Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2005
- Department of Finance
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted an evaluation in conjunction with the Department of Health and Children of the tax relief for private hospital investment; and if...
- Duty Free Sales
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the thresholds for personal purchases overseas are set at unrealistic levels and are unenforceable; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is inequitable that earnings from capital are effectively taxed at a lower rate than earnings from income; and if he will make...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes which are under consideration regarding the terms of reference, the membership and the matching programme delivery targets underpinning...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the underlying assumptions which he has made regarding the impact on consumption and on saving of the maturing of SSIAs. [38845/05]
- Tax Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and the standard rate for 2005; the anticipated figures for each...
- Personal Debt
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of recent reports showing a significant increase in the level of personal debt, with some reports suggesting that households here are likely...
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to address the fact that the average house price in Dublin exceeds the €315,000 stamp duty threshold set in budget...
- Public Service Staff
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the target of reducing public service employment has been achieved. [38966/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of civil servants and other public servants who will have been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline...
- Tax Code
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any fresh analysis of the tax relief availed of by top earners as revealed by the Revenue Commissioners' study of the 400 highest...
- Tax Yield
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions and methodology underpinning his estimate of the increase in revenue from capital taxes in 2006 (details supplied). [38846/05]
- Tax Code
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the revisions he may consider to the section 481 scheme for investment in film production here; the reasons these revisions may be required; if he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have taken place between his Department, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and FÁS regarding the proposed...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Government can play a greater role in the promotion of small and medium enterprises through its public procurement policies;...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the general policy which he advocates regarding dividend payments by commercial State companies. [38830/05]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposals to reduce the fees payable at tribunals. [38973/05]
- Tax Yield
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date in 2005 to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of settlements made in connection with their investigation into the use of...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the role the centre for management organisation development within his Department is playing in the review of the PPARS computer system; and if he...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the pattern of economic growth and if it necessitates an adjustment in Government policy. [38977/05]
- National Development Plan
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the consultation process promised in advance of the introduction of a new national development plan; and if he will make a statement...
- Oileáin amach ón gCósta
Question 81: To ask the Aire Airgeadais an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas iomlán ar gach gné den socrú idir an Stát, comhlacht príobháideach (sonraí tugtha) agus úinéirí talún maidir le...
- Tax Code
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any other elements of our tax code could be subject to challenge under state aid rules. [38975/05]
- Tax Yield
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date in 2005 by the Revenue Commissioners through special investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38997/05]
- Tax Code
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures for which he cannot provide all information in each case regarding their purpose, their cost to the Exchequer in terms of tax...
- Tax Collection
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount repaid by the Revenue Commissioners to individual taxpayers in respect of overpayments of tax for each of the years 2000 to date in 2005;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the negotiations which have taken place regarding the placement of persons who do not opt to decentralise with their units or agencies; and the...
- Tax Collection
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions...
- Public Service Staff
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's approval was sought by the Health Service Executive for the terms and conditions of employment, including pension rights, of the...
- Tax Collection
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the almost €2.5 billion outstanding in uncollected taxes which the Revenue Commissioners expect to recover; if new measures are...
- National Development Plan
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations which have taken place regarding a replacement for the national development plan; and the way in which the inputs will be cobbled...
- Tax Code
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the current VAT threshold is in need of change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/05]
- Tax Collection
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to date in 2005; the number expected to be undertaken by the end of 2005; and if...
- Tax Yield
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first 11 months of 2005. [39001/05]
- Tax Collection
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Clerical Medical Insurance-NIB inquiry at...
- National Development Plan
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the rate of implementation of the national development plan; if he expects the plan to be implemented in full by the end of...
- Public Service Staff
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent concern expressed by the chief executive of the Equality Authority (details supplied) at what he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale for decentralisation to Listowel, County Kerry; the number of applicants for relocation to Listowel; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Property
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced by his Minister of State; the property sold to date in 2005 and the amount raised;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants, who do not wish to relocate, who will be surplus to requirements as a...
- Departmental Reports
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he will present to Dáil Éireann the detailed reports emerging from the present review of various aspects of the tax code. [38834/05]
- Interest Rates
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's assessment of the implications for the economy here of the recent 0.25% increase in interest rates announced by the European...
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has evaluated the impact of the tax credit on incremental research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/05]
- Pension Provisions
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which funds in the National Pensions Reserve Fund have been made available for public sector projects; and the reason they have not been...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other Departments or State agencies concerned at the potential loss of expertise and corporate knowledge as a result...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if the promised peer review system for large ICT projects is in place; the way in which it will operate; the threshold of figure above which the peer...
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the artists' tax exemption scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the booklet, Testimonials on the Artists Tax Exemption...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of special savings investment scheme accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Office of Public Works processes have been reformed in order that the type of waste outlined in a programme (details supplied)...
- Pension Provisions
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government has, in 2005, made additional contributions to the statutory setting aside and investing of 1% of GNP annually to the National...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of figures showing that fewer than one in nine civil servants wish to move with their current jobs under the Government's...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contrasting trends reported by the Central Statistics Office regarding employment growth and output growth in the economy, which...
- Tax Code
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a comprehensive review of tax residency rules on the basis of the report that is to be supplied to him by the Revenue...
- Tax Collection
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest date...
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has exercised his powers to block the emergence of a common corporate tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38964/05]
- Price Inflation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the observations of the Office of Public Works regarding the sanction of increases in gas prices. [38833/05]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has initiatives to promote the greater use of e-banking. [38965/05]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the concerns expressed by the construction industry in respect of new Government contract terms; and if he will make a statement...
- State Property
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received for the recent sale of the State owned site at the former Veterinary College in Ballsbridge; the amount paid in respect of fees...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date in 2005 or expected arising from the Government's decentralisation programme, the number of properties purchased, leased,...
- State Agencies
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the targets he has set for the National Development Finance Agency; and the way in which it is performing against target. [38835/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reassessing the so-called decentralisation process in view of recent figures regarding numbers of persons willing to relocate; and if he...
- Garda Stations
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the provision of the new Garda station for Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38790/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if the measures he has taken to date in 2005 are sufficient to eliminate the prospect of cost overruns in respect of public contracts or...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has consulted with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the subject of a site value tax; if the...
- Motor Fuels
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has commissioned or carried out studies on the impact of peak oil on the economy here; the way in which this impact might be...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recently published estimates of receipts and expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2006. [39002/05]
- Interest Rates
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the impact of a 1% rise in interest rates on personal repayments; and the extent to which this will fall disproportionately on...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the criteria laid down for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if, in view of the fact that this section of...
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European Council Meetings
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting of 6 December 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38910/05]
- Tax Yield
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department calculates the costs and benefits of tax expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38904/05]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Industrial Relations
Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage union density here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/05]
- Work Practices
Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the average daily hours worked by workers in full-time employment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38862/05]
- Employment Levels
Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of overall workers in County Donegal who worked in the textile sector on 31 December 1994 and on 31 December 2004. [38926/05]
- Cabinet Meetings
Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach if he will hold a Cabinet meeting in County Wicklow in 2006 in view of the fact that it will celebrate Wicklow 400 in 2006. [38900/05]
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Ministerial Staff
Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency offices; the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach if consideration will be given to compiling one access database to incorporate all Acts and statutory instruments appertaining to all Departments to give...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a speech and language therapy facility will be made available for the benefit of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a cataract operation; the reason for the delay in...
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has the facility to allocate moneys to home help organisations through national lottery...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [38717/05]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been waiting more than 17 weeks for a triple bypass operation at...
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hours home help which was available in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 in County Cork. [38797/05]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the old age pension for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if this person is expected to...
- Hospital Services
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, pursuant to Question No. 629 of 15 November 2005, the running costs associated with the CT scan for Ennis General...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to decrease the waiting list for an occupational therapy assessment; if she will sanction the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to ensure that timely responses are received from the Health Service Executive to issues raised...
- Medicinal Products
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make coagucheck 1v strips available free of cost to medical and long-term illness card holders. [38856/05]
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive western area on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 26 October 2005, the reason the Health Service Executive has...
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Health Service Staff
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of vacancies of public health doctors who are involved in child development testing; and the locations of these...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a senior executive (details supplied) of the Health Service Executive ever expressed concerns regarding her proposals to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are waiting for an initial consultation with orthopaedic consultants to be placed on the public...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children in respect of each Minister of State within her Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their...
- Mental Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will initiate the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 as provided for in section 75 of the Act and as part of that...
- Hospital Services
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department and the Health Service Executive are planning to provide a CT scanner at the Louth County Hospital,...
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the health matters of a person (details supplied). [39054/05]
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Substance Misuse
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to deal effectively with the serious issue of alcohol abuse here; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement regarding Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin; and the timeframe she is following...
- Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no provision in the Laois and Offaly area for respite care for...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if GMS doctors are obliged to carry out home visits; if, under the GMS scheme, a person cannot change his or her general...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the proposed roll-out of BreastCheck to the south and west is going forward in accordance with the proposed timescale;...
- Nursing Home Review
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the investigation into the deaths of patients at Leas Cross nursing home being undertaken at the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a medical product B12 is no longer available on the market and that when...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if lack of funding and the imposition of public sector staff cuts are the reason for the inadequate provision of services...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children born with chronic asthma are not entitled to a medical card, are...
- Mental Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the non-publication of the report by the expert group on mental illness; and when same will be published....
- Hospital Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the plans to develop an ambulance centre on the grounds of the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the fact that although the statutory mandate of...
- Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if extra speech therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39150/05]
- Hospital Services
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the surgery service which will be available in Monaghan General Hospital after the 1 January 2006; her views on whether it...
- Medical Statistics
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of the population here known to have diabetes mellitus. [39301/05]
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused the application for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if the licence granted to a company (details supplied) to install three telecommunications antennae on the Pension Services Office, College Road,...
- Insurance Industry
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled under legislation to obtain insurance protection for his own private homes; and if he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants...
- Tax Code
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 statement for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38719/05]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons with mental disabilities are considered as qualifying applicants under the VRT exemption scheme; if not, if he will consider including...
- Tax Code
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals in regard to the concerns of a child care company (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38767/05]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance if two additional board members have been appointed to strengthen the National Development Finance Agency's new role in managing the procurement of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency...
- Tax Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will be compelled to accept payments of VAT, PAYE and PRSI on account leading up to the statutory payment date for these...
- National Household Survey
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of working days lost to the Exchequer in 2004. [39114/05]
- Public Service Contracts.
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will widen a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39127/05]
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Disabled Drivers
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax concessions which exist for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39153/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of premises or sites acquired or disposed of in connection with the Government's decentralisation policy; the cost of such activities to...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that adequate legislative protection exists to ensure the stability of the banking and financial services having...
- Price Inflation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has evaluated the inflation caused by goods or services not included in the CPI such as housing costs; the extent to which the...
- National Debt
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of the national debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39217/05]
- Price Inflation
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to address inflation driven by high house prices which is causing difficulties for the business sector; and if he will make a...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in 2005 with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the interdepartmental group which has reviewed the Disabled...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil or public servants relocated to date in 2005 on foot of the Government's decentralisation plan announced two years ago; and if he...
- Flood Relief
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in 2005 in regard to the drainage works at Allenwood, County Kildare; if the works have been completed as planned; and if he...
- Garda Stations
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance when the long drawn-out saga of the provision of the new Garda station proposed for Leixlip in 1996 will end; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Monuments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of the protection or restoration works at Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabled Drivers
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme operated by the Revenue Commissioners which allows persons with disabilities to claim...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many widowed persons are experiencing distress where the value of the deceased's SSIA exceeds...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband Internet access will be available in Keel, Castlemaine, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a general operator is to be employed at Killybegs Harbour; the number of persons on the shortlist; when a...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make public the results of an investigation into a 2003 deal between a factory (details supplied) in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which consumers here have benefited from deregulation in the area of telecommunications, with...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed...
- EU Funding
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Border counties' eligibility for INTERREG funding following the review of the Inland Fisheries Authority;...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount the Advantica report cost his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39043/05]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if and when he intends publishing the Deloitte & Touche consultancy report on competition in the electricity...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he intends to take to establish an effective and authoritative human rights council in accordance with the decision taken by the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the moneys paid in respect of a programme (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have been furnished in respect...
- International Agreements
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, his views on whether all states are following this convention when...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and...
- Ireland-China Relations
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his endeavours to continue the improvement of relations with China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39052/05]
- Official Engagements
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent trip to the United States; his discussions with Senator Edward Kennedy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the 2006 Estimates for his Department. [39315/05]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a progress report on the redevelopment of the Monaghan town swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Genealogical Project
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress which has been made in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the Irish Genealogical Project and his...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he will make...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Relations
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a local labour clause will be enforced in construction contracts where workers feel they are being displaced by workers...
- Job Losses
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to address the plight of the former workforce of a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
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Wage Levels
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's policy to reduce wage differentials between the highest paid and the lowest paid workers here. [38852/05]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will revoke the decision to cap the number of years a person can remain on a community employment scheme; and if he...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their...
- Job Creation
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the decline of the clothing and textile sector in Donegal his Department or the State agencies have or had a...
- Accidents at Work
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of days lost to industry in 2004 due to injuries and accidents at work; and the estimated cost of loss of these...
- Company Closures
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the closure of a company (details supplied) the financial supports this company has received from the State; if...
- Job Initiative
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding strands within his Department and agencies within his remit, which provide funding to the Ballymun jobs centre;...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number availing of, and the levels of funding for the farm assist scheme for counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively from 2002...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the oral hearing will be heard in regard to the rent allowance appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved and awarded the old age non-contributory pension. [38759/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person applying for unemployment assistance, who lives with his or her parents, must have parents' income taken into...
- Social Insurance
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the surplus in the social insurance fund. [39068/05]
- Pension Provisions
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will not consider the payment of all pensions for which contributions have been made; and if he will as an alternative,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the income limits for recipients of the deserted wife's benefit who applied for this payment after the...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's positions [i]vis-À-vis [/i]the use of tinted glass in motor vehicles. [38688/05]
- Driving Tests
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the proposal that the Department of Agriculture and Food staff would act as driver testers; the number of staff involved; the person...
- Public Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on the application submitted to his Department 18 months ago in relation to the operation of new routes in Sligo,...
- Rail Network
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the interconnector along with the provision of the DART on the Maynooth and Kildare lines which will be prepared for electrification...
- Road Safety
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of drivers involved in traffic accidents in which death or serious injury occur, who possess full driving licences provisional...
- Public Transport
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on the two applications for bus operating licences submitted by South Dublin County Council. [38855/05]
- Air Services
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide figures on the amount and value of air freight arriving into and out of Ireland's State airports each year since 1995; and if he...
- Regional Airports
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 29 November 2005 if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the manager of Waterford Regional...
- State Airports
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 15 June 2004 if the Snow report, prepared in February 1996 on behalf of the Irish Aviation Authority...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency...
- National Car Test
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles that failed the national car test at Letterkenny test centre during 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government's decentralisation plans as they affect his Department. [39081/05]
- Road Safety
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are formal guidelines for local authorities specifying the technical procedures to be followed to evaluate the hazards on a given road in...
- State Airports
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which the US Federal Aviation Administration, according to the recently released report on extraordinary rendition flights from Amnesty...
- Public Transport
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport if the disincentive for train users on the Kildare line south of Hazelhatch and the Maynooth line south of Maynooth in relation to fares are a...
- Road Network
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the name of ADM has been changed; his views on whether the former body's new name is confusing and too...
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National Drugs Strategy
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if each of the regional drugs task forces nationwide are fully established; the funding drawn down in 2005 by each of...
- Stádas Oifigiúil na Gaeilge
Question 329: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eol dó gur dúradh ag cruinniú i bParlaimint na hEorpa leis na feisirí parlaiminteacha Éireannacha nach bhféadfaí...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person transferring over to the rural social scheme who is in receipt of a reduced social welfare payment...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within...
- Grant Payments
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding an application submitted by a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the scheme of...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the reason a person (details supplied) resigned; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of complaints received in County Wicklow regarding the lack of cutting back roadside hedgerows by Coillte on people's lands,...
- Grant Payments
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a payment under the single payments scheme will be made to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the review of the disadvantaged areas is complete; if an area was considered for inclusion; when a decision will be made; and if she...
- Grant Payments
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an allocation from the national reserve will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on correspondence (details supplied); the position regarding the recommendations outlined in a letter; and if she will make a...
- Milk Quota
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a super levy fine imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded his single farm payment. [38772/05]
- Noxious Weeds
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures being taken to tackle the growing problem of the invasive species (details supplied) in rural areas of County Clare and...
- Grant Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single farm payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if same will be awarded...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food in respect of each Minister of State within her Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures in place to monitor future imports of genetically modified seeds, plants or animal food products; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive the full amount of moneys owed to him under the single farm payment...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Deportation Orders
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons deported to Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Angola and Kenya in the past year. [38655/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in each of the Garda stations in each county here for each year since 1997 to date in 2005;...
- Residency Permits
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if this matter will be investigated. [38718/05]
- Prisoner Health Report
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the agency or agencies other than the Irish Prison Service which funded a study (details supplied). [38722/05]
- Drug Seizures
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of An Garda Síochána monitoring; and the number of prosecutions which there have been against outlets for...
- Garda Operations
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to allegations by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary that they have been...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a senior member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been removed from their post and is the...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) who is a prisoner in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise, will be released; and if he will make...
- Garda Deployment
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has reduced the number of Garda personnel in the drug squad in Sligo from seven to four; his plans to increase...
- Garda Investigations
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Garda Operations
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the ordering of four warrants for the arrest of a person (details supplied); if he has sought an explanation...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of complaints made by victims of abuse who were reimbursed by the Residential...
- Garda Operations
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if responsibility for the policing of the Noxious Weeds Act 1936, particularly as it relates to the control of ragwort, is...
- Deportation Orders
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the 120 Afghans will not be deported from here (details supplied). [38820/05]
- Residency Permits
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a residency permit will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin; and the reason for the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide extra Garda resources in Tulla, County Clare, to deal with a recent surge in crime; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in 2005 on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and when this...
- Legislative Programme
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Bills published, enacted or withdrawn by his Department in the past eight and a half years. [38871/05]
- Deportation Orders
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a stay will be granted on the deportation orders in order to give a person (details supplied) in County Sligo a chance to...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who will be appointed in 2006 and the number who will be appointed in 2007. [38895/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí appointed to the traffic corps in the past 12 months who have done the standard driving course for...
- Garda Training
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capacity of the Garda driving and training school; and his plans to increase its capacity to take on the work of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí appointed to the traffic corps in the past 12 months who are driving on chief's permission. [38899/05]
- Crime Levels
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures in the Garda districts of Crumlin, Rathmines and Tallaght in the Dublin metropolitan region south...
- Vetting Procedures
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of recent high profile bank raids, a process exists for the vetting by financial institutions of applicants for...
- Garda Training
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs to date in 2005 of accommodating trainee gardaí in local hotels in Tipperary while new facilities are being built...
- Visa Applications
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 6 December 2005, when a visa application will be processed for a person...
- Domestic Violence
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide extra resources to tackle domestic violence in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38953/05]
- Child Abuse
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases in which a complaint has been made to the Garda Síochána in which a false report of child abuse has...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the recent High Court decision on court action taken by a garda (details supplied), the action he proposes to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda manning arrangements to cover the Tyrellspass area of County Westmeath; if he has satisfied himself that same is...
- Visa Applications
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a visitor's visa has been received for a person (details supplied); when same will be processed; and...
- Gender Pay Gap
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 6 December 2005 and noting his comments in respect of the gender pay...
- Violence Against Women
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure training in the way to deal with violence against women is made an integral part of the training of all...
- Deportation Orders
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 4 October 2005, the status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received requests from Garda management within the Kerry division for an increased allocation of personnel; and if...
- Crime Levels
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detailed for the districts (details supplied) in County Galway for the years 2000 to...
- Disability Act 2005
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the Disability Act 2005, the progress to date in implementing the Act; the sections which have been implemented...
- Garda Investigations
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that occurred into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the outcome of that...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if he...
- Department of Education and Science
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 is not excluded from the redress board in December 2005; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make available the boundary maps for school transport entitlement as agreed in the late 1960s and if she could make...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 2 November 2005, if she will arrange a technical inspection of the schools in question;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- National College of Art and Design
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National College of Art and Design is to be relocated to the Belfield campus of UCD as an alternative to the redevelopment of...
- Non-National Minors
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of unaccompanied non-national minors in the education system here; the schools they attend; the ages at which each...
- Grangegorman Development Agency
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will establish the agency required to enable the Grangegorman development to begin; and if she will make a statement on the...
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Departmental Reports
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the McIver report on further education; the recommendations which she has accepted and those she has rejected; and if she...
- School Transport
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not being picked up by a school bus. [38753/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an educational psychologist report will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assessment she has made of the need for a new second level school in Shankill, County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to...
- School Management
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the board of management of a school or her Department are the employer with regard to the transitional agreement 2005 under the...
- School Curriculum
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Educate Together received no State funding towards its learn together curriculum when protestant and catholic patron bodies...
- School Accommodation
Question 440: 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 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent of the need in respect of remedial, resource or other special needs teachers at all primary and second level schools...
- School Accommodation
Question 443: 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...
- School Curriculum
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the application for the summer works scheme for the science room in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo is approved in view...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department, through a compulsory purchase order, have the power to extinguish the right of way where a site for a school has...
- Psychological Service
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the availability of child psychological services for each of the primary and second level schools in County Wexford; the procedure in...
- School Staffing
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the successful candidate for a post (details supplied) meets every aspect of the requirements as detailed in Circular M15/2001; if...
- Education Schemes
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded a capital grant under the summer works scheme 2006;...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in respect of each Minister of State within her Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on granting university status to the Institute of Technology, Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39059/05]
- Schools Recognition
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to grant formal recognition to a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that 18 months have elapsed since it...
- School Accommodation
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Longford which have prefabricated accommodation; the names of those schools; the number of prefabs in...
- Grant Payments
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow under the devolved grant scheme; and if the application...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to restore the ratio of one guidance counsellor to 250 secondary school pupils, as was the standard in the past; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to earlier questions, her views on the application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for funding for perimeter...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is assistance available to students wishing to study in the US for a master's degree; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which is being made regarding permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when it will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the delay in progressing the proposed building development for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason her Department...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the nine disadvantaged national schools in Dublin's north inner city; if, regarding each of those schools, the school...
- School Enrolments
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the potential school intake at primary and secondary level in the Naas, Celbridge, Sallins, Clane, Maynooth and Kilcock areas of County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to allocate funds in 2006 to construct permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving tolling; and if she will make...
- Department of Defence
- Military Medical Services
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether facilities will be made available at the Curragh Military Hospital in order to assist with the overcrowding situation at Naas...
- Airport Safety Zones
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Defence the area of land covered by the respective red areas, the approach areas and the security zones at Casement Aerodrome. [38936/05]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Defence if the snowmobiles obtained by his Department during the severe winter of 1981-82 were donated; if so, by whom; if these snowmobiles were...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Defence, in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private and constituency...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will recruit members of minority groups here into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/05]
- Departmental Properties
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of acres of Department of Defence land there is in the Curragh Camp area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39142/05]
- Defence Forces Inquiries
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined the relevant documents related to the Niemba ambush; his views on whether Private Browne was not killed in the course of the...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Question No. 256 of 24 November 2005, if the officers currently exercising command over the army reserve units, engineers, transport,...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- House Prices
Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the findings of the latest edition of the permanent TSB-ESRI house price index which shows that...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if officials from this State submitted objections to the assessment report on GT73 (details supplied) sent to...
- Motor Taxation
Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a different motor taxation rate applicable to estate cars, depending on whether it is for use for...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria governing spending by a local authority of moneys accruing when, for example, a local authority...
- Planning Issues
Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in the implementation of the Planning and Development Act 2000...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Wexford County Council for pre-tender approval for a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a housing scheme, details supplied, in County Dublin will be approved; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with Kilkenny County Council's and the Environmental Protection Agency's handling...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that his Department's chief archaeologist (details supplied) only has a basic BA degree...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 29 November 2005, the land area covered by the various special...
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Ministerial Staff
Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of each Minister of State within his Department, the number of staff broken down by grade employed...
- Environmental Protection
Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reports or professional advice he relies upon in formulating his Department's policy with regard to the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the scheme of works in lieu of council housing is still in operation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the decentralisation of his Department to Wexford; if a site has been acquired;...
- Planning Issues
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislative steps he is taking to preserve institutional lands; if the Government is of the view that...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects Kildare County Council to receive permission to commence the expansion of the Leixlip waste...
- Public-Private Partnerships
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of investment undertaken in 2004 and to date in 2005 under PPP, distinguishing those involving...
