Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2005
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Personnel
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in view of their proven success in dealing with juvenile...
- Claims against Gardaí
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total amount paid out either in respect of court awards or out of court settlements for claims taken against members of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which officials from the Turkish Embassy were reported to have been permitted to question Kurdish...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to take any new measures to seek a resolution of the dispute with the IPOA in regard to overtime working; and...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he intends to address human rights concerns by the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders. [21616/05]
- Judicial Conduct
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for judicial conduct and ethics; and when these will be in operation. [21321/05]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals in the wake of the Morris report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21420/05]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which it is intended to monitor and ensure enforcement of the recent announcement regarding equal gender...
- Libel Laws
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to review and to reform the law relating to the protection of personal privacy; if a body has been set up to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum received during 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the number of applications...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take to deal with vandalism and anti-social behaviour which is causing major problems in many...
- Organised Crime
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if sufficient contact has been made with police forces in other jurisdictions with particular reference to the need to stamp...
- Prison Suicides
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed in the 2004 report of the Arbour Hill visiting committee regarding...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the revelations from the Morris tribunal, he will be seeking the resignation of the Garda Commissioner, Noel...
- Garda Equipment
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current number of interviews of Garda suspects that are recorded on videotape; when all Garda stations will have these...
- Crime Levels
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which are being taken to deal with the significant increase in crime in a number of areas, particularly violent...
- Children Act 2001
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the remaining provisions of the Children Act 2001 that have not been enacted will be brought into force; and if he will...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the low level of detections in respect of rape cases; the steps he intends to take to achieve a higher level of...
- Garda Strength
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí at the latest date for which figures are available; the number expected to be recruited during 2005;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 18,000 applications to remain in the State received to date from non-national parents of Irish born...
- Firearms Amnesty
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for a gun amnesty; when it is likely to begin; the duration of the amnesty; the type of weapons it will cover;...
- Prisoner Health
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if progress has been made in relation to the legal position of transferring prisoners from the Central Mental Hospital to...
- Child Care Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered or will consider improving the coverage of the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme to include low...
- Deportation Orders
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions since June 2002 on which aircraft have been chartered to facilitate the deportation of persons; the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount which has been spent on the Barron investigation from 14 October 1996 to date, including investigations (details...
- Garda Investigations
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date and to date in 2005; the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Questions Nos. 166 and 167 of 13 October 2004, if the promised legislation (details supplied) will be in place...
- Freedom of Information
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of freedom of information requests his Department received in the first six months of 2005; the nature of these...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a financial settlement has been offered to members of the McBrearty families in respect of their claim against the State...
- Garda Deployment
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total current number of community gardaí; the total number of gardaí assigned to traffic duty; and if he is satisfied...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised investigation into the circumstances in which the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin managed abuse claims...
- Asylum Applications
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider reviewing the food provided to those in benefit of direct provision to those seeking to remain in the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering taking disciplinary action against any Garda officer above the rank of superintendent...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will conduct an audit of services for persons with disabilities with a view to seeking a more targeted response by...
- Garda Operations
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation which is being held into the circumstances in which two persons were shot dead by members of the gardaí...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider widening the terms of reference of the Morris tribunal to include a review of the activities of the...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the annual report of the Garda complaints body, published on 14 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an outside counsel has been appointed to examine the papers in the Grangegorman murder case with a view to determining the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has not signed the three major human rights conventions (details supplied) opened for signature by the...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to plans to construct a new prison at Thornton, County Dublin; if the Irish Prison Service has taken...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the nature and extent of the disciplinary action taken by the Garda Commission against members of the...
- Garda Reform
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role to be played by a person (details supplied) in regard to the oversight of Garda reform; if his attention has been...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the European Committee on Social Rights' judgment regarding corporal punishment of children here; and if he will...
- Sexual Offences
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the renewed call from the chairwoman of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre for victims to be...
- Garda Investigations
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the Garda investigation into the major money laundering operation uncovered earlier in 2005;...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the claim made in Amnesty International's report for 2005 that the Government was failing...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason membership of the implementation committee to establish observation cells in prisons did not include a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fixed fines which have been issued to drivers with a foreign licence for breaches of the Road Traffic Acts in...
- Road Safety
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will conduct an audit of the number of road deaths associated with temporary road surfaces and if he will make a...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to a parliamentary question of 15 May 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive medical support; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused elastic stockings which were prescribed by their...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be approved; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to issue guidelines in regard to the operation of patient private property accounts in psychiatric hospitals;...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the recent additional funding allocated to meet the needs of accident and emergency units at hospitals here; the reason the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the policy on the position of separated non-custodial parents as treated by the HSE in regard to guardianship as...
- Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be re-assessed for orthodontic treatment. [21727/05]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent report (details supplied) which found that many older persons had been discriminated against in the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the reason for the delay in responding;...
- Health Services
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children from the Bluebell, Inchicore area awaiting speech and language therapy; the length of time these...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to her Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21819/05]
- EU Directives
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to her Department's work; and when...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Services
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an orthopaedic procedure. [21822/05]
- Cystic Fibrosis Services
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to address the seriously inadequate staffing levels for cystic fibrosis services as identified in a recent...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason occupational therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has ceased; when it will resume; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a lumbar canal decompression; and if she will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify why all the literature refers to a calendar month with regard to the national policy for the monthly...
- Department of Finance
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SSIA accounts into which the maximum contribution is being awarded; the number of accounts into which the maximum was awarded at the...
- Tax Code
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of income for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare that are registered with the Revenue Commissioners for the tax year 2003; and...
- Driving Test Centres
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites being considered in relation to a new test centre in Letterkenny; and when a decision will be taken; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated present value of the liability to pay pensions to persons now employed in the public service. [21700/05]
- Tax Code
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance when tax credit will be granted to a person (details supplied); the amount to be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21707/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21745/05]
- EU Directives
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is envisaged that...
- Tax Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised regarding income tax (details supplied). [21847/05]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Water Quality
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals and practical implantation strategies which have been adopted as a result of interdepartmental...
- Water Pollution
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to deal with the urgent environmental issues that arise from the infestation of western waterways...
- Environmental Policy
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to respond to the threat to a number of Ireland's native fish species that a recent report...
- Industrial Relations
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the employment practices of Irish Ferries (details...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timeframe and manner in which all of Ireland will be enabled for Wi-Fi broadband access; if he sees a role...
- EU Directives
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the independent risk assessment of the Corrib gas terminal in north Mayo has been totally discredited and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the Irish Consul Office in Ecuador; when a consul will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21748/05]
- International Agreements
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number, title and purpose of the UN conventions not yet signed or ratified by the Government; and when it is envisaged that these will be...
- Passport Applications
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the passport of a person (details supplied) has been in the possession of another person...
- EU Directives
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is envisaged...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 118: 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 Expenditure
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21754/05]
- EU Directives
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of all new jobs in greenfield projects created by overseas firms in the years 2000-04, which were sited in...
- Job Protection
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has initiated or will initiate to protect the jobs at a company (details supplied) and to ensure the...
- Industrial Relations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the employment practices of Irish Ferries (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21812/05]
- EU Directives
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when...
- State Property
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the IDA lands at the proposed Fingal industrial park in Dublin 17; the proposals IDA Ireland has to remove the...
- Registration of Patents
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the security and invigilation procedures which are in place to ensure that the content of all patents filed here are...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo have been refused rent supplement that would enable them to transfer from...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has reviewed or intends to review best international practice with regard to delivery systems of the social welfare and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21840/05]
- EU Directives
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an increase in rent allowance is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Driving Licences
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider recognising driving licences issued in the United States held by Irish citizens returning to live in this State and who are...
- Road Safety
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations governing the sale of child-sized mopeds to minors and adults; if such practice is legal; and his policy in this regard. [21811/05]
- Parking Regulations
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider increasing the fine of €19 to €100 for persons parking in reserved disabled drivers slots which is an ongoing problem...
- Light Rail Project
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to extend the Luas line beyond the Square in Tallaght through the Tallaght west estates to Citywest; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport his views toward the policy of bus lane construction; his concerns regarding bus lanes which are currently unutilised or under utilised; if he...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on creating cycling lanes since 1997; the number of kilometres converted to cycle lanes since 1997; the number of cyclists in the...
- Air Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the individual contracts awarded to airline companies to provide scheduled air services on the six public service obligation regional air routes;...
- Road Safety
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory basis for speed limits at roadworks; the body that approves them; the criteria used to establish the limit that applies; and the...
- Traffic Management
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce legislation to allow for the enforcement and operation of free-flow electronic toll collection. [21758/05]
- EU Directives
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is envisaged that...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21771/05]
- Light Rail Project
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the figures relating to subsidies for the project until at least 2007 in view of the fact that his Department described the prospect of a subsidy...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Road Network
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in regard to the grants announced on 16 June 2005 for accommodation roads in County Donegal, the name of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21827/05]
- EU Directives
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work;...
- Inland Waterways
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of progress that has been made in relation to the reopening of the Royal Canal to full navigability and the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Forestry Policy
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the changes she proposes to make in forestry policy in order to address such issues as have been raised with her by spokespersons on...
- EU Directives
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she proposes to take to implement the nitrates directive, particularly in the catchment areas of such water bodies as Lough...
- Grant Payments
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if area aid will be awarded to a person (details supplied); the status of this application. [21697/05]
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person, details supplied, in County Mayo will be awarded the beef premium. [21699/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost to her Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21744/05]
- EU Directives
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to her Department's work; and when it is...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to investigate the background to a case (details supplied) in County Waterford; when she intends to conclude...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to implement the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food report on the farm retirement scheme; and if she...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Levels
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 and to date in 2005; the number...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from a person, details supplied, that a pilot scheme aimed at diverting...
- Paramilitary Activities
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has been briefed on the ongoing processes of recruitment and acquisition of weapons referred to in a report of the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent reports that it is a burden to have to implement the UNHCR's procedures for dealing with immigrants...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency under the Irish born child scheme will be processed for a person, details supplied, in...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts of funding made available by his Department to towns, villages and communities for the installation of closed...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for Irish citizenship for a person, details supplied, in County Carlow; and if he...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 452 of 3 February 2004 the reason the closed circuit television system which was promised for...
- Visa Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a visa application for a person, details supplied, in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from a person, details supplied, in County Dublin; and if he will give sympathetic...
- Registration of Title
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing will be completed for a person, details supplied. [21729/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person, details supplied, who has applied for residency here; if this...
- Visa Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application for a person, details supplied, in County Cork. [21731/05]
- Victims of Crime
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outstanding details which he needs to obtain from Victim Support before he will be in a position to recommence core...
- Registration of Title
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to furnish copy of deeds to a person, details supplied, in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Legal Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if asylum-seekers who apply for a judicial review of their case, having failed at all previous stages of their application...
- Garda Investigations
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the revelations contained in the Morris tribunal, he will reopen the investigation into the death of a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report prepared by Athlone Families Together outlining the events leading up to the deportation of...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are now unvetted staff working in child care posts in the South...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21781/05]
- Unlicensed Trading
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions that have been taken to curb the pirating, renting, selling and other distribution of uncertified Indian films;...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of voluntary bodies and community groups providing a range of locally based services for offenders...
- EU Directives
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for citizenship in the case of persons, details supplied, in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in the case of a person, details supplied, in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person, details supplied, in County...
- Organised Crime
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which efforts have been made to target overseas locations in which Irish criminals and criminal gangs are...
- Proceeds of Crime
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of properties seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau arising from criminal investigations; if it is intended to...
- Security Industry
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new initiatives he proposes to take to crack down on infiltration of the security industry by criminals; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for citizenship received in the past three years; the number approved and the number rejected;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of economic emigrants deported from here in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Levels
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported gun crimes including killings in each of the past three years; the extent to which successful...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken in the past three years to address the issue of juvenile crime with particular reference to the need...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to address the issues raised in the first and second Morris reports; and if he will make a...
- Organised Crime
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to combat organised crime with all its associated activities; and if he will make a statement...
- Crime Levels
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun associated robberies reported in County Kildare in each of the past five years; if successful prosecutions...
- Drug Seizures
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in each Garda division in County Kildare in the past five years; the extent to which the problem...
- Garda Strength
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the net number of extra gardaí currently available and posted to the various stations in County Kildare; the way in which...
- Garda Stations
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to introduce extended opening hours for any of the Garda stations throughout County Kildare; and if he will...
- Missing Persons
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people registered as missing at the present time; the extent to which the section dealing with this issue has...
- Crime Levels
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour throughout County Kildare in each of the past five years; and if...
- Garda Deployment
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to the formation of any Garda divisions or sub-divisions throughout County Kildare or...
- Garda Strength
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the personnel strength of all ranks of the Garda Síochána on 29 September 2003, nationally. [21860/05]
- Crime Levels
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional headline crime statistics for the Carlow-Kildare division in 2004; and the provisional detection rate. [21861/05]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been issued to motorists in County Sligo for uninsured and untaxed vehicles; if due to...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he has put in place since January 2004 to address the number of fatal road traffic accidents; the resources...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide information on the age of the school bus fleet with details of the number of buses in specific age categories with...
- School Staffing
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the allocation of resource teaching facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath in order that...
- School Accommodation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further work which has been undertaken by her Department with a view to providing the long overdue secondary school on the...
- School Staffing
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will allocate the extra teacher; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pupils attending a primary school (details supplied) in County Carlow have to wait...
- School Staffing
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department decided to let go three teachers in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if this decision means...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in announcing budgetary decisions for capital projects; when she will provide capital funding for the Tallaght...
- School Staffing
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason eight full-time special needs assistants employed at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be required to present...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary facilities will be sanctioned, approved and put in place from the point of view of classroom, full-time resource...
- Departmental Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principal officers, assistant principal officers and higher executive officers in her Department; the number who can...
- School Staffing
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 199 of 12 May 2004, if the local SENO has made direct contact with the school authorities (details supplied)...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason arrears were not awarded to teachers. [21739/05]
- School Staffing
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the special circumstances of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, the staffing allocation will be reviewed; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the construction of a new school on behalf of the board of management of a school (details...
- School Accommodation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not been awarded the transport grant from the Department of Education in...
- School Staffing
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a delegation (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21776/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to her Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21830/05]
- EU Directives
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to her Department's work; and when it is...
- Schools Funding
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give the maximum support and financial assistance to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in 2005 and 2006. [21832/05]
- Irish Language
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she proposes to take in respect of the teaching of Irish in the Gaeltacht in view of the recent COGG report relating to the...
- Schools Funding
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be increased and if she will grant parity of funding to the National Office of Educate Together due to the major...
- Adult Education
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the report (details supplied) published by the ESRI; if the findings of the report that in education...
- School Transport
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) with regard to school transport and the waiving of the fees in view of...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that despite pre-election promises made by the Government for a school (details supplied)...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21752/05]
- EU Directives
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Defence the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's work; and when it is envisaged that...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing completions nationally for the years 2000-2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he proposes to take to implement the nitrates directive particularly in the catchment areas of...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason an application for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath lodged in September 2004 for...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the establishment of an Irish National Trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of quarries throughout the country that are now applying...
- Air Pollution
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department related to the two Nice treaty referenda. [21815/05]
- EU Directives
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number, title and purpose of the EU directives not yet incorporated into law relating to his Department's...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes in County Sligo where high levels of radon are present; his plans to introduce grant aid...
