Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2005
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in regard to his announcement of the recruitment of an additional 11 labour inspectors, the number who have been appointed...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that Ireland's expenditure on research and development, according to the European innovation scoreboard...
- Employment Rights
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the recent report of the Pensions Ombudsman, which included particular criticism of employers in the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the 8% cut in budget 2006 for Enterprise Ireland's grants to industry as contained in the 2006 Estimates....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish and enact the promised new legislative proposals to strengthen the provisions of the Competition...
- Jobs for People with Disabilities
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in view of the low rate of acceptance of grants by employers to support the entry of disabled persons into the workplace,...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that facilities available in County Clare for the training of FÁS apprentices...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be provided in 2006 to develop a post-primary programme to complement the discover primary science...
- Employment Rights
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the Government's proposals to provide legal protection on a sectoral basis for...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recently published report from the National Competitiveness Council, Competitiveness Challenge 2005; and if...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that youth unemployment has been consistently over twice the overall national...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the community employment scheme particularly in relation to core services provided to persons with...
- Company Closures
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take on the threatened closure of a plant (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department has taken following reports of mistreatment of periwinkle pickers off the north Dublin coast; and...
- Job Creation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by the job employment creation agencies to bring jobs to Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to address the increasingly serious issue of the rapidly rising cost base for both...
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2005 with regard to consideration of the discussion document covering the operation of the...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State, at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the circumstances and terms under which the chief science adviser, Mr. Barry McSweeney recently departed his post; if...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to fill the vacancy in the Competition Authority caused by the resignation of a person (details supplied)....
- Industrial Development
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will visit County Kerry to meet Tralee Chamber of Commerce and other groups and agencies to discuss the absence of...
- Trade Liberalisation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals to ban energy efficiency, recycling and other eco-labels on the grounds of non-tariff-barriers that...
- Employment Rights
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when action will be taken to address the unacceptable situation whereby competition law is being mischievously used by the...
- Industrial Development
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department intends taking extra action to improve the industrial and economic climate of the Shannon region following...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to develop the county enterprise board investment programmes in the Border, midlands and western...
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have been subjected to inspections by the labour inspectorate in the past 12 months; and the...
- Industrial Development
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Tarbert, Ballylongford, Ballybunion part of north Kerry will be designated a special targeted area for investment...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings which have been held by the interdepartmental committee on unemployment in Donegal; and when it is...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the future of city and county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37860/05]
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a submission has been made to the Competition Authority with regard to the proposed purchase of the Meteor mobile phone...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the eligibility criteria for funding from county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on...
- Equality Issues
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a copy of the report by the ESRI entitled Degrees of Equality: Gender Pay Differentials Among Recent...
- Labour Force
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts his Department is making to encourage older persons to re-enter the workforce; the barriers older persons face...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the actions of Irish Ferries in ignoring the Labour Court recommendations whereby the court rejected claims by...
- Environmental Issues
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources his Department has in place to ensure that environmental issues affecting business, such as climate change,...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fatal and serious accidents in the workplace which have been recorded since the enactment of the Safety,...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of persons aged between 50 and 55 employed in community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Work-Life Balance
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of research indicating that job satisfaction has a particular influence on mental...
- National Consumer Agency
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2005 with regard to the establishment of the new National Consumer Agency; if the membership of...
- Industrial Development
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that IDA factories in County Mayo are being sold off as car showrooms and that west of Ireland...
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the implications for the Irish cable TV and Internet sector on the recent approval by the Competition Authority...
- National Consumer Agency
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the new National Consumer Agency, when it is put on a statutory footing should be represented at social...
- Employment Rights
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2005 with regard to his consultations regarding the possible establishment of a joint labour...
- Grocery Industry
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's estimate of the savings which will be made on an average family's weekly shopping bill arising from his...
- Child Care Sector
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in line with the Government's stated commitment to child care, he will set about a reform of the child care industry...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on community employment places at 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1 January 2005 and the anticipated...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who have resigned as members of the Competition Authority within the past 15 months; the number of...
- Regulatory Reform
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether his Department should take a role in a system of regulatory impact assessments of new legislation...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the Competition Authority is adequately funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37866/05]
- Trade Liberalisation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position the Government has taken within European Union negotiations in advance of the non-agricultural market access...
- Jobs for People with Disabilities
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason so many disabled persons do not take part in ordinary FÁS courses in view of the initial decision to mainline...
- EU Funding
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of the over-claim of Ireland's European Social Fund; and the person who was responsible for the irregularities...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be introduced to regulate management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36596/05]
- Public Holidays
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to create new public holidays or to transfer existing public holidays to new dates; if assurance will be given...
- Security Industry
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the use by employers of security companies established to deal with the threats from global terrorism to impose...
- EU Regulations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the implications for Ireland of the decision of the European Parliament to vote in favour of the latest REACH proposals; and...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made to date in 2005 on the proposal to explore the potential for green consumerism as was...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had correspondence with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or local authorities with...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has data indicating the extent to which radon is present in workplaces here; if an investigation has taken...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the transfer of duties from his Department to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; and if he will make...
- Financial Regulation
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the audit level for small businesses should be raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation which his Department intends to bring forward in the next 12 months to improve workers rights. [37911/05]
- Departmental Organisation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals that his Department should be split into two separate Departments, namely, a Department of labour...
- Labour Force
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-national workers required in 2006 to ensure all job vacancies are filled; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Fur Industry
Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the value of exports from Irish mink farms for the years 2001 to 2005 inclusive; the value of the products of Irish mink farms to the economy; and if he will...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach if all Northern elected representatives are invited to speak in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [37536/05]
- Departmental Staff
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach if members of staff at his Department were involved in the preparation of a document (details supplied) published by the National Forum on Europe; and if he...
- International Trade
Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the net value of exports and imports in the most recently available statistical year between this country and the 49 least developed countries in the world....
- Department of Health and Children
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of foreign adoptions in the past five years; the countries of origin of the children concerned; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if suitable housing and support services will be provided as part of a dedicated aftercare plan for young persons leaving...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the findings of the Madden inquiry will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37558/05]
- Jobs for People with Disabilities.
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a disability in getting employment as part of...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the contents of a letter (details supplied) in relation to issues concerning the report of...
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to meet the concerns of Dublin 12 domestic violence service (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps the Government have taken and will take to ensure that persons with disabilities and their families are...
- Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the funding delivered to independent living initiatives aimed at providing disabled persons...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number, description, individual and total cost of each health report published by her Department since this Government...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the scheme of funding for a group (details supplied); if the vital services provided by this...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the special arrangements in place within her Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of neurologists in practice here; the timescale for increasing the ratio of neurologists to population to meet...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 211 of 2 November 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ear and...
- Hospital Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a CT scanner will be provided at Portlaoise General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37622/05]
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the community care areas of the Health Service Executive northern area where a vacancy exists for a community doctor and in...
- Community Care
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a proper community home will be found for a person (details supplied). [37646/05]
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there was a clause in the contract for the purchase of the Bon Secours property in Tuam prohibiting its use as a site...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a full and detailed reply to a previous parliamentary question has not yet issued from the Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply to a previous parliamentary question has not yet issued from the Health Service Executive; and if she...
- Medicinal Products
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a company (details supplied) does not have a licence for a drug here even though it is widely available in the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the replacement for voluntary admissions to psychiatric units if they were abolished; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medicinal Products
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether all information leaflets regarding herbal products should contain the possible side effects of taking...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term community beds at present for elderly persons; the number provided since 1997; the breakdown of the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines for proposals for private hospitals on public lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37758/05]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an audiology appointment; the reason for the ongoing...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the plans to move Temple Street children's hospital to a new location; the reason for the delay in proceeding...
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of dental health fitness obtained by primary school children when leaving school; if resources allow for best...
- Independent Inquiries
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an independent inquiry will be established into the death of a person (details supplied) at the Mid-Western Regional...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if positions have been approved and are being filled in relation to the treatment of childhood diabetes in the southern...
- Health Service Executive
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale set out by the parliamentary affairs division for replying to parliamentary questions referred by her that...
- Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been assessed as high priority....
- Care of the Elderly
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to make personal care packages available for the elderly, in particular the level of funding...
- Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the 18-month waiting list for assessment of children for speech and language therapy in...
- Health Insurance
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce risk equalisation in the health insurance market; the timescale for its likely introduction; and if...
- Homeless Persons
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the strategy to tackle homelessness effectively deals with the problem in Dublin; if there is a...
- Violence against Women
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the lack of refuge spaces in the Dublin region for women fleeing domestic violence; and her...
- Hospital Staff
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses on duty at night in Ballina District Hospital; the patient-nurse ratio in the hospital at night; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of extending general practitioners-only card to the rest of the population who are not covered by any medical...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason vitamin B12 was removed from the drugs refund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38043/05]
- Medical Cards
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing general practitioner only cards for persons under five years of age; the cost of providing general...
- Hospital Visiting Policy
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if strict regulations will be introduced on visiting hours at hospitals and nursing homes and if not more than two visitors...
- Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if installation of a CT scanner in Ennis General Hospital will be sanctioned in view of the fact that it will not impact on...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and location of needle exchange facilities in areas (details supplied); and the number of drug users who use...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if one hour home care will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the mobility allowance will...
- Primary Care Services
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the practice of developing health centres in conjunction with pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the two pharmacy Bills; if she intends to implement the recommendations of the pharmacy review...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the target date of 2007 for the roll-out of the BreastCheck programme to the Munster region can be met in view of the...
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will work with the relevant Departments to provide €50,000 to replace the outdated lift at a centre (details...
- Department of Finance
- EU Directives
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal that EU public procurement legislation should include design for all and accessibility requirements in the provisions on...
- Tax Yield
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which was paid in taxes by Irish mink farms in the years 2001-05 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37641/05]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if all contracts awarded by the Government and local authorities will oblige the successful tenderers to employ at least one marginalised person and...
- Tax Code
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the degree to which bodies awarded charitable tax exemption by the Revenue Commissioners are invigilated by the State in view...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contract for purchase of the site earmarked for decentralisation in Tipperary town has been signed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Policy
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government's high wage economic policy driven by high property values is likely to be sustainable in the future having regard to likely...
- Tax Code
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if the liability of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be waived or reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37566/05]
- Secret Service
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason behind the large increase in funding for the Secret Service in next year's Estimates; if it indicates that the threat to the State has...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on the Government's decentralisation programme to date in 2005; the expected final cost of this programme; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have plans to refurbish and renovate Coolock Garda station in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in 2006; the number who will be on unchanged credits or bands, be exempt, pay at the marginal rate, pay at 20% rate and pay...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance if a Dublin applications facility has been put in place for civil servants who wish to stay in Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the large...
- Tax Code.
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications which have been received by his Department in respect of tax breaks for the development of private hospitals; the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it would be timely to review the linking of lump sum payments from pension funds to retirement age and instead allow the lump...
- Amenity and Recreational Areas
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in respect of the Liffey valley between Islandbridge and Straffan in view of recent statements (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; the funding available for the scheme; the tendering process; the target commencement...
- Pension Provisions
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report of the working group on possible changes to public service spouses' and children's schemes; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of tax revenue which is raised from indirect taxes. [38184/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will honour a commitment given to Dáil Éireann on the Adjournment on 12 October 2005 that he would invite tenders for decentralised offices...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recommendation of People with Disabilities in Ireland that EU legislation in the field of...
- EU Funding
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals made for Irish transport projects under the EU's Marco Polo programme; the projects that received...
- EU Directives
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to promote the revision of the EU's Television without Frontiers Directive given that it does not...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of plans to relocate the staff of the Marine Emergency Co-ordination Centre in Dublin to Valentia or...
- Fishing Vessel Decommissioning Scheme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a decision has been made in regard to the application of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford for...
- Maritime Safety
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of complaints (details supplied) he has received; the investigations and actions which were taken as...
- Post Office Network
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's policy in regard to the closure of post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Judicial Investigations
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is serving a sentence for murder in prison in England; if he...
- International Terrorism
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has assessed the recent report by a person suggesting that Ireland could be regarded as a legitimate target for al-Qaeda; if he has...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position on the recommendation of people with disabilities in Ireland that accessibility criteria be attached to the disbursement of...
- Traveller Community
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the Traveller community;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 18 October 2005 if his Department expects to have the mechanism as recommended by the Labour...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to promote further progress by the EU on accessibility by disabled persons to cultural places, facilities and...
- Departmental Offices
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that public servants are being forced to use biometric scanners to clock in and out in a...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is in contact with South Dublin County Council in respect of the question of funding for the proposed Shamrock Rovers stadium...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the regional task force for the north west and its plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he has taken to prevent the displacement of 550 Irish workers and their replacement with exploited labour by...
- Departmental Properties
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the purchase of the 1.3 acre site at Collooney Community Enterprise Limited will be finalised; if his attention has...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a day care for the elderly, Travellers' pre-school, GAA club, parish and...
- Industrial Development
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to promote inclusive design methodology in all research and development of domestic products with a...
- EU Directives
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement outlining his position on the country of origin principle included in the proposed directive for...
- Traveller Community
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the...
- Work Permits
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused an extension of a work permit in view of the fact...
- National Training Fund
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his estimate of the revenue that will be raised under the national training fund levy in 2006; and how it compares with the...
- National Climate Change Strategy
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress which has been made to date in 2005 to progress the requirement under the national climate change strategy to...
- Work Permits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new work permits issued in the past 12 months; the number renewed and the number refused; and if he will make...
- Job Losses
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries to which Irish jobs have been relocated in the past three years; if the underlying causes have been...
- Insurance Industry
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which insurance costs here compare with those in other European jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Industrial Development
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the new markets which have opened for the manufacturing industry here; the markets closed, if any; and if he will make a...
- Employment Support Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department has in place to facilitate ex-prisoners in returning to the workforce; the supports and...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports and services available to employers and employees who are seeking to upgrade their qualifications and skills...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on amending the situation where persons in receipt of a widow's pension are restricted in accepting employment; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the application for respite grants for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the Traveller...
- Pension Provisions
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to date in 2005 paid by the Exchequer following changes in the status of pre-1953 pension qualifying applicants; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take following the recent claim by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul that high fuel costs mean many lower...
- Social Insurance
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his estimate of the revenue that will be raised in social insurance contributions from employers, employees and self-employed in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the correct amount of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps taken and progress made in decentralising sections of his Department to Donegal; the numbers in each grade who have...
- Social Insurance
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons who work in full-time week on, week off shift work and pay Class A PRSI contributions lose out on their...
- Department of Transport
- National Roads Authority
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to provide extra funding to the National Roads Authority with a view to carrying out reinstatement and improvement to minor roads...
- Public Transport
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent media reports that he has sanctioned that responsibility for the delivery of integrated ticketing should pass to the proposed...
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of taxi drivers and their families who have benefited from the taxi hardship payment scheme; the reason no payments have been made to...
- Road Accidents
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the body or authority who is responsible when fatal accidents occur on roads which are being reconstructed; his views on whether a totally...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the terms of employment which apply to an appointment made by him on 14 April 2005 (details supplied); and if he will provide...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the original length of main runway 17/35 at Cork Airport; the extensions to the said runway inclusive of the length of such extensions and dates of...
- Public Relations Contracts
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of times professional adult models have been used for publicity purposes by his Department or by agencies under his Department's remit...
- Public Transport
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport if a review of the use of bus lanes with a view to extending their use to multi-occupancy vehicles and to motorcycles, especially in areas in high...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Traffic Regulations
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if CLÁR funding will be provided to provide flashing amber lights at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and...
- Community Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the grant applications will open for groups wishing to apply to the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is on a rural social scheme is not receiving the child...
- Regional Airports
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 22 November 2005 if his Department applies International Civil Aviation...
- Community Development
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will provide funding for a group (details supplied) in County Mayo to enable them to provide a meals...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Waste Disposal
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the environmental legislation fur farms have to comply with regarding the disposal of waste matter. [37763/05]
- Fur Farming
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if inspectors of mink farms here have found cages since 2000 which do not comply with Council of Europe recommendations; if findings of...
- Grant Payments
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive their area based payment in view of the fact that they have the required stocking density;...
- Fur Farming
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if fur farm operatives who carry out on-farm slaughter of farmed mink and fox are required to have formal training in slaughter...
- Grant Payments
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason payment of special beef premium and REP scheme have not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny where all...
- EU Directives
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications of the proposed nitrates action plan for commercial pig production; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Fur Farming
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the frequency with which equipment used to carry out on-farm slaughter of farmed mink is inspected and tested by her Departmental...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the information requested from her Department originally in April 2005 and subsequently in October 2005 will be provided. [38083/05]
- Animal Diseases
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action taken to date in 2005 to rid the country of scrapie; if the compensation package is adequate; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that only 500 sheep farmers out of 35,000 applied to participate in the enhanced genotyping scheme; if she has...
- Grant Payments
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to have area aid and single premium payments made to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department does not approve a reedbed system as an acceptable means of disposing waste water, under the terms of the REP...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when clearance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [37533/05]
- EU Directives
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proposal from the European Disability Forum for a disability specific directive; and, if he is supportive...
- Secret Service
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the secret service was formed; its functions; the number of persons it employs and the location in which it is based....
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding further sexual abuse...
- Earnings Inequality
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the five primary factors to which earnings inequality and income differentials here are attributable; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in the processing of applications for citizenship from persons (details supplied); the reason delays of 24 months...
- Traveller Community
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the...
- Centre for Public Inquiry
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on and recent attempts to undermine a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Investigations
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of investigations into the death of Richie Barron; the cost to the taxpayer of each investigation; and if he will...
- Land Registry
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite the applications on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Visa Applications
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the details lodged in the appeal (details supplied) he will review the decision to refuse a visitor visa to...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the money paid to each legal team in the course of the Morris tribunal to date in 2005; the running costs, other than legal...
- Land Registry
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite the applications on a folio for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Garda Strength
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel in the Kerry division as at 22 November 1997, 2000 and 2004 respectively; and if he will make...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if more training and employment officers will be employed to carry on and enhance the great service provided by the existing...
- Residency Permits
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive his long-term residency permit or citizenship. [37768/05]
- Child Care Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for funding for a not-for-profit school age child care facility (details...
- Garda Deployment
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí allocated to and working in Dublin 15; the number of gardaí allocated to Dublin 15; the...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to provide for, at the discretion of the Director of Public Prosecutions, evidence being given at the trial of...
- Planning Issues
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Explosives Act 1875 contains a provision in respect of explosives factories that the owner of either an existing or...
- Asylum Applications
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if...
- Domestic Violence
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on setting up an integrated domestic violence intervention project as a pilot scheme in a number of diverse areas...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the snowmobiles purchased by his Department during the severe winter of 1981 and 1982 are still serviceable and ready for...
- Asylum Applications
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 22 November 2005 if permission to remain will be granted to a person (details...
- Garda Deployment
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí on duty in Ballymun during the night-time shift; and if he will request the Commissioner to review...
- Work Permits
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a work permit will be awarded to a person (details supplied); his views on whether this is an unfortunate position; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick is scheduled for closure; the alternative arrangements being made...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to correspondence to which no full reply has been received from his Department, the position regarding the...
- Medical Records
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure that medical records concerning a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath are...
- Registration of Title
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to previous parliamentary questions in this regard, and where it is clear that there is no application pending to...
- Crime Levels
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries in the districts covered by Garda stations at Cabra, Mountjoy and Bridewell covering the Dublin 7...
- Garda Resources
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide additional resources for the Garda Síochána to allow gardaí in Tallaght to deal effectively with...
- Visa Applications
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Asylum Applications
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he can confirm receipt by his Department of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to remain...
- Garda Strength
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Cork city and county Garda stations for each year from 1997 to date in 2005;...
- Department of Education and Science
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to promote further progress by the EU on accessibility by disabled persons to youth and education programmes...
- Adult Education
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the initiatives and schemes within her Department to tackle adult literacy; the estimated number of persons in each county with...
- School Staffing
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a permanent concessionary post was granted to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford based on the school's disadvantaged...
- School Transport
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on providing school transport for two children (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the school transport will be reviewed...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for the establishment of an applied behaviour analysis school will be approved in Strokestown, County Roscommon; the...
- School Staffing
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extra teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Cork based on the enrolment numbers of 30 September...
- School Transport
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school transport will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with special needs; and when their foster...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will not qualify for grant assistance from Mayo County Council to study for a PhD...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional finance will be provided for the purpose of providing support for special needs pupils at a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the membership of the appeals board established for the purpose of allocation of additional primary teachers; the number of appeals...
- Traveller Community
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special arrangements in place within her Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the Traveller...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for an extension to include a gymnasium, three...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are opposed to the amalgamation of three secondary schools at Carrick-on-Suir,...
- School Curriculum
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to review the relative weighting given to differing aspects of the Irish curriculum at junior and leaving certificate for...
- Stay Safe Programme
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools offering the Stay Safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37616/05]
- Third Level Funding
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the funding of the McIver report and the TUI in its request for the necessary funding of this report's...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved grant assistance following their direct appeal. [37741/05]
- School Staffing
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to appoint a second teacher to the current one teacher school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Youth Services
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet the shortfall of €4.5 million for 2004 of the National Youth Council of Ireland's work development plan; if she will...
- School Discipline
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the increasing difficulty of disciplining unruly students in second level schools; the moneys which...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes over 20, 25 and 30 and in class sizes over 30 in certain selected schools (details supplied); if...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in the country with a sports hall, general practitioner's room or both; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for a new school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the status of the application; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the status...
- Third Level Fees
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to foreign national students who have been residing here for more than five years and who have completed second level...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the schools which have lodged applications for works to be carried out under the summer works scheme 2006 will be informed as to...
- School Accommodation
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the final area development plan being completed by the Commission on School Accommodation will be published for the Newport,...
- Adult Education
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of literacy clients who attended courses run by Mayo Vocational Educational Committee for the past five years; the amount...
- School Staffing
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 18 October 2005, the criteria used in determining a specified figure in the case where a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for financial assistance from a national school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for which planning...
- Schools Recognition
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional support she proposes to give Educate Together to enable it to develop its national office support system so that its...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further land which has been acquired by her Department to provide for the promised additional primary schools and second level...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive her higher education grant for this term; her views on the time it has...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to acquire for use as an urgently needed secondary school lands reserved for that purpose in the Stepaside area action...
- Psychological Service
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the requirement and the availability of child psychological services for each of the primary and second level schools throughout County...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of bullying reported at primary and post-primary schools throughout County Meath in each of the past five...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of learning resource teachers in Navan, County Meath, over the period 2002, 2003, 2004, and to date in 2005. [37952/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the present accommodation is sufficient to meet current and projected requirements in respect of all primary and...
- School Staffing
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary and schools in the surrounding area will be designated as a pilot site for one of...
- School Accommodation
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the present accommodation is sufficient to meet current and projected requirements in respect of all primary and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which speech and language requirements have been assessed or determined in respect of each national school in Meath West;...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support all measures dealing with quality preschool projects for children up to four years of age; and if she will report...
- School Staffing
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the dangerous circumstances in which pupils and teachers in one-teacher schools find themselves, she will appoint an...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to approve the funding for the erection of an extension, comprising three classrooms, to existing school facilities at...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for essential roof repairs to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Linguistic Institute of Ireland
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sum paid to date in 2005 to a company (details supplied) to carry out the liquidation of an institute (details supplied); when this...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that the Residential Institutions Redress Board has taken sufficient steps to alert possible claimants as...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will refer to representations of 13 September 2005 on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a decision...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in 2005 on the application for grant aid under the capital funding for major works by a college (details supplied)...
- School Staffing
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not eligible to work as a resource teacher to a group; when this person was...
- School Transport
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement regarding the continuing uncertainty in regard to the school transport system for students attending a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been receiving five hours resource teaching per week but has been denied...
- School Accommodation
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the accommodation crisis currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Curriculum
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to include a module on trade unions within the civic, social and political education curriculum at secondary school; and if...
- School Accommodation
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to accommodate the needs of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow while it waits for the construction of a new...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to construct a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38232/05]
- Department of Defence
- Unmarked Graves
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Defence if the State will erect a headstone over the unmarked grave of a person (details supplied) in Glasnevin cemetery; and if he will make a statement on...
- Airport Safety Zones
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that the shape of the two-dimensional red zones at Casement Aerodrome are an accurate reflection of third party risk on...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 24 November 2005, if the officers are currently exercising command over the Army Reserve units,...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- EU Directives
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government has signed the Aarhus Convention; if Ireland is obliged to comply with the convention; the...
- Traveller Community
Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the special arrangements in place within his Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs...
- Local Authority Procedures
Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the circumstances under which a local authority must abide by a unanimous notice of motion passed by that same...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the way in which his Department's moneys have been disbursed or committed to date in 2005 and...
- National Parks
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to put in place visitor facilities at the Burren National Park; when a draft management plan for the...
- Planning Issues
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some county councils are not compliant with the provisions of...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has applied for EU LIFE funding for special areas of conservation designated bogs; and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines for persons who wish to apply for social housing; and the amount a person has to earn to be...
- Planning Issues
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the compulsory purchase of public and private lands by the local authority to facilitate the restoration of...
- Waste Disposal
Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidance which has been given to local authorities regarding the licensing of waste collection operators;...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation of a homeowner who has purchased an affordable house through a mortgage with Fingal County...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 31 May 2005 the progress to date in 2005 on the regional water...
- Housing Grants
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to grants or financial assistance to carry out necessary improvements and repairs to...
- Waste Management
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the appointment of a regulator to deal with issues arising from waste management charges and...
- Waste Disposal
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the increasing use of food waste disposal units across the European Union...
- Homeless Persons
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the strategy to tackle homelessness is effectively addressing the problem in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funds for the repair and improvement of local authority houses in Mayo for 2006 have been sanctioned; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Boolteens village, County Kerry; and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to cut the housing waiting lists. [38075/05]
- Homeless Persons
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the practice of housing families with children in bed and breakfast accommodation other than for...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the social housing budget will be increased in order to significantly increase the output of local...
- Outdoor Events
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the initiative of a group (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which is...
- Road Network
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in 2005 in processing the application from Laois County Council to his Department for...
