Written answers
Thursday, 27 October 2005
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have been availing of the rent supplement for 18 months or more; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to address continuing concerns regarding the reported large-scale abuse of the construction industry pension...
- Family Support Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a new child income support measure for children in low-income families, both in and out of work will be introduced; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to change homemakers disregards to homemakers credits. [30777/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow pensioners to earn extra cash while retaining full pension rights; when he will introduce this change; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the annual report of the Pensions Board for 2004 which found that four out of ten defined benefit...
- Irish Language
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003 to his Department to date; the cost of implementing said Act; the progress...
- Social Inclusion
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent ESRI report, Trends in Welfare for Vulnerable Groups, 1994-2001, which found a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 regarding the logistics of allowing Irish senior citizens in Britain to have access to free travel when...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by his decision to withdraw the €9 per week fuel allowance that was...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of debt that clients of the MABS are in; their average earnings per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase child benefit and change to weekly rather than monthly payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Poverty Reduction
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 on the eradication of consistent poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30852/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason his Department insists that the carer's allowance received by carer's be included as means for assessment of eligibility...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reassess the system by which the one-parent family payment is awarded; his views on whether the payment encourages...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the discussions he has had on this issue; the reason...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he has made to tackle the financial exclusion from access to financial services for persons on social welfare or on low...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons receiving the disability allowance of €35 per week; the amount spent on the scheme; if he has satisfied...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce new regulations for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30866/05]
- Family Support Services
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has calculated the number of persons who would be eligible for the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a...
- Social Inclusion
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the finding of the report by the National Council on Ageing and Older People, The Social Inclusion of Older People at...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to reduce family income poverty. [30998/05]
- Family Support Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he supports the One Family, formerly Cherish, recommendation to increase the one parent family allowance by €18.50 to €165...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to address measures being proposed by Barnardos Seven Steps to End Child Poverty campaign. [30969/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for the establishment of a new agency to take over responsibility for the administration and payment of welfare benefits...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that the time spent by applicants on supplementary welfare allowance count as part of the...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he is making to prevent the situation where many vulnerable persons are being forced to use the services of money...
- Information Provision
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has carried out research into the barriers older persons encounter when trying to access information; if not, the reason...
- Citizens Information Service
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase funding for the citizens information service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30972/05]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the rules and rates governing secondary benefits can, at times, result in severe poverty traps; his plans to...
- Child Support
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase child care support for low income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of social welfare recipients who are in receipt of each of the three rates of child dependant allowance for each year...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in 2005 in the development of its new information technology systems; the estimated and actual cost of each...
- Advocacy Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will introduce the advocacy service for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30867/05]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by his Department on the hiring or use of outside consultants in each year since 2000; if he is satisfied that this...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take steps to reinstate the universal entitlement of all children resident here in Ireland to receive the child benefit...
- Family Support Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions he will take to respond to the recommendations in the One Family pre-budget submission, Achieving Equality and Social...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the introduction of financial support for child care in the context of budget 2006; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation whereby retired nurses who paid into pensions, with their own money are having their pensions...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the instructions which have been issued to the Health Service Executive north western area regarding the implementation of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the training procedures, job specification and job description for each of the Health Service Executive areas in relation...
- Speech and Language Therapy
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding she has provided for speech and language therapy services in Sligo and Leitrim for 2003, 2004 and to date in...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 5 October 2005, when repairs will be carried out to a house under the housing...
- Health Service Funding
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase funding for violence against women to address the underfunding of these services; if she has received...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the rate of grant under the housing aid for the elderly scheme as...
- EU Directives
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of EU directives within her Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for a mammogram at the breast clinic at the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital in Cork; the...
- Sheltered Accommodation
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the refund of charges unlawfully deducted applies to sheltered accommodation for persons with disabilities, psychiatric...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the necessary finance is available for the construction of a six bedroom observation ward at the psychiatric unit at...
- Hospital Charges
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ask the Health Service Executive to review the long stay charges national guidelines regarding levying a...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 1,137 appointments at Letterkenny General Hospital had to be cancelled in...
- Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a proposal from the Health Service Executive to implement the 2003 recommendation from Comhairle na...
- Medical Cards
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date when the medical card guidelines which allowed eligibility to be determined with reference to child care costs...
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 4 October 2005 and to correspondence of 8 and 29 August 2005; when a...
- Hospital Services
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out a cost benefit analysis of the proposal to build private hospitals in the grounds of public...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the developments which have taken place to ensure that BreastCheck is available in the south and west in January 2007; and...
- Health Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the priority she will seek for cancer services in budget 2006 in view of the fact that one in three of the population will...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of admissions in Dublin hospitals with accident and emergency capacity which is made up of patients admitted...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if money raised on the sale of properties at a plant (details supplied) in Arklow, County Wicklow will be subject to tax; the amount which will be...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the underspend in the BMW region to date in 2005 under the National Development Plan 2000-2006; the breakdown of budgeted and actual expenditure...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the promised decentralisation of Government offices to Claremorris. [31079/05]
- Tax Code
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the VAT threshold of €25,500 for bed and breakfasts as it has remained at this level for 15 years and does not the seem to...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concession Scheme) SI No. 353 of 1994 to enable blind passengers to benefit from...
- Price Inflation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the International Monetary Fund's assessment of the economy where inflation reached a two-year high, and where the rate in...
- EU Directives
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters received by his...
- Tax Collection
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the correct tax free allowance, tax credits, allowances, refunds due to or payable by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the past...
- Tax Yield
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers and self-employed who pay benefit-in-kind on company cars in each of the past five years; and the yield to the Exchequer...
- Salary Statistics
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the ten most popular occupations or professions in respect of PAYE workers earning more that €200,000 per annum. [31235/05]
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the top rate of income tax (details supplied) by one point or two points. [31240/05]
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax paid by a double income family with a gross pay of €58,800 and a single income family with a gross pay of €58,800...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Coastal Erosion
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be provided for the proposed coastal protection project (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the OECD survey which shows that Ireland's position in regard to fast...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence (details supplied) of 21 September 2005; the reason no reply issued; and if he...
- EU Directives
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the...
- Wage Agreements
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to address the payment of increments under Sustaining Progress to former employees and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Visa Applications
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding nurses from India who have work permits to work in a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow for two years and...
- EU Directives
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the statement made by a senior United States military commander in Iraq (details supplied) that at least...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the serious criticisms by Colombia and by international human rights organisations of the Irish...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- EU Directives
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new State sponsored jobs created in each of the years ended 30 September 2002, 30 September 2003, 30 September...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that high costs are damaging competitiveness; the steps he has taken to tackle...
- EU Directives
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of...
- Occupational Safety
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the incentives in place to encourage workers in industry to develop safety apparatus and procedures; his views regarding an...
- Employee Protection Legislation
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of breaches uncovered by the labour inspectorate in April to September 2005 and April to September 2004 which...
- Work Permits
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status concerning an application made for a work permit by an employer (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and when...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the threshold for family income supplement by €20, €30 and €40. [31233/05]
- Computerisation Programme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the first tier of a project put into operation by his Department reflects a true and accurate picture of a person's insurance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to provide fuel allowance for persons on the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31099/05]
- EU Directives
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the current disability allowance disregard; when the disregard was last increased; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Pension Provisions
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons receiving the blind person's pension and the overall cost in the current year of paying this pension; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one-parent family allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce budgetary measures to improve the level of payments to widows with dependent children or those who do not...
- International Agreements
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which bilateral agreements are working satisfactorily; if there is a need to modernise or otherwise amend the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons disallowed rent allowance since 2002; his proposals to bring about changes in this area; and if he will make...
- Social Insurance
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to facilitate both owners of property who currently make self-employed contributions with a view to pension payment to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase old age pensions in line with price increases generally, especially those not reflected in the CPI; and if he...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in responding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the report of the working group on the review of vehicle tax rates; and his views on the special provisions for the hiring...
- Road Signage
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport the rules and regulation from his Department which are issued to local authorities for speed limits and signage; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters received by...
- Public Transport
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new buses purchased by Dublin Bus with funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the present age structure of the...
- Penalty Points System
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of penalty points attached to records of all drivers as a result of speeding offences measured by equipment subsequently found to be in...
- Public Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the average cost per licence to his Department of administering and enforcing the bus licensing system; the extent to which this...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details and guidelines for the personal alarm security pendants for old age pensioners; the number...
- EU Directives
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Dormant Accounts Board will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31218/05]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Timber Imports
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantities of tropical timber imported by the State annually; the action she will take to limit these imports in view of the level...
- Herd Numbers
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be supplied with a herd number; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 11 October 2005, when headage payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
- EU Directives
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives within her Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters...
- Grant Payments
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded their area based payment which was held back due to a second person...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of funding made available to animal care and welfare groups each year for the past two years; and if she will make a...
- Domestic Abattoirs
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person has a right to view his or her animal being slaughtered in a meat plant and to view the weighing scales; and if she will...
- Grant Payments
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for installation aid (details supplied) in view of a reply to her Department's letter recently...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to replace or improve the early retirement scheme which she has said in press statements recently has ran its course; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for additional premium quota rights which was made in 2002 and was deemed to be an investment under category B will be...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Asylum Applications
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied) who have applied for travel documents; if this application will be...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown for each county here on the number of reported domestic violence incidents and sexual...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason 147 children were placed in adult prisons since January 2005; the reason they breached international treaties in...
- Garda Strength
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to Letterkenny Garda station; the number of community gardaí there; if the community garda...
- Garda Equipment
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda cars servicing the Clontarf district; and if he will invest in more gardaí to service theWhitethorn,...
- Traffic Fines
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities regarding the illegal parking of heavy goods vehicles (details...
- Garda Strength
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda traffic corps in counties Sligo and Leitrim to address road safety; if additional personnel will be...
- EU Directives
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of...
- Registration of Title
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a land registry application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if grant aid was approved under the child care programme in respect of a specific crèche (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Refugee Status
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of applications for refugee status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the allegations of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a holiday visa will be granted to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Registration of Title
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry will issue instrument documents to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31198/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will process an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to travel here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of grant support that has been committed in the past five years under the equal opportunities child care...
- Deportation Orders
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 218 of 2 June 2005 the status of an application for permission to remain here for a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be granted permission to remain here on compassionate grounds; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date by which the computer systems allowing the rollout of further penalty point categories will be ready; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused a visa; the steps he will take to have this...
- Department of Education and Science
- Early School Leavers
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school retention information for counties Sligo and Leitrim will be provided; if the school dropout level has decreased in these...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a course (details supplied) will be recognised as an approved course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31084/05]
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of residential institutions that come within the terms of reference of the redress board which are Church of Ireland...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils attending schools in each county council and city council area; the number of pupils in each of...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in counties Sligo and north Leitrim which have a sports hall and a playing pitch; the schools which do not have...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Sligo and north Leitrim which operate the Early Start programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants which are available from her Department towards the purchase of a wheelchair accessible minibus for handicapped children...
- EU Directives
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of EU directives within her Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a resource hours application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- School Services Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources available to boards of management of primary schools to fund temporary secretarial assistants when the permanent...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for an autistic unit (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for an application submitted to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 23 fully eligible students, plus seven with siblings in receipt of tickets, nine first...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if legislation will be brought forward to establish a redress board in respect of compensation for victims of non-residential...
- Irish Language
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 11 October 2005, the Gaeltacht primary schools that teach all classes through the medium...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reassess the grant provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to review the 1929 University College Galway Act in the context of being an effective and pro-active tool for promoting...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the appeals board has made a decision in relation to an application for additional funding by a school (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Defence
- EU Directives
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the number of warning letters received by his...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of property recently sold by the Department of Defence to a company (details supplied) at lands known as the rifle range,Oranmore, County...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Animal Welfare
Question 296: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports given to local authorities and voluntary organisations for the maintenance and construction of...
- Environmental Policy
Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the compensation package on designated bog lands will apply to farmers who sold their bog in 1996; and if...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to the local authorities in Sligo and Leitrim under the local authority playground grant...
- Environmental Policy
Question 300: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and guidelines set down by his Department for all local authorities in respect of hedge...
- Recycling Policy
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of grant assistance from his Department provided to Sligo County Council for the development of the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the service grant initiative including the criteria for qualification; the actual uptake of the...
- Waste Management
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the estimated cost of €10.3 million for the remediation of the Tramore and Dungarvan...
- EU Directives
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been transposed into law; the...
- EU Legislation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 20 October 2005, the persons who attended the meeting rather than...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants on Leitrim County Council's housing waiting list; the number of applicants in each...
- Water Quality
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the survey of houses with leaded connections carried out in 1996 demonstrated any level of non-compliance...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all voluntary groups which are registered with a local authority (details...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing practice of retiring or resigning senior county council...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures for the appointment of county managers and their removal from office; and if he will make a...
- Library Projects
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new library at Confey, Leixlip, County Kildare which was completed in April 2004 will open in view of...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government payment to local authorities in lieu of domestic rates and the other Exchequer contribution to...
