Written answers

Tuesday, 11 October 2005

  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Accommodation
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount being spent on prefabricated buildings in the education sector since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the management information system for the institutes of technology; the total cost of the consultancy involved in this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to centralise the administration of the third level college grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the services available for students with disabilities in the institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Technology in Education
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to assist third level institutions in making Ireland a centre of excellence in e-learning; and if she will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider adding further institutions to the list included under the remit of the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and...
    • School Vending Machines
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the contracts for the provision of new schools through public private partnership will ensure that school managements have control...
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to concerns expressed by third level institutions that they cannot compete on an international level due to shortages of...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allocate additional resources to the education welfare board to increase the number of education welfare officers...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application from Donegal VEC for funding towards the development of phase 3 of Gartan Outdoor Education Centre;...
    • Schools Evaluation
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will be bringing forward proposals for the release of information on the operation of schools; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the Education Welfare Act 2000 in order that children under the age of six, if in full-time education, will be...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of young people leaving secondary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her timescale for reducing class size at both primary and post-primary level to EU norms; when she will implement the undertaking in An...
    • Educational Integration
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to integrate students of different nationalities into the education system; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there will be a review of the rules governing access to school transport in the case of school amalgamation; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to bring the Irish language entry requirements for primary teaching courses into line with those for English and...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the OECD report on third level education institutions here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27314/05]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's estimate of the cost of payments of compensation by the Residential Institutions Redress Board to persons who suffered...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when all school teachers will be subject to vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27552/05]
    • Youth Services
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Government has failed to deliver its own priority objectives in the national youth work development plan, including the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recourse which is available to schools in disadvantaged areas that have had a reduction in resource teaching hours as a result of...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of multi-denominational schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27551/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of bundles of schools which will be offered to the market in 2006 as part of the recent schools public private partnership...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to address the high rates of failure in maths and sciences in the leaving certificate; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the nominal interest earned in 2004 for special savings accounts and special savings investment accounts is being calculated...
    • School Transport
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the dispute involving the transport of children to a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's entire approach to the teaching and examining of Irish in light of worrying reports on falling...
    • School Meals
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide schools with guidelines on the types of foods available on school premises; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of concessionary pupils being carried on school transport; the way in which this compares with each of the past five years;...
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      Question 50: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é a polasaí i leith fhorbairt na gcoláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht agus san iar-Ghaeltacht agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to develop an outreach third level education centre in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27610/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ratio of second level students to guidance councillors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27546/05]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers now employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Education
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when she will make a decision on a proposal to establish a postgraduate medical school in University College Dublin and on a...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the number of hours per week worked by special needs assistants have been reduced for the current academic year; and if she will make...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken against bullying at primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27544/05]
    • Languages Programme
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a separate budget for the teaching of English to non-nationals which is currently being provided under the...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide more support to schools to operate book rental schemes in view of the increasing cost of school books to parents;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the finding in the Forfás annual competitiveness report that Ireland ranks bottom of the table of 15 countries in...
    • Adult Education
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if research has been carried out into effects of the vocational education committees raising of the threshold for senior citizens, for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has examined the causes of the overrun in the cost of the public private partnership schools already constructed; the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios at primary level into line with best practice in other European countries with particular...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the request to provide a modern school building to replace the eight or nine prefabs in a school (details supplied) in...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the guidelines her Department have issued on the weight of schoolbags are being adhered to; and if she will...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools which are covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children who leave primary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27580/05]
    • International Reports
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that universities here did not feature in the upper regions of an international league table...
    • Student Councils
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a system whereby students can give feedback on their school experiences at the end of each year; and if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of departmental sex education and related initiatives in place; the number of schools which implement these initiatives; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average incidence of dyslexia among primary school-going children; the number receiving assistance at primary level for dyslexia;...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider extending free third level fees to part-time students who have not had the opportunity to proceed to third level...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children will be published; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the site purchased for the development of a building for the gaelscoil in Wicklow town; her further plans to develop a...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to research carried out for the Association of Higher Education Access and Disability which found that...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new schools information technology programme has been put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/05]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if amendments to the Protection of Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998 and the Sex Offenders Act 2001 will be forthcoming during the...
    • Standardised Testing
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has finalised her proposal to introduce standardised testing of all seven and 11 year olds; the timescale for their introduction;...
    • School Transport
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set up a commission to review catchment boundaries for school transport in view of the huge demographic changes that have...
    • School Staffing
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males entering primary level teaching for the most recent year for which statistics are available; the total number...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale of the recent report on the Marino Institute; if matters prior to 2002 were considered in drawing up this report; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to upgrade science facilities in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27315/05]
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a network of regional access officers will be put in place, designed to encourage and support students with disabilities to continue...
    • International Reports
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the finding of the OECD that spending on education here has been falling as a percentage of GDP and is well below the...
    • School Management
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the burden of responsibility and time taken on by members of boards of management of schools,...
    • Science Education
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the task force on the physical sciences which remain to be implemented; and if she will make a...
    • Research Funding
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all colleges in the third level sector are assured that any private fundraising they engage in will not result...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available to Educate Together to allow them to continue building a network of multi-denominational schools...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce mainstream anti-bullying programmes into schools in view of the success of pilot programmes in certain areas and...
    • Schools Evaluation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans on the publication of information on the performance of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27646/05]
    • Irish Language
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of hours being spent on Irish language education at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of workers within the educational system that are vetted by the Garda for the risk of child abuse; and if she will make...
    • School Staffing
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take in response to the report on attracting more men into primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of full-time students with a disability attending the institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Evaluation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all second level schools should produce an annual school report detailing their activities under a broad range of headings; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Industrial Earnings
      Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the average industrial wage for every fifth year since 1960; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/05]
    • General Register Office
      Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the number of marriages which were registered here for each of the past ten years. [27525/05]
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees in full-time and part-time capacity in each of the past ten years. [27528/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a delegation from the Irish Adoption Board has travelled to Belarus to meet authorities there; and the position...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the commitments she has made in the completion of phase 2B of Mullingar General Hospital; the timeframe for these works;...
    • Health Services
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make emergency funding available to address the €400,000 shortfall in funding facing the Rape Crisis Centre....
    • Tax Yield
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds which are collected annually through the 50 cent additional tax imposed on a box of cigarettes; the way these...
    • Hospital Hygiene
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it is not possible to have on-the-spot cleanliness checks in the medicinal areas of hospitals in the same way...
    • Health Services
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 must take to have their children reunited with them in Dublin. [27322/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Beaumont Hospital for an operation to his back; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times her Department has met with the social services inspectorate since May 2005 in relation to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has submitted to the Department of Finance a declaration that the levels of expenditure planned for the...
    • General Practitioners
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the continuing significant increase in general practitioner fees; if her attention has...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the latest information she has regarding the incidence of tuberculosis in each county; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [27415/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children with regard to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20, the reason a decision letter from An Bord Altranais issued on 6...
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time the audiology clinic was open in Drogheda; the number of staff employed and the cost per annum of...
    • Medical Statistics
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by county or region of the number of persons here being treated for B12 deficiency; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if waiting areas will be made more patient friendly where patients do not feel intimidated; and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a screening programme for bowel cancer for 60-69 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider a submission (details supplied) on the Health and Social Care Professionals Bill and address the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if medical cards will issue to all victims of the MRSA superbug; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27494/05]
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been any fundamental change to the vetting process for nursing homes since the Leas Cross nursing incident;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an average of four years waiting time for a routine appointment...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy initiatives taken by her for implementation by the Health Service Executive to ease the situation in accident...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the removal of asbestos from Hawkins House during 2001, asbestos was detected in and removed from foyer...
    • Health Services
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures that the Health Service Executive follows for informing parents and specialists as required of the results...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to provide the necessary funding for the next phase of the Naas Hospital development plan;...
    • Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the transport sub-committee established as a result of the report on radiotherapy services; if the...
    • Sudden Death Syndrome
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the growing number of deaths from sudden death syndrome of young persons, she will make it a requirement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason all 50 beds at Maynooth Community Hospital are not available for patients; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card holders in County Mayo have to wait up to five months for a basic eye test; and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funds provided by the Irish taxpayer are used as part of EU funding for projects involving the derivation and use of...
    • Health Services
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken to make capital investment available in the Health Service Executive northern area in...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 136, 137 and 138 of 29 June 2005 (details supplied) on Leas Cross Nursing Home, the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken to develop a dedicated acute unit to cater for persons with intellectual disability and...
    • State Property
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking on the sale of land at St. Ita's Hospital and St. Brendan's Hospital. [27775/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking on the urgent requirements for the development of an acute inpatient unit at Beaumont Hospital...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide a women's refuge in Carlow; the services funded by her Department in County Carlow relative to the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons availing of the over 70s medical card that was introduced in 2001; the number of persons aged over 70...
    • Health Services
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in obtaining an angiogram for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when the person...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on the need for increased Government funding for frontline services for women who have suffered violence with...
    • Health Services
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of NowDoc services which are in operation throughout the country; the guidelines which are used for determining...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards in place at 1 October 2005 on a county basis; when the 30,000 full medical cards will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on new action plans to end the issue of patients on trolleys in hospitals. [27845/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on speech and occupational therapy services for children on the north side of Dublin and provide a...
    • Health Services
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if discussions will be held with the Health Service Executive regarding the need to accelerate the redevelopment of...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an investigation will be carried out conveying the health concerns of the local community in respect of the masts...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the budget for home help services in the south east and the amount allocated to County Kilkenny; if there is a manager...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for the community paediatrician; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals for St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin and Naas General Hospital County Kildare; and if...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of women who have benefited from BreastCheck in Clondalkin and Lucan during the period 2002, 2003, 2004 and...
  • Department of Finance
    • State Property
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase of the Great Blasket Island which was announced in July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax rebate application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Collection
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the exact VAT charges on ESB and gas bills; if consumers are paying VAT on other charges on the same bill; and if he will give a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, despite submitting an application, a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been provided with confirmation from the Revenue...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance when work will commence on the provision of office accommodation for the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Bord Iascaigh...
    • Public Service Salaries
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the average mid-ranking civil servants, that is, principal officer's annual salary for every fifth year since 1960; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax receipts for residential properties in the years 1997 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax relief granted for waste charges for the years 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the number of applicants there were for these years; and if...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the application from Arklow Town Council, County Wicklow for funding for flood relief works; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include an amendment in legislation to allow appropriate tax incentives to apply to any proposed park and ride facilities to be provided...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; the outcome of the public consultation process; the timescale for the scheme; if the...
    • House Purchases
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who purchased houses in 2004. [27750/05]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if compensation has been awarded to property owners affected by the River Nore flood relief scheme; the number of property owners that have made a...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if all children and adults with disabilities will be given the maximum support in budget 2006. [27847/05]
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works if a water course (details supplied) in County Mayo will be cleaned by them; and if the Office...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the person carrying out the repairs to houses (details supplied) which were affected by the River Nore flood relief scheme; if residents affected by...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions which will be made to safeguard premises (details supplied) in County Tipperary in the context of the proposed drainage scheme for the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the approximate cost to the Exchequer of the quota and tagging system; the scientific advice available to him as...
    • Port Development
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received proposals for the sale of 32 acres by the Dublin Port Company for the development of a...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the need for ready to go phones to be sold only on the presentation of a utility bill and proof of...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to increase the level of grant assistance to local authorities with low commercial rate bases for...
    • Port Development
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to develop the ports at Wicklow Town and Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if broadband services will be provided to rural areas due to the demand from householders and rural businesses;...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) for a foreshore licence in County Cork. [27805/05]
    • Port Development
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed 52 acre in-fill of Dublin bay; and if a strategy will be devised to develop...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will investigate the masts in Whitestown industrial estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24, which are the source of...
    • Postal Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding his contracts with the workers representatives in respect of issues raised with them...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the new initiatives he will promote and encourage energy efficiency in view of the recently announced and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI's recommendation that the ESB sell three or four of its power...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in the investigation of the death of a person (details supplied) in Saudi Arabia in August 2004; the requests the Government has...
    • Official Travel
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to visit Mr. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela in the next 12 months; and if he will consider the proposal to invite him...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding independent policing in Northern Ireland; the contacts and discussions he has had in the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Relations
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his relationship with Ukraine and his contacts with the Government; the position regarding the Ukraine's interest in joining the European...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • State Airports
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he supports the view of Tourism Ireland in relation to changing the bilateral status of Shannon Airport; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will advertise the next round of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27623/05]
    • Community Games
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to meet the community games organisation, to discuss its needs with regard to the annual national finals held for many...
    • Olympic and Paralympic Games
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has met the Olympic Council of Ireland and the relevant sporting bodies to discuss plans for the Beijing Olympics 2008; his...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding the outstanding capital debt of a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27637/05]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the challenges there are at present and the challenges it is foreseen will develop in the future where the preservation of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the IDA has not met persons (details supplied) in County Mayo to view a vacant property. [27317/05]
    • Metrology Service
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the legal status of the national metrology laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Losses
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs which were lost in County Kerry in each of the years from 2000 to 2004 inclusive; and if he...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Questions Nos. 665 and 666 of 28 September 2005, the GDP [i]per capita[/i] for the south-east region expressed...
    • Regional Development
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the presence of a university in the south-east region will not further greatly assist IDA Ireland in attracting...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish the three-year lifetime capping of community employment scheme participants introduced. [27636/05]
    • EU Funding
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funds provided by the Irish taxpayer are used as part of EU funding for projects involving the derivation and use of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of inspections his officials are undertaking to ensure foreign workers employed by contractors or other businesses...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the income limits for the back-to-school allowance to include persons living on only payments from his department...
    • Tax Code
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of exemptions from PRSI issued in respect of 2005 to date; the companies and the number of exemptions in respect of each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if persons participating in community employment schemes, including the back to education scheme, are allowed to continue to...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will support all measures dealing with child poverty. [27849/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for the old age pension will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made regarding decentralisation to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27498/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an application for the back to education allowance was refused to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in 2004-05 and...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he has made to combat welfare fraud; if his attention has been drawn to the extent of the problem and its cost to the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the new computer system used for recording overpayments and repayments will be put in place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who commenced third level education under the back-to-education allowance for each academic year since the...
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the high level group has reported on its examination of the recommendations from the Mercer report on the future financing of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has reviewed the adequacy of the present fuel scheme in view of the substantial increase in the price of gas and electricity;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider increasing the income limit for old age pensioners in order that they will qualify for the free fuel allowance;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who are in receipt of both the disability benefit and the blind pension; the estimated cost to the Exchequer...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport when legislation to enable the introduction of a nationwide network of private speed cameras is anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport if complaints have been received by his Department concerning a driving tester (details supplied); the actions that are being taken on foot of such...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport if the road haulage division of his Department is to decentralise to Loughrea, County Galway, under the Government's decentralisation programme or...
    • Road Safety
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered introducing a national permit system to allow crane suppliers and other heavy goods vehicles to travel from one...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the passing of the first year of the operation of the Luas, he has satisfied himself with the practicability, frequency and size of...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport the delay in Iarnród Éireann providing badly needed car parking at Ennis station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27492/05]
    • Freight Distribution
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport the reports and recommendations he has received from the Dublin Transportation Office with regard to regional freight and goods distribution as...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish a driving test centre in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/05]
    • Rail Network
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has examined the feasibility of extending the DART line from Greystones to Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/05]
    • Rail Safety
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport when the railway safety commission will be established in Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27644/05]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to extending the Luas to Blessington, County Wicklow; if this will be extended in view of the increase in population over...
    • Public Transport
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to introducing a shuttle bus to the Luas terminal in Tallaght serving the Blessington area and running every 15 minutes...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if moneys which were returned to his Department have been spent; if there is adequate funding available to ensure that...
    • Community Development
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to continue the RAPID programme into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/05]
    • Drugs Task Forces
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the statement (details supplied) by the outgoing chairman of the Tallaght drugs...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support the purchase of the Owenmore river in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed in each county on the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Company Closures
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to retain the milk processing plant in Kilmeaden, County Waterford as a milk processing centre for farmers in the county; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their headage payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce legislation or regulation to enforce the recommendation of a report (details supplied). [27371/05]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if regulation applies to control and disposal of poultry litter on lands; and if and when she will introduce any such legislation or...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the special and extenuating circumstances pertaining to an application for additional units (details supplied) under the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her review of the farm early retirements scheme; her plans to abolish this scheme; the number of persons who have...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of overtime paid to staff of her Department each year from 1997 to end of 2004; the average amount paid to each employee in...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27484/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of installing and maintaining the computer system for the issue of the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 4 October 2005, her proposals to have research carried out in regard to non-quota beet...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency and naturalisation will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which will be taken to ensure that the incidents of anti-social behaviour including the burning of a wheelchair...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in granting a holiday visa to a person (details supplied). [27348/05]
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all prisoners covered by the Good Friday Agreement have now been released; if not, the reason any such prisoner has not...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role of the Garda in regard to the prosecution of persons perpetrating cruelty against animals; the reason gardaí on...
    • Garda Discharges
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will carry out an investigation as to the way a person (details supplied) was discharged from the Garda Síochána on...
    • Prisoner Numbers
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convicted prisoners here at present; the breakdown of these by nationality; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for capital grant towards a child care group (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth for permission to...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing number (details supplied) will be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of this dealing;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange a further appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, whose cousin was refused...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if applicants are waiting between eight and 18 months for post-nuptial citizenship applications to be processed; the actual...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions that arose per county in 2004 as a result of the 12,307 detections for driving while intoxicated;...
    • Extradition Orders
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for the extradition of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow was not made in order that...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the appeal of a holiday visa for a person (details supplied). [27510/05]
    • Legalisation of Fireworks
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need to legalise and regularise the use of fireworks in order to ensure a safer use of these devices than...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to develop and adopt a national strategy on violence against women that would provide a framework for...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Aughrim, County Wicklow; if he will consider allocating a patrol car to the gardaí based...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will provide funding for the installation of closed-circuit television cameras for Clonmel; the time scale for the...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the terms of reference of the Rossiter inquiry; if the inquiry will be established under recent public inquiry...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 4 October 2005, if a decision to refuse the visa was reached on 24 August...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a capital grant and staffing grant will be sanctioned to a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [27727/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse a visa application for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in the Limerick division for each year since 1997 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unaccompanied minors who sought asylum on an annual basis during the period 2000 to 2005; and if he will make...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish the reason a commitment made by the probation and welfare section of his Department that it would...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing with the Land Registry since 2002 will be completed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in the Waterford constituency for each year since 1997 to date...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the original documents will be returned to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [27781/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding visa applications for persons (details supplied); the reason they were refused visas; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be processed in view of the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase the retirement age for members of the Garda Síochána from 57 to 60 years in view of the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the establishment of a DNA databank regarding the investigation and detection of serious crime; when...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the staffing and administration costs of the head office of the Legal Aid Board in Caherciveen, County Kerry; and the number...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 4 October 2005 in regard to illegal fireworks, his views on the number of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to taken in regard to an EU Commission proposal for a directive on common standards and procedures in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will respond to the request from the current officer board of Victim Support for grant assistance; and if he will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capital funding he proposes for County Waterford in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27925/05]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he proposes to tackle the importation and sale of illegal fireworks; if there is a public record of illegal...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of violence against women reported in Clondalkin and Lucan Garda stations for the period 2002, 2003,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for persons (details supplied) in County Dublin to remain. [27992/05]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding allocated to child care facilities in Clondalkin for the period 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics across all headings for the years 1997 to 2004 for Bray, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow and Blessington as...
    • Road Safety
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made regarding the introduction of a nationwide network of private speed cameras following the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support all measures dealing with quality pre-school projects for children up to four years of age; and if she will report...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure the programme for Government commitment to reduce class sizes will be met by 2007; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when proposals to address educational disadvantage will be announced; if these proposals will include more provision for early...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the school building programme in the primary sector in New Ross; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be entitled to financial assistance to study at The Sound Training College, Temple...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for funding to provide a car park at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will...
    • School Transport
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 1308 of 28 September 2005, if school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new school building for a college (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that there are adequate places provided for young persons, who wish to apply for a higher diploma in...
    • School Transport
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received any of the reports following on various investigations into the County Meath school bus crash. [27389/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when home tuition will be approved for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [27417/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when steps will be taken to ensure that the long promised extension to a college (details supplied) in west Cork will be provided; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department is discontinuing home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has significant medical...
    • ICT Advisers
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a list of teachers seconded to ICT adviser positions using a virtual school number; and if she will make a...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to resolve the situation of an acting ICT adviser in County Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transition year is compulsory where it is deemed so by the school authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27487/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not getting the resource teaching hours they need as a high incidence...
    • School Transport
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the recent leaving of a child by the side of the road by Bus Éireann, which is now implementing a no-ticket, no-travel...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage the process is...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage the plans for a dedicated applied behaviour analysis unit at Rathfarnham and Bohernabreena, Dublin; the expected date of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a response will be expedited to a submission made by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding his employment as a...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for disadvantaged status by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to site acquisition for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; if a site has been agreed for this...
    • School Management
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in appointing a full representative board of management for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when building will commence on the proposed two new primary schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application for a physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow was first sanctioned; when the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional supports are being granted to youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27631/05]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of accommodation for the second year class at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the recommendation of the special education needs organiser to provide 41 additional teaching hours and to provide resource...
    • Gaeltacht Schools
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary schools in Gaeltacht areas; the number of these that continue to teach purely through Irish; the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give details on the teaching of the arts in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20209/05]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate the establishment of a new A1 or assistant principal grade position at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transition year is not just for the cream of the crop and is open to any student regardless of ability or junior certificate...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the latest developments regarding the provision of much needed space for a school (details supplied); if she will make an offer to a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider introducing legislation, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which children with special educational needs in the autism spectrum have had individual education plans developed for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if proposals have been prepared for presentation to the school boards and parents groups regarding the possible solution of the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a comprehensive response will be arranged for a submission made by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a response...
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      Question 446: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil aon staidéar déanta ar an bhfeabhas a thagann ar chaighdeán Gaeilge na mac léinn a fhreastalaíonn ar na coláistí...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a cap on the number of students to colleges of education to train as primary teachers will be introduced; and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the higher education grant scheme to allow for the eligibility of a non-national person (details supplied); and if...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of welfare officers employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; the number of primary and secondary schools here;...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the National Education Psychological Service throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the National Education Welfare Board throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of premises used by the special educational needs officers throughout the State; the cost of acquisition, running or...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consultancy contracts awarded by all institutes of technology since 2000; the amount expended on each contract; the company to...
    • Building Contracts
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the building contracts awarded by all institutes of technology since 2000; the amount expended on each contract; the company to which...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a unit (details supplied) will not be included in those institutions earmarked for redress under the Residential...
    • School Transport
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the meaning of a phrase (details supplied). [27851/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a suitable assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow a Youthreach service to be set up in Birr, County Offaly; the reason for the delay in making a decision on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a chairperson will be appointed for the Grangegorman Development Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27920/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the accommodation and staffing needs at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27935/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional resource and remedial teachers which were in place on 1 October 2005 as against the 1 October 2004; if she has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the progress being made towards the restoration and extension of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding dyslexia and resource services for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27941/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of a school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare, she has received the necessary response from the school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the present accommodation is sufficient to meet current and projected requirements in respect of all primary and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in the past six months with regard to the identification of a site and provision of a new primary school at Kill, County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having regard...

    • Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having regard...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which speech and language requirements have been assessed or determined in respect of each national school in north...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to address the issue of pupil-teacher ratios in primary schools throughout County Kildare which currently have...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of school bullying reported at primary and post-primary level throughout the country in each of the past five...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the requirement and the availability of child psychological services at primary and second level schools throughout County Kildare; and...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the issue of literacy here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27983/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of learning resource teachers in Lucan over the period 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. [27984/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a progress report on the roll out of new career guidance teachers for junior certificate classes in the Clondalkin...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1281 of 28 September 2005, in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the Department's property at Gormanstown, County Meath; if he has received requests from private companies or individuals to...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Defence if he met with a person (details supplied); if he will report on this meeting; if the matter will be investigated further; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to sell Department of Defence property in County Donegal; his further plans to close down any of the existing posts; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by his Department; his views on the matter; when a...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available all circulars that have been sent to local authorities regarding the disabled...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs which are being imposed on consumers per electrical item in relation to the waste electrical and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation, primary and secondary including statutory instrument references, governing the shared...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the skateboard park grant which is due to local authorities in 2005; the timeframe...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funds will be provided to facilitate the collection of farmyard plastics for which farmers have...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent report by the Centre for Public Inquiry into Trim Castle. [27412/05]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department encourages a policy of transference of tenancy to sub-tenants of local authority housing,...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of radioactive waste that has been stored on Rocky Island, near Ringaskiddy, County Cork; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding to provide a sewerage scheme at Glasson Village,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new house starts approved for each local authority in each of the past five years; and the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Killybegs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received in his Department from Donegal County Council regarding the proposed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his contacts with South Dublin County Council, regarding the authorities difficulties in respect of the...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if contacts are being maintained with the British authorities in relation to Sellafield; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of payments to all local authorities for the local improvement schemes for the years 2002, 2003,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the water supply scheme will be upgraded at Adare, County Limerick. [27733/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is inappropriate for local authority members to claim expenses for attendance at a...
    • Fire Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authorities have fire fighting equipment adequate to deal with fires in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that more than 20 persons in Drogheda waiting for the disabled persons housing grant...
    • Water Quality
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has undertaken any study of the extent of lead piping connections to households in the Irish water...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately implement a ban on the importation of oilseed rape seed (details supplied) under...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be reached on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures available for houses built by each local authority in 2005; if the local authorities will have a...