Written answers
Thursday, 3 November 2005
- Department of Defence
- Official Engagements
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the recent PDFORRA annual delegate conference in Athlone; the issues he addressed in his speech to the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of interest of contract soldiers in serving in the Defence Forces' overseas missions; his plans to encourage more contract soldiers to serve...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has proposals to lower the height requirement for entry to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31905/05]
- European Council Meetings
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence when he last attended a Council of Ministers meeting; the discussions held at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/05]
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost and other implications in relation to an increase in the retirement age for captains, commandants and lieutenant colonels by two years each;...
- Website Use
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a website (details supplied) is selling jewellery and other material bearing the title "Óglaigh na...
- Defence Forces Medical Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence the current level of capacity at military hospitals or convalescent facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31902/05]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which the closure of the apprentice school has impacted on the performance of the Defence Forces; the way in which technical personnel are...
- Military Awards
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence if the two surviving Irish soldiers who survived the Niemba massacre in the Congo in November 1960 will receive Army medals, as have been awarded...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on plans to recruit non-nationals into the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32044/05]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Defence if a significant increase in defence spending is required for the Irish Defence Forces to ensure the preparedness of troops serving on overseas...
- Overseas Missions
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a statement attributed to him on 14 October 2005 in which he said that the key issue in relation to EU crisis management operations was...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to increase the number of female recruits to the Defence Forces; and ifhe will make a statement on the matter. [31915/05]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a report on the death of Private Kevin Barrett in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31941/05]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 35: 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 have...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence if a review of preparedness for a terrorist attack here has been conducted in view of the 7 July 2005 bomb attacks in London; the current level of...
- Overseas Missions
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently on service on missions in Liberia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina; the nature of their duties; and if he will make...
- Commemorative Events
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons three military aircraft conducted low flights across Dublin city centre on the afternoon of 7 July 2005; his views on whether it may have...
- Humanitarian Assistance
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence if any Defence Force assistance has been offered to Pakistan following the recent devastating earthquake in that country; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available for use by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31901/05]
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if a rapid response to crisis situations, such as the threat of genocide, will be possible through the proposed EU battle group formations; his views...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will be replacing the existing FN pistols; the stage any such replacement programme is at; and if he will make a statement on...
- Military Police Investigations
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence if an inquiry has been ordered into serious allegations that an Irish soldier in the Rockhill Barracks, Letterkenny, stole diesel from army trucks and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation in relation to plans to decentralise his Department; the number of applications regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Medical Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on claims made by the president of PDFORRA that medical services within the Defence Forces are totally inadequate; if his attention has been...
- Official Engagements
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to visit Irish troops serving abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31944/05]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel engaged in operational duties relating to the Border each year for the past ten years. [31950/05]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to criticisms voiced at the PDFORRA annual conference that the training and planning for Irish troops embarking on...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that the permanent Defence Forces are sufficiently equipped in terms of military hardware to deal with all or likely...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to his parliamentary response on 29 September 2005 in which he stated that Ireland supports the development of the European Union's rapid...
- Army Barracks
Question 59: 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 of...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the section of the Irish Defence forces which will provide the 120 Irish troops being considered for deployment to any future involvement in EU...
- European Defence Agency
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report presented to the EU by the centre for strategic and international studies, European Defence integration, which is due to...
- Overseas Missions
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on service overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31910/05]
- Department of Health and Children
- Civil Registration
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a procedure to register a death that took place in County Limerick in 1960 when the record of the cause of death...
- Health Services
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the services of a speech therapist is not being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for hip surgery; and if she will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for hip replacement; and if she will make a...
- Adoption Services
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason two vacancies for social workers in the local adoption service are not being filled in view of the fact that the...
- Regional Health Forums
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she envisages the establishment of local health committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32090/05]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the offices of her Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the concerns raised in the correspondence (details supplied) regarding the legislation for the chiropractic profession in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding protection measures for adults with an intellectual disability in residential care; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients on trolleys or chairs at Beaumont Hospital on 27 October 2005; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding efforts to assist persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32122/05]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding improving services at a school (details supplied) for the 312 persons on residential waiting lists;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons from County Kildare who have received treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the parliamentary affairs division was set up at the Health Service Executive; the cost at which it was set up; the...
- Health Services
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on orthodontic waiting lists in County Meath; the number in categories A and B; the average waiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial surplus or deficit for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath for each of the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and to...
- Health Services
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current budget for orthopaedic services for the elderly in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full complement of beds is in use at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; if not, the number and percentage of...
- Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly persons awaiting allocation of a long-term care place in State nursing homes in County Meath; her...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to deal with the nursing home charges issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists employed by the Health Service Executive in County Meath; the number of physiotherapists that...
- Grant Payments
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will provide grant aid of €4,000 to enable teachers in a school (details supplied) in...
- Health Services
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding for the transfer of services of surgical dimension to Clonmel will be released; when the Cashel services will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a senior area medical officer and an area medical officer will be appointed to the Health Service Executive midlands...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to a hospital (details supplied) in County Meath to upgrade the accident and emergency...
- Medical Cards
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Meath in possession of a medical card; the number of persons in County Meath in possession...
- Hospital Services
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive north east area has for the expansion of facilities and further capital investment at...
- Health Services
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of Amnesty International's campaign for increased Government funding for frontline services for women who have...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have applied for refunds arising from the illegal nursing home charges; the number of cases where...
- Health Service Staff
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the appointment in the Health Service Executive for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a crisis regarding the provision of home help service in the Health Service Executive...
- Women's Refuges
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role her Department plays in the allocation of funds and resources for the establishment and running of women's...
- Health Services
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided for the provision of a 20-bed unit at a house (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a cheque will be reissued to a nursing home (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for admission to the urology Department of St Vincent's...
- Road Safety
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the interdepartmental review of road safety expenditure; when this review commenced and when it was...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review an application lodged by persons (details supplied) in County Donegal for funding towards the purchase of a multiple purpose...
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in legislation since 1997 in respect of tax treatment and reliefs and other improvements in respect of VAT and all other taxes for...
- Tax Yield
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected amounts to be collected under residential stamp duty for 2005; the amount collected in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Property
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all State land in the Meath County Council area to include land audit figures from Meath County Council. [32143/05]
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum amount of tax free lump sum that may be claimed on retirement by a person every fifth year since 1960; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Properties
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the area of the office space leased by his Department for the NEPS in Mullingar; the annual rent payable and the duration of the current lease. [32184/05]
- EU Regional Policy
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to his reply to a previous parliamentary question in March 2005, the discussions he has had with the European Commission on the declaration...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the services available on the Irish market which comply with the directive issued by him in February 2003 to...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the section of welded pipe in the vicinity of the proposed gas terminal building in Bellanaboy corresponds to...
- Departmental Properties
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the exchanges in County Meath that still do not have access to broadband; the expected timeframe involved in the...
- Coastal Protection
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated for coastal protection works in County Meath for each of the years 2002, 2003,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband connection will be provided in the Kilmacanogue area of County Wicklow (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to relocate to...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which Mr. RoryCarroll was rescued in Iraq; and if a ransom was paid for his release. [32112/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the offices of his Department that are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations to which each of them are scheduled to...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding is available for a soccer club (details supplied) in County Galway; the other routes the club can take in terms of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Directives
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to implement the [i]droit de suite[/i] EU directive on the resale of art material. [32238/05]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to introduce legislation to regulate property management companies (details supplied). [32278/05]
- Job Creation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of manufacturing jobs created in south Kildare in the years 2002-05; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the offices of his Department that are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations to which each of them are...
- Industrial Development
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a task force was set up in the Cavan region at the time a company (details supplied) failed to set up the new factory...
- Job Creation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will establish a jobs task force for Navan given that the life cycle of Tara Mines is nearing an end; and if he will...
- Grocery Industry
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the abolition of the groceries order would result in below-cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement...
- Science and Technology Facilities
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for a science discovery centre in Carlow town; the funding that has been provided for the proposed centre; and if...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the great difficulty faced by persons on the disability allowance when it comes to paying...
- Citizens' Information Service
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the need for additional funding to develop and extend the services of the Balbriggan citizens' information centre...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department officials assessed the value of a house (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of its condition...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children living in poverty; and the measures to tackle same. [32384/05]
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the projected timescale under which an upgrade of the rail service to Athy, County Kildare, as a full commuter service is envisaged; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to relocate to under...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Great Southern Hotels group will be retained in public ownership. [32127/05]
- Road Network
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport the aggregate value of tolls raised in 2002 and his estimate for the value in 2005; the amount of this which is returned as revenue to a public...
- Driving Tests
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport if an off-road compound has been secured in Letterkenny to allow drivers of articulated vehicles in Donegal to sit their test in Letterkenny; and...
- Air Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport if the transition period envisaged for Shannon Airport prior to the introduction of a full open skies policy is three years; the reason he is not...
- Road Safety
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the road death statistics to date in 2005 for the Dublin mid-west area; and the breakdown in figures into different categories, that is,...
- Noise Pollution
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations relating to the maximum noise levels from motorised vehicles in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing, that will include the Luas, will be available to public transport users in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Safety
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce compulsory basic training for motorcyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32191/05]
- Road Network
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of kilometres of national roads which will be completed by the National Roads Authority in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Park and Ride Facilities
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of park and ride spaces available in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32245/05]
- Traffic Management
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated and drawn down in terms of implementation of traffic management systems in the Dublin area over the period 2000 to 2006; and...
- Public Transport
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to the development of mainline rail over the period 2000 to 2006; the total amount drawn down to date in 2005; and if he will...
- Light Rail Project
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department remains committed to the development of a Luas line from Shanganagh-Swords via Finglas, Blanchardstown and Clondalkin to Tallaght...
- Rail Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of capacity which will be delivered as a result of the DART upgrade; when this upgrade work will be fully completed; and if he will make...
- Public Transport
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the expected increase in passenger capacity, in numeric and percentage terms, of Dublin Bus over the period 2000-06; and if he will make a...
- Traffic Management
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which congestion is monitored here; the annual publications by State bodies under the aegis of his Department that record and public...
- Driving Tests
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and proportion of driving tests conducted in Irish in the past three years for which figures are available and the pass rate that...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to have further discussions with trade unions within CIE prior to the heads of the proposed public transport commission Bill being agreed...
- Pension Provisions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to separate the existing CIE superannuation scheme of 1951 in view of the proposed rationalisation of the CIE group; and if there will be...
- Public Transport
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the ten year transport investment plan will impact on the five year investment envelope for transport in view of the fact that...
- Road Safety
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport when the review of the first year of the road safety strategy 2004-06 will be completed and when it will be published. [32326/05]
- Road Safety
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the interdepartmental review of road safety expenditure; when this review commenced and when it was completed; the recommendations...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will provide a legal basis for control of use of mobile telephones by drivers as promised under the Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006. [32355/05]
- Road Safety
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in abolishing all exemptions from the requirements for adults to wear seat-belts; and the progress at EU level in respect...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his progress to date in 2005 in introducing on-the-spot fines for licensing and tachograph offences by heavy goods vehicles...
- Driving Licences
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the continued delay in the introduction of credit card plastic driving licences; and when he expects same to be ready. [32361/05]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to agree a bilateral arrangement with the UK for the implementation of the EU convention on driving disqualification as...
- Road Safety
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in 2005 that has been made in developing drug recognition programmes for doctors and gardaí as provided under the Road Safety...
- Vehicle Regulation
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in pursuing the ratification of the 1958 Geneva agreement on vehicle regulation. [32369/05]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Charities Sector
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the changes in relation to charity law both implemented and under consideration; and if he will make a statement on...
- Waterways Ireland
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that all debris has been cleared from a weir (details supplied) and that all sluice gates are...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the offices of her Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to relocate...
- Grant Payments
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Kerry in receipt of EU subsidies or premia in 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Kerry who took part in the early retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when suckler cow and beef premium will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [32199/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of payment under the early retirement scheme from farming for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Animal Medicines
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement regulations (details supplied); her views on less restrictive measures similar to other EU countries; and if she...
- Land Annuities
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the date by which farmers can apply to her Department to buy out their existing land annuities provided for in the Land Bill 2004; and...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when area based payment for 2005 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32264/05]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the farm retirement pension will be re-instated for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that the only...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments a person (details supplied) will receive in the decoupling payment; when same will be issued; and if she will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the 2005 area based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Custody Rights
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is scope for introducing less adversarial arrangements for handling issues of access and custody...
- Property Management
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended that property management agencies and companies that undertake management functions for house-only...
- Departmental Properties
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time his Department will continue to provide asylum reception facilities at Magee Barracks, County Kildare in...
- Policing Boards
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he envisages the establishment of the joint policing committees as included in the Garda Act 2005; and if he will make...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled...
- Sexual Offences
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child and adult sexual abuse cases recorded in 2004 for children and adults with intellectual disabilities;...
- Garda Strength
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí at Coolock, Clontarf, Raheny and Santry Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a person (details supplied) will be processed and a visa issued; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the residency applications for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the refusal of a visa for a person (details supplied); if he will overrule the decision; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the number of gardaí stationed at Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications currently with his Department for right of residence here and his proposals to reduce the current...
- Garda Investigations
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the attention of the Garda was drawn in advance to the plans to assassinate a person (details supplied); if the Garda...
- Deportation Orders
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the deportation of a person (details supplied) on 28 November 2003 to Bucharest, Romania; if he will...
- Violence Against Women
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will institute a large-scale public awareness and education programme on violence against women and carry out training...
- Refugee Status
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a convicted cocaine smuggler, sentenced to ten years in 1999 but having had their sentence reduced on appeal to...
- Crime Levels
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures on a yearly basis for the period 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 for Clondalkin, Ronanstown,...
- Garda Training
Question 243: 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 Ferns report that the...
- Registration of Title
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas in which a discrepancy arises on an individual holding in respect of the maps drawn up between 1928-1934 by the...
- Court Procedures
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider extending the [i]in camera[/i] rule to civil cases arising from rape and certain categories of sexual...
- Residency Permits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if residency status will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will consider this case on...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there was no follow up to a complaint made to gardaí in Killarney, County Kerry by a person (details supplied)...
- Garda Investigations
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32305/05]
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Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious allegations of crimes being committed among legal and banking sectors in...
- Road Safety
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the interdepartmental review of road safety expenditure; when this review commenced and when it was completed;...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of interventions in 2004, under the Garda drink-driving enforcement programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Science
- Youth Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which was allocated in 2005 to implementing the national youth work development plan; the amount which has been drawn down...
- School Staffing
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a classroom assistant or special needs assistant will be appointed to all of the 20 one-teacher schools; and if she will make a...
- Third Level Fees
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that third level fees in Northern Ireland and the UK will be increased to £3000 sterling...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the offices of her Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to...
- School Staffing
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason so few special needs assistants are in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32118/05]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding improving the class sizes at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in Dublin 15 that have the stay safe programme in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32128/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to introduce a meaningful sex, relationship, gender and gender-based violence component into mainstream education...
- Child Protection Policy
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will introduce policies for schools on disclosure and appropriate referral where children have experienced violence in the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 163, 164 and 166 of 20 October 2005, if she will reply to the questions asked, that is, the...
- School Absenteeism
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school pupils in Clondalkin primary and post-primary school who were referred to the National Education Welfare Board for...
- School Curriculum
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce road safety as part of the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32196/05]
- Scéimeanna Fostaíochta Pobail
Question 273: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an mbeidh sí sásta glacadh le cúntóirí scoile ó scéimeanna fostaíochta pobail, mar a bhíodh go 2002, chun na deacrachtaí atá...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the completion date for the new post-primary school currently under construction (details supplied) in Dublin...
- School Transport
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the unsatisfactory service that Bus Éireann is providing to the children of a school (details supplied) due to the age...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on a proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 19 October 2005 the reason children on the same route, albeit at a different time of the...
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Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will be reinstated for children attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway has not been proceeded with; the stage at which the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary education in class sizes under 20, between 25 and 30 and more than 30 in schools in Dublin 9; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the non-payment of a minor works grant to a school (details supplied) in 2004 and 2005 in view of the fact that similar...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the services of a resource teacher are not being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- School Management
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 11 October 2005, the reason for the delay in the process for selection and nomination of...
- Grant Payments
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for funding for security fencing; if funding will be...
- School Accommodation
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide proper and adequate accommodation to serve the future needs of a school (details supplied) in County Offaly;...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to claims made at the PDFORRA annual conference in Athlone that the Government's failure to invest in new military...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of expenditure on capital projects in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32086/05]
- Decentralisation Programme.
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Defence the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations to which each of them are scheduled to relocate under the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has entered into an agreement with Kildare County Council for the taking in charge of housing developments at St. Barbara's Park, Melitta...
- Partnership for Peace.
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions which have taken place with his EU colleagues regarding PFP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32226/05]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding future housing prospects for Army overholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/05]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which naval and Air Corps strength is adequate to combat drug or people-trafficking activities off the coasts; if coastal surveillance...
- Security Escorts
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash transport escorts provided by the Defence Forces in the past 12 months; the costs involved and the degree to which the Exchequer...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Defence the total receipts to date of all military establishments decommissioned in 1998 to date in 2005; the costs associated with maintenance, security or...
- Army Barracks
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Defence if all military quarters are up to international standards; his plans to address outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in keeping with likely requirements arising from extended overseas...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who will be equipped with the necessary protective clothing, breathing apparatus or gas masks in the...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department provides coastal air and sea rescue facilities; if adequate resources and personnel are available from or through...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of the training the Defence Forces have received with other European defence forces in preparation for the setting up of EU battle groups...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Kildare County Council in 2004 and 2005 for disabled persons' grants; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been achieved towards the delivery of affordable housing at Magee Barracks, Kildare in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been achieved towards the delivery of a new sewerage treatment system for Kildare town;...
- Planning Issues
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the adequacy of noise standards in the building regulations for apartment living; if his...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the fire regulations and standards for local authority flat complexes are standardised across the country;...
- Planning Issues
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns around the country that planning objectors are demanding...
- Sustainable Development Strategy
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to abolish Comhar, the national sustainable development partnership; if not, when he intends to...
- Planning Issues
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to contest to the end the case brought before the European Court of Justice against Ireland for...
- Environmental Legislation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding complaints of which the European Commission has notified to Ireland for which he has...
- Planning Issues
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines to local authorities on the issue of development on flood plains in view of...
- Housing Grants
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding documentation required by his Department in order that the payment of a new house grant to a...
- Women's Refuges
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of women's refuges which currently exist here; the respective locations of these refuges; his...
