Written answers
Thursday, 13 October 2005
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Cultural Facilities
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to introduce a follow up programme to the ACCESS programme to upgrade existing arts and heritage centres, especially the...
- Stadium Redevelopment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne Road; the reason Government funding for the development of the new...
- Sports Policy
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a copy of the Economic and Social Research Institute's report, the Social and Economic Value of Sport in Ireland;...
- Cultural Facilities
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the construction of a new Opera House in Wexford will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28087/05]
- Abbey Theatre
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre; if he has sought Cabinet approval for a site in the Dublin docklands...
- National Concert Hall
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; the extent of the buildings to be purchased from UCD; and if he...
- National Stadium
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when work will commence on Campus Ireland at Abbotstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28224/05]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of new swimming pools, constructed since 2002, aided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Abbey Theatre
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the use to which the existing Abbey Theatre building will be put when a new theatre has been constructed; and if he will make a...
- Performing Arts
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed academy for the performing arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28302/05]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding a new swimming pool programme, in relation to Lucan, which lost out in the previous programme due to a lack of...
- Sports Funding
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the discussions he has had with sporting organisations regarding the ESB proposals to dramatically increase charges for the operation...
- Arts Funding
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding allocated to the 2005 Cork City of Culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28088/05]
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will extend sports partnerships to the remaining counties of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28225/05]
- Tourism Industry
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism in view of the decline in visitors from Britain over recent years, his views on whether this represents a significant threat to the...
- Abbey Theatre
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on proposals for reform of structures of the Abbey Theatre; his further views on the latest efforts being made to address...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if further investigations have been carried out and any remedy found for the leaks that were identified at the National Aquatic Centre...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a second allocation will be made under the sports capital grant initiative for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tourism Industry
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the meetings he has had recently with representatives from the tourist industry and of Horse Racing Ireland on efforts...
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Question 38: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he will take to address the impact of inflation on the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/05]
- Tourism Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the Tourism Policy Review Group; the number of the recommendations which were contained in its report, New Horizons for...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of building, repair and renovation works undertaken on the National Aquatic Centre since the building was first opened to the...
- Sports Sponsorship
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the involvement of alcohol companies in sponsorship deals with sporting clubs and organisations; his further views on...
- Film Industry Development
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he will take to support the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28093/05]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation regarding the provision of swimming pools for Bray and Greystones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28301/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Staff
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of employing an additional newly qualified nurse in a voluntary hospital, including PRSI and pension overheads....
- Health Service Staff
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of employing an additional qualified public health nurse, including PRSI and pension overheads. [28478/05]
- Cancer Strategy
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the new cancer strategy; if costing has been made in regard to its implementation; if she will publish...
- Medical Cards
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 353 of 28 September 2005, in view of the fact that very few persons aged 70 and over are working and...
- Legal Proceedings
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if legal actions have been taken against the State by patients who have contracted MRSA; and if so, the damages which were...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the names of relatives of deceased residents who receive repayments for illegal nursing home charges are automatically...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the health service for clean-up operations undertaken to bring MRSA infections under control in hospitals...
- Health Services
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay until the middle of 2006 in the stocking of packs of anti-viral drugs. [28436/05]
- Recreation Policy
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Government's national recreation policy currently under development by her Department will be launched. [28438/05]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of day procedures carried out in University College Hospital, Galway in September 2004 and September 2005; and if...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the implementation of the extension of Westdoc to provide out of hours cover will be approved in the areas in west...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all suitably qualified general practitioners who have patients over 70 years of age who become entitled to medical cards...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28494/05]
- Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made relating to an appeal application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was made to abolish the payment of enhanced subvention in the Health Service Executive western area;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase allocation to fund the personal assistant service for persons with disabilities; if her attention has...
- Nursing Home Care
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive is stating that persons in need of nursing home care may have to sell their homes or...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a hip operation was cancelled in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if an early date...
- Health Services
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full programme of care including rehabilitation care will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13;...
- Mental Health Services
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the community service or programme of support which is in place for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical officer's report is available in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who have applied to...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Staff
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 102 of 3 February 2005, the two management positions which were not filled; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full medical card national assessment guidelines will be published; and the way in which the term reasonable expenses...
- Housing Aid
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the schemes which operate in her Department for providing housing for persons with disabilities, people leaving sheltered...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Offaly is included as one of the 25 persons on the waiting list at Birr community...
- Community Care
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if border rules between former health board areas apply for the provision of beds in community nursing facilities; and if...
- Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to issue a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on foot of an appeal application to National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin under the disabled drivers disabled...
- National Monuments
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to clean up the area adjacent to Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; if it is intended to carry out improvement...
- Tax Code
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of an aviation fuel tax in view of increased internal air travel on, for example, the Ryanair Cork to Dublin...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that have been made to the medical criteria of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994 since it came into...
- Tax Yield
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the provisional data for the years since 2001 for the income tax returns processed to date, in view of the fact that the final data...
- Tax Code
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason home improvement rebate is being withheld in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has come to an arrangement to...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the two consultancies examining tax reliefs; the time limits which have been set for interim and final reports on each...
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if tenders have been invited for private sector employment agencies to be certified for recruitment to the public service; if any Secretary General or...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Irish Ferries
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he will take regarding tax breaks for Irish Ferries; the reason action was not taken sooner when it...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed establishment of an interdepartmental group to look at the effects on health...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to resolve the issues associated with the Corrib Gas pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbour and Port Security
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his views have been sought by Dublin Port in respect of its proposal to terminate the statutory harbour...
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on amending legislation to give harbour police powers under the Road Traffic Acts in consultation with...
- Marine Safety
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the emergency accident protection in respect of fire protection and, for example, the safety...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Migrant Workers Rights
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is envisaged that Ireland will ratify the international convention for migrant workers and their families in the near future. [28467/05]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Ireland's continuing recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic as the state of the Saharoui persons; when he envisages...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of grant support which has been made available by him to date in County Cork under the 2005 sports capital programme. [28442/05]
- Tourism Industry
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the recent CSO figures on visitor numbers here in the first half of 2005 he will commission a study to determine which...
- National Museum
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding allocated to the Natural History Museum for 2005; the funding allocated for each year since 2000; if additional funding...
- Tourism Industry
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he has influenced the policy makers in respect of the growth and development of the tourism industry; and if he...
- Arts Funding
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is prepared to offer grant aid to local groups throughout County Kildare involved in providing community theatres and other...
- Film Industry Development
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he has supported the film industry here in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of all consultancy work associated with the development at Campus Stadium Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding approved by him in respect of sporting or recreation grant aid towards the provision of buildings or other facilities on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Offshore Exploration
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he us satisfied that all entitlements, pensions and promotional opportunities accruing to Irish Shell employees will not...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the rent supplement following their appeal; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person who took up work in class A insurable employment after a career in the public service, but who reached 66 years without...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if unemployment assistance will be restored to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [28531/05]
- Pension Provisions
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of pension cover of craftsmen and general workers in the construction industry; the extent to which employers in the...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding from the capital programme will be provided for the reopening of the western rail corridor which will serve the counties of Sligo, Mayo,...
- Road Network
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if all the estimated €936 million revenue gained by the State and its agencies between 2005 and 2020 from the West Link toll bridge will be used...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his plans to establish an independent public transport procurement and regulatory body. [28446/05]
- Public Transport
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if there will be a price increase in the cost of Cork-Dublin rail tickets once the new service commences; and the person, in the absence of an...
- National Car Test
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the mid-term review of national car testing service; when the outcome of the national car testing service review will be published;...
- Road Safety
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce tachographs on agricultural vehicles and dump trucks; if facilities are available here to install such equipment; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a specific category for a wheelchair accessible hackney under the PSV legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Gaeltacht Schemes
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Údarás na Gaeltachta will be instructed to introduce a subsidy to provide assistance to facilitate veterinary...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the single payment entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- Animal Diseases
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the early warning system for the prevention of the arrival and spread of the avian flu H5NI which she has put in place and if this...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of funding that was awarded to Mayo County Council by her for veterinary work done by the council for her Department in each...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the figures for the number of farmers participating in her Department's energy crop scheme; the amount of hectares under this scheme;...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the European Commission's proposals on the reclassification of disadvantaged areas; the effects of the Commission's draft...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the chairperson and board members of a board (details supplied); the date of the appointment of the chairperson and each board member;...
- Grant Payments
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress on the application for entitlements from the National Reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28560/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to have the farm retirement application of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath dealt with; and if...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Remuneration
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of employing an additional member of the Garda Síochána including typical allowances and...
- Garda Training
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training which is given to student gardaí at the Garda college and to operational members of the force at in-service in...
- Gender Discrimination
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the findings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in view of the...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the closing of the North Quay Place immigration centre in Cork, consideration will be given to individual...
- Garda Investigations
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the investigation into the death two and a half years ago of a person (details supplied) in...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish an investigation unit for persons who feel that prosecutions should have been made in certain...
- Deportation Orders
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) who have been served with deportation orders in view of the fact...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which will be taken to ensure that garda recruits or members who may not have knowledge of the Irish language when...
- Visa Applications
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) with a valid work permit has been refused visas for their children. [28565/05]
- Departmental Funding
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount given by him to all agencies working with those suffering from domestic abuse for each year since 2000; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in order to obtain a green card;...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the Exchequer of employing an additional qualified primary school teacher, including PRSI and pension overheads. [28476/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which he proposes to encourage the promotion of the arts in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans regarding 11 children who have been traditionally collected every morning to go to a school (details supplied) in County...
- Youth Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding made available by her to voluntary organisations in County Cork during 2004 under the youth service grant scheme. [28449/05]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is entitled to a mature student grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the provision of a sports hall for the students at a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Funding
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the provision of core State funding for Educate Together; if the funding is adequate for the organisation to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have complained to her Department as result of loss or change of services to children with special needs; the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress that has been made on this matter;...
- School Accommodation
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the accommodation provision at a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [28480/05]
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the difference between the back to education allowance and the VTOS payment; the reason one is means-tested and the other not; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will issue for accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28513/05]
- School Staffing
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a concessionary post will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [28514/05]
- Third Level Courses
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the apparent discriminatory practice whereby persons in full-time employment who have completed the three year LLB evening...
- Foireann Scoile
Question 168: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an eol di nach bhfuil i scoil náisiúnta i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) ach múinteoir amháin agus an gceadófar cúntóir ranga a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe involved once an appropriate site has been found and approved for a school; the position regarding a school (details...
- Third Level Grants
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a grant approved by Kilkenny Vocational Educational Committee for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny that was...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for home tuition in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be allocated for the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the school...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a resource teacher will be approved for a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28561/05]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of funding on a county basis which has been provided by the Government in the past five years...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the continuing issue of poor sanitary standards in inner-city private rented accommodation...
- EU Directives
Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the amendments to Article 3 of EU Directive 2003/35/EC regarding environmental impact assessments have been...
- European Court of Justice Actions
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal costs to date in 2005, or the latest year for which figures are available, of his Department...
- Water Quality
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information he has on the use of asbestos-lined pipes used in distributing the drinking water supply...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the current status of the water and sewerage scheme project in Clarenbridge, County...
- Fire Stations
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he first received a proposal from Waterford County Council to construct a new fire station in Tallow,...
- Litter Pollution
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the reason a large proportion of the on-the-spot litter fines levied by local authorities are not...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schemes which operate in his Department for providing housing for persons with disabilities and those...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in making a decision whether to grant funding for social housing projects, he has regard to the need for...
