Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of section 140 motions under the Local Government Act 2001 which have been tabled and passed by...
    • Water Quality
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to improve further surface water quality and reduce eutrophication of rivers, lakes,...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish his correspondence with Mr. Finn Uglevelt in relation to the level three incident at...
    • National Building Agency
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new role for the National Building Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/05]
    • Homelessness Policy
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will guide local authorities and State agencies towards a broader and more realistic definition of...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on plans to privatise a number of nuclear installations in the United Kingdom; his further views on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has estimated the potential impact on the Exchequer of the purchase of carbon credits under Kyoto...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the World Health Organisation international radon project co-ordinators' attention has been drawn to the...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the meeting which he held with the British Secretary of State for Trade...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in implementation of the new improved energy efficiency standard for housing; and if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to repeal the provisions introduced by way of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002...
    • EU Directives
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has failed to respond to the European Commission's final warning announced on 13 January 2005...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the NESC estimation that 73,000 more social housing units will be needed by 2012; if he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take at national level to tackle the illegal dumping of construction waste, which was cited...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households equipped with solar panels to provide energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will reply to the European Commission regarding the concerns that the Commission has in relation to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of social and affordable housing provided under Part V of the Planning and Development...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines on Department procurement practices and the processes which have been put in place for the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the electronic voting scheme; the cost to date; when electronic voting will next be used here;...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to give new powers to the Environment Protection Agency to prosecute local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the planning Acts to provide more choice to persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the files which have been requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he has taken since January 2005 to achieve his Department's objective of enabling every household...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the current planning process is hindering the construction of the necessary...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in implementation of the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to modernise the building regulations to provide for the mandatory use of condensing boilers in new...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report from the Centre for Public Inquiry on Trim Castle; if consent under section 14...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volumes of highly active liquid waste being held in Sellafield awaiting vitrification; and if he will make...
    • Waste Management
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will appoint a High Court inspector to investigate issues surrounding illegal dumping in County Wicklow,...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to provide long-term accommodation solutions for those who are homeless as opposed to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs and fines imposed on Ireland arising from losing actions at the European Court of Justice in each of...
    • Climate Change Strategy
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will travel to Montreal for the United Nations climate change conference from 28 November 2005 to 9...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to tackle greenhouse gas emissions following the statement of Dr. Mary Kelly, director...
    • Waste Management
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid into farm plastics recycling scheme by farmers in 2004; the cost of recycling the farm...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the way the register of electors is complied; if he will ask An Post or other agencies,...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has raised with his United Kingdom counterpart the concerns expressed by the All Ireland Nuclear Free...
    • Fire Service
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role he envisages the Irish fire service playing in the proposed European international crisis management...
    • Tax Code
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the impact on the housing market of tax incentives...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed Irish heritage trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30396/05]
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the operation of the disabled persons grant in view of the significant increase in...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that wheelchair bound disabled drivers are unable to reach the pay...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to remedy the situation whereby the capital funding limits for housing associations are...
    • Waste Management
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reassess his plans in relation to waste incineration in view of the Government commissioned report...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the regulations introduced under the WEEE directive in view of the fact that the operation of...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to tackle homelessness; the further steps he will take to aid those who find themselves...
    • Public-Private Partnerships
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all the public-private partnership projects approved in 2004 for the environment sector are fully...
    • Waste Management
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to strengthen the enforcement efforts against illegal movement of waste here in view of...
    • Water Quality
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of water estimated to be lost through leaks in water mains; the cost of these leaks; the action he...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the undercharging by Waterford County Council of Part V development contributions; if he has...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cost to industry of companies having to pay for their excess carbon; and the measures he has...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the case where a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has signed a contract of...
    • Waste Management
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response he has received from local authorities to his policy directive under section 60 of the Waste...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 received by him for each year since the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reduce CO2 emissions from private cars which have increased by 130% since 1990; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change the legislation with respect to the claw back on affordable housing; and if he will make a...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the current level of fines, detection and punishment for litter offences are...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses provided under the 1999 scheme, Part V and Sustaining Progress to date; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out an investigation or survey of local authorities in order to ascertain the reason many...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take arising from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland report that suggests...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the assertion by the Irish Council of Social Housing in September 2005 that Ireland is building...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Environmental Protection Agency will not rule on appeals to its own decisions; his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of legislation to give local authorities powers to compulsory purchase order...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will extend the extend the Freedom of Information Act 1997 to other bodies under the aegis of his...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made representations in relation to the danger posed by building B30 at Sellafield; and if he will...
    • Waste Management
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to eliminate cross-Border dumping following his speech on the matter to the Environment...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps open to him to encourage greater use of energy efficient and renewable energy technology in...
    • Local Authority Land Development
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the circumstances under which local authorities may dispose of land and criteria that apply; and his plans to...
    • Planning Regulations
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will legislate for development levies to be used for community amenities including schools and health...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is unfair to ask non-residential residents of Achill Island to pay €3 million...
    • Planning Regulations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with county managers or their representatives with respect to the rural planning...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he has taken in the past 12 months to address the ongoing homelessness crisis. [30316/05]
    • EU Legislation
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU Directives for which he has responsibility for that remain to be transposed into Irish law;...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether comments by the chief executive of the Heritage Council that under-resourcing of local...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the two codes of conduct, one for local authority employees and the other for councillors to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the current funding for architectural protection grants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • House Prices
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether competition from buyers of second homes is a contributory factor to house price...
    • Planning Regulations
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make changes to section 29(1)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act 2001; and if he will...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register
      Question 211: To ask the Taoiseach if the live register figure for County Donegal is at its lowest point in over ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30205/05]
    • Irish Language
      Question 212: To ask the Taoiseach the number of households in each Gaeltacht area where it is estimated that Irish is spoken on a full-time basis as an every day language; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 213: To ask the Taoiseach the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial approval is required for...
    • Population Statistics
      Question 215: To ask the Taoiseach the population of the State at the end of each of the past ten years; and the estimate for the population of the State on 31 December 2005. [30461/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 216: To ask the Taoiseach the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30523/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to address a generic pandemic of influenza or any other transmittable disease here; the specific...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) who was made redundant following the abolition of the National Rehabilitation Board...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) for digital hearing aids; and if she will give the maximum...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person with responsibility for a regulatory and inspection function in a home (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to transpose the rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Irish law....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take in view of the need identified by the eastern regional autism service for the extension of...
    • Nursing Home Regulations
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the rules governing the operation of patient accounts in public nursing homes; the action taken in respect of outstanding...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of an application for additional home help hours by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to the Mater Hospital for open heart surgery. [30040/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase funding for personal assistant service for persons with disabilities in counties Sligo and Leitrim;...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the contents of a letter sent to Professor Brendan Drumm and copied to her (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the national repayment scheme; if a...
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the numbers of acute hospital beds per 1,000 population in each of the former health board areas in the years 1987, 1992,...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will give the maximum...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a substantial waiting list for aids and appliances within the Carlow-Kilkenny community care area for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment by the Health Service Executive southern area at a clinic (details supplied) in...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report on the shortage of step-down accommodation in the community for persons recovering from mental...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the strategy in place to assist young persons with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30126/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds she will make available to provide a taxi service from County Sligo for patients who have to travel to Dublin for...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a deputation (details supplied) regarding the extension of cover to 24 hours for a town's ambulance...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to ensure that personal assistants for people with a physical disability are adequately funded in 2006 and to expand the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
    • Special Residential Services Board
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the purpose and function of the Special Residential Services Board; the number of members...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if stocks of the vitamin B12 injection have been replenished and distributed to areas in need of same; the reason for the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children catered for residentially in a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin since its establishment;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical report is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the Health Service...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical officer's report will be expedited in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who have made...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has had a request for additional...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the provision of emergency hostel accommodation for psychiatric patients; her policy...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it has taken the regional chief executive of the Eastern Health Board...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the extension of the full medical card to all persons here under 18. [30240/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding medical expenses and other issues...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the different waiting times for persons waiting for psychotherapy, counselling or associated services throughout the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government is considering any legal action against the consultants on the PPARS project to recover lost money; if...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if payments over and above salaries have been made to members of senior management of the former health boards who took up...
    • Inquiry Terms of Reference
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the inquiry into the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh in Monaghan General Hospital; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no reply has issued from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 29 September 2005; and...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the report by the Construction Workers' Health Trust, Patterns of Ill-Health in Irish...
    • Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time that children in primary schools have to wait before obtaining the dental check from the Health Service...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 8 July 2004, she will provide the corresponding figures from April 2005 to...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be rendered to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30306/05]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations in the report of the Joint Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism and Community,...
    • Immune Deficiency Disorders
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her policy on the care of cystic fibrosis patients; the steps she will take to ensure they are adequately segregated in...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the nursing homes that the Health Service Executive had contracts of care with for each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002,...
    • Health Services
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy will be administered to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30494/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30497/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which has been spent by her Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of music therapists working under the Health Service Executive. [30542/05]
    • Cancer Research
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated by her for research on breast cancer for each year from 2000 to date; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 5 October 2004, his views on the reason the reply received from the Rotunda...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been treated for injuries as a result of fireworks during the nine years since 1996; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered category one orthodontic treatment; and if she will make...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30656/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the name and location of each recruitment agency employed in recruiting personnel for the PPARS programme; the number...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to ensure that east Clare will have 24 hour ambulance cover; if the embargo on recruitment will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the agreed heads of Bill for the Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous) Bill scheduled for...
    • Injury Benefit
      Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a statutory increase on injury benefit has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • National Children's Strategy
      Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the national children's research dissemination unit has been established; if so, the work of the unit to date; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 300: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time the x-ray machine at Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow has been unworkable; when it will be in...
    • National Children's Strategy
      Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nation's children reports that have been produced as promised under the National Children's...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be called for treatment to St. Vincent's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are exemptions to the vehicle registration tax imposed on persons who bring in second hand cars from the United Kingdom to here especially...
    • Ordnance Survey Office
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Ordnance Survey Office has plans to provide contour maps for existing and proposed new urban areas at a scale of 1:5,000 in order that persons...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of discussions and reports received regarding the provision of a ferry service from Dingle and Dunquin to the Blasket Island; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the definitions of commercial vans for tax purposes in view of the dangers caused to drivers and occupants of such vehicles by...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation of part of his Department to Tipperary town; if he has received the contract for the purchase of a site for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 should pay tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30021/05]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the overcharging of persons from non-eurozone states when they use their visa credit cards here and request that...
    • State Property
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no public consultation took place on the future of the veterinary college site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/05]
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, despite giving an undertaking to this Deputy that work would be carried out on reinstating the car park on Leinster Lawn during the...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty which applies to motor fuel based on bioethanol; the way in which this compares with the excise on petrol; and the further way in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are exemptions for full time farmers over 35 years of age paying stamp duty when a farm is transferred from their father, when the cost of...
    • Public Sector Recruitment
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lift the ban on public sector recruitment for health and ambulance personnel in the forthcoming budget in the interests of public safety;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial approval is...
    • Post Office Savings Bank
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of interest on short-term and long-term deposits in the Post Office savings bank for each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the car tax concessions review referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 June 2004; and his views on whether a person with...
    • National Lottery
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a lottery spam purporting to emanate from lottery authorities in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the expenses related to the educational course, An Scrúdú le hAghaidh Cáilíochta an Ghaeilge do not attract tax relief; if he will...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if the current or proposed new national development plans have been, or will be assessed under the guidelines for strategic environmental assessment;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30525/05]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance if the sanctioning of the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station has been notified to him; and when the planning procedure will...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Kyoto Protocol
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the necessity of Ireland complying with the targets set by the Kyoto Protocol, he will consider...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 330: 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...
    • EU Directives
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Government will support amendment No. 8 to recital 31, adopted by the European Parliament at its second...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the nominee of the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland, which has a membership of more than 20,000 trout and...
    • Postal Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with any of the parties in An Post regarding the present industrial dispute; if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the investigation surrounding the harbour in Killybegs; when a final report on the...
    • Emergency Response Plan
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he received an outline of Dublin Port Company's emergency response plan since the Shell FOB fire incident...
    • Harbour Police Powers
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is aware that the harbour police have no powers under the road traffic Acts or Dublin Port by-laws to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations...
    • Regional Fisheries Boards
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if and when the regional fisheries boards are to be dissolved; when a central agency will be set up; and if some...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's long-term strategy for the development of offshore wind resources, considering that no offshore...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003....
    • EU Funding
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the payments made from Structural Funds under the economic infrastructure programme for the provision of...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason An Post pensioners are not being awarded the full terms of the Sustaining Progress agreement; if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports that two gay teenagers were hanged after being found guilty of homosexuality in Iran;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise with the Irish Embassy in Paris the lack of assistance given to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford following the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30527/05]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Iraq; and if the Iraqi people are aware he is an Irish citizen. [30773/05]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has put in place any means of gender-proofing the distribution of sports funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30528/05]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the grant of €100,000 which was provisionally allocated under the 2004 sports capital programme to Dublin City Council towards...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Estate Agents Regulation
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to malpractices by an estate agent and if he will work with other Departments on this matter. [30018/05]
    • Work Permits
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the appeal on a decision not to approve work permits in the case of persons (details supplied). [30142/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the investigation into health and safety at an apartment block (details...
    • Competition Authority
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of prosecutions initiated by the Competition Authority for breaches of the Competition Act 1991 and 2002 for each...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the Government's preparations for the next round of World Trade Organisation talks beginning...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employees of electrical contractors are included under an agreement registered in Employment Agreements of 7 March 1969...
    • Irish Fertilizer Industries
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the recent announcement by the liquidator of Irish Fertilizer Industries that moneys realised allow payment...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003....
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the latest unemployment figures for the Border counties, with special reference to Donegal, in the context of...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if returned Irish immigrants who have been living outside the country for more than two years are entitled to the same social...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce contributory old age pensions for home carers in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30530/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the back to work allowance. [30539/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is a requirement for employment as a nurse attendant in his Department that a successful candidate be a registered nurse; if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families that received the back to school clothing and footwear allowance each year since 2002 and, to date; the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Freight Carriers
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport if arrangements will be made for owners of tractors with tipping trailers to be eligible for consideration for work for commercial hire with local...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation available to counter the growing number of cars with loud exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30479/05]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is true that parking spaces for disabled people provided by local authorities are free of charge with no time limit...
    • Public Transport
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be available to public transport users in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31122/05]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting driving tests at both the Tralee and Killarney test centres on 1 January 2002, 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1...
    • Rail Network
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport the total spending on railway lines (details supplied) in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. [30074/05]
    • Road Network
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport the total spending on national roads in each county council and city council area in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. [30075/05]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person who has a full driver's licence for a car, 54-seater bus, rigid lorry and articulated lorry and wishes to obtain a licence for a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial approval is...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if a site at the ring road, Kilkenny, or any other suitable location in Kilkenny has been examined for the purpose of driver testing off-road; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport if the services on the DART for passengers at Harmonstown, Killester and Clontarf stations will be improved; and his plans for same for 2006. [30230/05]
    • State Airports
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will end the Shannon stopover; and if so, the steps he will take to ensure that the level of economic activity is expanded and that jobs are...
    • Rail Network
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the routes which are being considered regarding Luas extensions; and the discussions which have been held...
    • Road Network
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria he uses to designate roads as national routes; and the role of the National Roads Authority, local authorities and and the Dublin...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30531/05]
    • Road Safety
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation is planned or about to be enacted which places an obligation on every vehicle driver to carry a high visibility jacket or other...
    • Rail Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that no further Iarnród Éireann freight related capital equipment or rolling stock is decommissioned, sold off or otherwise...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the capital projects in the five-year multi-annual capital envelope scheme completed to date in 2005; the projects under way; the projects which...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport if additional legislation is needed to allow for the outsourcing of the fixed-charge processing system and the planned outsourcing of the...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide funding for the Sutton to Sandycove cycleway proposal for the perimeter of Dublin Bay. [30609/05]
    • Road Network
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy direction which has been given to the National Roads Authority to ensure connectivity between the gateway towns of Athlone, Mullingar...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding an application submitted by a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the scheme of...
    • Community Development
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the proposed rationalisation of Leader programmes and its implications for local...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and...
    • Gaeltacht Schemes
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a reply from Údarás na Gaeltachta regarding a query raised in Question No. 132 of 13 October...
    • Community Development
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the statistical criteria mentioned in reply to Question No. 594 of 18 October 2005 regarding the RAPID programme for...
    • Irish Language
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the Government has not yet signed or ratified the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages; and...
    • Community Development
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide figures for the current and capital spending under the RAPID programme for each of the past five...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the need for a scheme to deliver cheaper group water scheme projects in non-CLÁR but rural areas; and if...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when funding will be made available for socially monitored personal alarms under the scheme of community support for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 441: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtuigeann sé an imní atá ann i measc an phobail i dtaobh forbairtí atá á bplé maidir leis anmBlascaod Mór i...
    • Comharthaí Dátheangacha
      Question 442: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé na treoirlínte atá aige maidir le cur i láthair na Gaeilge ar chomharthaí sa Ghaeltacht nó san iarGhaeltacht agus...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 443: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na céimeanna atá á nglacadh sna Ranna éagsúla chun a chinntiú go mbeidh siad ábalta seirbhís trí Ghaeilge...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food under what conditions public servants previously employed in the Department of Agriculture and Food in Davitt House, Castlebar, and now...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not credited with a higher level of single payment; if her attention has been...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in the context of on-farm inspections under the good farming practice code, farmers who have underclaimed their land area will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will investigate the entitlements under the single payment scheme being awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made in respect of scrapie depopulated flocks in the 2001 to 2003 period; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Noxious Weeds Act
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to limit the dangers from noxious weeds (details supplied). [30460/05]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the remit, structure and membership of the woodlands of Ireland, together with the sources and extent of funding. [30503/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount which has been spent by her Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30533/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of reports, consultancies and cases from external commissions where the issue of poor value for money was highlighted, in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the single farm payment available to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Property Management Services
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislation to govern the operation of estate management companies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the prison officers who were transferred from Spike Island in Cork; the number of prison officers who have...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant holiday visas to persons (details supplied) from a non-EU state to attend a family christening; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to upgrade Youghal Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30052/05]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a report will be issued in relation to complaints made by a person (details supplied) to the Garda Commissioner...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered under the provisions of the new Garda...
    • Equality Legislation
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will take to end the discrimination encountered by tenants in the private rented sector in receipt of rent...
    • Explosives Licences
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an explosives licence can be approved for a quarry in County Monaghan operated by a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 942 of 28 September 2005, the number of centres housing asylum seekers and refugees on a yearly...
    • Compensation Claims
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their award under the criminal injuries compensation tribunal....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for residence for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the exact format that recently announced programmes to combat deaths on the roads will take in Inishowen, County Donegal;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional crime statistics for County Sligo over the past 12 months, detailing differences in the past number of years...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the representations made by a former security guard (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions that have been recorded under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2002; the number of closure...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the increase of machete attacks, he will consider banning the import of such dangerous weapons; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in drafting legislation to deal with fireworks since the first announcement of his intention to change the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of community gardaí which have been deployed in Tallaght in each of the years 2003, 2004 and to date in...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing with the Land Registry will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30271/05]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the decision by the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland to issue a notice to persons...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will not be deported; and if they will be provided with the maximum support and assistance....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason original documents were not returned to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when new licensing laws governing hotels will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30478/05]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a potential crime such as a vehicle being driven without tax or insurance is brought to the attention of the Garda by...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the report on the regulations covering auctioneers' business here will be produced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take to address the significant rise in bicycle theft; and the changes which are being put in place to...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will work with the Garda on a major anti-social behaviour problem near an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30520/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003....
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to having a sex offenders register that covers the island of Ireland. [30545/05]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sections of the Children Act 2001 that have been brought into force and his timetable for the introduction of the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been extradited or deported to Iran in recent years; if, in view of a recent report that two...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delays in the provision of bicycles, training, and consequent deployment of Garda mountain bike units in...
    • Garda Code
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the Garda code is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and, if not, his...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received any report into the shooting dead of persons (details supplied) and his plans to publish a report or to...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in service at the end of each of the past ten years and his estimate of the number of gardaí that...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether his proposals to reduce the age of criminal responsibility to ten years of age is compatible with the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to anti-stab vests being individually available to members of the Garda Síochána; and if the New...
    • Fireworks Regulation
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fireworks importation licences granted over the past ten years and to date in 2005. [30619/05]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review his decision in respect of residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on incidents of public order offences in Kiltimagh, Charlestown and Ballyhaunis, County Mayo between 15 and 16...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of squad cars available in each Garda district in County Mayo; the extent of ability to cover each district...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications per year that have been filed in the past five years for residency based upon marriage to an...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has sanctioned the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station, Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a facility exists in the Prison Service for officers who sustain very minor injuries during the course of their work to...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Educate Together has over the past few years opened a significant number of new...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a protected structure (details supplied) in Dublin 1 formed part of the Government settlement with the religious orders and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the court actions her department has been involved in during 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 that related to the provision of school...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the National Adult Learning Council issued its last report; the number of board members of the council; the number of staff...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for the provision of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [30062/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when construction of this new school will proceed; and if she will...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the need for university status for Waterford Institute of Technology (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the Government of the school transport system; the method of payment to Bus Éireann; the way in which the service and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the loss of a teacher at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Closures
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 787 of 14 June 2005, if she has initiated discussion with the trustees of a school (details supplied) with a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the amalgamation of the primary school sector in New Ross, in the context of the general agreement locally that she...
    • School Closures
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be closed down due to the fact that their roll numbers have not fallen below...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children being taught in each high support unit around the country since 1998 to date; the number of children that can be...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the statement which was made to the child abuse commission in July 2004 on behalf of the De La Salle...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a third level grant applicant who had a change of circumstances since 2004; if the applicant is working...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to allow a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to resurface the children's yard. [30260/05]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 11 October 2005, the criteria required for the college in question to be approved for...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the decision by the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland to issue a notice to persons applying to the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available for the repairs required to the roof of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if an...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason immersion education (details supplied) was not included when the present primary schools curriculum was being developed....
    • Youth Services
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the priority objectives (details supplied) of the national youth work development plan have not been progressed to date; the...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no suitable courses in the Dublin area for the preparation of An Scrúdú le...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines or advice that is provided by her to architects for the average cost per square metre of new school buildings; and if...
    • Health Action Plan
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to prohibit the sale and advertisement of junk food in schools. [30458/05]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce the treble fees that apply to non-EU nationals studying at higher level in the State; and her further plans to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when construction will begin on a new school. [30482/05]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision regarding payment of the standard category two secondment allowance to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in 2005 in County Wexford that contain 30 or more pupils. [30508/05]
    • Telecommunications Facilities
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new schools announced during September 2005 will be equipped for broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources which are provided for teachers and the curriculum to maximise the use of broadband in the classroom. [30511/05]
    • School Staffing
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 702 of 14 June 2005, the position regarding withdrawing a teacher from a school (details...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 14 April 2005, if a decision has been made regarding a school (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which has been spent by her Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30535/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for a general purpose room; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the enrolment figures for a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare in the years 2000 to 2005; if there is a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for approval to construct a three-classroom...
    • School Staffing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint a full-time caretaker to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [30650/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the response or progress regarding the provision of a school bus service to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick, from the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location at which the children it was intended to accommodate in a purpose-built unit located at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the request by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Galway for an extension to its...
    • School Transport
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding primary school students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30744/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she will take to ensure that children with autistic spectrum disorders progress from primary school education to suitable...
    • Second Level Education
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if secondary level education is regarded by her as being of equal importance to primary level education where the continued development...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is such a disparity in the number of teaching staff working directly with children with special needs between primary...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to reduce the height conditions for female entry in the Defence Forces in view of the ongoing difficulty in recruiting women; and if he...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Defence if the members of the Defence Forces killed in action at Niemba in the Congo were the first Irish soldiers to die in battle serving on a UN mission;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Defence the guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields; and if ministerial approval is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount which has been spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. [30536/05]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Grants
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he has provided for the provision of housing for persons with disabilities and persons leaving...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Ballina sewerage scheme will proceed in view of the development and building standstill in the town...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will change planning laws in order that stand alone buildings cannot be demolished without proper...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage scheme project in Oughterard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30064/05]
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total spending by his Department on non-national roads in each county council and city council area in the...
    • Sheltered Housing
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for sheltered housing by an association (details supplied) in...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign the Friends of the Earth climate pledge; his policy to prevent climate change having...
    • Local Authority Members
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the work of a local authority member is considered a part-time or a full-time job; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the compensation package for designated bog lands will apply to farmers who sold their bog in 1996; and if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewage treatment plant for Clifden, in view of the increased...
    • Waste Management
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of businesses that have registered to date on the WEEE register; the percentage of all businesses...
    • Housing Projects
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date by the Affordable Homes Partnership; if the 1999 affordable housing scheme, Part V...
    • Water Charges
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if special consideration on water charges will be given to charitable organisations, such as homeless...
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received from Louth County Council for funding under the EU co-financed specific...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation in relation to the formerly occupied houses being reallocated by the local authorities; the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to the Health Service Executive south eastern area, under the housing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of successful applications for provisional loan approval under the shared ownership scheme which...
    • Town Councils
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed by town councils in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 by town; and if he will make...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide for the non-housing elements of the National Spatial Strategy as identified in page 103...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the restrictions on persons who have bought a house from a local authority from selling...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI report, aspects of Irish energy policy, and its assertion that...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to Government plans to purchase the Great Blasket Island; the exact cultural...
    • Waste Management
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he has taken to encourage and assist with reduction, recycling and reuse of waste in schools; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction a request from Cork County Council for an upgrade to a waste water treatment plant...
    • Local Government
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to improve partnership between councils to improve services as promised in his address...
    • Waste Management
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the system under which Repak is constituted and waste producers pay a fee to join is...
    • Tax Code
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the United Kingdom cited an increase in the purchase of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the implementation of the nitrates action programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Library Projects
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of the roll-out of the Lifesteps programme; the number of public libraries in which it is...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings that lack central heating facilities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 91 actions listed in the national biodiversity plan which have been implemented; and if he...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information technology initiatives undertaken by him since 1997; the consultants used in those...
    • Local Authority Structure
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the huge increases in the populations of counties close to Dublin necessitates the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish joint sludge management by a number of local authorities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Town Twinning
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on town and area twinning; the support he gives to such initiatives; his further plans for these...
    • Library Projects
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for a new library for Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received the statutory two-month notice required from the developer concerned prior to the commencement...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response he has received from Dublin City Council to his request to protect and preserve 16 Moore Street,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of upgrading of a sewerage scheme at Kilmallock, County Limerick. [30495/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has advised emanations of the State as to whether Directive 2003/4/EC has direct effect, notwithstanding...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003....
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding drawn down to date by Kilkenny Borough Council for the regeneration and refurbishment scheme...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the voting franchise for election to Dáil Éireann to citizens living abroad for a period...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will identify the source of the figures that he used to claim (details supplied) that Ireland's...
    • Waste Management
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of companies or organisations which have applied to become approved bodies under sections 16 and 17...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to fill the vacancy of the chair of Comhar, the National Sustainable Development Partnership....
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether subsidising recycled packaging material might create a financial incentive for proactive...
    • Waste Management
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the end destination of all packaging collected under a scheme (details...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that large furniture outlets (details supplied) have been forced...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has allocated or intends to allocate funding to halt coastal erosion and remediate the old landfill site...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his views, in keeping with the National Anti-Poverty Strategy, coincide with those of local authorities...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the efforts his Department is taking to bring an end to the slaughter of whale; and if he...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with his Department's role in the archaeological investigation of the Woodstown site in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on all actions taken by the European Court of Justice against the Government with regard to...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the action he has taken in view of the rupture in the sea discharge pipe on 15 September...
    • Environment Fund
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give details of the amounts raised in each year from the environment fund; the detailed breakdown...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce any regulations or a guidance manual for planning authorities to ensure that...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has any meaningful breakdown of the data obtained from inspections for compliance with building...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in percentage figures for comparison with 1990 for each...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the social housing investment targets set out in the national development plan will be achieved; and if...
    • Community Warden Scheme
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the community warden scheme operated by a number of local authorities and due to conclude on...
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has provided funding directly or indirectly for the purpose of road re-alignment, improvement or...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which water treatment plans funded by his Department through the local authorities have become a...
    • Pollution Levels
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the levels of dioxins or other pollutants on a county basis arising from recent reports in relation to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to provide housing for persons living in private rented accommodation and in receipt of...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of air pollution monitoring points located throughout County Kildare; the extent to which modern...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the targets set by and for his Department in the national development plan are achievable...
    • Waste Management
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has laid down criteria in respect of the location of landfill sites; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to drainage requirements (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has been in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on an affordable housing scheme (details supplied) in County Cork. [30646/05]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme at Creggs, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the banning of wild fowling for the 2005-06 season owing to concerns surrounding the spread of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to address the practise of stage payments, which can make it more difficult or more...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the statistics from the EU as of March 2005, indicating a designated Irish...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the income limits for the capital assistance scheme for social housing; when these limits were last revised;...

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