies; the number of additional public buildings from which it...
- Tax Collection
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their income tax rebate in view of the fact that they have submitted the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each report; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Pension Provisions
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in giving An Post pensioners their due increases; and when these increases and arrears...
- Departmental Reports
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications, meetings and other representations his Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in...
- Departmental Reports
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total spend here on arts and culture over the past year; the spend on a yearly basis over the past five years; and if he will...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will allocate a grant under the sports capital programme to a project (details supplied) in County Galway in order to allow the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the sale of an IDA advance factory (details supplied) in County Leitrim which took place in 2002; the price...
- Work Permits
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will arrange an appeal in relation to an application for a work permit in the name of a person (details...
- Metrology Service
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status and future of the metrology unit under her Department; if he will report on proposed changes; the reason they are...
- Redundancy Provisions
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) can apply for voluntary redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21560/05]
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to the representations made to him in 2004 by Mandate in the area of violence in the retail sector. [21563/05]
- Departmental Reports
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Services for Persons with Disabilities
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the new resources which will be committed to secure equality for persons with disabilities in relation to the findings of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the decision of his Department to deprive pensioners (details supplied) in Dublin 12 of their entitlements to...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the living alone allowance might be extended to those not in receipt of a social welfare pension, but whose existence is known...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the fuel allowance was last increased; if he will report on the current rules regarding income eligibility; and if he will...
- Communications Masts
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the concerns of staff at his Department's Aras Mhic Diarmuida building and a petition signed by a large number of staff have...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that 52.7% of lone parents are not economically active in comparison to just 28.2% of persons in a couple...
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his proposal for a Dublin transport authority and the timescale proposed for its establishment; and if he will make a...
- Driving Tests
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of current driving test waiting times, by centre, for the latest date for which figures are available; the number of applicants waiting...
- Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport the restrictions he intends to impose on vehicles whose size will not permit them to use the Dublin Port tunnel. [21380/05]
- Traffic Management
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the situation that exists for motorists using the N32, particularly at peak periods, when traffic is backed up...
- Vehicle Regulations
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations which cover the operation of car transporters; the accident data relating to such vehicles; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Public Transport
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he intends to provide for increases in the rolling stock on all commuter rail routes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport the full extent of the cost overrun on the port tunnel and the Red Cow roundabout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/05]
- Public Transport
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any communication from Bus Éireann or Bus Átha Cliath with a view to providing a feeder bus service to the various commuter...
- Car Use
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated number of cars used on a daily basis by commuters ten years ago; the number of commuters currently using cars; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of commuters currently availing of public transport on a daily basis at present; the number using such facilities ten years ago; and if...
- Traffic Management
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which it is intended that HGVs from the south, south-west and west will converge on the port tunnel; if it is expected to alleviate...
- Road Network
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport when the port tunnel will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21524/05]
- Airport Development Projects
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to build an airport runway near Schull in west Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21537/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the driving test centre is closed in Killarney, County Kerry; the steps he intends to take to...
- Public Transport
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure the availability of seatbelts in the public transport fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21541/05]
- Departmental Reports
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each report; the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the problems in respect of the rural social scheme in the Leader areas of the country associated...
- Departmental Reports
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the single payment entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21385/05]
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the financial support provided to the various animals charities over the past five years; the way in which the growth in funding for...
- Grant Payments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reconsider the outcome of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the 2004 EU special beef...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if compensation will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the slaughter of two reactors; if she will waive any...
- Grant Payments
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 350 of 31 May 2005, when a person, details supplied, in County Clare will receive the REP scheme payment; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 254 of 18 May 2005, if the review has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21549/05]
- Departmental Reports
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of reports which have been published in her Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if progress has been made with regard to the legal position of transferring prisoners from the Central Mental Hospital to...
- Visa Applications
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/05]
- Garda Operations
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of policing at major concert events at venues such as the RDS and Croke Park; and the amount paid by the concert...
- Garda Stations
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the deplorable and dilapidated condition of the Garda station at Ballycary, Castlebar,...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fines which have been issued for speeding in 2003 and 2004; the locations of such speeding; the overall...
- Crime Levels
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply the details of headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within the Cork...
- Garda Strength
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda personnel numbers in each Garda district in the Roscommon-east Galway and Sligo-Leitrim Garda divisions; the...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional resources will be given to the Garda Síochána to allow for special attention to be given to a parish,...
- Crime Levels
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide crime statistics for County Leitrim, by Garda district and by station; and if he will make a statement on...
- Registration of Title
Question 244: 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. [21481/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on...
- Drug Seizures
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if drugs, details supplied, have come to the attention of the relevant authorities; if they are listed as illegal drugs; and...
- Garda Operations
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí on duty in 2004 for the All-Ireland football final in Croke Park, in the environs of Croke Park and...
- Registration of Title
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite a dealing for a person, details supplied, in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no action was taken in relation to an incident, details supplied, in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Justice Legislation
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will list each of the Criminal Justice Acts enacted over the past 20 years; the main provisions of each of the Acts;...
- Departmental Reports
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated...
- Department of Education and Science
- Early Childhood Education
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a full year's early childhood education in view of the recommendations of the report by the National Economic and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be reviewed. [21334/05]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the information which she refused to give on 25 May 2005; and the schools which have 30 children or more in their...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person, details supplied, in County Sligo was unable to receive a grant from their...
- School Management
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the request of the family of a person, details supplied, in Dublin 12. [21364/05]
- School Staffing
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision of the appeals committee to remove a teacher from a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and...
- School Transport
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the charges for school transport will be waived for persons, details supplied, in County Leitrim; if a decision will be expedited;...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will sanction funding for the building programme of Tallaght Institute of Technology; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the appointment of a language teacher will be made to a school, details supplied, in County Cork. [21406/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has not been allocated a special needs assistant; the further reason the assessment and...
- Youth Services Funding
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding to the need of a scout unit (details supplied) for specialist funds; and if necessary resources will be...
- School Staffing
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the reported loss of a computer room teacher at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if the special...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a course (details supplied) for teachers; her views on concerns of some that the course will have or has...
- School Staffing
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 173 of 16 June 2005, the reason the school will have to wait until October 2005 to know the outcome of its...
- School Accommodation
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further works which have been undertaken by her Department with a view to providing the long overdue secondary school on the...
- School Curriculum
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to improve the standard of science laboratory facilities in second level schools; her plans to improve the...
- State Examinations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce physical education as an examination subject at leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legal basis under which an institution (details supplied) has not been deemed eligible for inclusion under the terms of the...
- Psychological Service
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been determined as not being entitled by her Department to assessments;...
- Grant Payments
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to a new school (details supplied) for information technology facilities and equipment; the mechanism for applying...
- School Staffing
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider maintaining resource teaching hours for persons (details supplied) for their first year at primary school. [21569/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected figures in regard to an area (details supplied) in County Kildare for primary school assessment for the school building...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application forms will be available for college grants, especially at VEC level for the 2005-06 academic year; her views on...
- Departmental Reports
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports which have been published in her Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) applied for or obtained funding from his Department for social housing...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which his Department measures the output relative to all funding allocations by his Department to...
- Rural Housing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures he has in place to monitor the implementation of the guidelines issued on once off rural...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the output in social housing measured against the Department's allocation for each local authority for the...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the training which has been introduced and implemented at the behest and under the authority of his Department...
- National Parks
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make land available from the National Park in Muckross, Killarney, County Kerry for a public burial...
- Grant Payments
Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reports
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report;...
