Written answers

Tuesday, 4 October 2005

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Animal Cruelty
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to serious public concern at the circumstances of the slaughter of 4,000 pigs in Waterford two years...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the outcome of her meeting on 23 June 2005 with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural...
    • Animal Health Strategy
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all-Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26190/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will list the EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented in view of the target date...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made in her discussions with the EU Commission on 19 September 2005 regarding proposals for reform of the EU sugar regime;...
    • Horticulture Sector
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the horticulture sector here. [26163/05]
    • Sugar Quota
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the ownership of the Irish sugar quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26224/05]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her priorities for the current round of world trade talks and the summit due in Hong Kong in December 2005; and if she will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress and opportunities in place or planned for farmers and all involved in developing the biofuel and biomass sector in view of...
    • Land Prices
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to recent figures published by the Central Statistics Office showing that agricultural land prices rose...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself with the progress under REPS 3. [26170/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of entitlements under the national reserve; when she will issue the entitlements; and if she will make a...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food in view of the continued problems regarding the EU sugar regime, her plans to examine alternative uses for the beet farmers produce, in...
    • Sugar Quota
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the ownership of the Irish sugar quota; when she was informed of the decision to close the Carlow facility; and...
    • Animal Health Strategy
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26406/05]
    • Farming Practices
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding making safe use of digestate from anaerobic digestion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26475/05]
    • Veterinary Medicines
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps that she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies;...
    • Food Industry
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the marketing potential of Bord Bia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26213/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the latest progress in her Department's decentralisation plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cases of BSE in cattle discovered in 2004 and to date in 2005; the way in which this compares with recent years; the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to ensure that all third country beef is properly labelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total number of applications received by 16 May 2005 deadline under the new single payment scheme; the progress made with regard to...
    • Live Exports
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to facilitate the live export of lambs to the United Kingdom and France; if she will address the current holding...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if it is the Government's decision or that of the EU to bring to an end the EU early retirement scheme here; her views on whether it...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the modulation fund under the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26194/05]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers, including organic farmers, have their markets and certification threatened by...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to reports that BSE has been transmitted naturally between ewes and lambs at a Government experimental...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European Commission regarding the next round of the World Trade Organisation; and if she will make...
    • Pesticide Control
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has made any representation to the European Commission regarding the formulation of the EU plan for sustainable...
    • Food Industry
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current priorities under the food institutional research programme. [26169/05]
    • Beef Exports
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future of the beef industry with particular reference to its future development and the need to compete with products...
    • Farm Accidents
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which are being taken to address the serious problems of death and injuries through farm accidents; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government's measures to assist young farmers here. [26172/05]
    • Food Industry
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her efforts to promote Irish lamb. [26168/05]
    • Energy Resources
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the research which has been carried out by or on behalf of her Department in regard to the use of sugar beet in the production of...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on her Department's recently published report for 2004. [26448/05]
    • Food Industry
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26216/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant assistance in place to deal with scrapie monitoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26492/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current status of the nitrate action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26408/05]
    • Timber Imports
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to prohibit the importation of illegally sourced timber and timber products; her further plans to negotiate voluntary...
    • Sugar Industry
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken arising from the publication on 22 June 2005 of proposals from the EU Commission for reform of the EU sugar...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress in forestry planting in 2005. [26158/05]
    • Food Industry
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her response and the implications for the Irish food industry of the recently published Scientific Study on Children's Diet, which was...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the incidence of brucellosis in the cattle herd in 2005 compared to recent years. [26160/05]
    • Live Exports
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to promote the export of live sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26405/05]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the prospects for Irish beef exports in 2005. [26164/05]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the outcome of the agreement on the forestry element of the new rural development regulation achieved in 2005. [26159/05]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has agreed the rules covering the allocation of the national reserve with the farming organisations; and if she will make a...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action which has been taken or it is intended to take arising from the recommendations of the report of the task force on obesity in...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to prevent an outbreak of avian flu here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26198/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will introduce the grant scheme to upgrade housing and holding facilities as required by the nitrates directive; when the...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to protect Ireland's dairy industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26188/05]
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the advice she will give farmers faced with a further substantial rise in diesel prices over the summer on top of an increase of more...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress on the introduction of a voluntary labelling system for meat used in the restaurant and catering sector. [26157/05]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a new farm waste management scheme. [26161/05]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the Teagasc service provided to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26217/05]
    • Organic Farming
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage organic farming here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26471/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current status of the application for a derogation to the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26407/05]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 25 May 2005, she has studied the United Kingdom Royal Society results of genetically...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the district veterinary office in Wicklow town opened; the number of staff employed there; if all necessary transactions will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to reports that a small number of wealthy landowners are receiving payments of more than €10,000 per...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress she has made on the implementation of the report by the Oireachtas joint committee on the early retirement scheme; and if...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European Commission to index link the single farm payment; if she will make the payment in two...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress of the organic food sector here. [26165/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European Commission and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of entitlements under the national reserve; when the entitlements will be issued; and if she will make a...
    • Live Exports
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the level of live exports of cattle to date compared to the same period in 2004. [26171/05]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Animal Health Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26193/05]
    • Food Industry
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the progress of the prepared consumer food sector within the Irish food industry. [26166/05]
    • Beef Exports
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of beef which has been exported to Russia in each of the past five years and to date; if she is satisfied that farmers here...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made regarding the redeployment of the estimated 400 staff previously employed in administering farm income support...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows as a result of proposals that do...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for cross-compliance under the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26183/05]
    • Animal Foodstuffs
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to strengthen the existing national legislation pertaining to inspection and seizure powers in terms of the problem of animal...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce a clear and transparent food labelling system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Overseas Visitors
      Question 218: To ask the Taoiseach the number of foreign visitors here in each tourism region for the past five years; and the total number of foreign visitors who were returning with the purpose...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of additional nursing home beds provided by private nursing homes annually since December 1997. [26326/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a refund for the cost of glasses. [26392/05]
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the need to provide increased and adequate funding for groups dealing with the issue of...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to genetically modified foods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26767/05]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the plans for the new children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site at Eccles Street are going ahead without any delay;...
    • Health Services
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is still waiting for speech and language therapy. [26228/05]
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the report of the Lourdes Hospital inquiry; if she will provide clarification on the present...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with their orthodontic needs and if the family will...

    • Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the health service here is following an American style rather than adopting the successful model of the...

    • Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has examined the transport needs for those who have to travel from the south east to other centres for radiation and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if income from an account (details supplied) will be included in any means-tested payments from her Department; and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a substantial response will be issued regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the boundaries of the former health boards will be removed from operational practice in the Health Service Executive;...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; the provision that will be...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it remains her policy to implement the Hanly report, either directly or by stealth; and if she will make a statement on...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens who travel abroad and who get sick at sea while travelling...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the relevant figures for the average time per patient between admittance at accident and emergency...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the working group which was established by the Mental Health Commission will make rules providing for the use of ECT...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the exact time element involved including time taken from first referral to actual date of appointment with a doctor...
    • Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide further funding for counselling for the Parents for Justice group; and if she will make a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical practitioner under the general medical services will be appointed to Quin, County Clare; and if she will...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inquiries concerning organ retention, specifically in respect of adults; and the length of time the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if the Government has committed any funding to...
    • Health Services Investigation
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an investigation by the Garda in the Waterford area into the alleged misappropriation of funds in the control...
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the methods employed by the Health Service Executive in Kilkenny to assess applicants for home help hours; the number of...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients on trolleys in the accident and emergency section, Mater Hospital, Dublin 7 in September...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the approximate number of applications for inter-country adoptions currently outstanding; if it is correct that such...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made by the Health Service Executive in its examination of the service requirements of rape...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the accident and emergency and acute services in Ennis General Hospital will be continued or discontinued; if all...
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for cataract surgery;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the strategy which is in place or planned to address the issue of the early onset of Alzheimer's disease; if she will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of recent questions raised by representatives of the ESRI regarding the efficiency of the State paying the full...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average annual funding per client in the intellectual disability sector for a day activation place; if the €5,800 per...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a group of persons who are relatives and friends of persons who died by suicide and who...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason certain adults with special needs who have been cared for at a care community (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths and rates per 100,000 population for suicide by HSE regional areas and county for the years 2000,...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in some parts of Dublin, the fee paid by the Health Service Executive for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken towards the reopening of Monaghan General Hospital for surgery in view of the fact that all...
    • Health Services
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive speech therapy weekly on a long-term basis as recommended by...
    • Health Forums
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if ministerial regulations have been made under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 to establish regional health forums; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Health and Children that the orthodontic...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies who are in arrears on their obligations to pay PRSI; and the amount of PRSI outstanding from those employers. [26599/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give the same concessions to the visually impaired as are available to other people who suffer from disabilities in relation to VAT refund...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax revenue from housing in each of the years 1997 to 2005 distinguishing the revenue raised from VAT, stamp duties on new sites, stamp duty on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise charged per unit of alcohol on the different categories of alcohol products subject to VAT. [26227/05]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has to ensure that the former social welfare office in Victoria Street, Dublin 8, is properly cleaned up and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for implementing section 12 of the Finance Act 2005; the additional costs which arise for State employees living abroad; the number of...
    • Capital Funding
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has expressed value for money concerns regarding capital funding for certain hospitals; the hospitals involved; and the reason for...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of premises licensed to sell alcohol by retail sale in Dublin city and county on 30 June 2004, 31 December 2004 and 30 June 2005 based on...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the press reports of a large number of hits which were made to social welfare computer records of a person...
    • Tax Code
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance when the returns for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26482/05]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the current number of investors, the average amount saved monthly and the monthly cost to the Exchequer for SSIA's since the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue on fuels, petrol, diesel, gas and home heating oil when the fuel is priced at 80 cent per litre, 100 cent per litre, 120 cent per...
    • European Council
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department will be responding to the agreements reached by Ministers under the topic of current economic situation and oil at...
    • Tax Code
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's suggestion that the EU could part-fund its budget with a levy on international financial...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the bands of income of €10,000 and the income tax rate paid by taxpayers with an income in excess of €100,000. [26743/05]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the purpose for which a reported further €4 million was allocated to the Digital Hub project; his plans for...
    • Postal Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the procedures in place within An Post in the event of auditors visiting an office; and if he...
    • Seirbhísí An Phoist
      Question 324: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Mara agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha an bhfuil sé i gceist go mbeidh na zipchóid nua in Éirinn bunaithe ar logainmneacha Gaeilge; mar shampla, in ionad...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the current threat to salmon stocks by a parasite worm Anisakis simplex...
    • Postal Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he intends to take to ensure the restoration of former levels of postal service; and if his attention...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the existing or planned incentives to individual householders to install renewable energy such as solar, PVs and...
    • Postal Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the changes in postal district numbers; the reason he is making such proposals; the position of...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in the absence of the State retaining equity in offshore exploration for oil and gas, he will employ...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will initiate and complete a review of designated sporting events which are of major importance under...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the planning and consultation system as it relates to oil and gas finds in view of the...
    • Regional Fisheries Boards
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to replace the regional fisheries boards with one central body; if such a proposal has been considered...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the foreshore licence will be granted to the Quilty, Mullagh, Carrigaholt, Labasheeda sewerage schemes; and...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if moneys will be allocated for improvements to the pier and harbour at Doolin, County Clare; and if he will...
    • Research Vessels
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of days for which the two Marine Institute research vessels the [i]Celtic Explorer[/i] and the...
    • Port Development
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received proposals from the Dublin Port Company regarding changing the situation on long leases to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • US Appeal Court Decision
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that the US civil authorities implement the US Appeal Court's decision in the case of the Miami Five; and if...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has satisfied himself that current arrangements are effective for the issuing of passports; his plans to further develop the system;...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Funding
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will re-introduce the access programme for the refurbishment or new building of arts centres in provincial towns; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the capital sports grant will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26319/05]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the allowances made in health and safety instruction for road workers and for persons in other...
    • Research Funding
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if the Government has committed any funding to...
    • Foreign Trade
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the trade links between Ireland and Cuba; the general type of goods exported and imported; their value over the past number...
    • Redundancy Entitlements
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person who has worked three days a week for twenty years and has had to retire due to ill health is entitled to...
    • Job Creation
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals for job creation initiatives in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26711/05]
    • Price Inflation
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his efforts to respond to criticism of rising prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the fact that competition law is being mischievously used to attack the rights of certain...
    • Statutory Rebates
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a rebate relating to the payment of redundancy to a person will be made to his employer (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will allow a disregard of €3,000 for forestry premium payments regarding means assessment for social welfare payments; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase the amount allowed to be earned by a dependant of an old age contributory pensioner in the budget for 2005....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if special savings investment accounts will be included in any means-tested payments from his Department; and the applications...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not allowed the back-to-school clothing and footwear scheme allowance;...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of hits which were made to the social welfare computer records of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify the period a person must be unemployed to enable them to qualify for the back-to-education allowance; if the...
    • Social Welfare Fund
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of pay related social insurance paid annually by employers into the social welfare fund for each of the past five years....
    • Child Support
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance which is available to persons who qualify for the back to education allowance to help them with child care costs;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of inspectors that are employed by the State to monitor, after old age non-contributory pensions have been awarded,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a diet supplement allowance has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if a further appeal...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way his Department supports the Disability Equality Specialists Support Agency; the work of the agency; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider an increase in the on-the-spot parking fine which remains at a €19 level. [26788/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport when Directive 2002/15/EC will be transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26285/05]
    • Air Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport if a full impact study will be undertaken on the effects of open skies; the measures that will be required both in the short term and long term to...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which is being made in the decentralisation of the road haulage division to Loughrea, County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport if differences (details supplied) exist between the old trains on the Sligo to Dublin rail network and the new trains which his Department is...
    • Public Transport
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures which are in place to ensure that social services provided by Dublin Bus will continue to operate in the absence of additional...
    • Road Safety
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport if arrangements will be put in place in order that the scene of serious road traffic accidents will be independently evaluated to ascertain any...
    • Rail Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new commuter carriages due for delivery to the Drogheda depot; the date upon which the carriages are expected to be commissioned; the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he or the Rail Procurement Agency have to extend the Luas to Clondalkin and Lucan. [26402/05]
    • Road Safety
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing regulations in view of the imminent EU regulation in respect of mandatory daytime car lights and in view of their...
    • Rail Network
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is proposed to open a railway station at the old cattle bank, Cabra, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26528/05]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has given consideration to the SIPTU alternative proposal for the funding of Aer Lingus expansion through a State owned holding company; and...
    • Rail Network
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of the €5 million allotted for Spencer Dock in the last Estimates which has been spent; the way in which it has been spent; and if he...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will sanction the preparation of contract and tendering documentation for the Inis Bigil cable car,...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to reallocate funds from the €12 million returned unused by Waterways Ireland to the development of the...
    • Community Development
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will put in place a package to purchase the Owenmore fishery at Cloghane, Brandon, County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 385: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas faighte ina Roinn le haghaidh deontais do Chéidh Thamhnaigh, Cill Chartha, cén staid ag a bhfuil an...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      Question 386: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas faighte ina Roinn ar dheontas do bhóthar áise (sonraí tugtha), an gcomhlíonann an bóthar na...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who applied for assistance from the single payment...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has given any consideration to giving notification to farmers before inspection is done under the REPS; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if progress has been made in seeking a derogation from the full impact of the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that only approximately 3% of the Border, midlands and western region is not included in the...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase significantly or abolish totally the off-farm income applying to transferees in the year prior to application; and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the guidelines which exist to advise farmers on additional record keeping of the purchasing, storing and usage of fertilisers on farms...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the restrictions which are in place to stop the importation of chicken from non-regulated markets into Ireland where it is minimally...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason she proposes to confine prescription writing to vets only under the veterinary medicine regulations; if she will view this...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the farm retirement scheme; if all joint management applications involving married couples and partners will be...
    • Deer Farming
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons involved in deer farming; the extent to which the enterprise is expanding or otherwise; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the current system of farm payments is operating effectively and efficiently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26768/05]
    • Crop Production
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total acreage of potatoes grown here to date in 2005; if the trend is on the increase or otherwise; and if she will make a statement...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the indications in the World Trade Organisation with particular reference to the implications for Irish agriculture; and if she will...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total acreage of alternative fuel crops grown to date in 2005; her plans to encourage greater participation; and if she will make a...
    • Food Industry
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if it is intended to promote Irish beef, lamb, pigmeat or chicken throughout the catering industry here; and if she will make a...
    • Animal Carcase Disposal
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all carcasses and offal arising from the beef destruct scheme have been disposed of in a proper fashion; and if she will make a...
    • Food Industry
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that all Irish meat exports are competing adequately on world markets; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that adequate food labelling exists to identify the origins of all meat or meat products available here; and if she...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the [i]force majeure[/i] or exceptional circumstances appeal regarding the refusal of a single payment for a person...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the supports that are available to farmers in the Bohernabreena area in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the new computer system which is required for the extension of the fixed charge system became operational during summer...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding visa applications for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on plans for the redevelopment of Garda station facilities in Tallaght, Dublin 24 including consideration...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda vetting unit has been completely decentralised to Thurles, County Tipperary as was envisaged to happen by...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a child care application for a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the appeal for a visa for a person (details supplied). [26260/05]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will alter the criteria currently in place for assessment of growing towns whose local authorities or chamber of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which a visa has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied); if this matter has been reviewed on...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to provide additional gardaí and resources for Dungarvan, County Waterford (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to remain in the State will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the application for permission to remain in the State for persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Recidivism Rate
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the level of recidivism in prisons here. [26334/05]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the number of summonses issued and convictions obtained in respect of illegal use of Kennelsfort Road,...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans regarding the future of a person (details supplied); if he will drop any pending deportation proceedings in view...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding a visa application for a person (details supplied). [26393/05]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish-born child made by a person...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the issues that have resulted in a very substantial delay in the installation of a closed circuit television, CCTV, system...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the mountain bike units of the Garda Síochána are still being operated as a pilot project; if so, when he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the refusal of a visa application for a person (details supplied). [26495/05]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an incident in which persons were chased and assaulted (details supplied); if his...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a person (details supplied) to stay here; and give them the maximum support and assistance. [26507/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application for a person (details supplied) was refused; if, in cases of family reunification, it is a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency on the basis of marriage to an Irish national will be processed for a person (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the decision to refuse refugee status to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reviewed; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it will take to reprogramme the PULSE system to ensure that road traffic summons in respect of alleged...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount it costs to keep a prisoner in Mountjoy for one day and one week; the amount it costs to keep a similar prisoner...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons on the waiting list for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/05]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will discuss with the Garda authorities the merits of the STAY Garda division project based at a school (details...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will discuss with the Garda Commissioner the policing needs of Tallaght, Dublin 24, and make the case for the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on his proposals to introduce anti-social behaviour orders detailing the schedule being allowed and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary town, Cahir, Fethard and Cashel; the number of extra...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a dealing application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited in the Land Registry Office; and...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no moneys have been provided to finance the installation of a closed circuit television scheme in Mullingar,...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26759/05]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application (details supplied) has been received for assistance from his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider granting an extension of the visa for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26794/05]
    • Illegal Fireworks
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to curtail the availability of fireworks in the lead up to Hallowe'en; if he is aware of the fear and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) for an innovative inter-agency initiative to target early age...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special needs assistant has been withdrawn without any explanation to the family or the person employed as assistant at a...
    • School Transport
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, having given a commitment in February 2001, the [i]status quo[/i] will be maintained in regard to school transport to Salesian...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expedite a decision on an application for home tuition in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
    • School Funding
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if income from an account (details supplied) will be included in any means-tested payments from her Department; and the applications...
    • Civil Service Recruitment
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to retain temporary clerical officers recruited to the exams branch of her Department for the summer months; and if she will...
    • Pre-School Education
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26275/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have complained to her Department as a result of loss or change of services to children with special needs;...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of restrictive recognition teachers here at present and the number that are employed by her Department. [26295/05]
    • School Funding
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Educate Together schools will be able to draw down core funding on the same basis as other schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the scheme that exists for funding primary schools to employ a secretary in a typical primary school with a principal and three...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the proposed earlier review of general allocations in the context of the development of a new policy framework for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the rollout of the €30 million scheme for broadband Internet access in all primary and secondary schools; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the special needs services of a person (details supplied) were withdrawn; and if she will reverse this decision. [26374/05]
    • Modern Language Teaching
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans to continue, expand and mainstream the modern languages initiative that is being piloted in some areas of the country; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the substantial additional number of places created in primary school places in Lucan, she will carry out a review of...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint a home-school-community liaison officer to the South Clondalkin schools completion programme. [26399/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the recent population growth and development in the village of Newcastle, County Dublin, she will carry out a review of...
    • Speed Limits
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the guidelines for the erection of speed limits outside rural national schools will be published; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person returning to college who qualifies under the back to education scheme and has previously completed one year in college is...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person returning to third level education having attended college for one year and registered for a second year is eligible for a...
    • School Transport
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her refusal to sanction a school bus service catering for the 34 pupils who require transportation between...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of any new second-level schools currently being considered for south Dublin; their proximity to a current...
    • School Closures
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had any contact with a school (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding its proposals to close; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have their application approved; if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action that has been taken to deliver additional facilities for the Kildare section identified in the M4-N4 examination of school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the independent appeals board on mainstream staffing in primary schools will determine appeals from three schools (details...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when applications will be sought for the summer works scheme 2006; if the upgrade of science laboratories in a secondary school in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding the establishment of an autistic unit in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to cater for the primary school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; her proposals to deal with same;...
    • School Transport
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if alternative suitable arrangements will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements will be made for an inspector to call to the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has not yet...
    • School Transport
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding an appeal to the school transport appeals board (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a higher education grant will be payable to students who hold a masters degree and are applying for grant aid...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of spending on science facilities in schools over each of the past five years along with the estimated take up by pupils of...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will allocate funding to Educate Together for the continuance of their work in developing a network of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she supports the establishment of a special class within a mainstream secondary school (details supplied) which it is intended will...
    • In-service Training
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide ongoing in-service training for teachers directly involved in the running of a proposed special class in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the contents of correspondence from the staff of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will reimburse a certain sum to a secondary school (details supplied) spent in the refurbishment of old prefabricated...
  • Department of Defence
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces vehicles which use biofuels either by way of a percentage of plant oil with diesel or exclusively with biofuels; and if...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated revenue from commercial rates for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26313/05]
    • National Monuments
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Office of Public Works is planning to move the Turoe Stone from Turoe, Bullaun, Loughrea,...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a stricter regime for assessing the quality of private rented accommodation as the 1993...
    • Development Levies
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of finance levied in respect of all development charges under the Planning and Development Act 2000...
    • Waste Management
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if city and county managers of local authorities will present their annual budgets minus the waste management...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a positive response will be given to the submission made by Dublin City Council for funding to redevelop...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is the intention of the implementation of the WEEE directive that goods, such as electric toothbrushes...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the planning and development regulations and the draft development management guidelines will be...
    • National Heritage Week
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the activities undertaken by the underwater archaeology unit in connection with national heritage week. [26351/05]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the areas in which the rented accommodation scheme is currently operating; the number of tenants and number of...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if help will be given with the provision of funding to assist with the restoration of a protected building in...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures which are in place or planned to monitor and enforce the Convention on International Trade in...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government's current sustainable development strategy; and the way in which it is monitored, reviewed and...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made or planned in his and other Departments, local authorities, public entities...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which all areas of county and local development plan objectives are monitored, assessed and acted...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an updated version of the "Green Government Guide — Promoting Environmental Management and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is required to advertise all such applications in section 25...
    • Asbestos Remediation
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide advice and support for homes with asbestos pipes (details supplied); and if he will work...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the funding to Sligo County Council for the central heating programme will be sanctioned; the amount of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim for the rural renewal scheme will be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the geographical areas of counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon that are subject to tax designation; the scope...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received proposals from Dublin City Council to sell 10,000 council flats to tenants; the main...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when provision will be made for a women's refuge for County Kildare; if suitable services will be put...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify to local authorities the correct entitlements in respect of pension entitlements for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the €6.5 million Ennis water filtration plant will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 19 December 2004, the amount that each local authority received...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the options available for public officials on reaching 65 years of age in view of the Government's recent...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any grant aid available to a person who wishes to recycle old paint and other such material; and...
    • Waste Management
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the change of special area of conservation status in relation to a contentious site where planning...