Written answers

Thursday, 30 June 2005

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to address the apparent anomaly whereby those in receipt of the non-contributory pension who save a portion of their...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has ever had any discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the granting of the family income supplement through the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is his Department's policy to pursue unmarried mothers to bring the father of their children to court with the threat that, if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the consultants his Department employed to conduct a marketing campaign to persuade more persons to take out PRSAs;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of the rent supplement who have children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the facilitator network; when this network was set up; the number of persons with a disability it has assisted each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this issue; the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will identify the welfare traps that are associated with the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the situation whereby migrant workers from the accession states and other countries, who come here to take up...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had to date concerning the logistics of allowing Irish senior citizens in Britain to have access to free...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for older persons as announced on 15 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22916/05]
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he does not accept relative income and consistent poverty as measures of poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects social welfare recipients to be able to receive their payments in credit union accounts; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to introduce a second tier support payment for children in unemployed or low wage households; if so, the progress...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide details of the new benefits and supports for carers that he recently announced; when he will introduce a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the introduction of a personal pension entitlement for pensioner spouses currently in receipt of the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making at local authority level to reduce poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has ever calculated the number of persons who are eligible for the family income supplement scheme; and if he...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the failure to increase the cut off wage level for PRSI payments means that many...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department makes to encourage and assist persons with disabilities and long-term illnesses to identify and take up...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which An Post is expected to improve its services if it is to retain social welfare payments, in view of the fact that...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out a recent evaluation of supplementary welfare allowance rent caps with a view to revising caps to...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has met with the Bankers Federation of Ireland to discuss the report Do the Poor Pay More? in view of its finding that the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider introducing index linked social welfare payments in view of recent and future increases in fuel costs. [23040/05]
    • Social Welfare Policy
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received a copy of the NESC report, The Developmental Welfare State; his views on its conclusion that addressing...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has had any discussions with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the introduction...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children awaiting assessment for the crèche supplement by a social worker or health sector personal social services...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of construction workers are affected by the failure of their employers...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the means test for farmers applying for the old age non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personnel in the construction industry who are employed on the basis of the C45 system; his views on the fact that...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the six Departments required to produce outline sectoral plans within 12 months of the commencement of the Disability Bill 2004...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when he intends to introduce new regulations for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22909/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23538/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available for the development of a sexual assault treatment unit in Kerry General Hospital; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the 21-bed unit at Wexford General Hospital; the stage the work is at; the number of stages it...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when this Deputy will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 22 June 2005; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a means by which the recommendations of a group (details supplied) can be progressed; and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for a capital investment scheme for Our Lady's Hospital in Navan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's strategic plan for the development of health care for the people of Meath and the north east; and if she...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national breast screening programme approved in 2003 for the south east region will be available in County...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious consequences for 250 jobs in County Cork if risk equalisation in the health...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision has not been reached in regard to an application for nursing home subvention for a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated in 2005 to tackle asthma and allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a shower seat will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if a decision will be expedited....
    • Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [23606/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the Government's announcements of increased capital investment in disability services in 2004, the number of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new staff who have been recruited to provide disability services in the north-east region generally and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a ban on the creation of new community placements for disability services. [23610/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be restored for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23612/05]
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her plans for refund of moneys under the national repayment scheme for overcharging of residents at...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an Alzheimer's unit at St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [23614/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of medical cards at the latest date for which figures are available by county; and if she...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the post for a speech and language therapist will be replaced for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the alarming statistics released by the Health Minister in the Northern Ireland Office on the number of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a sexual assault medical unit will be established in the mid-west region of the HSE. [23798/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for delivery of the additional acute hospital beds promised under the 2001 health strategy; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for delivery of the additional nursing staff positions required to implement the 2001 health strategy; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised 200,000 doctor only medical cards will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in the renegotiation of the common contract for consultants in order to deliver equity in hospital care for...
    • Health Services
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress on the delivery of the primary care elements of the 2001 health strategy; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 25 May 2005; the reason for the delay in responding; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of medical aids (details supplied); if they are provided free or otherwise; if it...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [23815/05]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on perceived delays with the processing of applications and the completion of same for hearing...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists now fully trained and practising in the sponsored training scheme; the length of time they are...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to medical screening of persons who arrive here from areas of infections; if tests or screening...
    • Health Sector Reports
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reports, publications and other data available for students studying health sector procurement of pharmaceuticals; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the dental benefits available to a pensioner on an over-70 medical card; if all dental services are available free of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new guidelines for the issue of medical cards and doctor only cards; if she will define the...
    • Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding persons (details supplied); if any fast track system will be set up for same; and if she will make...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the report on the management of waste by hospitals; if she plans to introduce a practice of good waste...
    • Investigation of Death
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an urgent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason funding was not approved for capital projects (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that district nurses in County Meath are being forced to cut home help hours...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons with an intellectual disability who availed of respite care and who were charged for this service are not...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who received an out of date polio vaccine in 1998 and who have now been re-vaccinated; and if she...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the eligibility criteria for the domiciliary care allowance; if persons with diabetes are eligible; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE has appointed a third consultant radiation oncologist; if there are plans to provide an outreach service at the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE has received approval from Comhairle na nOspideal to appoint a third physician to the County Hospital,...
    • Experiments on Animals
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will accept a ban on the use of all non-human primates and dogs and cats in animal experiments here, regardless if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the areas which the proposed special services inspectorate will deal with in the disability sector. [23841/05]
    • Experiments on Animals
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the mouse LD50 test is still used by pharmaceutical companies which produce and test botulinum toxin here; if so, the...
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether centralising oncology services does not work (details supplied). [23842/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious situation which exists in Government funded institutions in the intellectual...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children with cerebral palsy have extra medical costs and that it is...
    • Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions tabled by this Deputy to her since June 2004 which were referred to the chief...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans and proposals for funding for improvements at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown; when they were received...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of GDP spent on the health budget in total and less all social spending which is not included in health...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a parliamentary question about home help hours on a county basis for the past three years has still not been...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is co-operation between the HSE north east region and Louth Hospital support group in respect of fundraising for...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the lack of services available to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be addressed. [23855/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will receive an appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the work of the expert group on mental health policy to date; and if the anticipated target of 2005...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is anticipated at any stage to change the current medical card assessment for persons with disabilities (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in establishing a neurology service in the south east (details supplied). [23859/05]
    • Childhood Obesity
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if monosodium glutamate is in childhood vaccines; if it has affected obesity rates in children; the steps she proposes to...

    • Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if monosodium glutamate is a dangerous and addictive substance; if it has affected obesity rates in children; the steps she...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current number of private hospitals and clinics; their location and bed capacity in each case; the number of private...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of her Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to privatise the VHI. [24024/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the sources of funding which have been identified that will enable a group (details supplied) to continue its valuable...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting to avail of Irish adoptions; the average waiting time from initiation to completion of the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of the provision of an ambulance base for each of the three proposed new bases in the west of Ireland; and if she...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a full reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62, 71, 72 of 21 April 2005; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the consultant's report on the future development of acute hospital services at the Lourdes Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new health centre for Drogheda will be finished and open to the public; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop acute hospital services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24112/05]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop psychiatric services in the County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24113/05]
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards, has always consulted in each case for each year since 2000 with...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards has, on a county basis since the year 2000, ever refused an...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards, has on a yearly basis in the past five years ever taken...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to intercountry adoptions with Morocco; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24209/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times which the working group reviewing the current configuration and delivery of services to persons with...
  • Department of Finance
    • Communications Masts
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the services that avail of the mast on the Garda station in Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/05]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in providing a new Garda station for Ballymun, Dublin 9; when he expects construction to begin; when he expects the station to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to remove the railings that separate the car park on the Kildare Street side of Leinster House from the National Museum and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to sell any building or property in County Wexford; if so, if he will provide the details of such a sale; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance when this Deputy will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23579/05]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans to carry out flood alleviation works on the Swan river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/05]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements which SSIA holders must satisfy prior to the cashing in of their investment accounts in the short term and at the end of the maximum...
    • Stamp Duty
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the change in policy by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to exemption from stamp duty for first-time buyers who are required...
    • Tax Code
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts received in respect of relevant contracts tax for each year from 1997 to date; the amounts outstanding in respect of relevant contracts...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in relation to the decentralisation of Government Departments and associated agencies to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons over 70 who pay tax; the total and average amount paid; the highest figure paid; if a total exemption for all persons over 70...
    • Stamp Duty
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider changes to stamp duty due to the perceived view that it is a tax on freedom of movement, is a disincentive against trading up and...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the perceived delays with correspondence and queries in the Dublin PAYE offices; if delays can be quantified; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied).
    • Credit Unions
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual budget and resources allocated to the Registrar of Credit Unions since its establishment. [23772/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to make the home carer's tax credit available to those who have left the workforce to provide care and attention to...

    • Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive a tax refund; and the amount of same. [23777/05]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the capital allowance for hotels, a person had planning permission since December 2004 but due to difficulties with same, building...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT charged here to mobile telephone calls made and completed or initiated in another State is illegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of Finance at year's...
    • Tax Code
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance when the tax age allowance was first introduced; the rate of same when introduced; when it was last increased; the level to which it was increased;...
    • Irish Language
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003; his estimate of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Government opposed the French proposal for a tax on aviation fuel at a meeting of Finance Ministers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the practice of discretionary waivers at the Revenue Commissioners in respect of interest in the 1980s; if the practice was widespread;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently exist and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will take steps to make payment due under parallel benchmarking to persons in general...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has issued ethical guidelines to public representatives in keeping with the Kimberly process...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on requests (details supplied) made by the Irish Postmasters Union; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when this Deputy will receive a reply to Question No. 159 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the report commissioned by his Department on the decommissioning requirements of the scallop fishing fleet...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has made a study of the most suitable areas for wave or tidal generated electricity in this...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when urgent structural and physical works will be carried out on a building (details supplied) in County...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details of where the public can view the documents submitted in compliance with the consent...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the recent confirmation from a laboratory in France of the discovery of bonania ostria in live...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on decommissioning and compensation for coastal communities reliant on fishing; and if he will report...
    • Postal Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on ongoing staff negotiations at An Post; the reason matters are being allowed to drift on; if...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a company (details supplied) which has announced recently that it plans to...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures his Department and the fisheries board intend to take following the Environmental Protection Agency...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grant assistance will be provided to assist in the development of a marina at Fahan in County Donegal...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a ship (details supplied) is having its name changed; if the shortfall in tonnage for said vessel will be...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's interest in retaining a property (details supplied) in County Donegal; his Departments plans...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent study by the Royal Irish Academy, Biology and the Environment: Threatened Irish...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he will take to help snap fishermen on the River Suir; and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Government is financially supporting the marine research programmes on which Norway and Ireland are due...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Fisheries Board has sourced the reason behind the recent fish kill of 600 trout and young salmon on the...
    • Water Quality
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the source behind these chemicals entering fish in the Liffey; the way in which his Department and the Fisheries...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are plans to introduce regulations regarding the qualifications of gas installers; and if he will make...
    • Regional Fisheries Boards
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will intervene in and review the unjust fishing permit system on the River Suck; if he will meet with a...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made to date in respect of the decentralisation of Departments and associated agencies to Drogheda,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the calls (details supplied) to have a change in legislation in Britain requiring the automatic dismissal of any member of the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the support in materials, cash and personnel provided to UNMIK, IPTF and non-governmental organisations working in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent shocking and tragic death of a person (details supplied); if the Irish Government can ask the...
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been a change in policy on foreign military landings in Irish airports and overflights in Irish air space in the past three...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken at EU or UN level with regard to the continued human rights abuses and killings in Zimbabwe; if any attempts are being...
    • Diplomatic Representations
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and the action he will take in seeking their release. [23892/05]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date by which he expects the Government to be in a position to deliver on its commitment to provide 0.7% of gross national product for...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the appointment of a former UDR commander to head up training in the PSNI sends an appropriate signal to Nationalists;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken or will take in response to the request of the UN Secretary General for more financial support to the African Union...
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the 25 troops and crew on board the US C130 Hercules [i]en route[/i] from a US Air Force based in Germany to Newfoundland, Canada, that...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the recent publication, [i]State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet: the Challenges of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he is taking to help de-escalate tensions during the 2005 Orange Order marching season; if he has asked the Orange Order and other...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of Finance...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently exist...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the arrangements his Department and the OPW have made for the proper management and supervision of the National Aquatic Centre in...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when applications will be accepted for the new round of national lottery funding; the types of applications that will be accepted;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a development grant 2003 (details supplied) will be paid out in full; the reason for the delay in paying out the grant; and if...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 16 June 2005, when Kildare County Council will be given permission to draw up contract...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23642/05]
    • National Concert Hall
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to bring the proposals for the purchase of the Medicine and Engineering faculties at Earlsfort Terrace from UCD by the...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he intends to take to mark the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett; the agencies that will have responsibility for the...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to reports of extensive leaks from the National Aquatic Centre and of problems with the plant...
    • National Conference Centre
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the national conference centre; the target dates for progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Funding
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding available under the festivals and cultural events fund for 2005; the persons and organisations who have...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to outline the stage reached by an application on behalf of a club (details supplied) in County Cork. [23745/05]
    • Access to Sporting Facilities
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Beaumont, Artane, Santry and Whitehall, Dublin will be granted a public basketball facility; and if he will work with Dublin City...
    • Community Games
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a venue for the community games national finals is being developed. [23749/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24092/05]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Public Transport
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received any communication regarding the installation of sub-standard driver seating on public transport buses and...
    • Migrant Workers
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the International Organisation for Migration's world migration report...
    • Job Creation
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs IDA or Enterprise Ireland have created in County Wexford for each year between 1992 and to date in 2005;...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he, Deputy Kehoe, will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a decision by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, details supplied, if he has plans to review or change the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has ever commissioned or evaluated any formal research on the efficacy of animal experiments; and, if not,...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department has taken to deal with bullying in the workplace; if his Department has a definition of the term...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in each of the past five years, classified by sector of the economy in which persons are...
    • Job Losses
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent or pending job losses of up to 100 persons at a company, details supplied, in...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a synopsis on the legislation in the area of baby-sitting, indicating the minimum ages for those...
    • Anti-competitive Practices
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the near monopolies that companies (details supplied) hold in the areas of event hosting and booking; and if he...
    • Job Creation
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost of creating an IDA and Enterprise Ireland-supported job, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consumer Affairs
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Parliamentary Questions Nos. 99 and 100 of 14 April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total amount spent by way of rent support in lieu of housing in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of...
    • Postal Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on requests, details supplied, made by the Irish Postmasters Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23526/05]
    • Departmental Publications
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the forms review committee has completed its work; if so, its findings and recommendations; if not, when its work will be...
    • Budgeting Advice
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average amount of debt that clients of the MABS are in; their average earnings per annum; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of overpayments his Department has written off as bad debts for each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average duration of the appeals process for cases appealed to the social welfare appeals office; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which inspectors from his Department in pursuit of defaulters work with the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make...
    • Postal Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make representations to An Post to reinstate a post office service in Castleknock village, Dublin 15, in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person, details supplied, in County Mayo is being denied unemployment assistance. [23541/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the living alone allowance was first introduced; the rate of same when introduced; when it was last increased; the level to...
    • Irish Language
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount his Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous position[i] vis-À-vis[/i] welfare entitlement of students, whereby those who had...
    • Bilateral Social Security Agreements
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of countries with which Ireland has bilateral welfare agreements; if, in all such cases, the procedures are working...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals lodged against decisions in respect of social welfare entitlements in each of the past four years; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients of family income supplement in each of the past three years; the extent to which this has increased and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation with regard to policy and commitment to women over 65 years who have no payment or recognition for their years of...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which...
  • Department of Transport
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a serious incident plan available in the vicinity of Shannon Airport in the event of serious accident or attack; the capacity of this...
    • Public Transport
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus will ensure that it has sufficient stock to replace the recently failed private bus route from Howth Junction station to the airport....
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Transport when this Deputy will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23651/05]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps taken by his Department for research into and development of hydrogen fuel cell technology as applied to motor vehicle transport in this...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will expedite an application for a driving test by a person, details supplied, in County Westmeath who applied for same six months ago; and...
    • Road Network
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with all safety plans for the port tunnel, especially at Fairview, Dublin 3; and the potential for flooding in this...
    • Public Transport
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann school buses are tested for safety; if it is correct that its own mechanics will not sign testing forms giving clearance; and if he...
    • Road Network
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will give an update on the completion of the Dublin Port tunnel. [23683/05]
    • Road Safety
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce tachographs or black box type technology into passenger vehicles operated by public and private bus operators. [23904/05]
    • Rail Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on plans to upgrade the rail service between Sligo and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23908/05]
    • Public Transport
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport is he has satisfied himself that the best practices in terms of ensuring passenger and driver safety are being followed on public transport buses;...
    • Taxi Hardship Panel
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will request the taxi hardship fund to further review the appeal of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his reply to the Adjournment Debate of 23 June 2005 regarding the driver testing centre in Finglas, Dublin 11, if his attention has been...
    • Public Transport
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to a recent interview of his (details supplied), the details of his proposals for a Dublin transport authority; the statutory powers...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 40 and 47 of 22 June 2005, the legislative reforms he intends to introduce to counter the numerous...
    • Road Safety
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons he has to date refused to meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss road safety and cycling promotion; the reason he has not...
    • Public Transport
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the total amount spent by the State in public transport over the past five years, broken down by year and by project; the total amount spent on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of Finance at...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport if the deficiency in the Aer Lingus pension fund for existing pensioners, who received annual increases far below the equivalent of other...
    • Vehicle Safety
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the checks or requirements regarding the drivers and vehicles of full size private hire buses; the organisation which checks on the roadworthiness...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003; his estimate of the...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the progress which has been made with the announcement on 16 September 2002 that he would examine the potential for the location of an...
    • Public Transport
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the total number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24074/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport the timetable for the decentralisation of the NRA and the Railway Safety Commission to Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driving Tests
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting time for a driving test at each test centre; the number of applicants awaiting a test at each centre; the current pass rate at each...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently exist and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Drugs Task Force
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an action plan from the north-east regional drugs task force; if he has reviewed any such plan;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an application to transfer single payment entitlements on foot of the acquisition of land by way of gift or inheritance after...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on an article in a newspaper (details supplied); if her officials confirmed that sledge-hammers were used and that attempts...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive the balance of premiums for ten month, 22 month suckler cow and bulls premia; the reason...
    • Animal Slaughter
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation which governs the slaughter of pigs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23655/05]
    • Residue Testing Programme
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the frequency with which tests for carbadox in food or feed is carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23670/05]
    • Animal Slaughter
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if employees of plants under the control of her Department who are engaged to slaughter animals on a commercial scale are required to be...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn, despite her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 19 April 2005, to the fact that plans to move...
    • Lough Key Forest Park
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will approve the lease of land (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23731/05]
    • Plant Protection Products
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to limit the time for crop spraying near to bee keeping operations to the period from sundown to sunrise (details...
    • Single Farm Payment
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the implications for the single farm payment for those on the early farm retirement pension; and if she will make...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's policy in regard to the eradication of tuberculosis in deer farming; when a national herd test will be put in place to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the nitrates directive; the number of zones being discussed from a slurry holding and spreading point of view;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of her Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the operation scheme for the nitrates directive will be announced (details supplied); the details of the agreement with the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase the level of installation aid for young farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24088/05]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action he will take to assist the group; and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to modernise legislation in the area of bankruptcy in order that persons who have been declared bankrupt are...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will explore the option of providing funding to community playgroups; his views on whether the non-availability of and...
    • Underage Drinking
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives he plans to pursue to address the issue of underage drinking which is so prevalent in small rural and large...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives he plans in the context of the review of the intoxicating liquor laws; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a garda sergeant will be appointed for a station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are delays in paying medical expenses to a person (details supplied). [23649/05]
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details on the wide range of considerations which would have to be taken into account before...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to sell any Garda stations or property in County Wexford and if so, where; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when this Deputy will receive a reply to Question No. 252 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who is living here alone with their three children has been refused a visa despite...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Questions Nos. 8 and 43 of 23 June 2005, the number of times and the frequency with which the implementation...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problems being experienced by a person (details supplied) married to an Irish person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will outline the criteria to me met by a non-national person to apply and be approved for Irish citizenship. [23702/05]
    • Garda Transport
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide figures for the number of individuals killed or injured as a result of Garda car chases each year from...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 610 of 14 June 2005, if documents will be returned to a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the results to date of Operation Anvil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/05]
    • CAB Seizures
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the value of properties seized by the CAB between 1997 and 2004, with the exception of 2002, were considerably...
    • Inquiries Into Garda Activities
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty's report on allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details attached) in County Cork has been refused an application for his spouse to join him while he...
    • State Airports
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to ensure that regular checks are carried out on military aircraft landing in Shannon Airport; and if he...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 22 June 2005, the outstanding queries for this issue; and the solicitor with...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the progress to date on the provision of closed circuit television in Finglas, Dublin 11; the reason...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he is taking to ensure adequate access to affordable child care; if new policy initiatives are being considered...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23940/05]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a householder who has lost house deeds; the agency under his Department which will provide a new set;...
    • Immigration Issues
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding Irish citizens who legally marry abroad and apply to bring their spouse here but encounter long...
    • Prison Programmes
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the €58 million provided in the national development plan for the connect project in the probation...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, as indicated in replies to numerous parliamentary questions, he generally refuses citizenship status to persons who have...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the application to the commission for justice in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the application for a much needed Garda closed circuit television system in Swords, County Dublin; when...
    • Immigration Issues
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to a person (details supplied), his attention has been drawn to the fact that while this person's passport...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost involved in implementing the voluntary code of practice for secure transit and handling of cash agreed with the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if grant assistance will be provided to construct a community-based child care facility at Broadford, County Limerick. [23951/05]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 16 June 2005, if he intends to keep open the existing 109 Garda district...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason, if Garda figures nationally rose from 11,916 on 30 September 2003 to 12,245 on 1 June 2005, the number of...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the deportation of persons (details supplied) and give them the maximum advice and support in dealing...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to review the legislation which places a statute of limitation on sexual abuse cases in civil cases even when...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-examine or allow a further appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) seeking asylum; and if he will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a centre (details supplied) in County Monaghan for extension of after-school and crèche...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budget allocated to providing security for Government Ministers' holiday homes both inside and outside the State in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in light of a refusal of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court on points of law of exceptional public importance, under...
    • European Arrest Warrants
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons extradited from Ireland to the UK generally and to Northern Ireland specifically, on foot of the...
    • Racist Attacks
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a neo-Nazi group is now active and organising in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23965/05]
    • Recidivism Rate
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that research published since the 1950s has consistently found that good family...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of the inquest into the killing of Seamus Ludlow; and the status of the Garda case file in...
    • Treatment of Prisoners
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns raised in the third report by the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention that the Government has...
    • Treatment of Travellers
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the criticism of the Government by the International Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the correspondence which has taken place with a person (details supplied) since June 2005. [24040/05]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions which have taken place for breaching the three tonne limit on Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, in...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal and civil cases which were begun in connection with allegations of criminal behaviour on the part of...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all statements given to the Garda regarding assault are thoroughly investigated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to provide sufficient funding for the publication of neighbourhood watch newsletters; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will outline the timetable for the decentralisation of the Land Registry to Roscommon town; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 689 of 12 April 2005, the status of the residency application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated cost of providing services including road access, water, sewerage and power to the proposed new prison complex...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24208/05]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Accommodation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application requesting grant aid towards the provision of accommodation for an additional teacher for a...
    • School Statistics
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and addresses of all primary schools in Count Wexford; the names of the principals at same; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reviews she has carried out on primary and secondary education in Gorey, County Wexford; the findings of such reviews; the action...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of each school in County Wexford which have applied for extra accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when this Deputy will receive a reply to Question No. 307 of 22 June 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23550/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take in primary and secondary education to cater for the huge growth in population in Enniscorthy, County Wexford,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a review of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been achieved for pupils, teachers and education infrastructure from June 2002 to June 2005; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the development of the cross-Border centre of excellence for autism in Armagh; and if she will make a...
    • Schools of Music
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of progress on the Cork School of Music project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23560/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the additional posts in primary schools for resource teaching hours, special needs assistants will be approved for...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a letter dated 17 June 2005 from the principal of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an educational service will be funded for a person (details supplied) at Bangor in Wales; and if she will work closely with all...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in Raheny, Dublin 5, regarding a crèche and a school (details supplied) in respect of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate additional teaching hours to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare under curricular concessions or under...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a club (details supplied) received no funding and CURA received funding in the region of €600,000 with regard to funding...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 14 June 2005; if she will address the issues raised with an official of her Department;...
    • School Transport
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will give permission to a person (details supplied) in County Meath to travel on the school bus transport system; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if she will review its case with a view to granting increased...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to the basis of calculation of eligibility for third level maintenance grants; if income is that recorded on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine a case (details supplied). [23927/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval has been given for a saplings model school for children with autism in Carlow town; the conditions attached to same; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when works will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [23930/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if one to one resource teaching will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23931/05]
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 149 of 14 April 2005 and 397 of 26 April 2005, the position on this matter. [23932/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the category of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of special needs; the reason the school is not categorised as...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the funding available to a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; the next step in the school's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of her Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork. [23991/05]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cessation of a transition year awards scheme (details supplied); and if, in view of the success...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of rural primary schools nationwide which have lost permanent resource teaching positions as a result of the changes...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of medical students per year admitted to universities or institutions here; the breakdown between Irish and European Union...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003; her...
    • School Transport
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding spent annually on school transport for primary pupils with and without special needs; the proportion of this...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department plans to open negotiations with a company (details supplied) regarding the purchase of a site adjacent to St....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants which have been awarded for all schools in the Rathcoole area in 2005 for building and refurbishment works; the major works...
    • School Transport
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to replace older buses. [24038/05]
    • National Educational Welfare Board
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of available positions on the National Educational Welfare Board which have been filled; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the severe overcrowding in a school (details supplied); if she will approve a temporary building pending the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the ongoing delay in progressing a project (details supplied); if she will expedite the project; if she will meet...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time table for the decentralisation of sections of her Department to Athlone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24101/05]
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost per annum of an IT and university college place respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24102/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a deputation from a college (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used in drawing up clusters; the reason the inspectorate has no role in this or in the allocation of resource hours; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the command structure which the Irish Defence Forces in Bosnia and Kosovo operate therein. [23571/05]
    • Defence Forces Dependants
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces Pensions Acts or regulations include provisions granting entitlement to disabled or handicapped children of deceased military...
    • Military Staff
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason pay has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23782/05]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being asked to pay back rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23783/05]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for the engineers support battalion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23784/05]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for Gormanston Camp, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23785/05]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Defence if the primary reason for the decision to withdraw Defence Forces from the UN mission in Liberia at the end of 2006 is to ensure the commitment to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the Department of Finance at year's...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans to refurbish the squash facilities at Baldonnel in view of their current state of disrepair; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are no plans to turn Baldonnel into a civilian airport. [24048/05]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which exist and which must be...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if whales are hunted in Irish waters; if there are Government initiatives in place to protect whales in Irish...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated nationally in respect of the housing aid for the elderly scheme and the central heating...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he plans to adopt to ensure that electoral registers are as accurate as possible; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for sheltered housing by an association (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to sell any State lands in County Wexford to a developer for the developer to build...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the third phase of the main drainage scheme in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; when works will...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has for a site (details supplied); the works that will be carried out on this site; when the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 22 June 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding the recommended improvements required to the water supply...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals that are with his Department to permit Irish citizens living abroad throughout the European...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to Laois County Council to proceed with a project (details supplied) in County...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail the works being carried out and the costs of the work in respect of a project (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the applications that have been made to his Department in relation to the extremely poor water supply in a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review a grant scheme (details supplied) to take account of the ongoing running, maintenance and...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing associations in the State which cater for the provision of housing for persons with...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of local authority and affordable houses likely to become available for tenancy in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions which have been put into practice on the European Court of Justice decisions (details supplied)...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of environmental cases of complaint which are currently lodged with the EU Commission at present....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Oughterard sewerage scheme; the progress made on this scheme to date; the date by which he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis was carried out in respect of Government proposals to swap State land for...
    • Waste Management
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authority areas with private municipal refuse collection, which provide a door-to-door collection...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of his Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned...
    • EU Directives
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the operation scheme for the nitrates directive will be announced (details supplied); the details of the...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the raising of the matter in Dáil Éireann by this Deputy, if there are plans in the near future...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, following a ruling by the European Commission, any further strategic development zone must have an...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has not announced the local agenda 21 environment partnership fund 2005; when he will do so; and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses in Galway which have been built and the number which have been occupied under Part V of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to lift the cap on local authority staffing levels in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received any correspondence from a company (details supplied), its subsidiaries or any other group...
    • Waste Management
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, prior to the making of the most recent waste regulations, he was requested by a company (details supplied)...
    • EU Directives
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the implementation of, and the agencies responsible for the implementation of the EU...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 177 and 178 of 14 October 2004, if he will review the operation of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date on the decentralisation of Departments and associated agencies to Drogheda, County...