Written answers

Wednesday, 2 November 2005

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider altering the current community employment scheme or social economy programme to provide opportunities...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional funding will be provided to efficient county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to meet the €15 million reduction from the European Social Fund; and the steps he has taken to...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take in response to the 27% increase in workplace fatalities in 2005, the disproportionate...
    • National Consumer Strategy
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, arising from the report of the Consumer Strategy Group, it is intended to implement the recommendation that consumer...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the ongoing Irish Ferries dispute, the practice of disemploying existing workers to replace them with lower...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the failure of the employment services policy unit to address the problem of long-term unemployment over the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the level of compliance by employers in relation to payment of contributions to the CIF sick pay and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State, at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries...
    • Regulatory Amalgamation
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for a new regulatory framework here with the creation of a single regulator under the auspices of his...
    • Public Safety Regulation
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Government has not acted on the main recommendation of the report, A Review of Public Safety in Ireland,...
    • Small Business Forum
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings held by the Small Business Forum; when it is likely to report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which insurance costs here compare with insurance costs in other European and European Union member states; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of recent revelations of rip-off Ireland, he will offer an explanation for the ongoing delay in the introduction...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times vessels or other workplaces belonging to Irish Ferries have been inspected by the labour inspectorate....
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recommendations contained in the Enterprise Strategy Group's Ahead of the Curve report; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made regarding the Government's proposals to provide legal protection on a sectoral basis for whistleblowers...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990, in relation to the definition of "employee" in order to rectify this...
    • Job Creation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to bring employment to Youghal following job losses there; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to create a more inclusive labour market with particular reference to areas of disadvantage...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent findings of an EU survey published by the European Foundation for the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria by which a person (details supplied) was appointed to the board of the new National Consumer Agency; and if he...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if women who are claiming deserted wife's benefit are disqualified from participating in a community employment scheme; and...
    • Employment Permits
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the possibility of a two-tier system of immigration, with wealthier employment visa holders awarded greater...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that abuses in the construction industry have been referred to in a recent...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to counteract job leakage to lower wage economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31543/05]
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2005 with regard to consideration of the discussion document covering the operation of the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that some non-national workers were paid less than Irish workers on at least two...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the recently published annual competitiveness report; the steps he intends to take to address...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the investigation by the labour inspectorate into allegations of very serious irregularities in...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to break up a company (details supplied) and the future role that the company will have in the mid-west region;...
    • Company Liquidation
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the liquidation of IFI; when its creditors will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31634/05]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to his consultations regarding the possible establishment of a joint labour committee...
    • Job Losses
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 15 February 2005, if he will review this policy; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken and the proposals he has formulated to address concerns in relation to the protection of workers'...
    • Labour Court
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the Labour Court's increased case load in 2004 which consisted of complaints concerning the construction...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to introduce legislation to provide for the creation of a new offence of corporate manslaughter as...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the level of investment in research and development here is compatible with economic goals and the...
    • National Consumer Agency
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to the establishment of the new National Consumer Agency; if the membership of the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take to reverse the continuing trend of job losses in the manufacturing sector; and if he will make...
    • Job Creation
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that the additional 93,000 jobs created this year have not led to a [i]pro-rata[/i] increase in the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will arrange a visit to County Kerry in the near future to discuss the job losses in IDA supported industries over the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made regarding his examination of the issues that have arisen in relation to the academic qualifications of the...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate and the number of prosecutions initiated by the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Work-Days Lost
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the number of work-days lost to the economy as a result of medical appointments in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31934/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Department...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, the four Dublin counties, in the State in the figures available...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 180: To ask the Taoiseach when he received the third report by Judge Barron into the murder of Mr. Seamus Ludlow; the reason for the continued delay in referring the report to the Joint...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 181: To ask the Taoiseach the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31743/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31758/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the contracts involved; and if...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31788/05]
    • District Electoral Divisions
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach the population of each parish and district electoral division in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the past 20 years. [31814/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that voluntary sector groups working in the area of domestic and sexual violence are adequately provided...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry is adequately provided for in the upcoming estimates;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Sligo who hold medical cards; the number of persons who held cards in County Sligo in 1995;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo must travel to Merlin Park Hospital, Galway three times per week for...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have a public bed made available for...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a nationwide cervical cancer screening programme will be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if new legislation relating to nursing homes is being contemplated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the resources which are available to help persons, especially elderly persons, in rural areas with the provision of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children what plans she has under way to develop specialist mental health services, especially for eating disorders at a community...
    • Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that efforts are being made to encourage former nurses to return to the profession and some of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ear and throat appointment; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will pay for special footwear for children who are prescribed same; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the promised blood transfusion centre for the Munster area; if the design team has been appointed;...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department's minimum requirements for the practise of psychology as...
    • Health Services
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the locations of facilities for the fitting of prostheses for patients who have undergone mastectomy surgery; her proposals...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in receipt of a medical card has to pay for a doctor to complete...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Beaumont Hospital has discontinued enhanced external counter pulsation...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a consultant surgeon (details supplied) who has been suspended on full pay from Louth County Hospital, Dundalk and whom...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will honour a commitment she made to Dundalk town councillors on 18 May 2005 to visit the Louth County Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a similar financial proposition will be offered to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, as was offered to Bantry Hospital,...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason 10 December 1998 was selected as the cut off point for claims for refunds arising out of illegal charges...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will mainstream the services provided through community employment schemes in centres run by the Irish Wheelchair...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from persons seeking to ensure that adequate financial resources are given to the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a patient who has requested an ENT appointment with a consultant at Beaumont Hospital and received a...
    • Health Services
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in speech therapy and psychological services in the mid-western region; her...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average number of beds reserved at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, for patients transferring from St....
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances reserved for patient transfers only in the mid-western region; the number of emergency ambulances...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for physiotherapy in Ballina. [31642/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to progress the appointment of a neurologist and associated resources for the mid-west region; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish details including demographic profiles of all those waiting for orthodontic treatment in Limerick city...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to locate a satellite radiation oncology unit in Sligo; and if this unit will be in place by 2011. [31646/05]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement made by a person (details supplied) at Kerry General Hospital regarding their frustration at the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at Waterford Regional Hospital;...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to be included in their parents' entitlement to the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding labelling requirements for country markets; and if additional requirements, similar to those imposed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will undergo surgery. [31712/05]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to have the long promised and much needed senior citizen day care service established at a centre...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in supplying a new wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by her Department since December 2004. [31744/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants and other staff employed in her constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by her Department in each of the past five years; the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants and other staff in her press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names of the persons employed as drivers for Westdoc; the numbers that are employed at present; the location of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the resources of the weight management clinic in Loughlinstown Hospital to ensure more suitable...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to repayments to residents of publicly funded long stay care homes for a person (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a facility (details supplied) in County Wexford will be considered for funding; and if she will make a statement on...
    • International Agreements
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of ratification with regard to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; the reason for the delays in...
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 129 of 22 June 2005, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this Deputy has received no...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that ambulance drivers in the Dublin area must fill out a patient care report;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the sub-committee to deliver transport solutions to ensure equal access to cancer treatment for patients...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that persons who provide home help and home care have to wait over a year to receive payment of their...
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Question No. 66 of 29 June 2005 was sent to the Health Service Executive parliamentary affairs division for reply as...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is any source of funding within her Department which would assist CASA to have a secure funding stream to support...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application form for a medical card in the name of persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application; and when a payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31930/05]
    • Legal Definitions
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal definition of the term general hospital. [31931/05]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of each type of operation carried out from 2004 to date in 2005 under the National Treatment Purchase...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 269 of 28 September 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing doctor only medical cards to 200,000 persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31985/05]
    • Civil Registration
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the relocation of the Lombard House based civil registration research facility; if she intends to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding home helps employed by the Health Service Executive who, when going on their holidays, do not...
    • Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent each year since the Government took office on modernising facilities including residential for those with...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is in order for a person in the at risk group for influenza to be charged a consultant fee where the vaccine is...
    • Health Services
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the medical condition known as lymph oedema; the estimated number of patients here who...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the categories of persons working in a paid or voluntary capacity under the aegis of her Department or for agencies or...
  • Department of Finance
    • State Property
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in relation to the acquisition by his Department of the old Allied Irish Bank on Main Street, Blanchardstown; if the premises has been...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the developments which have been made on the decentralisation programme with specific reference to Mullingar; if planning permission has been applied...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been procured for a Garda station in Athlone; if so, the location of this site; the details of the design; the timeframe for the...
    • Stamping Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether delays for solicitors and others who have had a deed stamped in Dublin Castle are becoming intolerable; his plans to deal with...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the case of the long delay in accessing temporary accommodation for the Ballymun Garda station; if his attention has been...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available to carry out the flood protection work on the River Dargle in Bray (details supplied). [31989/05]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the plight of civil servants working on the north side of Dublin in locations such as Garda headquarters in Dublin...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the interest charges imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of extenuating medical circumstances; and if he...
    • Public Appointments
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an appointment as driver tester for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [31355/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the offices of his Department which are situated on the northside of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to relocate to under...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision not to extend the six year limit for lodging complaints with the financial regulator regarding the failure of...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Information Commissioner, in her annual report 2004 published on 9 June 2005, called for a...
    • National Lottery
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the national lottery monitoring committee on community and voluntary sector engagement; and if he will report on its activities to date...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is up to date; if tax arrears are owed to this person; and if he will make a...
    • Infrastructural Development Funding
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals in respect of the introduction of fixed price contracts for infrastructure developments; and his target date for their introduction....
    • Tax Code
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestion from child seat retailers (details supplied) that a reduction in VAT would allow parents from poorer backgrounds to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if a P21 will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [31517/05]
    • Public Appointments
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place for the recruitment of all types of staff to the Civil Service on a temporary or permanent basis; the provisions in relation...
    • Child Care Funding
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a refundable child care tax credit of €150 per month for parents of children up to three years and €100...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of DIRT collected in the most recent year for which information is available; the trend in DIRT receipts since 1997 and the number of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate paid by taxpayers in each decile by range of total income in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and in the most recent years for which an...
    • Public Appointments
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the waste of public money and the problems some Departments have had with regard to contracting in information communication...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31760/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the contracts...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allegations that the road haulage sector generally is operating in the black economy; the number of haulage companies registered with...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in which it is...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Mobile Phone Masts
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding health implications for residential areas and schools near mobile phone antennas; if...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the example of the Norwegian Government, he will consider establishing an oil and gas exploration...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on whether the findings of the report on the three-year experiment into...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding efforts to decentralise his Department to Cavan town; if a site has been purchased to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the programmes in place or planned for the use of methane from landfill for energy generation purposes here; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the title and role of all officers of his Department who accepted corporate hospitality by attending sporting...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who briefed his press officer to inform a person (details supplied) that his Department would not...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assessment which has been made of erosion of the coastline between Killiney and Woodbrook, County Dublin;...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to introduce changes to the licensing regime covering mussel dredging vessels; if so, if such...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to locate the Loran C mast on Loop Head or any other Irish location; the cost of purchasing the...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004....
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Passports for Investment Scheme
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports emerging from a court case in the Bahamas that a person (details supplied) who received an Irish...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the A Shared Future document published by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland; if...
    • Ministerial Representations
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the recent appeal against the prison sentence of a person (details supplied) in Denmark regarding the leaking of confidential...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31747/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31762/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31792/05]
    • Development Co-operation
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to assist aid agencies and native civil society organisations in Zimbabwe in view of the recent currency crash. [31923/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in which it...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31748/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31763/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31793/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a grant will be made available for a business (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the business is not eligible, if it is in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Company Closures
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) closed, leaving staff and suppliers without their payments; and the action taken...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the failure of the employment services policy unit to address the problem of long-term unemployment in recent years, which...
    • EU Funding
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to meet the €15 million reduction from the European Social Fund; and the steps he has taken to...
    • Job Creation
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the immediate need for industry in the town of Ballina, County Mayo; if his attention has...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person who made a written complaint to the Health and Safety Authority...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the recent huge profits revealed for the insurance sector, he has satisfied himself that the industry is...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31749/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31794/05]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has received a personal injury claim from a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workers involved through FÁS and community employment schemes on a county basis for each of the past five...
    • EU Funding
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the negotiations with the EU Commission regarding changes to the Border, midlands and western region;...
    • Job Creation
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to enhance employment opportunities in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to amend the social economy programme and the community employment scheme; if the community...
    • Job Creation
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts his Department is making in conjunction with a company (details supplied) to create the climate for improved job...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of new countries with which trade or other import and export agreements have been established in the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that adequate new export markets are available for Irish manufactured goods; and if he will make...
    • Work Permits
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in each of the past 12 months; the way in which this compares with the prevailing...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31963/05]
    • Job Losses
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countermeasures he proposes to take to address the issue of manufacturing or service job relocation to lower wage...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that public liability insurance costs here are competitive with those applicable in other...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if adequate funds are available to meet the requirements of the various social employment schemes throughout the country;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the Exchequer for the extension of maternity leave to 26 weeks. [31539/05]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to change regulations to better facilitate returning missionaries who have social welfare needs; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the household benefits package and free travel scheme to all widows and widowers irrespective of their age; the...
    • Identity Cards
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce photo identification on cards issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/05]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures for a person (details supplied) to obtain a PPS number. [31684/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare has not received the supplementary welfare allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Security for the Elderly
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to amend the current fuel allowance rate; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31750/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31765/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31795/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the dietary allowance for diabetics who are old age pensioners; the reason this amount has not increased in more than 15 years; and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the issues that have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Tests
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding reciprocal recognition of driving licences as between Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. [31317/05]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide an environmental report on pipelines (details supplied) or proposed pipelines along Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the number of penalty points awarded on a county basis in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31657/05]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of the conciliation hearing at the Labour Relations Commission in regard to proposed changes to the driving testing working...
    • Rail Services
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount in total that was allocated to the DART upgrade programme; the amount that has been drawn down to date; the amounts allocated and drawn...
    • Road Traffic Regulations
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport if a national road freight carrier's licence will be transferred from the licence holder to his nephew or if this person's nephew's name will be...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the recruitment campaign for driver testers, including the number of vacancies and the number of applicants to date in 2005; when it...
    • State Airports
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Transport the number to date in 2005 of passengers travelling through Shannon Airport; the number of these passengers who were on transatlantic journeys; the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 19 October 2005, if he will provide a further breakdown of the spending on integrated ticketing under...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a driving test date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31723/05]
    • Rail Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the call from the communities of Donabate and Portrane for the proposed metro via Dublin Airport and Swords to be extended to Donabate...
    • Road Traffic Regulations
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 12 May 2005, the progress made in agreeing measures on the retrofitting of blind spot mirrors to...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31751/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31766/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the contracts...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31796/05]
    • Road Network
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount that has been spent on the Dublin Port tunnel planning and construction to date in 2005; if he will itemise the main areas of...
    • Rail Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if a public sector benchmark has been prepared in respect of a PPP metro project; and if so, the result of same. [31894/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport the issues that have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in which it is...
    • Rail Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport when signalling constraints that exist between Connolly and Tara Street stations will be overcome; the number of additional trains this route will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport the decibel level permitted for vehicle exhausts to prevent noise pollution; the measures in place to address this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport if there was an incident at areas 3,000, 4,000 and 1,950 in the Dublin Port tunnel recently, where water was flooding the areas and a ceiling fell...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons to date in 2005 on a county basis who have applied for the rural social scheme; the numbers who...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which is being made towards opening up the waterways between Belturbet and Killykeen; if this waterway is...
    • Fostaíocht Gaeltachta
      Question 422: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na hiarrachtaí atáá ndéanamh le tionscal a lonnú ar an Chaiseal i nGort an Choirce i nDún na nGall agus an...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the structures for the award of grants to ER community groups (details supplied) for provision of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31752/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has received communications from persons (details supplied) which raise concerns regarding their...
    • Irish Language
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Questions Nos. 94 and 129 of 26 October 2005, his views on the need for the provision of a clear...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on his Department's decentralisation...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 432: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas ina Roinn le haghaidh obair feabhsúcháin a dhéanamh ar an ché ar Inis Meáin, Dún na nGall; cad é...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the categories of persons working in a paid or voluntary capacity under the aegis of his Department or for agencies or...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when special beef premium payments for 2005 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when area based compensation payments will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the allegations (details supplied) concerning the availability of prescription medicines over the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will have a bull tested six times in their herd, recorded on their November 2004...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons in REP schemes on a county basis for each of the past five years; and the estimated total REP scheme payments to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the estimated number of farmers who will receive the single farm payment in County Mayo; and the estimated total worth of the payments....
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the gross output from the poultry industry here; the number of farmers involved in the industry; the number of persons involved in the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farm families involved in deer production in 1997; the number involved in production in October 2005; and if she will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the area-based payment for 2004 has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will seek support from fellow Ministers in the Agriculture Council for a review of the 2006 dairy budget (details supplied); and...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if funding is available for an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31714/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the 2004 area-based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measure being taken to ensure the safety of birds here (details supplied). [31732/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by her Department since December 2004. [31753/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants and other staff employed in her constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31768/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by her Department in each of the past five years; the details of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants and other staff in her press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31798/05]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current regulations for health and safety on farms; her plans for review or update in view of the number of deaths on farms; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single payment application for the transfer of entitlements in the case of a land transfer by way of inheritance during...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason first class hereford and other native breeds are downgraded to such an extent on the advice sheet to the appointed buyers of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis being conducted on her Department's decentralisation programme; the way in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a citizenship application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which his Department complies with the Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002 in an internal disputes resolution...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an incident (details supplied). [31326/05]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Land Registry dealing for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [31327/05]
    • Work Permits
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the entitlements of a person (details supplied) residing in County Louth for five years to obtain employment here; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons killed on roads for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005: the number of vehicles...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of Garda checkpoints held in each county for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated time of arrival of gardaí to road traffic accidents in the Dublin 15 and The Ward area of Dublin West; if his...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on the Garda PULSE computer system to date; the amount needed to complete the system; the year the project...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a letter of exemption was issued by gardaí to drivers of vehicles over three tonnes to enable them to use the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Clare can remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a holiday visa will be issued in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a work permit to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the decision by the Garda Commissioner to transfer five gardaí who were the subject of criticism in the...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn that a convicted drug dealer (details supplied) has been appointed by a local authority to a...
    • Victim Support Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for a nationwide victim support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/05]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to amend Statutory Instrument No. 8 of 2002 regarding civil legal aid regulations; his further proposals to...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria for the appointment of barristers to represent the State and its agencies; if millions of euro of public funds...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the appeal for a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31512/05]
    • Courts Service
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is his intention to increase the limits for claims before the Small Claims Court. [31525/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to have an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath reviewed; and if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was no security personnel on duty at a centre (details supplied) in...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to restore the national missing persons helpline; if he has received a submission from the missing in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to erect a new Garda station in Castlepollard, County Westmeath; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who had made a complaint to the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) needs to apply for a work permit. [31656/05]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [31659/05]
    • Extradition Requests
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extradition warrant requests being considered by his Department; the persons involved; the length of time each...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the anti-social behaviour involving gangs of youths drinking in North Great Georges...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31754/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the last five years; the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31799/05]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the progress being made to date in 2005 regarding the investigation into the murder of Mr....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the huge increase in house break-ins and vandalism of cars north of South Circular Road...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in counties Longford and Westmeath division for the last 20 years. [31816/05]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drugs seizures which have taken place in counties Longford and Westmeath over the last ten years. [31819/05]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions which were secured following drug-related crimes in counties Longford and Westmeath over the past...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a new Garda station will be provided in Athlone, County Westmeath; the date this decision was made; the location of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in both counties Longford and Westmeath who are specifically assigned to working full-time on drug...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the continuing problem of anti-social behaviour for residents on Ranelagh Avenue from...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the old Garda barracks in Dowra, County Cavan, that is attached to the courthouse; if same will be...
    • Garda Training
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training available to members of the Garda Síochána in interviewing children; his views on the opinion in the Ferns...
    • Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if full co-operation is accorded to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland when requests on investigations being...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason which led the Garda to eliminate a person (details supplied) as a suspect in murder investigations following...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31983/05]
    • Land Registry Office
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for some time the Land Registry Office has been returning original title...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals regarding comprehensive far-reaching public awareness and education programmes on violence against women...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the categories of persons working in a paid or voluntary capacity under the aegis of his Department or for agencies or...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí whose primary duties include engaging in community policing in each Garda division. [32064/05]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to have the Leixlip Garda station open and fully functioning in the lifetime of this Government; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the expansion of Garda resources from 12,000 to 14,000 as set out in the programme for Government was intended to include...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants who will be transferred to Mullingar in the decentralisation programme; the grades and numbers of staff...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason VETOS grants for child care for single mothers apply only to children under the age of five; if she intends to change same;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this extension was first...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a primary school teacher (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive their full holiday pay; and if she will give them the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing funding to upgrade a school car park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school buses in counties Cavan and Monaghan are meeting the new regulations put forward last autumn that there would be one...
    • School Inspections
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on any issues of concern regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [31524/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is not entitled to school transport from their residence; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a decision in the case will be...
    • School Management
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the boards which have been reconstituted to incorporate representatives for parents and teachers since her announcement regarding the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary can submit an application for additional facilities or repair works under the summer...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in each primary school in County Tipperary who have been identified as needing speech and language therapy...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary funding will be made available for the repair and upgrade of a complex (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Cheeverstown House, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, will be included on the schedule of institutions covered by the Residential Institutions...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for permanent premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and the reason for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1255 of 28 September 2005 regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, if she has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the principal and board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal can progress their application...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason universities are able to raise their fees by up to 20% each year for postgraduate students; if this fee increase is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a guarantee will be given regarding the site acquisition for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if her attention has been...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by her Department since December 2004. [31755/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants and other staff employed in her constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31770/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by her Department in each of the past five years; the details of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants and other staff in her press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31800/05]
    • Schools Funding
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to increase State funding for Educate Together; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Educate Together's...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 18 October 2005; if the criteria for qualification will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on a school building project (details supplied) in County Longford; when same will progress to construction; and if she...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made regarding the roll-out of broadband to all schools; the number of schools which have been connected to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants appointed from 1 September 2005; the number of applications for special needs assistants which...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who qualified for top ups for higher education grants in each of the past five years. [31850/05]
    • School Transport
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available for transport for primary school students with special needs who attend a special class many miles from their...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a third level college on the northside of Cork city; if there has been any progress made...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a consultant employed by her to assess the works that were required at a site (details supplied) in Dublin 24 on 6 September 2005...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the impending decision to close the sports complex at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current measures employed to ensure that all buildings used for full-time education are both accessible from an equality point of...
    • School Placement
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school place will be found for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31882/05]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a proposal to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) at Callan, County Kilkenny; if a technician from the building...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the hours of tutors have been cut in relation to a higher national diploma course (details supplied) being run by Kilkenny...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to allow primary teachers, who have not opted to pay a widow, widower and orphans pension contribution in the past, to...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will lodge records or copies of those records relating to industrial schools and reformatories that are held by the...
    • Departmental Guidelines
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department issues policy or guidelines for secondary schools relating to pupils who are pregnant; the details of such a policy...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to introduce a meaningful sex relationship gender and gender violence component into regular education programmes; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide counselling and appropriate guidance where children have experienced violence in the family; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made in respect of the application for extensions to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a breakdown of primary school class sizes for the towns of Drogheda and Dundalk in County Louth showing in each...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has carried out an assessment of the five schools constructed under public private partnership; if so, if that assessment will...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of persons working in a paid or voluntary capacity under the aegis of her Department who are subject to Garda vetting to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a programme equivalent to Stay Safe is widely available in post-primary schools; the measures she has taken to ensure that children,...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Defence if money will be spent on Castlebar military barracks, if so, the timeframe for same; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the west is...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the air ambulance service provided by the Air Corps should be on more than an as is basis as these new helicopter types will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of pensioners in the Defence Forces; the way in which their categories break down; the number which have been discharged with and without...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Defence the average term of service of Defence Forces personnel medically discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31687/05]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons still serving in the Defence Forces but not doing duty; the grades and ranks of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Military Medals
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence when Government guidelines relating to the issuing and wearing of military medals will be made available to this Deputy; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of married quarters housing units there were in 1990; the number there are today; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31697/05]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to review the height requirements for women wishing to enter the armed forces; the height requirements; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Relations
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004. [31756/05]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [31771/05]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the contracts...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other staff in his press office; and the grade and remuneration of each staff member. [31801/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Defence the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis conducted on his Department's decentralisation programme; the way in which it is intended to...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage of the scheme; the funding...
    • Water Charges
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities will be instructed to exempt primary schools from the imposition of water charges thus...
    • National Parks
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the position regarding this project at...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding a waste water treatment facility (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if this...
    • Water Charges
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which local authorities calculate a mains water contribution charge; if it is based on the number...
    • Public Relations
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and value of contracts awarded for public relations projects by his Department since December 2004....
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed new fire station for Westport, County Mayo, will go to tender; if funding is in place for...
    • Waste Management
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the documentation he signed for a public private partnership for an incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the issues which have arisen following the risk analysis conducted on his Department's decentralisation...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the zoning for high density retail and residential development on land which forms part of a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a standard clause will be included in the contracts of county managers that would prohibit them from...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether the actions of Donegal County Council at Cratlagh Wood on the main Carrigart to Milford road where...
    • Road Safety
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the low cost remedial measures aimed at addressing accident black spots which have...

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