Written answers
Wednesday, 29 June 2005
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Meetings
Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans for future meetings of the Cabinet outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22235/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Schemes
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons who have taken up the rural social scheme; and the number in each county. [22754/05]
- Community Development
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with the issuing of long-term contracts of employment to employees of community development projects...
- Rural Development
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the work of Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of the budgetary allocation granted to his Department in 2004 which was returned by his Department to the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will outline in more detail the reasons behind the recent announcement that the legislation to regulate charities...
- Irish Language
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide an estimated cost for the 642 State bodies to comply with the regulations of the Official Languages...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultation period and mechanisms he will put in place once the legislation to regulate charities is published to...
- Accuracy of Placenames
Question 27: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén ról atá aige nó ag a Roinn i gcaighdeánú litriú agus chur i láthair logainmneacha agus ainmneacha sráide agus...
- Irish Language
Question 30: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go bhfuil an t-easaontas a bhí ann idir Foras na Gaeilge agus na heagrais dheonacha leigheasta anois;...
- Rural Development
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent EU deal that will see a continuation of payments from the EU for rural development programmes...
- Departmental Staff
Question 32: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an raibh cainteanna aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, chun a chinntiú go mbeidh go leor aistritheoirí ar...
- Rural Development
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to update the 1999 White Paper on rural development here; his views on whether the Government's rural...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when his Department will complete the review of the rural social scheme; his views on changing the eligibility criteria...
- White Paper on Voluntary Activity
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made in progressing the White Paper on voluntary activity. [22738/05]
- Irish Language
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any progress has been made on the development of a 20 year strategic plan for the Irish language; his plans to...
- Offshore Islands
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider introducing a scheme where island residents who are mentally or physically impaired are offered a...
- Irish Language
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to use powers available to him under the Official Languages Act 2003 to require that all official maps carry...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to the decentralisation of his Department to Knock; the number of applications that have been...
- Irish Language
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the budget for the Language Commissioner for 2005 is almost double that for 2004; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has examined the report on quality of life in the rural communities of west Cork, Waterford, Cavan...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the finalised mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; the amendments and additions that have been...
- Irish Language
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in regard to his statement of informed opinion in the Dáil on 22 February 2005, he plans to introduce mechanisms...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which has been allocated from the dormant accounts fund on a county basis since its inception; and if all of...
- Community Development
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to address social or economic deprivation in an urban or rural context; and if he will make a statement on...
- Irish Language
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Department of Social and Family Affairs estimates that the cost of...
- Interdepartmental Meetings
Question 59: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an raibh cainteanna aige leis an Roinn Oideachas agus Eolaíochta, mar gheall ar an meánscolaíocht sa Ghaeltacht; agus an...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Statistics
Question 60: To ask the Taoiseach the number of marriages per 100,000 of population in 2004. [23096/05]
- EU Regulations
Question 62: To ask the Taoiseach the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court of 16 July 2003 that...
- National Statistics
Question 63: To ask the Taoiseach the number of households in the country in each of the last two censuses; and his estimate of any increase since the last census. [23407/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 21 June 2005, if she will list each facility and its value that has opened...
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Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by county of the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 12 psychologists in clinical training affiliated with a doctorate course...
- Hospital Services
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which should be taken by a person (details supplied) with a medical card who needs to see a neurologist urgently;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Portunicula Hospital, Ballinasloe, was ignored by the HSE in its capital allocation; the proposals considered...
- Health Services
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the help and services available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22942/05]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will work closely with Dublin City Council and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in order that a disabled...
- Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her position with regard to proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22944/05]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the league table of suicides for persons under 25 years of age in the OECD countries. [22945/05]
- National Statistics
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children born to single mothers in 2004. [22947/05]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the recent announcement of the capital programme for hospitals, the stage of development sanctioned; the cost...
- Medical Cards
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the doctor-only medical card is likely to come into effect; if she will backdate the scheme and compensate persons who...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the nature of the contract which exists with general practitioners; the payment they receive per medical card holder and per...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received in the midland HSE area for the domiciliary care allowance in each of the past five...
- Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in admitting a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to the eating disorder unit at...
- Ambulance Service
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nights between June 2005 and December 2005 during which New Ross, County Wexford, will be left without its own...
- Youth Services
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider providing financial assistance to communities to meet the costs of insurance, supervision, heating,...
- Nursing Homes
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures being put in place to make inspections of nursing homes more frequent and random. [22970/05]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures in place and those that remain to be implemented to ensure that all drug users have immediate access to...
- Health Services
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive surgery under the patient treatment scheme. [22972/05]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Irish Wheelchair Association being affiliated to...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the works to be carried out at Naas General Hospital under the recent announcement of a capital programme for...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made on the institution of BreastCheck services following the insertion of tenders in the [i]EU...
- Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of a national strategy for carers in consultation with the Carers Association; and if she will...
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Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork must wait from five to six weeks for an eye test. [22979/05]
- Ambulance Service
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a first responders scheme in County Kerry similar to that operated by the ambulance service in the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if guidelines apply in respect of the wearing of uniforms and footwear to and from work by persons working on the wards of...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the upgrading of St Joseph's Hospital, Ennis; the funding available for this upgrading; and if she will make...
- EU Regulations
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure that her Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will begin on the 21 bed unit in Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23165/05]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to include elderly day care patients as class 2 persons under regulations; if she will clarify, using...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the nursing home subvention scheme to cover the full cost of care and to ensure that pensioners availing...
- Grant Schemes
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expand the home care grant scheme to the mid-western region; the likely annual cost of the scheme; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no obligation on the HSE to provide transport for patients attending outpatient appointments who have...
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Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will seek equality of service from the HSE for front line therapy services such as speech, occupational and...
- General Register Office
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the scheme to computerise the registers of births, marriages and deaths will be fully operational; and the stage the...
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if places in public nursing homes have been assigned for short stay care to relieve pressure on acute hospital beds; if so,...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason enhanced subvention for nursing home care is available in some parts of the country and not in others; and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 10 May 2005, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called...
- Health Service Staff
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 85 and 101 of 22 March 2005 and 179 and 185 of 26 April 2005, when funding will...
- Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick;...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 8 March 2005, if the chief officer for the HSE's mid-western area has...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 19 October 2004, the status of an application for repairs to a chimney and...
- Health Insurance
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the attached correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23293/05]
- Nursing Homes
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the requests which were made for medical supplies for public patients at Leas Cross Nursing Home, County Dublin, to the...
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are awaiting orthodontic treatment and assessment in each of the Health Service Executive areas...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status in respect of the long promised phase two development of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the funding...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide a health centre to Mulhuddart in Dublin 15 as previously promised; the estimated cost of the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to offer public orthodontic work to private contractors in an effort to reduce the waiting lists or to extend...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to issue a detailed statement of the terms of refund to persons who were unlawfully charged in public...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish details of hospital waiting lists; the reason for the delay in publishing waiting lists; the baseline...
- Medical Cards
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card appeal application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists working for the HSE in the Mid-Western Health Board region; the plans she has to...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the announced capital funding of over €20 million for Ennis General Hospital will be applied to phase 1A of the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has regarding the maintenance of the 24 hour accident and emergency facility at Ennis General Hospital; and...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 12 April 2005, the current status of the review; when a compensation scheme...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 25 May 2005, if a design team has been appointed; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications submitted to the HSE under the nursing home refund scheme on a county basis; when she intends to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 31 May 2005, when a person (details supplied) will be called to Beaumont...
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has established a working group to examine better co-ordination between the drug and alcohol abuse services; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 25 May 2005, the reason for the delay in reply to same; and if she will make...
- Ambulance Service
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 1 March 2005, if the study has been completed; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if thousands of Mayo patients will obtain long overdue rheumatology services; when a Mayo rheumatology unit will be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation whereby persons are waiting in excess of five years for a urology appointment; her further views...
- Ambulance Service
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the three areas of Tuam, west Roscommon, Achill-Mulranny and Ballycroy; if her...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the Hanly report is unacceptable when it means that Mayo General Hospital will be deprived of...
- Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 10 March 2005, if she has received a response to date from the chief officer...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the medical criteria for disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme 1994; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Tax Code
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first time home buyers in County Clare who have had one or more parents putting their names to mortgage documents and as a result have...
- Fuel Prices
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on the economy here of a barrel of oil priced at $60, $65, and $70; the extent of reliance of Ireland's energy needs on oil; the...
- Tax Collection
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and name of companies that had tax liabilities of £200,000 or more written off by the Revenue Commissioners from 1979 to 1982 inclusive;...
- Tax Yield
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of taxes, penalties and interest recovered arising from the different revenue investigations and tribunals of inquiry from 1997 to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress which has been made to secure office accommodation to facilitate the move of Government Departments as part of the decentralisation...
- Tax Code
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of taxpayers in receipt of mortgage interest relief; the total amount of interest forfeited by Revenue in respect of the mortgage...
- EU Regulations
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court of 16...
- Economic Growth
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount by which the economy grew in 2003 and 2004; the increase in employment resulting from such growth; the likely impact on employment had the...
- Tax Yield
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars registered each year from 1997 to 2005; the cost of VRT for each class of car; the amount of finance raised under each car class...
- Tax Code
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on any negotiations with the EU or EU officials regarding the abolition of VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals submitted for consideration and funding by the OPW related to flooding incidents in Kildare. [23157/05]
- Tax Code
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the average waiting time for issuing by the Revenue Commissioners of tax free allowance and tax rebates. [23159/05]
- Garda Stations
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the renovation of Oylegate Garda station, Enniscorthy, in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23160/05]
- Tax Code
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm having received correspondence from Irish LP Gas Association, seeking to have LPG zero rated in line with that pertaining to...
- Tax Yield
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total value of alcohol consumed in each of the past three years; and the estimated total revenue taken by the State in terms of excise...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 9 March 2005, the position regarding an appeal for the disabled drivers allowance for a person...
- National Lottery
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the proposals by the national lottery to introduce new games via mobile phones and Internet. [23327/05]
- Departmental Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans for the recruitment of tradespeople; the skills required for any competitions planned; and the likely...
- Tax Code
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many first time buyers who depend on parents to contribute to the cost of purchase are being ruled...
- Departmental Properties
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made with regard to the tenders for land (details supplied) in County Sligo; if the tender has been awarded; and if he will make a...
- Tax Yield
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue received in stamp duties since 1997 to date, distinguishing between housing duties and others. [23398/05]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Harbour Authorities
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to develop marine related activities on the Shannon Estuary (details supplied). [22983/05]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proportion of local exchanges in County Clare which will be enabled for broadband access by the end of 2005;...
- Water Sports Vehicles
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is the position that pursuant to section 6 of the Maritime Safety Bill as passed by Dáil Éireann on 21...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 21 June 2005, his plans for any future upgrade of the Irish...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to control the incidence of sea lice in fish farms; the conditions in place that govern...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to improve facilities at Lecanvey pier, Louisburgh, County Mayo; the moneys allocated to this project...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to offer any proposal for a buy out system to currently registered holders of drift net salmon...
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the strength of the Atlantic salmon stock; the number of Atlantic salmon caught and notified...
- EU Regulations
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sections of the Gas Act that allows a company (details supplied) to construct compounds on the upstream...
- Post Office Network
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to make grant aid available for rural post offices to ensure their computerisation, including the...
- Postal Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he is taking to develop the postal service and the market; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the names of all ministerial appointees to the harbour boards; and their county of residence and date of...
- Postal Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the existing GeoDirectory system, that contains each of the 1.5 million building records in the...
- EU Directives
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 1 June 2005, the way in which the differential calculation system...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Regulations
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contracts given for the Euro Presidency; the contracts which were given during the EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had discussions with the Australian Government on Irish illegal immigrants; the position regarding the issue; and if he will make a...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made through consular and other officials on a possible appeal, retrial or repatriation of a person (details supplied);...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the sports capital programme grant allocation of €635,000 to Laois County Council in May 2001 for outdoor...
- EU Regulations
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on the applications from County Laois under the 2005 sports capital programme; and if he will make a...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the sports partnership initiative operated by the Irish Sports Council will be rolled out to south Tipperary. [23310/05]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the application for the sports capital grant will be made available to organisations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the money owed in rent by a management company (details supplied) in respect of the National Aquatic Centre; and if this company will...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Adult Education
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the damage which will be caused to second chance education, particularly in disadvantaged...
- EU Regulations
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland has sanctioned the sale of its lands at Mountrath Road, Portlaoise, to enable these lands be used for the...
- Industrial Development
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by any of the agencies to a factory (details supplied) in County Wexford since the Department was...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the exclusion of the Consumer Association of Ireland for membership of the interim board of the National...
- Job Creation
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to introduce industry and employment to Tipperary town. [23380/05]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the direct cost of training per participant on community employment and job initiative schemes since 1997 to date; the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual cost in each of the past five years for Shannon Development to maintain its vacant factories and industrial units...
- Farm Safety
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for the moneys allocated to fund farm safety awareness campaigns by the Health and Safety Authority from 1997 to...
- Labour Force Development
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government spending on labour force development and training since 1997 to date. [23499/05]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Health Service Allowances
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total number of rent allowance recipients for each year, for each health board area for the past five years. [23375/05]
- EU Regulations
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the payment of child dependant allowance rate to each social welfare benefit and allowance payment; the reason...
- Pension Provisions
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the options for pension reform which he has under consideration; if he plans to undertake consultation with representatives of...
- Social Insurance
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount received in PRSI distinguishing employer and employee contributions since 1997 to date. [23480/05]
- Department of Transport
- Parking Regulations
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider increasing the fine of €19 to €100 for persons parking in reserved disabled drivers slots which is an ongoing problem...
- Road Safety
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any reports or feedback on the new speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23350/05]
- EU Regulations
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court of 16...
- Road Network
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered reducing to zero the tolls on the West Link toll bridge; and if so, the outcome of such consideration and the way in which it...
- Public Transport
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to a parliamentary question of 22 June, the length of bus lanes on each of the QBN projects approved for 2005, both prior to the...
- Driving Tests
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an effort to remove driving testing facilities for small lorries and minibuses from towns...
- Road Safety
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce the compulsory wearing of seatbelts for all users of public transport; when this will happen; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the moneys he proposes to allocate in capital spending on bus services in Dublin 15 including Ongar, Clonee and Tyrellstown in 2005 and 2006. [23328/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport the average waiting time at each driving test centre; the number of applicants currently awaiting a test at each centre; the average pass rate at...
- Driving Licences
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the total number of provisional licences issued by his Department which are currently valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23452/05]
- Rail Network
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to evaluate the reopening of the railway line through Navan to Kingscourt in an effort to give some rail services to the people of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for his decision to withdraw funding for the Community Workers Co-operative; if he intends to restore...
- Offshore Islands
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position relating to funding for Sherkin Island development society. [23061/05]
- Inland Waterways
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department, together with Waterways Ireland, has considered implementing a catch and release fishing policy in...
- EU Regulations
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and...
- Community Development
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider applications from community and recreational groups involved in the provision of community,...
- Planning Issues
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his previously expressed views in respect of rural depopulation and the right to the rural population to live in...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he can offer assistance from the dormant account fund to groups offering rehabilitation or assistance in the fight...
- Designated Areas
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he might expand on the original thinking in respect of entitlements under the RAPID programme; and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will address the anomaly that exists whereby many applications for CLÁR funding for group water schemes have...
- Community Development
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no further progress has been made in rectifying the damage caused by...
- Electricity Generation
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he is taking to roll out three-phase electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23469/05]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Suckler Cow Quota
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a suckler cow quota will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23087/05]
- Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department has a three-year restriction on the sale of cattle on the open market after being locked up and subsequently...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the discussions she had with the EU, its officials and the Commissioner regarding the impact that the leaked beet...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the case of an individual (details supplied); the possibility of providing an allocation to the individual from the...
- Veterinary Regulations
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main points made to her in a recent letter by the Competition Authority in respect of proposed veterinary medicine regulations; her...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the changeover to the single payment system, there will be any change in the number for personnel employed at inspector...
- Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of herds under restriction with tuberculosis and brucellosis on a county basis, at January 2000 and at the present time; if...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position concerning an application under single payment [i]force majeure[/i] in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- EU Regulations
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken to ensure that her Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme...
- Animal Welfare
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 23 June 2005 if she has received a copy of the video in question and if so when; if she has...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the value on a county basis of the outstanding moneys under the SBP; the number of herd owners involved in each county; and if she will...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assistance she proposes to give to beet growers in the Carlow and Wicklow area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications submitted under each category for the national reserve single farm payment scheme; when she intends to inform...
- Farm Safety
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the figures for the moneys allocated to fund farm safety awareness campaigns from 1997 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Firearms Licences
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible for any Minister to state the exact number of firearms licences that were issued by the State in the years...
- Crime Levels
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of indictable crimes in 2004. [23098/05]
- Visa Applications
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23100/05]
- EU Regulations
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change licensing laws in respect of to off-licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23174/05]
- Garda Personnel
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the vacant position of a garda will be filled (details supplied) in County Wexford; the person currently filling the...
- Community Policing
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 661 of 14 June 2005, if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied);...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has ceased appointing peace commissioners in the Dublin area; the issues to be considered in this regard; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) who has been resident here since 2001 completed their leaving certificate here and who is now...
- Road Safety
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of the national roll out of speed cameras and the full implementation of the penalty points system...
- Identity Cards
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of the issue of identity cards in view of the latest developments in the UK; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to revise and update the antiquated Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Drug Treatment Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which will be pursued within the prison system in the event of a prisoner testing positive for drug misuse,...
- Asylum Applications
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); if consideration will be given to...
- Departmental Records
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it will be possible to furnish a reply to Question No. 372 of 31 May 2005 before the Dáil goes into...
- Garda Strength
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in the Enniscorthy, New Ross and Gorey stations; the plans he has to increase the number in each...
- Child Care Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application has been received by his Department (details supplied); his views on the application; when the group will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who have applied for permission to remain in the State on...
- Registration of Title
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office has received queries from the solicitor of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if so,...
- Court Proceedings
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases which have been abandoned since 2003 in the Enniscorthy Garda district due to delays; and if he will...
- Registration of Title
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 26 January 2005, the average waiting time for processing each Land Registry...
- Garda Stations
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 22 June 2005, the name and location of the Garda stations of the list of 703...
- Prisoner Escort Service
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report on the succession of serious failures of the privatised prison escort service in Scotland and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any members of the Roma community have been deported to Kosovo in the past 18 months; if any such deportations are...
- Prison Reports
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will define the criteria upon which he will decide that the publication of part or parts of future reports of the...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to investigate or otherwise inquire into whether there has been systematic Garda misconduct or incompetent Garda...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been granted weekend parole or any other form of temporary release...
- Crime Levels
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics across all headings for the years 1997 and 2004 for the areas of Bray, Wicklow and Arklow; the number...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 23 June 2005, if he will confirm receipt of correspondence to him from this...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to close Loughan House, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23283/05]
- Garda Stations
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has sanctioned the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station in County Kildare, in view of the fact that...
- Community Relations
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider providing financial assistance to communities to meet the costs of insurance, supervision, heating and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for residency and citizenship of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Child Care Services
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of capital funding that has been allocated to child care facilities in 2005 in County Westmeath; the number of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that all of the circumstances involved in an application for asylum of a young person (details...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals in respect of the building purchased by the probation and welfare service at Main Street, Blanchardstown, in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to introduce legislation to recognise civil unions for the purpose of protecting rights in respect of tax,...
- Government Contracts
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which a company, to operate repatriation flights, was selected; if the successful company was that which...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 24 February 2004, the progress made on the naturalisation process of the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers employed in legal aid, distinguishing between civil and criminal, from 1997 to date; and the annual cost and...
- Registration of Title
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office has received queries from the solicitor of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if so,...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been issued to motorists in County Clare for uninsured and untaxed vehicles for each of...
- Garda Stations
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of each of the Garda stations in County Clare; if he intends to extend the opening hours of same; and if...
- Drug Seizures
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in each Garda division in County Clare for each of the past five years; the extent to which the...
- CAB Investigations
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Criminal Assets Bureau investigations which have taken place in each of the past five years in County Clare;...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to publish the new liquor codification legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23456/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí located in each local drug task force area each year from 1997 to date; and if he will make a...
- Community Policing
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if community policing fora have been established in each local drug task force area; if not, when it will happen; and if he...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in carrying out an independent evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the prison strategy in...
- Registration of Title
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in completing an application (details supplied); the timeframe for this application to be...
- Department of Education and Science
- Youth Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Youth Work Act 2001 which have been commenced to date; and when the remaining sections of the Act will be...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to 2.5 hours resource teaching on a one to one basis; if her...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil teacher ratio for schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [22992/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her long term plans to provide additional places in primary schools in Mullingar in view of the expanding population; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the safety guidelines which exist for operation of the school bus fleet; if she will consider an upper age limit for school buses; if...
- School Accommodation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the population forecast for the Killucan-Rathwire area of County Westmeath, she will expedite the proposed extension of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting periods for parents and teachers of special needs children to have assessments carried out by a child psychologist;...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the schools broadband initiative will be rolled out to all schools; the cost of installing this initiative; the annual running...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will proceed to construction before the end of 2005; and if she will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds which have been allocate to primary and secondary schools under the summer works scheme for 2005 and 2004; the types of work...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who has had a report prepared on them by the clinical psychologist; and which has...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford was not paid the arrears of pay due to vocational training opportunities...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the legislation which abolished the dual mandate prevents Members of the Oireachtas from being members of local government, the...
- Youth Services
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider providing financial assistance to communities to meet the costs of insurance, supervision, heating, lighting and...
- Third Level Fees
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to cap the excessive fees being charged by third level institutions for postgraduate courses in view of her...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being put in place to reduce class sizes in primary schools to the recommended INTO rate of no more than 20 pupils per...
- School Completion Programme
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken to extend the school completion programme to all schools. [23071/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school building projects which will be undertaken in South Tipperary in 2005. [23073/05]
- School Staffing
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a board of management of a primary school can hire an additional teacher out of its own resources where her Department has refused...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when students of the Tipperary rural and business development institute will be able to attend classes at the proposed new campus at...
- School Transport
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider paying parents to car-pool in heavily populated urban areas in which school buses are frequently overcrowded....
- Site Acquisitions
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 16 June 2005, if the OPW's attention has been drawn to the archaeological impact...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason grant support for study overseas is confined to undergraduate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23081/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the OPW has concluded the soil sampling on the proposed site for the new school to replace a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which she will deal with small, mainly rural primary schools, regarding the special needs of their children; her views on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposal to extend and restructure a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Orders
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to ensure her Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 15 February 2005, the current status of an application for an autistic unit for a primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 1 December 2004, the status of a proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 14 June 2005, if a full-time resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 30 November 2004, if her Department has received an application for special needs...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide a new roof at a post primary school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Properties
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a college (details supplied) in County Dublin was sold; the persons who purchased it; the amount it sold for; if it was sold by...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23264/05]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will purchase the property at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which is currently for sale to use as a third level...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of these that will have...
- School Places
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level school places her Department will have in place in the following areas (details supplied) for September 2004...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cases of children who have lost special learning support or other assistance as a result of the...
- School Accommodation
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has for primary education for New Ross town, County Wexford; the investigation which has been carried out and the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she can assist persons diagnosed by an education psychologist with learning difficulties whose applications were...
- School Accommodation
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide new and additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath and if she is in a position to...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans her Department has to include other institutions under the schedule of the Redress Act 2002; when they will be so added or...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed the resource hours application of a person (details supplied); if her Department has received further...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capital and current underspend in her Department from 1998 to date; if she has proposals to use the underspend to fund vital...
- School Transport
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the removal of the three for two rule, two buses will be provided on the Daingean-Tullamore route; and if she will make...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give an update in an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for a special needs teacher on a shared...
- Drug Prevention Education
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if drug prevention education is intended to be provided as part of the training curriculum for trainee students; if so, when this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional resource hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23476/05]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application by a community college (details supplied) for funding under the capital funding for major works...
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Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for an extension and refurbishment to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if special educational needs supports have been approved for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if so, if resource or...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) will proceed to construction before the end of 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Orders
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of the Supreme Court of 16...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to alert the public to the dangers of radon; and the measures which people can take to protect...
- Planning Issues
Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if An Bord Pleanála grants planning permission in a floodplain, the sanctions that apply and to whom. [23158/05]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position relating to the remedial works scheme for a housing estate (details supplied) to be undertaken by...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the CSO has discontinued the distinction in public sector employment numbers of officers from other...
- Ministerial Orders
Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of moneys allocated to each individual local authority under the local improvement scheme for each...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to set out the details of the schemes and rates of travel expenses paid to local authority employees; if there...
- Disabled Person's Grant Scheme
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount returned to his Department from local authorities in 2004 under the disabled person's grant scheme....
- Local Authority Staff
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to increase the powers available to former town commissioners; if so, the criteria he intends...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department has to extend the monitoring of radon gas in domestic dwellings. [23151/05]
- Planning Issues
Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to put in place formal arrangements regarding notification of relevant local authorities by...
- Environmental Policy
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to measure and combat the pollution of the Irish Sea by phthalate toxins; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 471 of 31 May 2005, if he will approve funding for the 16 sewerage schemes in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 868 of 14 June 2005, if he will report on progress to date; and if he will make a...
- Recycling Policy
Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to increase the number of recycling centres around the country; and if he will make a...
- Waste Disposal
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the penalties for offenders in view of the dramatic increase in illegal dumping. [23356/05]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated costs of these works; and the number of...
- Water Quality
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures and guidelines followed to ensure that the EU drinking water initiative is implemented here....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and percentage of the target number of local authority dwellings completed in each year in relation...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable dwellings constructed and allocated under the 1999 scheme for each local authority,...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total expenditure on emergency housing for each health board area, for each year of the past five years....
- Local Authority Staff
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total number of staff employed in housing related functions for each housing authority, for each of the...
- Litter Pollution
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider amending the law to permit local authorities to remove graffiti from private property in...
- First-Time House Buyers
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of first-time buyers annually from 1997 to date. [23413/05]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons purchasing under the affordable housing scheme since 1999 to date; the amount of rent...
- Local Authority Rates
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount received in commercial rates since 1997 to date both nationally and in each Dublin local authority....
- Development Levies
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount received in development levies, distinguishing the amount paid on housing and other industry...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families on the social housing waiting list since 1997 to date. [23417/05]
- Motor Taxation
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of motor tax raised in 2004 and 2005 distinguishing the amount collected from private cars, PSVs,...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes in County Clare in which high incidents of radon are present; his plans to introduce grant...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing completions in County Clare for each of the years 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from an association (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will meet...
- EU Directives
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 874 of 14 June 2005, when he intends to submit the documentation to the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of...
