Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2005

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken directly or indirectly to achieve compliance with the Kyoto protocols; the extent to...
    • Waste Management
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the threshold for an EIS on a transfer of waste for a recovery facility; when this threshold was established;...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress of implementing the report Property Rights under the Constitution....
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he sought the reintroduction of a radon remediation grant scheme for householders during discussions on the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the current funding for architectural protection grants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter wardens employed in major towns and cities here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to act on the recommendations of the working group examining the issues surrounding dog breeding...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to have the critical infrastructure Bill published; and the estimated timeframe for the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to extend the ban on bituminous coal to other local authority areas; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the targets for social housing completions, as set down by the national development plan, can...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if further use of biofuels will be encouraged for vehicles within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations from the NESC report Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy his Department intends to...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the RPII has made a submission in relation to the strategy proposed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency in...
    • State Agencies
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed new Irish Heritage Trust will have within its remit responsibility for elements of Ireland's...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that he has an adequate number of parliamentary draftsmen to process existing and proposed...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact higher development levies is having on the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of the European Court of First Instance decision to rule against Ireland...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines on issues which may be discussed at a meeting of an audit committee at which...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the enforcement initiatives he has planned involving targeted efforts to deal with the dumping of construction...
    • Road Network
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take as a result of the recent pavement condition study which shows that increased...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the assessment of the effectiveness of the Housing Act 1988 and Integrated Strategy 2000 in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will put in place to ensure the necessary funding is allocated to the disabled persons grant...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities will be instructed to refrain from doing business with companies or individuals with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to allow for directly elected mayors of cities here; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority procedures for charging for the provision of freedom of information...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the statement by the homeless support group Trust that the homeless problem is worse now than it...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to protect Ireland's architectural heritage by minimising the unnecessary...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to plans to increase the plastic bag levy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the national climate change strategy 2000 which has been implemented to date in 2005; and the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities will be asked when assessing housing needs and drawing up their letting scheme for housing...
    • Construction Industry
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's views on the current debate concerning the suitability of concrete built homes over timber...
    • Waste Management
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in receipt of correspondence asserting that a local authority (details supplied) in County Wicklow...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's views of the increase in sales of so-called sports utility vehicles; the implications for this...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a system of automatic registration on the electoral register of persons who turn 18 years...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated fines which Ireland will face in the next five years for failure to reduce emissions output in...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report on the present and future protection of thatched structures in Ireland, which...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will arrange with local authorities for collection points to be set up to allow householders to deposit...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the practice of local authorities is that in their environment impact...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of fly-tipping here; his plans to increase penalties and enforcement measures to tackle this scourge;...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on increasing the levels of recycling in the construction industry; and if he will make a...
    • Affordable Housing
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the analysis in the NESC report on housing which concluded that up to a third of all new...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of an advocate system for homeless persons as advocated by the homeless support...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the mid-east and south-west regions for the years 1996 to 2004; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the use of energy efficient measures in local authority housing, such as using only double-glazed...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the communication from the European Commission of 9 March 2005 to the Government regarding the...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the so-called passive house, the official opening of which he attended in Wicklow town,...
    • Waste Management
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to address the current delays collecting farm plastic through the farm relief services;...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the...
    • Acht Pleanála 2000
      Question 69: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil, i bhfianaise chinneadh stairiúil an Bhoird Pleanála maidir le caomhnú na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, an bhfuil sé i...
    • National Parks
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department awarded a below inflation increase to the national parks and wildlife service in the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that sufficient consultancy takes place with local authorities when an application...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussion he has had with his British counterparts regarding indications that the British Prime Minister,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions his Department intends to take to address the fact that single persons, and single males in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36602/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the local authorities in County Wicklow for 2004; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report from the European Commission concerning the implementation of the 1996...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to ensure that the register used in the next general election is accurate; if he...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when new guidelines will be introduced on when retiring local authority staff may take up work in the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has considered the introduction of a community dividend that would provide compensation,...
    • EU Directives
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status, in terms of transposition, of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles and of Directive...
    • Waste Management
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a legal action or enforcement under the Air Pollution Act 1987 is appropriate in the case...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on Government plans to purchase the Great Blasket Island; if he has been involved in the planning for...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget 2006 increase requested by the Environmental Protection Agency; the amount granted in Estimate 2006;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provisions he will make for persons selling homes from 1 January 2006, since the failure to transpose the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions regarding the future use of the electronic voting technology; the cost and associated costs to...
    • Water Quality
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to improve the overall quality of drinking water here and in particular the quality of...
    • Public Procurement Policy
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the requirements for all local authorities to purchase certain proportions of their energy...
    • Biodiversity Fund
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for a national biodiversity fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36612/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his response to the submission from IBEC in relation to local authority funding; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in 2005 by the task force set up in his Department to establish strategies to...
    • Local Authority Operations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made by the value for money unit in his Department and in particular the result of its studies on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 6% increase in the local government fund will be enough to allow local authorities to perform their...
    • Climate Change Strategy
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a system of energy efficiency labelling for motor vehicles would be beneficial to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional units of permanent social housing his Department is committed to delivering in net...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the independent review of the implementation of the integrated and preventative homelessness strategies and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in publication of the housing needs assessment; when he expects to publish same; the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if aid will be granted for the preservation of 16 Moore Street, Dublin which was the last headquarters of the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the confidential waste information line will be operational; the way in which same will operate; and if...
    • Biodiversity Plan
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with the progress in dealing with the 91 actions listed under Ireland's national...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish a mink trapping programme to counteract the problems posed by predatory mink on...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2005 on the national spatial strategy; if he intends to make changes to the strategy;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the 7% reduction in his Department's funding announced in the Estimates 2006 will allow...
    • Waste Management
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in relation to his consideration as to the way in which the waste market might best...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation to establish a registration system for architects to ensure that...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further action he will take to support local authorities in their battle against anti-social behaviour;...
    • Private Rented Sector
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2005 on the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether major infrastructural projects such as wind turbines should be included in regional...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 126: To ask the Taoiseach the latest unemployment figures for the Tallaght area. [36791/05]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach the number of former employees who have been brought back to work on contract, or other staff employed on contract to do work which has traditionally been done...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the number of other...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which emerged from this test; if he is...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Disability Payments
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement with regard to the recommendation of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress which has been made in concluding negotiations of a draft protocol on adoption between...
    • Health Services
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to make available an additional speech therapist for children attending the DEC (details supplied); if her...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Agency
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to reform the Crisis Pregnancy Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36494/05]
    • Income Levies
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason losses are not allowable against profits in calculating income levies; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the extent of marketing of unhealthy foods to children as described in a recent report...
    • Waste Management
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedure for disposal of hospital waste including radioactive material; the number of such locations; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the disruption to patient treatment at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 6 on a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no specialised physiotherapist at Kerry General Hospital to deal...
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action her Department and the Health Service Executive is taking to ensure audiology services will be restored to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason only 10% of pain relief procedures requiring inpatient care are performed locally for patients in the south east...
    • Health Services
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is being refused an occupational therapist; and if they will be given...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was told that there was no bed and was sent home until January 2006; and if the...
    • Health Services
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 273 of 25 October 2005, if she is satisfied that all patients moved from an institution (details...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the Health Service Executive facilitates the recycling of used medical aids and appliances, such as...
    • Health Services
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when eyesight and hearing testing will be carried out for senior infants at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is the intention of the Health Services Executive to downgrade the status of Kerry General Hospital; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the second phase of arrears due to retired psychiatric nurses, retired deputy nursing officers and retired acting...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if contact will be made with the Health Service Executive and the management of St. James's Hospital, Dublin, to expedite...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Crumlin hospital will be closed; and her views on the uses of the site. [36479/05]
    • Alcohol Policy
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal by the Dublin City Business Association (details supplied). [36480/05]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress towards the construction of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the submission by the Irish Wheelchair Association seeking core funding of community employment project staff...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the unsatisfactory reply to Question No. 229 of 28 September 2005 and in view of the change in policy on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that in the Health Service Executive southern area people wait five months for a routine cervical...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the high level of male suicides in young vulnerable adolescents aged between 16 and 17 years who have no...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which was received by intellectual disability services from her Department in 2002, 2003, 2004 and to...
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused an orthodontic brace. [36549/05]
    • Health Expenditure
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, regarding the notes set out on Vote 40, Health Service Executive, in the abridged Book of Estimates for 2006 which...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full response will be furnished to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not been called to St. James's Hospital, Dublin, to have a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are proposals to extend Cork Regional Hospital; if so, the details of such proposal with respect to the size of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Galway Regional Hospital for facial surgery. [36712/05]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the 1,000 new frontline staff who were to be recruited in 2005 to provide services for persons with...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the 270 additional residential places, 90 additional respite places and 400 new day places for persons with...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an additional 14 beds have been provided at the Central Mental Hospital in 2005; if those beds that have been provided...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made by her Department in putting in place protocols governing the expenditure and monitoring of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the appointment of a fully trained Parkinson's disease nurse specialist in Donegal will be considered; and if she will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons within each unit or State agency of her Department who have opted to move to the proposed new...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the decision of pharmaceutical companies not to supply the drug vitamin B12 Neo Cytamen; if she has received...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will be instructed to provide persons with the schedule of treatment of a person (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason €56.4 million appears to have been underspent by her Department, while the much needed facility at the Midland...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the moneys allocated in the Estimates 2006 for the commencement of the completion and fit-out of the ward accommodation...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on admission to the hospital at Hume Street, Dublin, of persons suffering from skin complaints; the locations...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the orthopaedic section of a...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to patients suffering from Parkinson's disease in the north west; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not qualified for a medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions which have taken place between her Department or the Health Services Executive and the Sisters of Charity...
    • Medical Expenses
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if reimbursement will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Louth in relation to medical expenses incurred; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of psychiatric inpatient places which are available for young persons between the ages of 16 and 18 in each of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nursing home subvention or a subvented health board bed will be provided to facilitate a person (details supplied) in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the mainstreaming of the 1,651 participants and 100 supervisors will commence on the community employment schemes which...
    • Violence against Women
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the number of refuge spaces for women in the Dublin area, with a population of over 1.1 million,...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the protocol for the disposal of haemochromatosis patients blood by general practitioners and hospitals respectively; when...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if core funding will be provided to the Irish Wheelchair Association to mainstream services currently provided by community...
    • Health Care Education
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if support is provided to qualified health personnel who wish to pursue studies in advanced care which are only available...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for a hip replacement; and if she will make a statement...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to any drug treatment projects and services operated by the Health Service Executive; the...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to review the existing tax incentives in the housing sector following the assertion of the An Bord Pleanála chairman that inadequate...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 511 of 2 November 2005, the amount of money which has been spent on the private home, which is leased by the Garda...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if directly or in conjunction with the Office of Public Works the progress which has taken place in regard to drainage requirements at various...
    • National Monuments
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a report regarding the present condition of Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from excise duties on petrol, diesel and VRT for each of the past five years, 2000-04 inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance if the adoptive parents of foreign children can have the expenses they incur while going through the adoption process tax deductible; and if he will...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance if advice will be given to holders of maturing SSIAs concerning tax re-investment and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Property
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of an application under section 30 of the State Property Act 1998 regarding an estate (details supplied); and if he will instruct the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions between the Office of Public Works and the Garda authorities concerning changes requested by the Garda authority to the revised sketch...
    • Tax Code
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the framework for greenhouse gas taxation; if same has been put in place since 2002; the greenhouse gas taxes which have been introduced or which are...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if there have been changes to the tax code which would exempt long-term cohabiting couples from capital gains tax on the jointly owned family home in...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which emerged from this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the 54 expenditure reviews which have been initiated in 2005, distinguishing those which have been completed, indicating...
    • Tax Code
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of the Revenue Commissioners ruling on the application of VAT to the collection and disposal of waste; the annual revenue collected in VAT...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he intends to take to increase the provision of renewable energy following the report from the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the type of boats which have been stopped from crab fishing on the west coast and north-west coast; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the names of the Eircom exchanges in County Donegal that have been enabled for broadband to date in 2005; and if...
    • Gas Network
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the report on the Corrib gas pipeline proposal carried out by a person (details...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the Government intends that coal firing at Moneypoint should cease; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the increase which has occurred since 2000 in the generation of electricity from CHP; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of persons within each unit or agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement following his recent meeting with the Clogherhead Fishermen's Organisation regarding...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason no compensatory measures were introduced for Irish tuna fishermen on foot of EU Council Regulation...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a harbour master will be appointed for Bantry port in County Cork; his views on whether it is important...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the parameters of the requirements for voluntary groups to obtain the status of non-governmental organisations, especially organisations that...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funds which are available if a death of a family member occurs abroad or if the distressed family has no insurance cover for the return...
    • EU Directives
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will, as chairperson of the Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee on European Union Affairs, bring before that body a proposal to...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons within each unit or agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his dealings with the Northern Ireland Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36990/05]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if consideration is being given to the establishment of a full Irish Embassy in Lesotho; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36992/05]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which emerged from...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in his Department working in Dublin or elsewhere who have refused to decentralise to Killarney; when the...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Losses
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation which has arisen at a company (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will...
    • International Agreements
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, given the enlargement of the European Union and the accession of the Republic of Latvia, a formal bilateral agreement...
    • Work Permits
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has adopted a policy of denying work permits to Indian restaurant chefs on the grounds that candidates for...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons within each unit or agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for...
    • Work Permits
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which a person (details supplied) whose work authorisation documentation was removed from him by GNIB, can go...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider making pension contributions made by self-employed persons deductible or allowable against PRSI levies in view...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason losses are not allowable against profits in calculating PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36790/05]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a once off and exceptional needs payment can be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to increase the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36301/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is receiving their full entitlements in social welfare in relation to their...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; his views on whether this would be made easier if assistance...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an application for the back to education allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be examined; if his...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Government's commitment to increasing allowances for spouses over 66 to full old age non-contributory level will be...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost-benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit-cost ratio which...
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport if the ending of the Shannon stopover will be postponed until such time as an economic impact report on the implications of the change has been...
    • Rail Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make statement on the reported plans of private sector operators to enter the rail freight business; and if it is the policy of Irish...
    • Road Network
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has completed his review of the question of the hire by local authorities of tractors and trailers on minor road works; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of accidents involving trucks in 2004 and to date in 2005; the percentage of those accidents involving trucks which resulted in...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport if funds will be made available for the development of an appropriate air strip in the ownership of Kilkenny Airport Limited, County Kilkenny; and...
    • State Airports
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department ever issued recommendations relating to red zones at the regional airports; if so, the details of each such red zone inclusive of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of public moneys spent and sanctioned in 2005 by his Department or other statutory agencies in connection with newspaper advertisements...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport if every action is being taken to progress plans for the proposed Luas line extension to CityWest; and the locations of proposed Luas stops in the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are road safety guidelines or regulations with regard to the sale and hand-out of newspapers and other products at busy road junctions and...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to carry out a feasibility study regarding plans for a Luas line linking Templeogue to the city centre; if any views have emerged in...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport if Weston aerodrome will become classed as Dublin's second airport; if this airfield will operate domestic and international passenger services...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost-benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit-cost ratio which emerged from this...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if consideration will be given to altering the funding arrangements for the provision by voluntary community groups of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to Knock...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will work with all relevant Departments in assisting a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to upgrade its...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided for Cahir Community Alert, for the provision of panic buttons and security aids for...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the commencement of the Innisbiggle cable car will be an addition to the tourist attraction in...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation in his Department's Estimate for 2006 as a contribution to building a pipeline from the Shell gas...
    • Irish Language
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation made by his Department under all headings for the promotion of the Irish language for each of the past...
    • University Funding
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation made by his Department to NUIG under all headings in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocations made by his Department under all headings to Irish language groups for each of the past five years for...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost-benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit-cost...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single payment scheme will be reviewed to ensure that entitlements on land whether owned or leased can be leased in full to a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for additional milk quota for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a decision has been made on the application for entitlements for the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost per annum to store meat and bonemeal and the cost per annum to her Department to export these products. [36443/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a single farm payment entitlement of €8,980 has not been credited to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a list of all genetically modified animal food products that have been licensed by the EU; and if any are currently...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a [i]force majeure[/i] application under the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Galway was not...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the genetically modified GT73 oilseed rape is currently on sale here; and if she will make a statement on the dangers that it could...
    • EU Directives
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the serious impact the nitrates directive will have on the pig farming industry which is a €2...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of single payment that is due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if rams will be allowed to be genotyped as category four and five which were typed prior to the introduction of the buyout scheme to be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single payment will be released to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36576/05]
    • Irish Sugar Limited
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement as a shareholder on what Greencore proposes to do with the former sugar factory at Carlow. [36725/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons within each unit or State agency of her Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for the early retirement scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and when the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for a milk quota under the hardship scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36822/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views regarding the probable effects of the nitrates directive on pig production here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment entitlement will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36918/05]
    • EU Directives
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the scientific analysis that has been carried out to justify the increased notional amount of nitrates produced by an individual sow and...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost-benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit-cost ratio which emerged...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding decentralisation plans for the Longford area; if there are plans to recruit new civil servants; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce regulation of managing agents of apartment developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be granted to allow a person (details supplied) in County Louth to be reunited with their family; and if...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on changes to the Irish language requirement for entry into the Garda Síochána; and the status of the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the land registry office will be instructed to expedite a dealing application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a recent spate of robberies in Bunclody, County Wexford; if he is satisfied that there is...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has applications for refugee status and citizenship from a person (details supplied); when this person...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mountain bikes available to community gardaí in the Bridewell Garda station, Dublin 7 in 2004 and to date in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the proposed national property services regulatory authority will be set up; if property management companies and...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda stations (details supplied) in the Dublin north-central division have e-mail facilities; if the senior gardaí in...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if an investigation is taking...
    • Private Security Industry
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that convicted criminals are involved in the private security business; if his...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of specialist staff involved in drug prevention and treatment in each Irish prison; if he will provide a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intervene with the land registry office on behalf of a person (details supplied); if their land application will...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce the guidelines in the report delivered to him three years ago by his Department's video evidence...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason, after several attempts at trying to contact the immigration section of his Department, a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; the average...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which the decision was taken to close a hostel (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for use as accommodation...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visitor's visa will be granted on humanitarian grounds to a person (details supplied); if an ongoing visiting...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be granted permission to obtain private rented accommodation and rent...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grounds on which he has awarded the Garda Síochána the general supervisory role in the management of the calibration...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength nationally and in the Dublin metropolitan area; and the way in which this compares with the same period...
    • Property Rights
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 2 March 2004, if the theft of an incorporeal hereditament was an offence prior...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 370: 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) in County Westmeath; and...
    • Youth Diversion Projects
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Stay project Garda diversion scheme will be funded at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if the importance of...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions he is taking to improve the service to persons seeking employment who require to be facilitated by the Garda...
    • Commission of Investigation
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement in respect of plans for the Dean Lyons inquiry. [36795/05]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the finances available to women's organisations from his Department. [36802/05]
    • Work Permits
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which a person (details supplied) whose work authorisation documentation was removed from him by GNIB, can go...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid to gardaí by way of overtime payments in each of the past four years; and the amount paid to date in 2005....
    • Prison Staff
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid to prison officers by way of overtime in each of the past four years; and the amount paid to date in 2005....
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who received overtime during 2004 as a percentage of all serving gardaí; the average payment awarded...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison officers who received overtime during 2004 as a percentage of all serving prison officers; the average...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based at Fethard Garda station, County Tipperary on 1 January 1998 and 1 January 2005; and when the...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department intends to conduct a widescale public awareness and education campaign on domestic violence; his plans to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional crime statistics covered by Rathfarnham Garda station for the first three quarters of 2005. [36996/05]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projects that have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is standard procedure for parents to be notified in advance of special educational needs assessments being carried out on their...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions that have taken place within her Department and between her Department and the Department of Transport regarding the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details with regard to the additional 100 teaching posts committed for the further education sector; the number of such posts...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if non-EU nationals, who have been given leave to remain here on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child, are entitled to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on extending the period of career break to facilitate parents who wish to take a longer period with third young children; and...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in accordance with her Department's rules and programme for secondary schools, economics is an optional subject for study for the...
    • Teaching Staff
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department runs a scheme to encourage persons into the teaching profession, especially those who wish to teach mathematics; and...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the essential qualifications required for all persons wishing to teach mathematics at second level education; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and number of national schools in Dublin 1, 3 and 7 which have suffered a reduction in resource teachers during the school...
    • Third Level Colleges
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on a college (details supplied) in Dublin 3 which recommended that separate accounts...
    • School Placement
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options which are open to a person whose section 29 appeal to have their child enrolled in a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school placement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be urgently attended to; if steps can be taken to increase...
    • School Staffing
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the 20 one-teacher schools particularly in relation to health and safety matters. [36471/05]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which a person becomes a primary school teacher and a secondary school teacher in a permanent or temporary capacity; the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to introduce Chinese as a subject in the primary school system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the educational policy of Conradh na Gaeilge one plus one plus one as the preferred method of teaching language in the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned. [36523/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when adequate resource hours and a special needs assistant will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she...
    • School Transport
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 12 October 2005, if the report is completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) to secure a permanent site for their 162 pupils; and if they will be given...
    • Youth Services
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the additional €5.5 million allocated to youth work for 2005 which has been spent; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with representatives of schools in north inner city Dublin to address their serious concern at the loss of resource...
    • Teaching Staff
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who have been awarded a virtual roll number working within the publicly funded education sector; the posts...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Educate Together receives no State funding in its role as a registered patron for new schools; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for a new extension and renovation works which was...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the free university fees scheme could be extended to citizens of the EU not resident here but who have an affinity or association...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons within each unit or State agency of her Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant for a PLC course at a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for a person; and if she will expedite...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the continuing delay in staffing and equipping a centre (details supplied) in County Armagh; if she will raise the issue...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for the erection of a new Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if approval...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing parents of young children who are attending VTOS courses; if she intends to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of their need for a...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; her views on whether this would be made easier if assistance...
    • School Staffing
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes over 20; in class sizes between 25 and 30; and in class sizes over 30 in certain selected schools...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that the qualifications of a person to hold a specific post (details supplied) are in line with the...
    • Childhood Obesity
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the extent of marketing of unhealthy foods to children in schools as described in a recent report...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for an application submitted to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate a meeting with a group of parents from County Roscommon (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the significant number of applications which continue to be made to the Residential Institutions Redress Board, she will...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when paragraph 2 of action point No. 32 of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy 2001-08 will be implemented (details...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when policies for schools on disclosure and appropriate referral where children have experienced violence in the family will be...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet persons (details supplied) to ascertain their position with regard to enrolments for future years and in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes under 20, 25-30 and over 30 in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will provide the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the restricting guidelines whereby some children with Down's syndrome are ineligible for resource...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which emerged...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make the old school house at Arbour House, Mount Temple Road, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 available to the Irish United Nations Veterans'...
    • Airport Safety Zones
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 30 May 2000, his views on whether the Snow report in question at paragraph 4.1.2 not alone admits that...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Defence the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit cost ratio which emerged from this...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the safeguard clause directive 2001/18/EC. [36325/05]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector; the way in which this compares with the levels...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landowners that are affected by special areas of conservation together with the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 13 April 2005, he will approve funding for the project; and...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the incentives (details supplied) and requirements which exist to encourage people to build environmentally...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason when a tax disc is lost by post a fee of €6 applies in order to have a duplicate copy when the...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he proposes to monitor the efficiency of local authorities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a response will be made to a residents association (details supplied) with regard to a matter. [36469/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to allegations regarding the Trim Castle and car park issue; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislation or regulations will be introduced to permit local authorities to request the occupiers of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that new apartment developments are of good quality and design; and if he...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the situation regarding Dúchas stopping work on the development of a football...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage treatment plant for Clifden town, County Galway; if the...
    • Civic Amenity Facilities
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money which is being allocated to Cork County Council for provision of civic amenity sites in...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to tackle homelessness; the further steps he intends to take to aid persons who...
    • Waste Management
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to put a moratorium on mass incineration at the very least until proper baseline studies of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the findings of a recent report by An Bord Pleanála in which the board's concerns regarding...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons within each unit or State agency of his Department who have opted to move to the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether private meetings between An Bord Pleanála and private concerns such as Shell puts the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed sewerage scheme at Castletown Geoghegan, County Westmeath; when same...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contact he or his departmental officials have had with Wicklow County Council with respect to policy...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if guidelines will be introduced for local authorities that requires them to include returning emigrants in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he had a telephone conversation with a person (details supplied) on 7 November 2005 regarding management...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering the cost plan for housing estates (details supplied) in Dublin 24 submitted by South...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to approve funding to South Dublin County Council for the proposed water supply scheme which...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for his licensing of the Ward Union deer hunt in view of an apparent recommendation by a senior...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has read the UK feasibility study (details supplied) on heating public buildings with biomass; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings which have been purchased by tenants in each of the past five years....
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings which have been provided by voluntary housing bodies in each of the past five years....
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private dwellings which have been built in each of the past five years. [36895/05]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of mortgages for dwellings under the shared ownership scheme which have been acquired by local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable homes which have been provided by local authorities in each of the past five years....
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings, serviced sites and financial contributions for housing that have been provided to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the position in relation to the provision of a sewerage system for Rathowen, County Westmeath will be...
    • Derelict Sites
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the acreage of derelict or unused sites, if identifiable, in the greater Dublin area, with particular...
    • Local Authority Lands
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of publicly owned lands in the ownership of the various local authorities throughout the country;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to deal with the ever increasing problem of waste management; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps taken or proposed to ensure the improvement to eliminate the possibility of any pollution from...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans of his Department to make private sites available to those who qualify for such sites; the number of...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations throughout the country in respect of which unacceptable levels of radon gas has been identified...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the degree to which each local authority throughout the country have adequate resources to meet requirements...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has studied the results of the monitoring of air pollution at the various locations throughout County...
    • Waste Management
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines which have issued from his Department in respect of the location of landfill sites in proximity...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses provided on a country basis throughout the country under the affordable housing...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects which have been subjected to detailed cost benefit appraisal in the past six months; the benefit...

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