Written answers

Tuesday, 28 June 2005

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of the Government's input to the evaluation of the EU air quality draft directives on particulate...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether concerns expressed regarding the usability of his Department's website have been fully...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he continues to have confidence in the capacity of the British Nuclear Inspectorate to be fully briefed by...
    • International Conferences
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Ireland will have any representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency's uranium symposium to be...
    • Local Government Policy
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the phenomenal growth in population in the Drogheda — south Louth — east Meath area (details...
    • Election Management System
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of significant population changes, he will examine as a matter of urgency the local electoral...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to widen home ownership among those on low incomes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to make funding available to local authorities for the remediation of older illegal dump sites or...
    • EU Directives
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in meeting obligations under the wild birds directive to protect the habitats of rare and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his role in renewing the strategic planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a...
    • Water Conservation
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assess the initial impact of his Department's campaign to reduce domestic water wastage; and if he...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the functioning of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2004 to determine...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and percentage of gardeners and landscapers in the Dublin area who hold permits for the disposal of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date by the task force set up in his Department to establish strategies to address the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total all-in costs of the Government's e-voting proposals to date; if he intends to take any steps to...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of unique visitors to his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/05]
    • Water Quality
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Environmental Protection Agency's report, Water Quality in Ireland...
    • EU Directives
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the draft action plan on the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communication he has had with Northern Ireland Office officials and Ministers regarding cross-Border...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy regarding genetically modified crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/05]
    • Building Regulations
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the minimum building standards in apartments regarding heat and noise...
    • Local Authority Properties
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities which have constructed new headquarters or made substantial improvements to...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the consultants' report advising on EU Regulation 2037/2000 (details supplied) which was commissioned in...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on his recent policy directions on action against illegal waste activity. [22288/05]
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the funding allocated for radon barriers which has been spent; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal basis for contesting the ownership and other issues relating to the [i]Lusitania[/i]; and the...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he met with two persons (details supplied) regarding the future of Thom's Directory, arising from changes to...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of any discussion he has held with the Department of Finance regarding the impact of tax incentives...
    • Local Authority Briefings
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all city and county managers have met with their respective Oireachtas Members as required by law; and if he...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the LINK system; the length of time this system has been in operation; if this system has been...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action to be taken in the immediate future on foot of the publication of the South East Agenda 2020 report;...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the statement by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland that the only proper...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is evidence of widespread abuses in the rent allowance system; the number of cases of alleged abuse...
    • Disabled Person's Grant Scheme
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a local authority (details supplied) enforces a claw-back...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of recent research that shows that there were between 660,000 and 800,000 surplus polling cards...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department will be taking on foot of Met Éireann's report, Climate Change — Regional Model...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in respect of the two thirds of local authorities which failed to spend allocated...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if media reports that the decision to roll over the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford for the city's N25...
    • Water Quality
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plan of action for the improvement in the quality of groundwater sources, in particular for drinking...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to ensure that Ireland can cut greenhouse gas emissions and reverse the trend...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the latest report from the Health Research Board on the health effects of living near incinerators...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of a students summer jobs scheme for local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests his Department received in the first six months of 2005; the...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date with regard to curbing recreational activities that may adversely affect sites protected...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that has been awarded to persons in each local authority following the recent introduction of...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the city neighbourhood competition to other major population centres; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish his planning and development regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the exact transposition dates for the six directives in his Department's area of responsibility which are...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 18 May 2005, if his Department will collate and make available...
    • Local Authority Functions
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered giving local authorities a specific role in the effort to reduce emissions output. [22336/05]
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although farmers pay to have all of their waste silage plastic...
    • Water Services
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will identify the local authorities in which progress has been made to date in preparing for the metering...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish his draft development management guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the progress to date of the rental accommodation scheme; if the first eligible recipients have...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allowing a golf course development at Inch, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22303/05]
    • Waste Management
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the significant variations between local authorities in their responses to waste management...
    • Local Government Modernisation Programme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review and increase the powers and responsibilities of local government elected...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assess the success of the various public private partnerships undertaken by his Department in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has researched the possibility of improving financing for local government by replacing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the housing needs assessment should be conducted annually; and if he will make a...
    • Election Management System
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe envisaged for the completion of the new round of tests planned for the electronic voting...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his Department's statement of strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on the local authority house building programme, excluding the voluntary sector, in the past...
    • EU Directives
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the possibility that Ireland may be in breach of the habitats directive...
    • Road Network
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the EU directive on environmental impact assessment is being applied properly in the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there is an urgent need to undertake a national feral cat neutering programme. [17400/05]
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date on the report on rural housing commissioned by his Department from the National...
    • European Council Meeting
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the EU Council of Environment Ministers meeting held in Brussels. [22296/05]
    • Fire Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the fire services change programme, as announced on 17 February 2005, to be complete; if the...
    • Official Languages Act 2003
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department of implementing the Official...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date on housing management initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive a report from the interdepartmental high level group established to study the...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the proposed World Health Organisation international radon project; and if...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on employing the services of modelling agencies which provide models for...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he intends to take in relation to littering in urban areas following the classification of almost...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in Departmental promotional activities,...
    • EU Directives
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach 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 these...
    • National Household Survey
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children under five years of age in the State; the number of such children in families with two parents both working; the number of children in...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach if it is proposed to refer the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights for its lack of co-operation with the inquiry into the Dublin and...
    • Patents of Precedence
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify the first five persons granted patents of precedence at the Irish Bar by the Government and give the date of each grant. [22194/05]
    • Legal Services
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 149: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation over the past five years; if his Department arranges...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 150: To ask the Taoiseach the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary, including pension contributions, of each of the special or political advisers, personal assistants...
    • Live Register
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the population figures corresponding to health board areas for those aged 65 and over and for those aged 65 and under. [22847/05]
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23501/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Food Safety Authority
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reason the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has not yet published its completed...
    • Health Services
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, her attention has been drawn to the fact that whereas its...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22131/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Clare who are on waiting lists for speech and language therapy; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take, and when, to improve the appalling inpatient provision for cystic fibrosis patients of St....
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital expenditure in respect of Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, under the national development plan...
    • Hospital Equipment
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the CT scanner for Mallow General Hospital, which was approved by her Department in 2004, will be installed. [21876/05]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in the development of a helicopter emergency medical service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the appointment of three rheumatologists to cater for patient needs in the Western Health Board region...
    • Health Services
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she plans to make funding available to the HSE north west region for the provision of radiotherapy treatment for...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the health reform process, which came into effect on 15 June 2005, concerning the management of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to introduce the general practitioner only medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the ongoing delay in processing registration applications for non-national EU nurses with An Bord...
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding for a community health centre and a mental health day care centre (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons presenting in public nursing homes are obliged to pay charges; and when those charges became operative. [21937/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the consultation process that is to be set up by An Bord Áltranais regarding changes to qualifications needed for those...
    • Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not forwarded information in relation to Brú Caoimhín, Cork Street in view of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department or agencies under the authority of her Department, on the services of models for use in...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be carried out on a hospital (details supplied) in County Carlow as requested by the staff; her views on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons applying for a general medical card are assessed on individual income or on per income to the household; if they...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the long delay in making the necessary funding available to pay for staff in order to open the cancer care...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed community hospital in Tuam; the level of funding being made available to the project in...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position concerning St. Bridget's Psychiatric Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if property has been sold on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of an inpatient, an outpatient and a day-care procedure in 2004. [22069/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical card cover aged under 70 from 1998 to date; the percentage of the relevant population...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual cost of the drug payments scheme and the long-term illness medication scheme in 2004 and to date in 2005; and...
    • Health Service Strategy
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of care assistants graduating from the health care assistants programme from 2003 to date. [22073/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the extreme difficulty being experienced by applicants for medical card services whereby...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to eliminate the surge of the MRSA bug in hospitals throughout the country resulting in many...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the families of patients at Leas Cross nursing home were informed of alternative nursing homes; the reason these homes...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by medical cards in County Limerick in May 2005. [22094/05]
    • Hospital Re-admissions
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were re-admitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2004. [22095/05]
    • Health Centres
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to replace the prefabricated buildings at a day care centre (details supplied) in County Wexford; if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to plans on the part of Beaumont Hospital to construct a kidney unit within the curtilage...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the latest study from the Harvard School of Dental Health which found an increased cancer risk in children...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures for changing chemist in order to avail of the drugs repayment scheme; the threshold for this scheme; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services organised by her Department in relation to speech therapy; the way in which these services are accessed; and...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a review will be taking place in respect of the appropriateness of fluoridation in water supplies as a means of reducing...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children in the care of the HSE for the Carlow-Kilkenny community care area who do not have an allocated...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of foster care workers that do not have an allocated social worker in the Carlow-Kilkenny community care area;...
    • Nursing Staff
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Nursing; the funding necessary to effect...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional Exchequer funding that would be required for nursing home subvention grants to cover all charges to...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated by her Department for research in suicide and suicidal behaviour in 2005. [22149/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on efforts by her Department to deal with the shortage of speech and language therapists; the plans in...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for an acute medical unit at Tallaght Hospital. [22151/05]
    • General Practitioner Service
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding proposals for an out of hours general practitioner service at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the HSE is delaying the approval process for a joint paediatric/adolescent endocrinologist/diabetologist for 7/4...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the payment of a grant under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be expedited in the name of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a national strategy for carers giving full recognition to their role as an integral part of the health...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 24 May 2005, if the HSE is correct in its decision to impute to a person...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22251/05]
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for refund of moneys under the national repayment scheme in relation to overcharging of residents at public...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines which are prescribed for the assessment of children to determine their entitlement to orthodontic treatment....

    • Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which will be taken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22263/05]
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the death rate by suicide per 100,000 of population by health board, regional authority and county areas for 2004. [22265/05]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital funding which has been provided for hospitals at Monaghan, Cavan, Navan, Dundalk and Drogheda in her...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has still not been called for an operation; if there will be no...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by her Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents involving the swallowing of foreign objects that have taken place in psychiatric centres in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details proposed by a person (details supplied) to fast track the roll-out of BreastCheck in the west referred to by...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reopen the tendering process for contract beds on behalf of the HSE in private nursing homes in County Mayo in...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if SI 478 of 2002 is the only directive prohibiting x-rays in regard to asbestos or asbestos-related illnesses; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is likely to receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by...
    • Departmental Accommodation
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation...
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will be following the recommendation of the review of 2004 (details supplied) of orthodontic services in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of men in County Clare being treated for prostate cancer; the success rates for such treatment; the action she...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA cases in Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/05]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will classify asthma as a long-term illness in order that the range of products for the treatment of asthma, such as...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children regarding the recent report on...
    • Waste Management
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in the interests of public health, she will meet with the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to discuss its...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the mental health tribunals during the past ten months; the number of persons available to be...
    • Dental Profession
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take to correct the monopoly in the dental profession for which the Dental Act 1985 was drawn up...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her authorisation to the HSE to proceed with its programme of capital works, the works which are to be done at...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans, to establish a paediatric unit at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the medical card issued to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision in the case...
    • Medical Certificates
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a primary medical certificate was not granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
    • Medical Services
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22691/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the approved revenue funding of €500,000 for the commissioning of ten additional day beds at a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the proposals for the refurbishment of the male medical unit at a hospital (details supplied); and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the needs of diabetics; if proper primary care through the general practitioners with early diagnosis...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the removal of the mobile day hospital service from Maynooth, County Kildare; if she will ensure that the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the 32 staff working at Ballymote community nursing home, County Sligo, will fall under the umbrella of the Health...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she plans to implement a nationwide breast screening service for all women of all ages; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the statutory instrument that permits the HSE to set an age threshold, commonly 25 years, below which a person is...
    • Community Care
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for the construction of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE will provide a new health centre on the grounds of Listowel District Hospital as the existing centre is...
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a visit to the dentist has not yet taken place for children in sixth class at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with respect to the nursing home subvention in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has studied the number of incidents of the various forms of cancer throughout the country with...
    • Health Services
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995/1996 and 1997/1998. [23502/05]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering revisiting the issue of a carbon tax policy in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22033/05]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that a person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company should be a member of a...
    • National Monuments
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of historical sites in County Clare maintained by the Office of Public Works; the annual number of visitors to each site over the past...
    • Tax Code
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the possibility of tax exemption for the food park at Lough Egish, Castleblayney, County Monaghan (details supplied); his views on...
    • National Monuments
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the rapidly deteriorating condition of the monument known as Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; if his...
    • Tax Code
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 30 November 2004, if he will introduce roll over relief on capital gains tax for landowners who have had...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 May 2005, when he envisages that the organisation will come under the terms of the Freedom of...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 19 April 2005, the progress of the consultations with the interested parties; the plans there are to...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allocating a room in the old Garda station at Kilrush in County Clare to the local Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in Departmental promotional...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified areas of priority for inclusion in the new national development plan to run from 2007 until 2013; the extent to which the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has completed a survey on the ability of the culvert currently under construction at Mabestown, The Ward, County Meath,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be made to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22045/05]
    • Endowment Policies
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the complaint by many consumers that they were missold endowment policies; his views on the feature of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is on emergency tax; if so, when the person's tax affairs will be regularised; and if he will make a...
    • EU Receipts
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance the funds which Ireland received from the EU in each of the past ten years; the amount Ireland had to pay on behalf of taxpayers here to the EU in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which has been collected from householders in each year since 1997 under the former residential property tax; if any householder may still...
    • Tax Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing stamp duty for first time buyers on homes up to €400,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Office of the Chief State Solicitor
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 21 June 2005, the length of time the dispute is ongoing; and when the Chief State Solicitor's office...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance if a local development company will carry out work to the local Garda station which is in the ownership of the Office of Public Works. [22445/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the new EU savings directive for declaration and payment of tax; if the Revenue Commissioners have provided a guide on the new...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department from 1998 to...
    • Departmental Accommodation
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation in the past five years; if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political advisers, personal...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance when a lease will be stamped for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22635/05]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the shortfall in the expenditure to date in the BMW region under the NDP in the different operational programmes; and the way in which he intends to...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of active SSIA accounts; the number of these active accounts held by women; the breakdown of the accounts held by women under the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications at the higher rate of tax and the lower rate of tax that applied in district electoral division areas (details supplied)...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance when the circular giving full effect to the pensions provisions of the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 will be issued. [22837/05]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance if he approved of the IFSRA regulator of credit unions' attempts at micro-managing credit unions by virtue of the guidance note issued to such credit...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the value to taxpayers in 2005 of the tax cuts introduced in the budgets of 1998, 1999 and 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/05]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the capital allowances for expenditure on the construction, refurbishment or extension of child care premises which meet the required...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress towards decentralisation in Cavan town; if a site has been acquired; when the Department will be in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the depleting salmon stocks in Irish rivers; the effects this is having on...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will investigate the person who is responsible for the pier at Lower Corobeg, Valentia Island, County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if Ireland is on schedule to meet the EU target of 2% substitution of conventional transport fuels with biofuels...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to lift the current ban on political advertising on radio and television (details supplied); and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of spare capacity on the national ESB grid; and the breakdown by county. [22188/05]
    • Post Office Network
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the likely cost of installing an automatic teller machine at each sub-post office; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide the maximum permissible operating pressure of the 9 km upstream Corrib gas pipeline; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the...
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total oil use here in each of the past five years, distinguishing use by the key find user segments; and the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the distribution of electricity generation by fuel source over the past five years; and the way in which this...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the key energy commodity prices, which he monitors in terms of energy cost planning; and the way in which they...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the depleting salmon stocks in Irish rivers; the effects this is having on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a telecommunications service will be provided at an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [22834/05]
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the value of the increases in charges and appropriations-in-aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the new target date by which Ireland will reach 0.7% of GDP in respect of overseas development aid; if he will set out a multi-annual plan to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in Departmental...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the employment dispute between an employee (details supplied) of the Irish Embassy in Paris, France; the...
    • Irish Emigrants
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, as a matter of urgency, a financial contribution will be made to the Hammersmith and Fulham Irish Centre, London (details supplied), to...
    • Legal Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation over the past five...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political advisers,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress, which has been made in bringing to justice the person responsible for the murder of two Irish soldiers (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23504/05]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has concluded his evaluation of an application under the sports capital grant scheme 2005 for a club (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding which has been committed to the development of the sports campus at Abbotstown; when work on the development of the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application under the sports capital funding by a company (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Legal Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the application from an association (details supplied) in County Dublin for a major grant towards its project;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation over the past...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a sports capital application by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps which are being taken to reverse the decline in relative share of bed nights for overseas visitors and expenditure in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the basis on which he re-appointed a person (details supplied) to the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funds which have been made available on a county basis for each of the past five years under his funding towards sports...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funds have been put aside for the theatre project in Monaghan town; the progress which is being made towards this vital and...
    • National Parks
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for a premises (details supplied) in County Kerry; when work will begin on the proposed redevelopment of these premises;...
    • Departmental Charges
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23505/05]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Hazardous Substances
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a Supreme Court case in which a former employee of a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans which are available for a new industry for Mitchelstown, County Cork (details supplied). [21924/05]
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of reinstatements awarded by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in each of the past three years; the average payout...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation, regulation and statutory instrument were introduced concerning the provision of fire retardant materials...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts which have been made to attract an anchor industry to the new industrial park at Ballinasloe, County Galway; the...
    • Health and Safety Authority Investigations
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 14 June 2005, his views on whether the work on the section on which the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors that have been appointed to date in regard to his announcement of the recruitment of an...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which Ireland's statutory redundancy entitlements compare with those of European Union partners; the cost to the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs which have been supported nationally in each of the past five years through IDA Ireland and...
    • Legal Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or...
    • Services Sector
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest information on the number of jobs created and lost in companies supported by the enterprise development agencies,...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies which received financial or other supports from Enterprise Ireland in each of the past five years....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of revenue spent by Enterprise Ireland on supporting client companies in each of the past five years. [22645/05]
    • Graduate Support Schemes
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the figures provided regarding new jobs created by IDA Ireland in the Border counties recognising the fact...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Leitrim County Enterprise Board in the years 2000 to 2005, inclusive, in each sector; the...
    • Departmental Charges
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23506/05]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the substantial reduction in the dietary allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made towards the decentralisation of 85 jobs from the Department of Social and Family Affairs to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department will reimburse those pensioners who currently lose a week's money when they sign up for direct debit payments;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received a statement in regard to rent subsidy; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be heard; the way in which his Department could assess this...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if social welfare legislation which limits entitlement to certain payments to persons who are deemed to be habitually resident in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to subhead A7 of his Department's Estimates for 2005, the names of the consultancy companies his Department contracted in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of his planned expansion of the school meals scheme to utilise the underspend in 2004; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will change the situation whereby contributory old age pensioners on reduced rate pension who made part of their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of full-time carers in the country; the number entitled to the respite grant; if he intends to extend the respite grant...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy on the individualisation of social welfare pensions; the cost to the Exchequer of introducing such a change; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide that the back to work enterprise allowance be made available to persons who have been unemployed for one year;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to increase the non-contributory pension in view of the absence of a national waste charges waiver for the...
    • Legal Services
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one-parent family payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary, including pension contributions, of each of the special or political...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23507/05]
  • Department of Transport
    • Private Transport Licences
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the passenger road licences to private bus operators for service in the greater Dublin area and for service...
    • Air Services
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will place a copy of all reports available to his Department on the possible use of Baldonnel aerodrome for commercial purposes in the...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Minister of State at his Department with special responsibility for Dublin traffic has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in departmental promotional...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the total number of morning peak journeys in the greater Dublin area in 2000 and 2004; and his estimate of these by public...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that there is sufficient protection for passengers on the Luas system; and if rules of safety governing the work practices of...
    • Road Accident Investigations
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received reports of any of the three investigations undertaken following the tragic Meath school bus accident; if, in the public...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport if a lift will be installed to allow persons with disabilities to use both platforms at Tullamore railway station; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many motorists do not know the rules of the road with regard to the use of the small flat...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to unsolicited faxes from a company (details supplied) which encourage drivers to break speed limits and avoid...
    • Rail Services
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider developing a new rail link from Dublin to Derry; the likely cost of such a project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study to examine the case for the development of Abbeyshrule Airport, County Longford; if the Border, Midlands and Western...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his most recent meeting with the Retired Aviation Staff Association regarding the acknowledged anomalies in the existing Aer...
    • Legal Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department from 1998...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation over the past five years; if...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary, including pension contributions, of each of the special or political advisers,...
    • Road Network
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason expenditure to December 2004 under the national roads programme was only 69% of that forecast in the Objective One BMW region, compared...
    • Public Transport
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason expenditure to December 2004 under the NDP was only 55% of that forecast in the Objective One BMW region, compared with 112% for the...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of the increases in charges and appropriations-in-aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23508/05]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the format a person, details supplied, in County Kildare must adopt to obtain a personal alarm or a house alarm; and...
    • Community Development
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason conditions attaching to grants for funding for voluntary and community groups for the 2005 programme for...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by his Department, or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for...
    • Community Development
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Carmichael Centre, details supplied, will be provided with €320,000 in multi-annual core funding by the...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      Question 487: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé uimhir thagartha an iarratais, ainmneacha úinéirí na dtithe agus ainmneacha úinéirí talaimh ar...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names; titles; dates of appointment, total annual salary, including pension contributions of each of the special...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 14 June 2005, the limit of the amount of funding available towards the...
    • Road Network
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when it is proposed to allocate moneys towards improvements to accommodation roads on Aranmore Island, County Donegal;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been allocated for the RAPID programme since its inception; if this funding is in line with...
    • Youth Services
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Question No. 13 of 14 April 2005, if the capital funding applications have been assessed and allocations...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he will disburse from the dormant accounts fund in 2005 to community and voluntary groups in County Cork;...
    • Departmental Funds
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the value of the increases in charges and appropriations-in-aid in the financial years 1995 to 1996 and 1997 to 1998....
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Coillte Teoranta continues to clear-fell afforested areas during the period in which...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been considered under the national reserve; and if their milk quota has been...
    • EU Directives
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Question No. 179 of 21 April 2005, when she intends to publish the ministerial order to implement the EU animal medicines...
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21917/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a decision will be made on the single payment [i]force majeure[/i] appeal application of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount spent by her Department or agencies under the authority of her Department, on the services of models for use in departmental...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that farmers are having in procuring the removal of plastic covers from their farms,...
    • EU Funding
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if An Bord Bia is to receive from the European Commission €200,000 per year over the next three years to fund a programme to promote...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has plans to centralise the farm development section of her Department in County Galway and to transfer all business associated...
    • Land Bill 2004
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, under the changes in the Land Bill 2004, a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be exempt from these charges; and if she...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of the EU budget which was spent on the CAP in 1995; the percentage which will be spent on the CAP in 2005; and if she...
    • EU Funding
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding which farmers here have received through her Department from Europe in each of the past ten years; if she is satisfied that...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the type and amount of grant aid awarded to a company (details supplied) for the slaughtering of deer; if she is satisfied that it was...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of funding allocated to Teagasc in the past five years; and if the Government plans to reverse the cutbacks proposed in 2002...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce either regulations or legislation to implement the EU regulations on the welfare of animals in transport;...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce either regulations or legislation to implement the EU regulations on official feed and food controls; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce either regulations or legislation to implement the EU hygiene package; the main elements of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme. [22264/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by her Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Accommodation
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation in the past five...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to an application made under the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political...
    • Special Beef Premium Scheme
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings and discussions she has had with the EU Agriculture Commissioner regarding the special beef premium overshoot;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of expenditure which has been allocated by her Department to research and development activities each year from 1997 to date;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there have been any changes to the disadvantaged area classification status in any part of County Monaghan; if so, the number of...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have applied for installation aid, each year from 1997 to date; the amounts allocated to the scheme each year...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22606/05]
    • Special Beef Premium Scheme
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the special beef premium overshoot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22696/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the suckler cow premium of a person (details supplied) for 2000-2001 was appealed; if a copy of the decision will be released; and if...
    • EU Quotas
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the ownership of Irish sugar beet quota has been determined; the identity of the owner of the quota; if this issue has not been...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the person on whose instructions inspectors of her Department visited farmers in County Galway prior to EU audit inspections of those...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-1996 and 1997-1998. [23510/05]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has requested support from the Garda and Army to assist in the running of prisons; if so, the reason therefor; and if...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the prison officers ballot for annualised hours which was rejected by their union; the reason...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to correspondence (details supplied), if he will furnish a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to review and reform the law relating to the protection of personal privacy; if a body has been set up to...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received formal representations from a person (details supplied) in County Meath who made a complaint regarding...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the status of a non-national has changed in view of the fact that the person in question is now married to an Irish...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Dublin City Childcare Committee is still awaiting additional funding under the Equal Opportunities Childcare...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if every assistance will be given to introduce the use of bicycles by gardaí at a Terenure Garda station in Dublin 6W....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and the detection rates by the Garda in 2003 and 2004 and classified by headline and non-headline crimes;...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of prisoners held in State prisons in the years 2003 and 2004. [22075/05]
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costings for the running of the prison service, distinguishing between the cost per place of high security and low...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa by a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Prisoner Statistics
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in solitary confinement, that is, in padded cells, in 2003, 2004 and to date. [22096/05]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the maximum support and assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in their application for...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently on the sex offenders register. [22098/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assistance which will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if he is considering any proposals to...
    • Victims Commission
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has appointed a forensic archaeologist or other person of like expertise to help locate the disappeared from the IRA...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from a person regarding the murder of their brother (details supplied); the action he has...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who was fatally injured in a road traffic accident on 27...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children under the age of five in each of the county child care committee areas; the budget allocated to each...
    • Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 1 June 2004, the progress that has been made in relation to the UN Convention...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a garda who was off duty together with a colleague was involved in an incident on 3 August 1993 (details...
    • Garda Compensation Application
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the treatment of an ex-garda who was injured while serving outside the State four years ago (details...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has reneged on his commitment to Ennis Chamber of Commerce at a meeting in Ennis on 1 July 2004 in relation to...
    • Legal Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date; and if he will...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the number of fixed speed cameras located throughout the State; the location of these cameras;...
    • Garda Personnel
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the resources to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in County Wexford to the level that...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation over the past five...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison officers employed in the Prison Service. [22499/05]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of cases handled by the probation and welfare service from 2000 to 2004 and to date and the total number of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will issue to persons (details supplied). [22530/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when a decision...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider asking the Garda to reopen its investigation into the fatal fire at a hotel (details supplied) in County...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused. [22616/05]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for a registration in the Land Registry Office by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Civil Service Allowances
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason temporary prison officers in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise, who previously worked in the Curragh Prison, are...
    • Firearms Offences
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Questions Nos. 796 of 26 January 2005 and 240 of 23 March 2005, if the pistols and revolvers stolen in 2002,...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous parliamentary questions in May 2005, the steps he will take to allocate sufficient garda personnel to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who applied earlier this year for...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a case was handed over to social workers and taken out of the hands of gardaí and the person by whom this...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are any circumstances when persons (details supplied), who are prisoners in the UK, will be considered for...
    • Film Censorship
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that any person under 18 years of age may purchase a ticket at a cinema multiple...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the authority by which the weapon discovered in the car of a person (details supplied) was destroyed on 19 July 2000; the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a warning (details supplied) that cocaine use among young persons had now reached higher...
    • Equality Matters
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent ruling of the High Court in a case taken by the Equality Authority that Portmarnock Golf Club can...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail the circumstances under which a person (details supplied) was taken into custody and shortly afterwards...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995/1996 and 1997/1998. [23511/05]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Multidenominational Schools
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of core funding for the development of multi-denominational primary education here is a right that arises as...
    • School Transport
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of buses, destined specifically for the school bus fleet, which it is intended to order in 2005; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if circular 12/96 to allow pupils attending private schools to obtain a Department exemption in Irish will be operational before the...
    • School Transport
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she has in place to address safety on school transport to ensure that no further fatal accident occurs; and if she will...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to furnish a reply further to correspondence submitted to her Department on 7 October 2004 (details supplied); the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 4 May 2005, the progress in obtaining a site; if she will meet a deputation representing...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 24 May 2005, when she intends to furnish a reply to the correspondence; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve an application for funding for a building unit at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to re-introduce the physical education grant for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21940/05]
    • State Examinations
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons taking the leaving certificate established, applied and vocational for the most recent year for which statistics...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in the State which offer the full complement of science subjects to leaving certificate level; and if she will...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average literacy level of all third class primary children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21949/05]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 will be amended to be applicable to children under the age of six in full-time education; and if...
    • State Examinations
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons taking ordinary and higher level French at leaving certificate level for the past five years; the number taking...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time places available for teaching training at the individual colleges of education; the number of places available...
    • State Examinations
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of leaving certificate examination papers for which a recheck was requested for each of the past five years; the number of...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons at primary level who are exempted from the study of Irish; the way in which this figure compares with the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by her Department or agencies under the authority of her Department, on the services of models for use in departmental...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the prefabs will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the cost of same; if planning permission has been...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the inordinately high pupil-teacher ratio obtaining in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to address the shortage of Department educational psychologists for both primary and post-primary...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide such support for multi-denominational primary education here as will meet the human rights entitlements as...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for funding for much needed extension work; when the...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason vetting is not being extended to third level students who require placements with agencies as part of their studies which...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from the County Wicklow VEC for approval of a proposal to establish a second level...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the second level education of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the position regarding the cost of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has acquired ownership from the developers of land (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the cost of the land; the amount...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request has been made for a dynavox system to be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this system...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to assist St. Brendan's College in Buenos Aires. [22081/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when it will be moved to the architectural planning stage; and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W will be reviewed. [22092/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on an appeal lodged by this Deputy on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in need of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having a design team appointed to a school project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and when progress...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the inordinate delay in providing funding for staff and equipment for the special classes built at a school (details...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the funding crisis facing the Educate Together patron body; if her Department will provide funding...
    • School Staffing
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is losing one and a half teachers under the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will be sanctioning projects to proceed which have a band 1.4 rating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22132/05]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the approval of an all-Irish school in Arklow, sponsored by the County Wicklow VEC, will be approved in view of the established need...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to more than 2.5 hours of special needs assistance per...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the classification of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary should be changed to extremely...
    • School Transport
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons who transport an autistic child (details supplied) in County Laois 150 miles per week for school will be entitled to an...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation at a school (details supplied) in which 30 children with special needs are being housed in a three bedroom...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if payment will be made immediately for 30 hours per week of home tuition consisting of intensive applied behaviour analytic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the safeguards her Department has in place to ensure value for money criteria are adhered to in the purchase of prefabs for schools...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabs supplied to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the total cost of supplying these prefabs; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review a decision to refuse a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the case of removing a second mainstream teacher from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo and give the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the likely cost to the Exchequer of building a new primary school for every 500 new homes built; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the use of schools after-hours as child care facilities and on whether this is a feasible use for educational facilities;...
    • Competition Sponsorship
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider providing the funding for the Form and Fusion Design Awards Competition previously provided by a company (details...
    • School Staffing
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the need for a full-time resource teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow and the significant growth in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if resource teaching hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [22236/05]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused grant assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Projects
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of moneys allocated to each of a number of school projects (details supplied) under the devolved capital project; the...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure on pre-primary education by her Department in 2002 and 2004; and this expenditure as a percentage of GDP; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been achieved to date regarding the implementation of the national youth work development plan; the amount that...
    • Schools of Music
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the building of a new school of music in Cork; when construction will commence; the estimated cost and...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in rural County Clare which have access to educational psychological services; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support available for dyslexic children in the special needs area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22359/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants who will lose their positions in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set up a panel whereby special needs assistants can be transferred within their catchment area as the need arises; and if...
    • Legal Services
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by her Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures and supports for a person with special needs when a school refuses them entry; and if a school can ban a child with a...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 14 June 2005 regarding her Department's leasehold interest in a property, the nature of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in March 1999; when this will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of special needs teachers in rural schools; if she plans to reduce the number of same; and if she will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by her Department...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of demountable, temporary accommodation in the past five...
    • Learning Difficulties
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children at primary school level experiencing reading difficulties in mild, moderate or severe form; the number...
    • School Staffing
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teaching staff in 1998 and 2004 at second level, distinguishing by type of school; the number at third level,...
    • School Transport
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on second level school transport in 2004; the numbers carried on second level transport in 2004. [22503/05]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who were in receipt of higher education grants for university, for institute of technology and for other courses...
    • School Staffing
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers at primary level schools in the academic year 2003-04. [22506/05]
    • Student Numbers
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students at primary, secondary and third level education in the academic year 2003/2004. [22508/05]
    • State Examinations
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the results of the survey of school leavers for 2003 and 2004, showing the numbers who leave school with no...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political...
    • School Transport
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances surrounding the accident where a person fell off a school bus which was carrying pupils from a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special educational needs organisations employed; the appeals process open to persons who disagree with a SENO regarding...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has gone to e-tender stage; the timeframe involved from...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to fund the management and maintenance of the new physical education hall at a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her officials will contact a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to discuss its concerns regarding teaching numbers for September...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will engage with persons (details supplied) to identify an appropriate education for their son; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to allocate funding towards the provision of additional classrooms to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her officials have investigated the matter of her Department's school site (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if she has consulted...
    • Radon Gas
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has sought or studied reports in respect of the incidents of various forms of cancer in respect of school children attending...
    • Education Centres
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding for a purpose-built education centre for Limerick; the timescale envisaged; and if she will make a...
    • Education Fund
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent to date from the education fund for victims of child abuse; the criteria used in deciding applications to the fund;...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a funding mechanism within her Department to enable works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) Dublin 11; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs teacher will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22764/05]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Roscommon defined as rural disadvantaged for the years 2003-04 and 2004-05; her definition of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mixed primary schools in County Roscommon with an enrolment of less that 105. [22766/05]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a primary school (details supplied) in County Kerry is in severe financial...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her stated commitment to ensure that schools have broadband internet connection, if she has discussed with the Department of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 256 of 22 June 2005, if she will alter the terms of the maintenance grants scheme for post-leaving...
    • School Transport
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has made a decision on the request for children in the Mungret, Raheen and Clarina areas of County Limerick to be...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98. [23512/05]
  • Department of Defence
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Defence if a request has been made to have Army personnel on stand-by, or if they have been briefed on prison officer duties, in anticipation of a strike;...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will place a copy of all reports available to his Department on the possible use of Baldonnell aerodrome for commercial purposes in the...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department, on the services of models for use in departmental promotional...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons in receipt of the old IRA veterans pension; the number of persons in receipt of the old IRA widows pension; the maximum amount...
    • Legal Services
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department from 1998 to...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation over the past five years; if...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of providing travel arrangements for the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism's official business on 21 June 2005...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Defence the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or political advisers, personal...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Defence the length of time the Army's attention had been drawn to the fact that a person was facing a charge of child rape before they were discharged; and...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Defence the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995/1996 and 1997/1998. [23513/05]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • National Parks
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans of the Office of Public Works for a premises (details supplied) in County Kerry; when work will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations contained in the NESC report, Housing in Ireland, which he will be implementing in the...
    • Nature Conservation
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an appeal to a proposed NHA and SPA (details supplied) will be considered by his Department; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 516 of 26 April 2005, if he will introduce a simplified licensing system for the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made with the application from Sligo County Council for the water conservation programme...
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the submission from Sligo County Council in relation to the eastern relief bridge; and if...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is realistic and unfair to ask independent electrical retailers to carry the costs of disposing of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 472 of 31 May 2005, when he will be in a position to approve the grouped water...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation in relation to international discussions on the protection of whales; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department approves the practice of local authorities placing a surcharge on local authority tenants in...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the EU directive which proposes that a retailer use his premises as an amenity for the return of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to an application by Mayo County Council for a loan in lieu of a council house for a...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position with regard to current EU regulations on the disposal of white goods; if, when...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is normal or standard practise for local authorities to levy a €20 charge on public representatives...
    • Legal Services
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts his Department is making at local authority level to reduce poverty; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been achieved by his Department's working group on dog breeding establishments; if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses completed in 2004 and to date in 2005; his estimate of the average cost per unit...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects in County Clare which benefited from the protected structure grant allocation in 2004; the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to discuss its concerns on the proposed...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the...
    • Sport and Recreational Facilities
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a preference for central and urban located skateboarding facilities in the recently announced...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 51 of 4 November 2004, when the finalisation of the draft guidelines for planning...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the details of the local agenda 21 environment partnership fund have not yet been announced for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether gender balance criteria should be factored into local authorities' schemes of housing...
    • National Parks
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will accede to a request by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry made in January 2005. [22686/05]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that his Department has given the go-ahead for the roll-out of comprehensive remedial and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had contact with South Dublin County Council regarding its need for funding for future works in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the review of the national climate change strategy. [22719/05]
    • Air Pollution
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the adoption of a strategy to reduce emissions of transboundary air pollution. [22720/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce legislation to transpose Directive 2003/04/EC on public access to environmental...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assessment which has been carried out of the impact of peat extraction on adjacent or nearby peatland...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is still Government policy that local Agenda 21 be implemented by county development boards; if his...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations throughout the country is respect of which unacceptable levels of radon gas have been identified...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, through the Environmental Protection Agency or the Health Service Executive, he receives weekly reports in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which have been taken to deal with the ever increasing problem of methane gas emanating from...
    • Waste Management
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any guidelines have been issued by his Department in respect of the location of landfill sites with...
    • Local Authority Lands
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of publicly owned lands in the ownership of the various local authorities throughout the country;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take to address the twin problems of the housing crisis in the failure of the local...
    • House Prices
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no action has been taken in the past seven years to address the housing crisis which has now...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the recent proposal to exchange State-owned lands with developers in return for the provision...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has yet received proposals from Kildare County Council with a view to initiating a drainage programme in...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of engineers currently employed in Kildare County Council; their respective responsibilities; the...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a plan for the rejuvenation of Kilcock will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if discussions have taken place between his officials and the officials of Kildare County Council with a view...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any studies have been done into radon gas levels in homes, schools or workplaces in County Kildare, with...
    • Planning Charges
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the EU has issued an opinion to the Government indicating that the charges being made under the planning...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the scheme whereby senior citizens who own their own house may sell it and seek...
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995-96 and 1997-98....

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