Written answers
Wednesday, 9 November 2005
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Office of Public Works is going to take with regard to the Womanagh River overflowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Estimates
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if provision will be made for the new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry in the 2006 Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which funds in the National Pensions Reserve Fund have been made available for public sector projects; and the reason they have not been...
- Energy Resources
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the observations of the Office of Public Works in relation to the sanction of increases in gas prices. [33147/05]
- Household Indebtedness
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report produced by a company (details supplied) which shows that Irish households are likely to become the most...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the systems used for public procurement of computer systems are robust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/05]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has simulated the effects of potential external shocks on the economy; the results of these simulations; and if he will make a...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any thorough research on making personal tax credits refundable; the costs associated with making each personal tax...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in 2005 in regard to the second phase of its investigation into the use of life assurance products for tax evasion, which...
- Tax Code
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has evaluated the impact of the tax credit on incremental research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33119/05]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent IMF report dealing with the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32940/05]
- Budget Submissions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-budget 2006 submission of the Combat Poverty Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33153/05]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Commissioner McCreevy's plans for increasing cross-Border consolidation in financial services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Finance Agency
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the targets he has set for the National Development Finance Agency; and the way in which it is performing against target. [33140/05]
- Tax Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out or commissioned cost-benefit analyses of reforms to current tax residency rules; if he intends to undertake a...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out any assessment of the impact of the maturing of special savings investment accounts on the economy, almost half of which will...
- Tax Evasion
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that schools do not abuse the tax relief for eligible charities scheme when requesting the payment of voluntary...
- Tax Collection
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to the almost €2.5 billion remaining outstanding in uncollected taxes, his views on the proportion of this the Revenue Commissioners...
- Tax Yield
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date by the Revenue Commissioners through special investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33049/05]
- National Development Plan
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the rate of implementation of the current national development plan; if the plan will be implemented in full by the end of...
- Tax Code
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government will honour the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government that 80% of all earners will pay tax only at the standard...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if any estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants who do not wish to relocate and who will be surplus to requirements as...
- Revenue Investigations
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest...
- State Property
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding the planned sale of State property announced; the property sold to date and the amount raised; the way in which the...
- Tax Code
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he will present to Dáil Éireann the detailed reports emerging from the present review of various aspects of the tax code. [33145/05]
- National Development Plan
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if progress reports for the period December 2004 to June 2005 concerning the southern and eastern regional operational programme of the national...
- Tax Code
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any other elements of the Irish tax code could be subject to challenge under State aid rules. [33112/05]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank's recent Financial Stability Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32938/05]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the pattern of economic growth and if it necessitates an adjustment in Government policy. [33118/05]
- Tax Evasion
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to views expressed, it was unacceptable that some of the wealthiest residents in Irish society should use property and other tax...
- Tax Code
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce rollover relief on capital gains tax for landowners who have had their lands purchased for road construction; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who will have been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance when he proposes to issue Government guidelines in relation to a new benchmarking board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date in 2005 associated with or accruing from the Government's decentralisation programme; the number and location of buildings or sites...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the amount of public private partnership projects in the pipeline; and if he is satisfied with the system for developing and selecting...
- State Property
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance when he sold the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform's offices in St. Stephen's Green; the purchaser of the premises; the price paid; the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently...
- Public Expenditure
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance when the 12 point programme to improve value for money in public spending, announced by him on 20 October 2005, will come into operation; and if he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps in place to ensure that the State receives full value for money in regard to contracts to purchase or lease that have been entered into...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that future contracts in respect of Government projects stipulate that contractors must honour established conditions of employment...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the North-South unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33154/05]
- Revenue Investigations
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the clerical medical insurance-NIB...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the serious problems being created in the decentralisation programme by the lack of clarity around the status of...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contrasting trends reported by the Central Statistics Office regarding employment growth and output growth in the economy, which...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the progress of providing decentralisation, as promised, to Carrickmacross town and Monaghan town; if office space has been...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money paid by the Revenue Commissioners to a consultancy company (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the contracts or...
- Tax Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report of the consultants commissioned to look at a range of tax breaks and shelters available to high earners; if not, when...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department made available in budget 2005 to address disability issues; the amount each Government Department or State agency was...
- Construction Industry Contracts
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the concerns expressed by the construction industry in relation to new Government contract terms; and if he will make a statement...
- House Prices
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to address the fact that the average house price in Dublin now exceeds the €315,000 stamp duty threshold set in...
- Tax Yield
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first ten months of 2005. [33059/05]
- Tax Code
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to deal with the continuing situation whereby millionaires and other very high income earners are able to reduce or...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings incentive scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
- Tax Collection
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in regard to the Revenue Commissioners investigation into undisclosed funds invested in life assurance products, the number of persons who had...
- Tax Compliance
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2005; the number expected to be undertaken by the end of 2005; and if...
- Price Inflation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of the recent OECD report which estimated that Irish inflation would have been almost 1% higher if all house price costs...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Centre for Management Organisation and Development within his Department; if CMOD has any role in regard to the development of the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposals to reduce the fees payable at tribunals. [33133/05]
- Departmental Estimates
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a review of the budgetary process or consulted with opposition parties regarding the budgetary process, as he averted to doing in...
- Tax Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a need to reduce the vehicle registration tax rates on motor vehicles as a result of the EU proposals calling on the...
- Budget Submissions
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-budget 2006 submission of the End Child Poverty Coalition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/05]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take measures to reduce the Irish economy's exposure to the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/05]
- Public Works Schemes
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the Great Blasket island management plan; the estimates received for the provision of water, sewerage and so on, on the Blasket Island...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the general policy which he advocates in relation to dividend payments by commercial State companies. [33160/05]
- Tax Code
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government is committed to keeping those on the national minimum wage out of the tax net; the number of persons on the national minimum wage...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of an independent investigation into the costs of decentralisation in view of the estimate made by the trade union...
- Departmental Consultations
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation process he intends to undertake in advance of the introduction of a new national development plan; and if he will make a statement...
- Capital Expenditure
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the reasons underlying the shortfall in capital expenditure in 2005 will be corrected by the end of 2005; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available, of...
- Tax Code
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concession in excises for the production of bioethanol from sugar beet. [33113/05]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service; if the process used conforms with the...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 195: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004, inclusive, that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being incorrectly specified; if the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Mental Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if hospitals are entitled to ignore the provisions of the 2001 Mental Health Act with regard to forced treatment, on the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the unavailability of a drug (details supplied) to treat B12 deficiency especially in the elderly; and when...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 282 of 21 June 2005 when she will meet a delegation representing victims and relatives of the MRSA...
- Hospital Services
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in South Tipperary will be given a prostate biopsy. [33358/05]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the rollout of BreastCheck for the north west. [33359/05]
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for an increased subvention rate in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding provided by her Department to the not-for-profit organisations, which deal with persons with disability...
- Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a nurse will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if it is the norm that nurses be provided at...
- Medical Cards
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision...
- Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends announcing the provision of cancer care services in the north west following her announcement in July 2005...
- Health Levy
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of the concession exempting persons with income under €400 from paying the health levy; the cost of exempting...
- Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the interim cardiac plan for Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be transferred to a nursing home; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Staff
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the filling of the area medical officer post will be authorised for the Waterford community care area; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim called for an appointment; and if she will...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over ran financially as a result of jobs...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason vehicle registration tax offices demand payment by bank draft which leads to many problems for applicants (details supplied); the reason a...
- Freedom of Information
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the Freedom of Information Act on a partial basis to the Garda Síochána in a manner comparable with its partial application...
- Budget Submissions
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-budget 2006 submission of the National Women's Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33542/05]
- Tax Collection
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to persons, details supplied, who submitted tax returns for all years under the self-assessment from 6 April 1988 to 21...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004, inclusive, that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being incorrectly...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service, details supplied; if the process...
- Tax Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person, details supplied, are up-to-date; if a tax rebate is owed to this person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Government economic policy is sufficiently focused to meet all eventualities with particular reference to lower wage...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if personal borrowing or other forms of debt are in keeping with best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33530/05]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in 2005 with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the interdepartmental group which has reviewed the Disabled...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil or public servants who have agreed to relocate under the Government's programme of decentralisation; the costs involved; and if...
- Price Inflation
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken further studies with a view to tackling unseen inflation arising from goods or services excluded from the consumer price index;...
- Tax Code
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will improve and expand tax and excise conditions for biofuel producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33535/05]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if adequate protection is in place to prevent money laundering through the banking or financial services system; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Yield
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount accruing to the Exchequer in the past 12 months from taxation through the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Harbours and Piers
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his response to the request from Limerick County Council for grant assistance to introduce necessary safety...
- Environmental Policy
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are strategic environmental assessment reports for the offshore waters off Ireland and in particular...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy...
- Communications Masts
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Question No. 329 of 2 November 2005 if any payment was sought or obtained from France for the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will respond to the EU Commission formal notice that the system of managing drift net catches for salmon...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that overran financially as a result...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role that was played by the Irish Embassy in South Africa concerning a recent visit by Mr. Gerry Adams, MP, to that country; if meetings...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service (details supplied); if the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules relating to exposure to visual display units for workers which prevail in Ireland; if these differ from the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in 2005 of his inquiries regarding the PhD claimed by a person (details supplied); the information and...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on concerns regarding lack of competition in the newspaper market here; the percentage of the local and national...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over-ran financially as a result of jobs...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether a homeless person (details supplied) who is currently studying and who does not strictly conform to the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff employed by his Department in each of the social welfare local and district offices in County Kildare; if this...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the number of people in the Dublin 15 area who have received the respite care grant to date in 2005 in so much...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that overran financially as a result of jobs being...
- Department of Transport
- Road and Rail Networks
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the applications that the Government have made to the EU for TENS funding. [33317/05]
- Departmental Costs
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to his or other Departments of the launch of Transport 21 including reports, consultancies, public relations work and the actual launch on...
- Rail Network
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for phase two of the Navan rail link; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated cost of...
- Light Rail Project
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the start and completion date for the Luas extension to Cherrywood and Bray; if this project will be a public private partnership; the estimated...
- Air Services
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in any negotiations he is conducting to change the terms of the bilateral air transport agreement between Ireland and the USA, a lengthy...
- Departmental Staff
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people employed by the driver testing and standards authority; the salary costs to date in 2005, the grades of staff and the...
- Road Safety
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that regulations here governing the time truck and van drivers can drive without breaks and sleep are satisfactory and are being...
- Rail Network
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many long distance trains do not carry bicycles due to the frequent use of Arrow carriages on...
- Road Safety
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Questions Nos. 332 and 333 of 12 October 2005, the reason he has not yet published the Medical Bureau of Road Safety's 2004 annual...
- Public Transport
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 228 of 27 October 2005, if he will provide the information requested on the average cost per licence to his Department of...
- Departmental Costs
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to the State for the use of consultants in public relations and design work carried out in conjunction with the launch of the Transport 21...
- Driving Tests
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the average or typical working hours per day of a driving tester; and the average number of tests per day per driving tester. [33521/05]
- Road Network
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the number of extra heavy goods vehicles that will use the West Link toll bridge as a result of the opening of the Dublin Port...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being incorrectly...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when funding will be made available for panic buttons and security lighting for the elderly (details supplied) in...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that overran financially as a result of jobs...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Milk Quota
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for an additional milk quota following his...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service (details supplied); if...
- Grant Payments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the single farm payment entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Land Annuities
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends taking to ensure that affected farmers are aware of the new land annuity capital buy-out offer of 25%; if her...
- Grant Payments
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU Commission proposal that 1% of the single farm payment due to farmers will be deducted from 2009 and will be...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of Government-awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004, inclusive, that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Registration of Title
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in issuing deeds to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- Joyriding Offences
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a report will be requested from the Garda authority regarding the complaint from a local residents group that the area...
- Asylum Applications
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant humanitarian leave to a family of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33374/05]
- Pension Provisions
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of retired members of the Garda Siochána in receipt of pensions without the pension benefit of those allowances...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the allowances payable to members of the Garda Siochána which were made pensionable in 1982; the allowances which were made...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy service (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amendments proposed by the Garda Síochána to the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station; the person...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 363 of 12 October 2005, if he will provide the figures requested. [33515/05]
- Extradition Requests
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 494 of 2 November 2005, the countries which made requests in respect of Nos. 1 to 24, inclusive,...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 to 2004, inclusive, that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being...
- Department of Education and Science
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if disadvantaged status will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [33539/05]
- Pension Provisions
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made regarding the transferability of teachers' pensions between here and the Six Counties, where teachers worked...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the submission from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 regarding the allocation of resource teachers; her further...
- Third Level Fees
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial support available to assist a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Site Acquisitions
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure school sites are provided in conjunction with the development of new houses and communities; the role she...
- School Transport
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the case of a family (details supplied) and the problems that they are experiencing in relation to the provision of...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Defence when each officer of the new Reserve Defence Forces will receive formal notification of their new appointment; in the case of reserve officers...
- Defence Forces Review
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Defence if, having regard to the stated policy requirement that each new reserve unit will have a close supportive working relationship with a PDF unit, the...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative or regulatory changes which were made prior to the launching of the new Reserve Defence Force; the effective dates of same; and in...
- State Property
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department will arrange to have refuse removed from land owned by his Department (details supplied). [33385/05]
- Service Medals
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Defence the various types of medals that are issued by his Department to members or former members of the Defence Forces; if consideration has been given to...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over-ran financially as a result of jobs being incorrectly specified;...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Building Regulations
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the bleak future for fossil-fuel prices, and the high quality of energy-conservation and...
- Planning Issues
Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines that are issued to planning authorities under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act...
- Referendum Commissions
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the referendum commission on a yearly basis since 2000. [33391/05]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his internal auditors are satisfied with the procurement process used in the purchase of a consultancy...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to Kildare County Council for the purchase of social housing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided to Kildare County Council to support the establishment of group water schemes...
- Road Network
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make additional funding available to Waterford City Council for remedial works on the Waterford to...
- Rural Renewal Scheme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications in counties Sligo and Leitrim that have not yet been inspected with reference to...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the certificate of reasonable cost has not yet been issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Government awarded contracts from 1995 until 2004 inclusive that over-ran financially as a...
