Written answers
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the economic downturn in Killybegs and south Donegal resulting from the...
- Ferry Operations
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the treatment of workers on board the Irish Ferries ship the [i]Normandy[/i], notwithstanding...
- Postal Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken either directly or through the regulator with the objective of broadening the business...
- Electricity Generation
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his role in the proposed separation of the ESB and EirGrid; the person who has responsibility for negotiation of...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to facilitate the provision of digital radio in its DAB and DRM formats; and if...
- Marine Safety
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the new regulations, the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boat Manning) Regulations 2005, that were...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the key aims and principles of Ireland's negotiating position for the forthcoming EU Fisheries Council; and if he...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with sporting organisations with a view to providing free to air coverage to the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to take to promote the development of micro scale renewable energy here, as is requested...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any explanation directly or through the regulator as to the reason the provision of...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the legal position with regard to regulatory instruments from his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on proposals regarding local loop unbundling; his further views on whether this is a critical...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the case taken against Ireland for breach of European Union fish quota rules as decided upon in January 2005...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the independent review of the design of the proposed Corrib onshore gas pipeline; if...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department intends to replicate the system of grants and credits for renewable energy that are available...
- Postal Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the source of information he used for the briefing document he circulated regarding the An Post dispute. [34543/05]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage his Department's work is at regarding the Electronic Communications Bill; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he directly or through the regulator has examined the implications for the customer arising from recent or...
- Postal Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which he can have a positive role in ending the dispute in An Post in view of his public...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions which have taken place between his Department, other State, semi-State or private sector...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the changes he is planning to make to the licensing and regulatory regime for the exploration and exploitation...
- Television Reception
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, further to his reply to this Deputy in Dáil Éireann on 20 April 2005 when he undertook personally to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the provision of broadband facilities for 2005 is unlikely to meet the targets he set; and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with his European colleagues with a view to more emphasis on the development and...
- Postal Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether his threat to privatise the postal services was helpful in the context of negotiations...
- Electricity Generation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has given recent direction to the regulator with a view to improving access to the grid with particular...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he envisages any changes in regard to the bringing ashore or storage in respect of the Corrib gas field; if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage his Department's work is at regarding the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; the way in which he...
- EU Directives
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position on the television without frontiers directive from the European Commission; his plans...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position on the current negotiations for the future of Internet governance and the existence of...
- Departmental Policy
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of broadcasting, telecommunications or other utility services...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a scheme for the voluntary buying out of drift or draft net salmon fishing licences will be considered; and...
- Marine Safety
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action which he intends to take following the situation where 13 periwinkle pickers were left stranded on...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation and information his Department transmitted to interested stakeholders before the Fisheries and...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has taken steps to ensure the availability of the widest possible degree of service of a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received indications of DSL failure rate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/05]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if aid will be granted for the provision of equipment for households that are equipped with solar panels to...
- Electricity Generation
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on recent criticisms by IBEC of the Government dividend that is taken annually from the ESB; the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason his Department withdrew the Sea Fisheries and Marine Jurisdiction Bill from Second Stage discussion...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he intends to take on the issue of salmon draft and drift netting following the publication of the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to his preferred options in respect of public and private broadcasting; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason mobile telephone services here are more expensive than in almost all European countries; and if he...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the European Rugby Cup competition will continue to be televised free to air; and if he will make a statement...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the recent plans in the UK for a biofuels obligation for all diesel and petrol providers his plans...
- Digital Hub
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the costs of the development and promotion of the digital hub to date in 2005; the likely future costs of same;...
- Electricity Generation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are issues surrounding the security of supply in the upcoming winter months in view of the serious...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Cabinet approval recently given to Bord na Móna's future strategy proposals including the pursuit of...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on recent market developments in the mobile and broadband markets; his further views regarding a...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the purpose of the Sea Fisheries (Tuna and Certain Other Species) Fishing Regulations 2005; the number of...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has reviewed the various alternative energy sectors with a view to achieving less...
- Port Development
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if responsibility for ports is going to be removed from the remit of his Department and transferred to the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to address the impact of drift netting on the tourism sector (details supplied); and if...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on targets for renewable energy for 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050; his further views on whether the...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the distribution of the television licence reserve fund; the full extent of this fund to date...
- Postal Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with post masters or sub-post masters with a view to enabling the development,...
- Electricity Generation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the cost of access to the grid is a contributory factor in respect of energy costs, including alternative...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost to the State of the provision of monitoring, inspection and enforcement of the fishery...
- Ferry Operations
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions regarding the pay and working conditions of workers on ferries operating between...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposed digital multiplex system and network service that is currently being put out to tender; if he has...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the consultants and solicitors (details supplied) are going to report on an implementation plan for the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures, including any fiscal incentives, he is planning to promote the development of renewable energy...
- Post Office Network
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in the course of his recent discussions or correspondence with An Post ascertained the number of post...
- Electricity Generation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's description of the lack of State capital...
- Energy Resources
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent EU meeting where a plan for a common EU energy policy was presented by the...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of his Department's work on the Broadcasting Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electricity Generation
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received information from the regulator or issued instructions in regard to easier access to...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on progress in relation to the meeting of the Ministers of State with the...
- Energy Resources
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount paid to date to the Exchequer in respect of the sale of the Whitegate refinery and the Bantry storage...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there are enough speech and language therapy and occupational therapy posts to ensure that children...
- Community Care
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in the interest of promoting equality for family carer's, she will support the establishment of a national advisory...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the health implications of water fluoridation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34734/05]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the refunding of nursing home charges; when such repayments are likely to commence; and if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) chose not to interview staff directly involved in the matter; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive 20 hours per week on the personal assistance programme; and...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for works required under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details...
- Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received an appointment to have a heart bypass operation; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who needs false teeth realigned, is being refused this facility on...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a new national policy on long-term care of persons in nursing homes must be reviewed; her further...
- Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the planned use for a building (details supplied) recently purchased by the Health Service Executive; when the project will...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions being taken to deal with the challenge of the MRSA issue highlighted in recent times; and if she will make a...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the circumstances under which a South African trained pharmacist might be able to practice as a pharmacist here; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reports on disability services which have been commissioned by the Midland Health Board or Health Service Executive...
- Health Service Staff
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an embargo applies in respect of recruitment to the health service area in general; the restrictions and nature of such...
- Medical Cards
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, further to previous written parliamentary questions, she will establish with the Health Service Executive if the...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is on a waiting list for an orthopaedic chair,...
- Child Abuse
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the concluded inquiry into the diocese of Ferns and child sexual abuse; the cumulative costs incurred...
- Women's Refuges
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support her Department can give to the long standing proposals to establish a small refuge for women and children who...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the maximum support and assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who is on a hospital waiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children what provision there is for financial assistance for cosmetic needs for cancer patients; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position in relation to a person who is living in Donegal but working for a company in Northern Ireland, driving a company car...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of a site at Magee Barracks, Kildare Town, for the Government Offices that it is proposed to decentralise to the town; if his...
- Tax Code
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contention of the SIMI that there would be an overall benefit to the Exchequer in a 2.5% reduction in each of the VRT rates, as set...
- Tax Yield
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be raised from a 50c increase on a packet of cigarettes based on 2004 figures. [34771/05]
- Tax Code
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxation cases referred to the Ombudsman; the number of decisions taken by the Ombudsman that required repayments by the Revenue...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether financial allocation towards schools here needs to be addressed in budget 2006 in order that 12 to 19 year olds can realise...
- Tax Code
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a decision regarding the extension of the closing date for property based tax incentive schemes. [34774/05]
- Inland Waterways
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will carry out a traffic survey of bridge users, a structural survey of the bridge, a subsidence survey due to...
- Tax Code
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if the artists exemption will be retained in budget 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34780/05]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to introduce fixed price contracts for future public projects; the way in which such contracts might be framed in order to ensure...
- Tax Code
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department's and the Office of the Revenue Commissioner's review of the tax exemption for artists under the Finance Act...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has applied to the disabled drivers medical board of appeal for a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in the public sector distinguishing the pension contribution made by different categories of worker and indicating the...
- Tax Code
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a reduced rate of VAT of 4.4% is applied to live greyhounds and the hire of horses; the amount of VAT raised in 2004 in respect of each of...
- Registration of Title
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure which has to be followed to allow the transfer of title to a local authority for public open space lands which are in his possession as...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postal Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken either directly or through the regulator with the objective of broadening the business...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the distribution of the television licence reserve fund; the full extent of this fund to date...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or his Department directly or through the regulator have received any reports of bullying, intimidation or...
- Electricity Generation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any information from the regulator or issued any instructions in regard to easier...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which he proposes to develop the broadcasting industry in the future with particular reference to the...
- Television Reception
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of digital television and associated services; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any explanation directly or through the regulator as to the reason the provision of...
- Postal Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the provision of postal services in the future and the retention of the maximum number...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile telephone service providers; the extent to which this is likely to change in the future;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he directly or through the regulator has examined the implications for the customer arising from recent or...
- Postal Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether his threat to privatise the postal services was helpful in the context of negotiations...
- Electricity Generation
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the cost of access to the grid is a contributory factor in respect of energy costs, including alternative...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had recent discussions, taken any initiatives, issued any directives or received any information from...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with sporting organisations with a view to providing free to air coverage to the...
- Energy Resources
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has identified the optimum number and location of gas and electricity connectors; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has given recent direction to the regulator with a view to improving access to the grid with particular...
- Postal Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which he proposes to combat junk mail in the event of the introduction of postcodes; and if he will...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether there is scope for a greater number of local independent radio stations; his further view...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has taken steps to combat spam on the Internet at national or international level; and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of occasions on which he has met with An Post management and unions in the past six months; the...
- Television Reception
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which RTE radio and television service extends to Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom; if he...
- Postal Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the issues which have caused recent and ongoing disputes in An Post and his proposals to address these issues at...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has given directions to the regulator or through the regulator to the service providers with a view to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has studied the number and content of submissions made to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission; if he...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the development of the e-government project; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Port Development
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give support and advice to a company (details supplied) in their efforts to ensure all extra space in...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Visa Applications
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the advice the embassy in Moscow gave to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform visa office in Dublin on the visa application of...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he is taking to respond to the developing tragedy in Pakistan following the recent earthquake; and if he will make a statement on...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Question No. 184 of 27 October 2005, if more information has been made available by the Government of the USA on an Irish...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a 29% increase in spending on the arts will be supported; his views on their valuable work in the wider society; and if he will...
- Sports Funding
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of Government funding which has been provided for the National Aquatic Centre, Croke Park, Lansdowne Road, and other...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Law
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to cases where the phoenixing of foreign based companies has had a direct or indirect...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a national strategy will be formulated for carers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34722/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason patients at the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin, are not entitled to the disability allowance. [34725/05]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo which was held on the 18 October 2005. [34726/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his review of the cases of the 237 persons who have been denied the fuel allowance in winter 2005; and if he...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for the carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [34820/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether there is a need to allow mortgage payments as a charge or allowance for means test purposes when claiming for...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of State money invested in the Navan to Drogheda rail line for each of the years 1999 to 2004 and to date in 2005; the income derived...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he intends taking arising from the outcome of court cases as reported (details supplied) where cases against drivers for the non-display...
- Public Transport
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason north Tipperary was excluded in major transport projects in the Transport 21 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34791/05]
- Air Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Transport if aircraft (details supplied) which are alleged to have been used by the CIA in the process of extraordinary renditions have ever landed at any...
- Rail Services
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his recent announcement that his Department is in discussion with an international open access freight operator, the measures which have...
- Departmental Reports
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by or on behalf of his Department arising from the publication of an eight page commercial report on the Transport 21 plan,...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to increase the fine, currently €19, for illegal parking in disabled parking bays; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Proposed Legislation
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when legislation to regulate charities will be published; and the reason its publication has been subject to ongoing...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Question No. 323 of 9 November 2005, when funding will be made available for panic buttons and security...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if she is satisfied with the treatment of this person,...
- Grant Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the disadvantaged payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures her Department has considered or is considering introducing, in addition to the measures introduced on 27 October 2005 as a...
- Food Industry
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which her Department supports small rural based food enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34934/05]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department is succeeding in protecting the interests of the Irish agri-food sector with regard to the CAP reform; and if she will...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has been successful in protecting the interests of the sugar beet producers and the sugar beet industry here; and if...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a refund will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when such a refund will issue; and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Prevention
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had any discussions with his EU colleagues with a view to combating the predatory use of the Internet by those...
- Family Carers
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the interest of promoting equality for family carers, he will support the establishment of a national advisory group...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has considered amending the Human Rights Commission Act 2000, which would make the Commission directly...
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated cost of the inquiry into sex abuse in the Dublin dioceses; and if all of the costs will be borne by the...
- Prison Work Schemes
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of a contract for a company (details supplied) for work carried out by women prisoners in Mountjoy...
- Disability Support Services
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are arrangements in place to offer an information pack regarding entitlements to persons with disability and their...
- Visa Applications
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rights the spouses of Irish citizens have to enter into and live here, in view of the refusal to grant a visa to a...
- Victim Support
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to funding for victim support; the amount his Department allocates to victim support organisations;...
- Child Care Services
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when contracts will be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo following their approval for funds under the equal...
- Asylum Applications
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an asylum appeal will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [34766/05]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will raise the age limit to 21 for persons buying alcohol from off-licences due to the unsupervised distribution...
- Residency Permits
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on...
- European Arrest Warrant
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in processing the extradition warrant for a person (details supplied); the reason their...
- Firearms Offences
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if new information has recently come to light that would cast doubt on the arrest of a person (details supplied) for the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving gardaí in each Garda district in Cork city and county and the population in each such Garda district....
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the restorative justice pilot projects, including intentions to evaluate them; when the findings are likely to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí tasked with being juvenile liaison officers each year for the past ten years. [34946/05]
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the inclusion of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be considered in the next round of...
- School Curriculum
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether school programmes adequately deal with sex, relationship, gender and gender-based violence; and if she will make a...
- Domestic Violence
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when policies for schools on disclosure and appropriate referral where children have experienced violence in the home will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a proper school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34749/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application regarding a school (details supplied) in County Clare for a summer works scheme 2006; and if she will make...
- Capitation Grants
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether financial allocation towards schools here needs to be addressed in this year's budgets in order that 12 to 19...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether educational disadvantage is not currently being addressed; her plans to change same; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change the current teaching of special needs students in view of the fact that the learning support for the mainstreaming...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the staffing figures in secondary schools needs to be addressed as the average figure here is 59.5 classroom...
- School Accommodation
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the arrangements put in place in 2005 to allow out-of-catchment or disputed catchment pupils from certain schools in north Wexford...
- Youth Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the allocation of the additional €5.5 million announced for youth development in the 2005 budget estimates; the...
- Modern Language Teaching
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the efforts being made by a group (details supplied) to have a memorial centre built in memory of a...
- Psychological Service
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure for NEPS psychologists with regard to prioritising assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34818/05]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a nursing home (details supplied) will be included in the list of institutions covered by the Residential Institutions Redress...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the qualifications of a person for a post (details supplied) were referred to her Department by the relevant vocational educational...
- School Enrolments
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils entering first year for each year since 1995 in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [34833/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been seeking the replacement of its roof...
- School Enrolments
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils entering fifth and sixth class for each year since 1995 in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [34850/05]
- School Management
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 was treated in an uncaring and unprofessional manner when they reported the matter...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not being awarded a full maintenance non-adjacent grant for the second year of a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if contact will be made with the authorities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate the required resources to a school (details supplied) in order that six pupils who it is proposed will form a...
- School Transport
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when talks will take place between officials from her Department and the union representing bus escorts to discuss terms and conditions...
- School Staffing
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the employment of a person (details supplied) at a primary school in County Tipperary; when the employment of...
- School Transport
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the bus route from Ballindine to Claremorris with a pick-up point at the Ballindine crossroads which has been in existence...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the number of foreign soldiers to train in the Curragh each year for the past 10 years including a breakdown in terms of the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Meath County Council has been charging tenants attempting to...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason details of the full attendance of a meeting were not provided as promised in a previous reply to a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation pertaining to a scheme (details supplied) in County Galway and if he will give approval for the...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations which exist, or are contemplated, which could control increases in maintenance fees charged by...
- Planning Issues
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to monitor and control the efforts being made to change Weston Aerodrome to Weston...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to date in 2005 to have the Sellafield nuclear plant closed, in particular if the case...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department can give to the long standing proposal to establish a small refuge for women and...
