Written answers

Tuesday, 8 November 2005

  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the catchment boundaries for school transport services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32723/05]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing driver education into the post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32763/05]
    • Youth Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the funding available for youth work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32778/05]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a person (details supplied) currently on hunger strike outside Dáil Éireann in protest at her refusal to...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the allocation of the €40 million to be provided under the DEIS; the amount which will be provided for 2006; and if...
    • Medical Education
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for increasing the number of Irish medical graduates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28900/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether some second level schools appear to be referring a large number of students with special educational needs to...
    • School Transport
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on providing school transport for students living in the Raheen, Mungret and Clarina areas of Limerick who attend...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons who have made compensation applications to the Residential Institutions Redress Board at the latest date for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children with special needs attending non-fee paying schools in designated disadvantaged areas compared with those...
    • School Evaluation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the release of information regarding the way in which schools operate; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has identified the extent to which a reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level can benefit the future education and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allow mother and baby homes to be covered by the redress board; if there are alternative investigations that could be set...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reform the entry requirements for teacher training in order that Irish is brought into line with English and mathematics;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers in second level schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan who must to teach more than 30 children in individual...
    • School Staffing
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to provide a second adult to the 20 one-teacher schools currently in operation here. [32745/05]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra funding she will provide under the DEIS proposals to the schoolbooks for needy pupils grant scheme; when extra funds will be...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being undertaken to address the incidence of bullying at primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the improved support for pupils with low attainment levels of literacy and numeracy planned for the DEIS action plan will be...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the activity taking place in each of the properties transferred here under the indemnity agreement with religious congregations; if any...
    • Teaching Profession
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the initiatives being taken by her to encourage a greater number of males to enter teaching; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the state of progress of the Middletown centre of excellence for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32757/05]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any reviews have been carried out of transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32727/05]
    • School Meals
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has not provided schools with guidelines on the types of foods that are available on school premises; and if...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce a single science subject for the leaving certificate to encourage more students to follow the science route at...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools which have access to the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary schools which have implemented the Stay Safe programme; the number of times this should be carried out; and...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the standardised approach to identification of disadvantage planned under the DEIS action plan; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the interview processes that are used to fill vacant positions at second level schools; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average caseload per officer at the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32712/05]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her timescale for reducing class size at both primary and post-primary level to EU norms; when she will implement the undertaking in An...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools offering relationships and sexuality education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32721/05]
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding made available to Educate Together to advance multi-denominational teaching here; and if she will make a statement...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support available to schools to implement information technology programmes and to use broadband; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the number of bundles of schools to be offered to the market as part of the latest PPP school building announcement will be known;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has been in contact with the CDI concerning its initiative A Place for Children: Tallaght West; and the Department which will be...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which she proposes to address the issue of overcrowded classrooms at primary and second level schools throughout the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many primary schools with high numbers of children with special learning needs have...
    • Third Level Qualifications
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to proposals from universities here to reduce bachelor of engineering programmes to a three-year degree...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if exceptions can be made to the basic requirements for posts in the VEC sector which would allow for the recruitment of a person who...
    • Teaching Profession
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males entering primary level teaching for the most recent year for which statistics are available; the number entering...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the renewable energy research projects funded by her Department over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the new integrated school support programme will be introduced; when she will announce which schools will be included in the...
    • School Discipline
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided in budget 2006 to implement proposals expected from the task force on student behaviour in second level...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which have a sports facility on-site or access to a sports facility; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the drop-out rate from schools in poorer areas is a crisis; and the way in which she proposes to address same. [32815/05]
    • Post-Primary Education
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that for Ireland to fulfil the requirements of the Lisbon Agenda, increased resources are needed for post-primary...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of workers within the educational system that are vetted by the Garda with regard to the risk of child abuse; and if she...
    • Road Accident Investigations
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Bus Éireann report on the school bus crash in County Meath will be published; if she will support the giving of as much...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of multi-denominational primary and secondary schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32719/05]
    • Child Protection
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department monitors the implementation of the Department of Education and Science child protection guidelines for post-primary...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the yearly cost of paying teachers' salaries in fee-paying post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32803/05]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the current roll-out of educational welfare officers; when the full complement of 300 will be employed; and if...
    • Post-Primary Education
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all second level schools will produce an annual school report detailing their activities under a broad range of headings; and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself with the support given to young mothers to stay in school or return to education. [31001/05]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that solicitors charged fees to their clients on top of the costs paid by the Residential...
    • Youth Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding allocated to the national youth work development plan; the level of funding estimated to implement the plan in...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a significant increase in funding will be provided to the National Educational Welfare Board in order that it can fulfil its mandate...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations from the OECD report on higher education here that she intends to actively prioritise over the coming 12...
    • Post-Primary Education
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if substantial extra funding will be provided to raise the amount spent on post-primary education from the current position of 21 out...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there was a reduction in the amount of money spent by the State on court cases relating to education provision for children with...
    • School Management
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of primary school boards of management under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church that are chaired by a priest;...
    • School Transport
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of concessionary students being carried on the school transport system; the number carried last year; and if she will make a...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide for the teaching of languages other than English or Irish in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is her Department's policy to refund money paid for school transport where they have been told they are outside the catchment...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers in counties Cavan and Monaghan which have 30 or more children in their classes; if she has satisfied...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the expenditure of €45 million on 51 sites for new schools in the past five and a half years; her proposals to reduce...
    • School Inspector Reports
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will sanction the release of school inspector reports on all schools here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the evaluation her Department has carried out in advance of her announcement of the public private partnership school building...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce dual use sports facilities in conjunction with local communities to encourage more participation in sport,...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 210: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public sector employees here at present; and the percentage of the overall workforce which is employed in the public service. [32541/05]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 211: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children born to single mothers in 2004. [32819/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 214: To ask the Taoiseach 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...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 215: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 216: To ask the Taoiseach the number of farmers in County Kerry who have ceased production since 1 January 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/05]
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 217: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for 1916 commemorations. [32906/05]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 218: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/05]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the funding made available to organisations that provide support services for the survivors of...
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for the domiciliary care allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the meetings that were held by officials from her Department with Dundalk based private hospital promoters or...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will visit Kerry General Hospital so she can see first-hand the problems facing staff and patients at the hospital...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Agency
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken in relation to the Crisis Pregnancy Agency in view of the fact that it advertises abortion as a...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help service to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was stopped; and when same will be restored....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued on medical grounds to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny can be relocated to a hospital where their spouse is a patient; and if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card holder is entitled to obtain a hearing aid free of charge. [32411/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the two year...
    • Health Service Executive Correspondence
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive responding to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 450 and 451 of 28...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to previous parliamentary questions regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of extending BreastCheck to women over the age of 64 years in County Kildare. [32496/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 242 children have been waiting more than two years for orthodontic...
    • Community Care Units
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of providing the Maynooth community care unit in County Kildare; and the annual running cost of same....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the review of the mobile day hospital for Maynooth and Carbury will be completed. [32526/05]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there was a 40% reduction in the home help hours provided for older persons in Kildare and west Wicklow between 2003 and...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if payment of the mobility allowance will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [32529/05]
    • Medical Records
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all the medical records relating to a deceased person (details supplied) will be released to the person's family; if the...
    • Patient Private Property Accounts
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of complaints made by a person (details supplied) relating to funds managed by the Health Service Executive for...
    • Nursing Home Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 272 of 28 June 2005, the progress which has been made regarding the 32 staff working at a nursing...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has statistical information for the birth rates for Blessington, Hollywood and Dunlavin in County Wicklow...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a response will be expedited from the Health Service Executive relative to the care and needs of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 70 of 13 October 2005 regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17, when a decision will be...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding public private partnerships in the health sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Development Plan
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the projects identified in the economic and social infrastructure element of the National Development...
    • Genealogical Records
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no genealogy facilities or room available at the new General Register Office in Roscommon town; if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take regarding the application of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • Compensation Payments
      Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is any compensation package available for persons who worked at Peamount Hospital, Newcastle, County Dublin, and...
    • Health Services
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children in the mid-western area on the waiting list to access speech and language therapy; and the length of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be called to Temple Street Children's Hospital for an MRI scan. [32655/05]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be completed to a house under the special housing aid for the elderly (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an appeal to refuse a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [32685/05]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a hearing test has not been arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if there is a waiting...
    • National Children's Strategy
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish the national children's office as an independent statutory body; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a unit will be provided in County Clare for patients suffering from behavioural and learning problems; and if she will...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the suicide number registered in each Health Service Executive region between 2000 and 2004 inclusive by age and gender and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has received a bill from a pharmacy. [32846/05]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the employment of surgical oncologists here. [32850/05]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare in a nursing home will be transferred to St. Joseph's in Ennis; and if she...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been offered sheltered accommodation in order to allow them...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin for an operation. [32891/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason extra hours regarding home help have not been allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...

    • Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient admissions to date in 2005 and for the same period in 2004. [32916/05]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients with medical cards in 2004 and to date in 2005; and the number of these which are in respect of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number employed in the health services in 2004 and to date in 2005 and for the same period in 2004; the way in which...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to move the ear, nose and throat department at Kerry General Hospital to a Cork hospital; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting list for adults and children from each county in the Health Service Executive western area to see an...
    • Community Care
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if elderly returning emigrants requiring nursing care, and seeking this care in a community nursing unit here, will be...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in sanctioning phase 3c and 3d of the redevelopment at Naas General Hospital; when tenders will be...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; if the...
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale predicted to erode the waiting list for orthodontic treatment with the Kildare and west Wicklow section of...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 300: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for a national ambulance service; the way in which the operation of the Dublin Fire Brigade fits into these...
    • Health Services
      Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason music therapy is not profiled in her Department's consolidated salary scales booklet thereby leaving it unable...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent decision of the Health Service Executive to discontinue the payment of...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 303: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve and expand physically the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; if other physical...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 304: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new specialist graduates in orthodontics that will be assigned to County Tipperary and the mid-west region;...
    • Health Services
      Question 305: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children under treatment in the mid-west region and in each other regional orthodontic department; if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with a medical card is being charged for hospital services; if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 307: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with disabilities she has appointed to State boards under the aegis of her Department; and if she...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be furnished with a hearing aid; the reason for the ongoing...
    • Health Services
      Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will furnish a response to the query raised; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 2 November 2005, her views on whether the Health Service Executive leaflet...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the new general practitioner visit cards will be distributed on a first come, first served basis or a [i]pro rata[/i]...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the appointment of a consultant neurologist for the north-west region; if the extension of the service...
  • Department of Finance
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance if an agreement has been reached for the purchase of the necessary access route to the rear of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork; if...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the further works planned for Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, in addition to the improved perimeter security and structural...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the provision of a site for a probation and welfare service centre in Dublin 15; and if a site has been identified. [32642/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in revenue VAT receipts collected in the city of Dublin for 2004. [32691/05]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take for the sale of a property (details supplied) in Dublin 4 which is no longer required for the purposes which it was...
    • Tax Code
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to modify the exemption scheme for writers and artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/05]
    • National Anthem
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance when the national anthem composed by Peadar Kearney in 1907 will be reclaimed and the correct words (details supplied) will be inserted at all public...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence which have taken place with promoters of a private hospital in Dundalk. [32385/05]
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance if the consultants involved in the design of the Lacken Weir, County Kilkenny, have accepted that there is a design fault in the weir and fish pass;...
    • National Monuments
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount allocated for work in 2005 in relation to having the Great Blasket Island declared a national monument or park; the works specified for...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the timber fabricated piece fitted to the fish pass at Lacken Weir, County Kilkenny; the labour and other costs related to this work; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance the office space occupied by public services activities listed for decentralisation as early movers; its location and floor area; if it is owned or...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance if a copy of the draft management plan for the Great Blasket Island will be laid in the library of Dáil Éireann; the members of the Great Blasket...
    • Tax Code
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria he may consider in proposals to alter the balance between direct and indirect taxation for budget 2006 and in any proposals to change...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by stamp duty at each of the current levels for the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to-date; and the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the breakdown of the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works is in a position to seek planning permission for the new Leixlip Garda station in County Kildare; and when construction...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the full report in respect of the replacement of asbestos roof at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and when work will...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Commissioners of Public Works will examine the proposed flood relief works in Leixlip, County Kildare, submitted by Kildare County Council....
    • State Property
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 28 September 2005, if there has been a successful conclusion to the acquisition of the lands. [32506/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish VAT for first time home buying couples or parents in Counties Sligo and Leitrim; his further plans to provide extra tax relief...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the past 12 months and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Finance the companies and financial institutions in which the Government has invested as part of the national pensions reserve fund including the amounts...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and in particular, if the financial implications of the...
    • State Companies
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Finance the dividends received from the ESB, Bord Gáis, VHI and all other semi-State companies on an annual basis since 1990 to date. [32618/05]
    • Public Finances
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department is responsible for the promotion and application of value for money policy across Departments; the actions being...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the renovation and refurbishment of the living quarters of Oylegate Garda station, Oylegate, Enniscorthy, County Wexford; when...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals contained in CORI's recent policy paper on taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is having difficulty in taxing his car here. [32987/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Finance the total and yearly number of persons who, since 1997, have worked in units to deal with public private partnerships; the cost of the unit in each...
    • Tax Code
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers who have benefited to date from the decision in budget 2005 to allow relief on stamp duty where farmers swapped land to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date for each of the sitting tribunals, including third party costs; the costs for each legal team and the costs for each member of each...
    • Tax Code
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the duty exemption on biofuels; and when such an expansion of the current system might be introduced. [27831/05]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the investigation surrounding the harbour in Killybegs; when a final report on the issue...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of vessels licensed to carry passengers to the Great Blasket Island from Dingle and from Dún Chaoin;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if any initiatives are being planned with regard to the MANS network and other similar backhaul infrastructures;...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the objectives of the Government in the forthcoming negotiations under the EU Common Fisheries Policy. [32440/05]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he is currently taking to stimulate public demand for broadband technology. [32441/05]
    • Port Development
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to improve port infrastructure here and if sufficient port capacity will be available...
    • Irish Language
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002,...
    • Departmental Administration
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and in particular,...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the case for cessation of drift netting for salmon. [32668/05]
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has in regard to the promotion of tide-driven hydroelectric generators; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has regarding promotion of ethanol production as a renewal and environmentally friendly fuel;...
    • Irish Ferries
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if Irish Ferries looked for permission from him to change its flag from that of a national flag; and if so, his...
    • National Seabed Survey
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of Government funding that the national seabed survey will receive in 2006; the funding the survey...
    • Fishing Fleet Protection
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of boats which have applied to withdraw permanently from the demersal and shellfish sectors of the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the weir at Lacken Bridge in Kilkenny City; the number of fish which have died to date...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures currently in place to develop eco-tourism in view of the array of marine life here; his plans to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a coherent system for the distribution of the mackerel quota; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and...
    • Passenger Ship Inspections
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of times surveyors from his Department have inspected ships belonging to Irish Ferries docked in...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to make grant aid available for rural post offices to ensure their computerisation, including the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • National Airspace
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the British security forces have given an explanation for 7 July 2005 helicopter incursion into Rassan, County Louth; if so the...
    • Repatriation of Foreign Nationals
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that financial aid is given in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the past 12 months and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in particular, if the financial...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts being made to help the people of Pakistan and provide relief to them following the recent earthquake; and if he will make a...
    • Emigrant Services
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his initiatives in respect of Irish persons abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/05]
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his contacts with Irish prisoners abroad; the services available to families in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a re-entry visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and when same will issue. [33255/05]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Irish Language
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Naas, County Kildare. [32516/05]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason County Kildare only received 13.5% of grants sought under the 2005 sports capital programme when other counties such as...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the past 12...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in particular, if the financial...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the redevelopment of the Monaghan town swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32862/05]
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the annual level of support advanced to the Irish film industry between 2002 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the decentralised Government office for Carlow. [32654/05]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided to allow people who are working on community employment schemes providing services for the...
    • Company Closures
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of efforts by the workforce of a company in liquidation (details supplied) in County Cork to secure a fair...
    • Work Permits
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32413/05]
    • Irish Language
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in Donegal in each of the past ten years; the percentage of jobs lost which were in the textile...
    • Job Creation
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage total entrepreneurial activity here for the year ending 31 December 2004. [32583/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in particular, if the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will be granted for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the reasons surrounding the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Child Support
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to address the ending of child poverty in budget 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals for budget 2006 to make poverty history for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the situation where farm families are in receipt of farm assist but are not allowed to make PRSI contributions...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the farm assist entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been reduced to a maximum payment applies,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to provide extra child allowance in counties Sligo and Leitrim for the first five years to encourage home parenting; and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends to decentralise part of his Department to Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32589/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his estimate of the number of full-time carers who are disqualified from receiving the carer's allowance due to the fact that they...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the person who is entitled to claim for the special allowance for diabetics; the budget spent by his Department on the scheme for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the budget announcement allocating a weekly payment of €35 per week to persons in residential institutions, who have...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32843/05]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason unemployment assistance has been stopped for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32855/05]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Pensions Board has conducted an investigation into the operation of a pension scheme (details supplied) as a result of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse charges for social welfare recipients; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if this question can be taken as an appeal for supplementary welfare and rent allowance which has been refused in the case of a...
  • Department of Transport
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedure for the issue of disabled person's parking cards and the issuing bodies. [32387/05]
    • Road Network
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a figure from the National Roads Authority for the expected final cost of completing the primary route improvement programme set...
    • Road Safety
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with van and truck car importers and manufacturers regarding improving safety features on these vehicles and utilising...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the breakdown of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on implementing mandatory breathalyser testing at the scene of all serious and fatal car accidents here because the gardaí have...
    • Rail Network
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the publication of the railway order for the Kildare route project, the project is included in the ten-year plan for funding; and if...
    • Rail Services
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposals from Iarnród Éireann to electrify the Maynooth suburban rail line and the provision of a new train station at Spencer Dock,...
    • Air Services
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Mid-West Regional Authority will be supported in its request that a full impact study be undertaken on the effects of open skies and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the past 12 months and the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the projects identified in the economic and social infrastructure element of the National Development Plan 2000-2006 have been...
    • Rail Network
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet a delegation wishing to re-open the Athlone to Mullingar rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32587/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in particular, if the financial implications of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to review the penalty points scheme in view of the road fatalities rate having been raised to their pre-penalty points levels; his...
    • State Airports
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Transport further to the similar information provided by way of reply to Question No. 343 of 18 November 2003 in relation to Dublin Airport, the respective...
    • Public Transport
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by mainline rail, suburban rail, DART, Luas, Dublin Bus and provincial bus in 2004 and to date in 2005 and the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Transport the consultancies which were employed by his Department in assisting with the formation of the Transport 21 plan; the work carried out by each; the...
    • State Airports
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport if an indoor area of Shannon Airport has been set aside as a smoking area for the use of US army personnel; the reason such an exemption exists;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by or on behalf of his Department arising from the launch of the Transport 21 programme at Dublin Castle on 1 November 2005,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applications in each grade which have been received from civil servants wishing to decentralise to the Railway Safety Commission in...
    • Road Network
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the new ten-year plan will assist access from Dublin to County Donegal in the context of links to Letterkenny and Inishowen; and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will liaise with the Commissioners for Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland on behalf of a person...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if security pendant alarms and other such personal security items are available free of charge to persons over 80...
    • Irish Language
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be allowed to remain on a rural social scheme when the contract is...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to have research carried out into the viability of ethanol production as a potential rural and Gaeltacht...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 470: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eol dó go bhfuil géarghá le hobair dheisiúcháin a dhéanamh ar ché Theach an Bhaile, Oileán Ghabhla, Dún na...
    • Forbairt Phobail
      Question 471: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil deontas iarrtha ar an Roinn don halla in Anagaire, Dún na nGall, agus an gceadóidh sé deontas chun an obair...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he...
    • Community Development
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 837 of 28 September 2005, if he will approve funding under the 2005 programme of...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if Coillte is a private company, in view of the fact that the EU states it is not a private company, yet her Department claims that it...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will designate a specific agency to take overall responsibility for monitoring the health database of animals living near a plant...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for installation aid where all the necessary documentation has been supplied. [32410/05]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on correspondence (details supplied). [32545/05]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded the disadvantaged areas payments; and if she will make a statement...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 30 June 2005, if her attention has been drawn to the recently launched UK Royal...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an on-farm reed bed to dispose of run-off from a farmyard which meets all the specifications as laid down by the local authority and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive his area aid based payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an application by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly was not considered under the scheme for the allocation of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons with disabilities she has appointed to State boards under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to provide resources for organisations that wish to provide training for public officials, health...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to finalise an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied; and if he will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the recommendations of the working group of the national child care co-ordinating committee for the...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child abuse cases in each of the past five years in respect of which a prohibition against prosecution was...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the allegations made by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to criminal...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an apology will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32415/05]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has conducted an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if so, the nature and outcome of...
    • Publication of Reports
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the statement in the Ferns Report that a member of the Garda who participated in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount allocated by his Department to consultancy firms working on the development of the Garda fixed charge processing...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when information that was requested in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 to 210 of 6 October 2005 will be supplied. [32435/05]
    • Traffic Fines
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 252 of 27 October 2005 and in view of the city council reply, if the matter will be clarified with...
    • Taxi Licences
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [32467/05]
    • Irish Language
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional headline crime statistics for the Carlow and Kildare division for the first three quarters up to 30...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the personnel strength of all ranks of the Garda Síochána in the Carlow and Kildare division as of 1 November 2005; and...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has sanctioned the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station in County Kildare; if not, when same will...
    • Family Law
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to revise family law with regard to fathers' rights and for compulsory mediation based on enunciated principles of...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for funding of €39,500 to complete a child care project at a centre (details supplied) in County...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the reasons for refusal of a three-month visitors visa in the name of a person (details supplied) will be communicated to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to enter here will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached in the asylum claim of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the position in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assessments of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in particular, the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the appeal of a person (details supplied). [32614/05]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for the revocation of a deportation order for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 351 of 29 June 2005, if the Land Registry has received queries from the solicitor of a person...
    • Gaming and Lotteries Legislation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if changes will be made to the lotteries legislation to take account of the considerably enhanced prizes on offer in draws...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a visa for their spouse; the inconsistencies referred to by his...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 can obtain permission to remain here as an exceptional measure in view of the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who was deported from Cloverhill Prison and has applied for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding provision of a grant to construct a community based child care facility at Broadford, County...
    • Press Council
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish a press council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32677/05]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of cocaine and heroin seized in Dublin south-east for the years 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005. [32686/05]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm, in relation to non-nationals who entered here on or before 31 December 2002, and who applied for asylum...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training given by the UNHCR to Irish officials; the dates of the training and the number of Irish officials who received...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether decisions to deport the parents of school-age children including Irish children, thereby preventing...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on increasing the opening hours of Clane Garda station; if same can be increased bearing in mind increased...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to citizenship application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homicide victims by age and gender in 2004. [32829/05]
    • Gambling Casinos
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a gambling casino has been opened recently in Grafton Street; if he is...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the audio-visual equipment for interviewing suspects was installed in Wexford town Garda station; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to remain will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent Ferns Report and the alleged cover-up by persons in authority, every person in authority including...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will extend amnesty to foreign nationals who have lived here for a minimum period of time and who have contributed on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in granting citizenship to persons resident here for nine years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the description of the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite a dealing application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce the Judicial and Ethics Bill; and if he will give an update on the situation. [32902/05]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will set out current policy on the matter. [32903/05]
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 28 June 2005, if he will furnish the answer to same; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding post-nuptial citizenship; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station; and the number of gardaí for each of the past ten years in the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the occasions in 2004 when gardaí were assigned to duty being paid for by individuals, commercial groups or sporting...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases handled by the probation service in 2004 and to date in 2005; and the number of staff employed by the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and the detection rates by the Garda in 2003 and 2004, classified by headline and non-headline crime, and...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest estimates available to him of public order offences in Dublin and in the rest of the country. [32926/05]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest detection rates by the Garda in Dublin and in the rest of the country. [32927/05]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of drug seizures in 2004 and to date, and the corresponding period in 2004, distinguishing volumes of different...
    • Prisoner Staff Ratio
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in State prisons and the number of prison staff in State prisons in each year from 1997 and to date...
    • Traffic Fines
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the situation where the Garda Síochána traffic division will not accept coins as payment of...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when land registration procedures (details supplied) will be completed. [32972/05]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties at a Garda station (details supplied); if, in conjunction with the Garda...
    • International Agreements
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to Ireland's acceptance and implementation of the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure an application to have lands consolidated (details supplied) is expedited; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 496 positions which have been civilianised to date, with reference to the civilianisation of Garda posts...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to correspondence (details supplied) if he will furnish a response to the query raised; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications in each grade that have been received from civil servants wishing to decentralise to the Land...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of seizures of cocaine made by the Garda to date; the amount and estimated street value of the cocaine in each...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for asylum for a person (details supplied). [33161/05]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Youth Services
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the National Youth Council of Ireland campaign for an allocation of €10 million to progress the...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if early childhood resources and services to children on the northside of Dublin will be targeted; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an award agreed with the Residential Institutions Redress Board by a person (details supplied) has not yet issued from the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the delivery of the recently announced PPP programme of school building; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school students in County Louth who are in classes of 30 or more; and if this is an increase on 2004. [32374/05]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1309 of 28 September 2005, if a decision has been made in respect of a higher education grant...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole time equivalent students in the institutes of technology and regional technical colleges, including Dublin...
    • Irish Language
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of times compulsory purchase orders have been used in the past 20 years to acquire sites for national schools and the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 1295 of 28 September 2005 and her views regarding psychologists and public sector numbers, if she is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason it took three months to examine the stage 3 submission in respect of the required extension to a school (details supplied);...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the present position regarding the progressing of the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [32504/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the tender report regarding the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been received in her...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school extension (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a decision will be made in the case; and...
    • Governance of Universities
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a board of governors should have meetings at a third level college without student representations; and if she will clarify this...
    • School Transport
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a submission for funding for the extension of a school bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for two classrooms, a general practitioners room, physical education facility, an office and store at a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a maximum grant from Carlow Vocational Educational Committee will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the results of a survey of educational disadvantage in primary schools conducted by the Education Research Centre in June 2005...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to assist institutes of technology in making Ireland a centre of excellence in e-learning; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of career guidance councillors here; and the number and percentage of second level schools which do not have a career...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by her Department; when the school mentioned in the correspondence will be...
    • Education Funding
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to address the deficits in the funding of second level education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachais Gaeilge
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work commenced on the development of the issue of the specific rationale and function of the Ionad Náisiúnta/Baile Mhúirne; the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the class size in each primary school in County Clare for 2003-2004 and for 2004-2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a redundancy at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the redundancy; if...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce pupil-teacher ratios in order that it does not take an additional 32 pupils to go from a three to a four-teacher...
    • Company Closures
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the guarantee to the effect that her Department will continue to support the research functions previously...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a senior official of her Department will be assigned to sort out difficulties in respect of the proposed building project at a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special grant will be made available to Tallaght Youth Service to allow Foróige and Youth Club progress to provide a youth club...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to a new school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32776/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants attached to each school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32808/05]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students at second level who are in classes of more than 30; the number of classes from 25 to 30 and the number of...
    • Adult Education
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in receipt of an EU pension was denied access to a VTOS course in County Mayo two...
    • Gender Equity
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to achieve gender equity in education and universal primary education as undertaken in the millennium development goals...
    • Bunscoileanna sa Ghaeltacht
      Question 622: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil a fhios aici nach bhfuil ach 106 as 139 de na bunscoileanna sa Ghaeltacht ag múineadh go hiomlán trí Ghaeilge, an raibh...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it would be beneficial to have an element of volunteerism placed in the curriculum for transition year students in schools here; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person can be allocated special needs assistance of 12.5 hours; if the allocation is for the full term or can the hours be...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be sanctioned for a higher education grant payment. [32996/05]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the strategies employed by her for reducing class sizes in primary schools; the average class sizes in schools in County Tipperary; and...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the recent submission from Educate Together regarding the future development of multi-denominational education; and if she...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons with disabilities she has appointed to State boards under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications in each grade that has been received from civil servants wishing to decentralise to Athlone; the number of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a lone parent (details supplied). [33086/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the facilities, services and special centres of education which are available to children with dyslexia; her views on the institution...
    • Youth Services
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect the cap on public sector employee numbers is having on the implementation of the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number in tabular form of primary teachers, permanent and temporary, on a county basis in employment on 30 September 2004 and 30...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase the non-pay budget for VTOS programmes in view of the fact that it has not been increased since 1998; and if she...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase the non-pay budget for Youthreach in view of the fact that it has not been increased since 1998; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures by which school principals and school teachers are appointed to primary schools; the respective roles of her Department...
    • School Management
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process whereby chairpersons of boards of management of primary schools are appointed; the role of her Department in these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the funding allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be increased under the building programme in order...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the expansion of resource teaching facilities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33167/05]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to completion of an expansion at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the requirement and the availability of child psychological services at primary and second level schools throughout County Kildare; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the completion of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; her plans to increase same; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress relating to the provision of the extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet all primary and second level school place requirements in the Naas, Sallins, and Kill areas of County Kildare, in...
    • School Accommodation and Staffing
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she has examined the requirement for remedial, resource and special needs teachers throughout County Kildare at...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, having regard to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the school maintenance programme in respect of primary and second level schools is adequate to meet...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Kildare where pupils or students are accommodated in prefabricated classrooms; her plans to replace...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio and class size at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; her plans to increase same; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in the past six months on the identification of a site and provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has identified the primary or second level schools throughout the country which have the highest pupil-teacher ratio; her plans...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she intends to accelerate the schools building programme with a view to replacement or extension in keeping with...
    • Prefabricated Classrooms
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children taught in prefabricated classrooms in primary or second level throughout the country; and if she will make a...
    • Bullying In Schools
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of school bullying reported in the past 12 months; if all were investigated; the action taken; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to improve facilities for children with special needs receiving mainstream education; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she proposes to encourage particular subjects at second level to ensure the availability of adequate graduates to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding completion of an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to staffing requirements for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare for its double autistic unit; when...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national schools in County Kildare which she intends to improve, extend and upgrade in the near future; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to provision of extra classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra facilities will be offered to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare with a view to the elimination of the use of...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision regarding permanent school recognition has been made in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the classroom extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be completed; if same is on time; and if she will...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to any potential breach of health and safety regulations due to overcrowding at various schools...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which broadband is available to primary and second level schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that adequate provision is being made to ensure the availability of sufficient permanent classroom space...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when works will commence at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare following grant allocated to County Kildare Vocational...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having regard...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she intends to take action following completion of assessment of primary and second level educational needs in...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if research has been carried out to identify trends in third level education with particular reference to identifying subjects chosen...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the provision of the extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding site acquisition to meet requirements of alternative and new school facilities at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Science and Technology
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate provision is being made in terms of meeting the educational requirements in the areas of science and technology, with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the highest and lowest pupil-teacher ratios at second level in respect of second level schools throughout County Kildare; the average...
  • Department of Defence
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements under which years of Army service can be linked for pension purposes with years with Aer Lingus in circumstances where the person...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the breakdown of the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will correct an error in relation to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 581 and 582 of 25 October 2005 regarding the Niemba ambush on 8 November...
    • Military Medals
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Defence if military medals, including service record, have been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposal to have the Great Blasket Island declared a national monument or park; the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, regarding social welfare recipients who are local authority tenants, his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Landslides and Flooding
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cause of the landslide and flooding in Carlingford, County Louth, on the night of 23 to 24 October 2005;...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the media reports that an EU regulation is to be introduced to make it...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Cratlagh Wood, County Donegal, has not been classified as a special area of conservation; and if he...
    • Irish Language
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the years 2002,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made regarding the decentralisation of part of his Department to Waterford city;...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the €18 million unspent on the disabled person's grant scheme nationally in 2004, he has put...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the standard a local authority dwelling should be in before it is reallocated, as the reply to a previous...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to continue the pilot community warden service in Naas, County Kildare, in 2006. [32520/05]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of sewerage schemes which have commenced construction in the Waterford constituency in 2005; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the projects identified in the economic and social infrastructure element of the National...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 803 of 18 October 2005, when the current scheme commenced; the position on charging...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to a meeting in June 2005 with the Irish Farmers' Association, when his Department will issue...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assessment of the financial implications of decentralisation which have been carried out and, in...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for the purchasing of bog will be assessed for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reed beds as a suitable method of effluent treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when capital funding will be available for the new fire station committed for Clones, County Monaghan; his...
    • Library Projects
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when capital funding will be provided for Monaghan County Council to build the county library at Clones,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will respond to the proposal, made several months ago, from Dublin City Council for the redevelopment...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the advice he has to offer local authorities to ensure that residents of all apartments are included in the...
    • Departmental Planning
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations which have been made by the Department for the predicted extreme weather conditions this...
    • Waste Management
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the environmentally impact and the amount of waste being created as a result of the mass...
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of first-time buyers purchasing homes in the period 1998 and to date; and the number of properties...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to a reply of 26 October 2005, if local authorities (details supplied) made an application; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the practice of local authorities making it a condition of planning permissions that management...
    • EU Directives
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the EU Energy Directive for domestic and business premises which is due to come into...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department requested submissions regarding breeding of dogs; if so, when is the closing date for...
    • Road Network
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application (details supplied) has been received by his Department; the status of the application; when...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses built in 2004; the further number of houses provided as a result of Part...
    • Waste Management
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent report from the Combat Poverty Agency calling for a national policy...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 11 October 2005 the progress to date following the discussions...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 166 and 167 of 29 September 2005 the steps which are being taken by...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available to a community group that wishes to develop a park and heritage centre on a site leased...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application by Westmeath County Council in relation to the Milltownpass sewerage scheme will be...
    • Local Authority Development Plans
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the implications for a previous submission made by his Department to Wicklow County Council with respect to...

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