Written answers
Thursday, 15 December 2005
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Education
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the OECD report on third level education progressed to date in 2005 by her Department; and if she will...
- School Inspection Reports
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will mandate all second level schools to produce an annual school report including information on a wide range of...
- Stay Safe Programme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which do not offer the Stay Safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39529/05]
- Irish Language
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level students who attempted the higher level Irish examination paper in the 2004 leaving certificate; and if she...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the contentions of a number of former residents of mother and baby homes and their legal representations that the State had...
- Irish Language
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to implement the findings of the steering group established under the auspices of the commission on school...
- Third Level Education
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which new funding, announced in budget 2006, will be dispersed amongst third level institutions; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the programme which exists to provide a suitable IT capability among students in all schools; the level of progress which has been...
- Traveller Education
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the failure to integrate Traveller children into the education system; the action her Department will take to ensure that...
- Recruitment of Teachers
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to encourage more men into the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39525/05]
- Youth Services
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date in 2005 in the implementation of the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a statement on...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications which have been received to date in 2005 by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the number of...
- Vetting Procedures
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the vetting of all teachers and other staff by the central vetting unit; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is her Department that sets out and administers the catchment boundary areas for school transport. [39155/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to make changes to the rules and programme for secondary schools before the start of the next school year; and if she...
- Area Development Plans
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed timeframe for the examination of the post-primary education needs of Limerick city and county; the nature of the...
- Child Sexual Abuse
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the implications for her Department which arise from the recently published Ferns Report; and if she will make a statement...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the physical education and sports grant continues to be withheld in view of increasing levels of obesity in schools; her...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to provide a suitable replacement site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
- Psychological Service
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children given psychological assessments by the National Education Psychological Service for each year since its...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers she expects to employ next year in the context of the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Transport
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will refund pupils who have been wrongly charged for transport due to a misinterpretation by her Department of the...
- Disruptive Students
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to receive the final report of the task force on student behaviour; if she will commence the implementation of its...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding that will be allocated to the National Educational Welfare Board for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of multi-denominational schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39569/05]
- Psychological Service
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the increase in funding to the National Educational Psychological Service which will be allocated for 2006; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether an oral component for Irish should be introduced at the junior certificate examination; and if she will make a...
- Adult Education
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled in further education courses nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39548/05]
- Education Welfare Service
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the alarming statistics published by the Education Welfare Board indicating that approximately 84,000 children up to the...
- State Examinations
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will introduce standardised testing in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39675/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if priority will be accorded to the provision of sports hall facilities to those schools which have been in excess of ten years on the...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has completed the process of assessing which schools will qualify for support under the DEIS programme; and if she will make a...
- Tionscnamh Tógáil Scoile
Question 58: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil iarratas sa Roinn i gcomhair deisiú agus méadú a dhéanamh ar scoil (sonraí tugtha), an bhfuil an cás á mheas faoi...
- Weight of Schoolbags
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce further measures to reduce the weight of schoolbags from both primary and post-primary students; and if she will...
- Drugs in Schools
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the context of the national drugs strategy, she supports drug testing of pupils in schools here; her views on whether such...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to meet the full requirement in respect of special needs teachers and assistants in all schools throughout the country...
- Adult Education
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that less than 8% of those between the ages of 25 and 64 here are participating in education or training, compared...
- Child Sexual Abuse
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the education board which has been established under statute to provide educational opportunities for survivors of child abuse will...
- School Enrolments
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in the context of her exhortation to schools not to cherry pick students, the action she intends to take to ensure that all...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the school building programme funding allocation that has been spent to date in 2005; the amount that remains unspent; and...
- School Curriculum
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recommendations of the task force on physical sciences which have been implemented and which remain to be implemented; the timeframe...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the standard entry requirements regarding Irish will brought into line with other subjects as they apply to teacher training...
- School Inspection Reports
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when further information on the operation of second level schools will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional teaching posts allocated to the further education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39550/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with multi-purpose rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39571/05]
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in Kildare North that have physical education facilities that are in use for this purpose; her plans to provide...
- Psychological Service
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of National Educational Psychological Service psychologists employed by the service; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of vending machines will be part of the next PPP contract for school building and management; and if she will make a...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to primary schools to purchase physical education equipment; the moneys allocated under such grant scheme; and if...
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the crisis in funding of Educate Together will be addressed, which if not addressed will make it impossible for it to carry out the...
- Third Level Education
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of PhD level students graduating from universities here and third level institutes on an annual basis; and if she will make a...
- Irish Language
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is planning to place more emphasis on the speaking of Irish in the curriculum and examination system; and if she will...
- Adult Education
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether further education should be established as an educational sector in its own right; and if she will make a statement...
- School Curriculum
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is planning to place more emphasis on the speaking of foreign languages in the curriculum and examination system; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans for the early development of a new school site at Adamstown. [39586/05]
- Third Level Education
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources in place to ensure that bogus so-called universities cannot continue to use this title in contravention of the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the transfer of properties and money from the religious congregations has been completed in the context of the indemnity agreement;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the recent report of the Pensions Ombudsman, which included particular criticism of employers in the educational sector;...
- School Curriculum
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consult with second level senior cycle students to ascertain their views in the context of the proposals by the National...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Psychological Service
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement...
- Vending Machines in Schools
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has guidelines on the provision of food vending machines on school premises; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average caseload of each education welfare officer in the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Examinations
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of male leaving certificate students who achieved an honours grade in the higher level Irish examination in leaving...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional details which are required to be provided by a person (details supplied) in County Meath to enable their...
- Hospital Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding whether married mothers within the State are allowed to register their children in maternity...
- Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the extent and frequency of school medical examinations; and if she will make a statement on...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to extend the clinical indemnity scheme to medical practices in the private hospitals that are to be built...
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if services, for example, chiropody and physiotherapy can be made available in nursing homes in the north-eastern area to...
- Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [39695/05]
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will supply home help for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; her views on whether this is a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the allocation by her Department for the mental illness services for 2006. [39737/05]
- Civil Registration Service
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has come to a decision regarding the births, deaths and marriages registrars; if her attention has been...
- Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a waiting list for treatment for heroin use in Tallaght when the south-west area of the Health Service...
- Hospital Parking Charges
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to publish a national policy on parking charges at public hospitals. [39782/05]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to follow the example of France and put warning labels on containers of alcohol; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help hours will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as they had 12 hours but...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appeal lodged to the Health Service Executive south-east area regarding nursing home fees will be expedited in the...
- Grant Payments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a motorised transport grant will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39802/05]
- Hospital Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive north-east area, in its procurement of a consultancy to examine acute...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated for sheltered housing in 2006; if the budgetary allocation of €500,000 to sheltered housing...
- Medical Cards
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase medical card and doctor only income guidelines in January 2006; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the financial and staffing requirements of the Health Service Executive service plans prepared under sections 31 and 33...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons with an intellectual disability who availed of respite care and who were charged for this service are not...
- State Claims Agency
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to fulfil a written commitment to establish a no fault compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses; and if...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been further progress in arriving at the costing requested under Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005. [39855/05]
- Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of County Kildare children who are included in the orthodontic waiting list of 559 as indicated in a reply of 18...
- Community Care
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of providing the Maynooth community care unit; and the annual running cost of same. [39873/05]
- Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the review of the mobile hospital service for Carbury, County Kildare, has resulted in the loss of the doctor to...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 247 of 8 November 2005. [39875/05]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 296 of 8 November 2005. [39879/05]
- Medicinal Products
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a lack of availability of medication for a condition (details supplied). [39914/05]
- Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a dedicated paediatric endocrinologist, one full-time diabetes nurse specialist, one part-time nurse...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence and a request for a meeting from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she has...
- Medical Cards
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [39977/05]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home subvention will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be seen by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in order...
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cork is receiving all the support and help from the Health...
- Private Hospitals
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the issues discussed, officials and other persons in attendance, and decisions made at the meetings between Dundalk based...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will meet with a delegation of Dundalk town council. [39982/05]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of publicly funded acute hospital beds in Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 1980, 1986,...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of public money which has been spent under the primary care strategy since 2001. [39985/05]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a clinic (details supplied) in County Dublin was offered public kidney...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in county Louth who are receiving subvention payments for private nursing home care. [39987/05]
- Hospital Staff
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the staffing issues will be resolved in order to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to be transferred...
- Medical Cards
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who is a medical card holder has been charged for medical...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on selling land adjacent to St. John's Hospital, Enniscorthy, to facilitate phase two of the hospital; and if she...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of the iSOFT-Lorenzo computer system; if a person has been appointed with overall responsibility for the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a formal request for the provision of support therapies for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under section...
- Hospital Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Question No. 221 of 16 November 2005. [39996/05]
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a full-time diabetes nurse specialist is being considered by her Department in order to serve the...
- Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the announcement in the budget 2006 speech that earnings from employment of €100 per week will be...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children where the moneys raised through the sale of the hospital lands at St. Loman's have been allocated to date in 2005; the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being provided to the mental health centre in Ballyfermot; if additional funds are planned; and if she will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is in receipt of a plan or feasibility report regarding the proposed development at the Bon Secours Hospital site in...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway could not be seen under the national school dental scheme when they...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding correspondence (details supplied); his plans regarding stamp duty relief for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance when proposals on the restoration of the entrance to Castletown House, Celbridge, from Main Street, Celbridge will be put on display for public...
- Air Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the customs arrangements which are in place at Weston Aerodrome; if, in the event of a change in licensing at the aerodrome, his Department will...
- National Parks
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the survey being carried out by the Office of Public Works on a feasibility study on the proposed Liffey Valley national park....
- Tax Code
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of tax credits and income tax bill that will apply in 2006 to employees in respect of persons (details supplied), without reference to...
- Garda Stations
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if the public consultation process on the new Leixlip Garda station is ready to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/05]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the full report in respect of the replacement of the asbestos roof in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and when work...
- Flood Relief
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has completed its examination of the Leixlip flood relief study; and if he will provide funding for the required...
- State Property
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 28 September 2005, if there has been a successful conclusion to the acquisition of the lands. [39864/05]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if the public service embargo will be relaxed in order to recruit either temporary or permanent specialist staff in the context of decentralisation;...
- Tax Code
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the job opportunities which are available where the earnings from these jobs are tax free; and if he will compare these jobs to the proposed...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that financial institutions are refusing to open new bank accounts for persons who are unable to produce...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been purchased for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the location and address of the site; the purchase price of the site;...
- Tax Code
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance when the correct P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/05]
- Child Care Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the Department responsible for the administration and payment of the early child care supplement which was introduced in budget 2006; and if he will...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the directive he has issued to Sligo County Council for funding to a company (details supplied) through EU Peace II extension programme measure 3.3;...
- Communications Masts
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if the mobile phone networks operating masts on Ardee House, Rathmines, Dublin 6, have acceded to his requests to deactivate these masts; if...
- Tax Code
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold for inheritance tax between brothers and sisters; if same is different if persons live together; when these thresholds were last...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Employment Protection
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he is proposing to take to ensure that a high end cable ADSL link is installed to protect the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on further aid being made available to help the plight of those affected by the earthquake in Pakistan; and if he will make...
- International Trade
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions the Government is taking to ensure that business here avails of the opportunities in the Ukraine in view of the granting of free...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has data available regarding the economic situation in Northern Ireland, particularly regarding unemployment levels in two communities;...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Naas, County Kildare. [39867/05]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions set aside in budget 2006 to deal with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Company Closures
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in view of the commitment given on 12 December 2002 in the presence of 14 public representatives and trade union officials...
- Employment Legislation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend employment legislation (details supplied) to ensure that employees who have reached age 66 or over have the...
- International Trade
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government is taking to ensure that business here avails of the opportunities in the Ukraine in view of the...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation which has arisen at a company (details supplied) in County Cork; if his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal can be opened on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of their claim for the carer's...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on amending the situation where persons in receipt of the widow's pension are restricted in accepting employment; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person was awarded the family income supplement of €65 per week with effect...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes to the qualifying criteria for fuel allowance as a result of budget 2006. [39793/05]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance for each of the past five years; and the number of old age pensioners and other...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be reached in regard to the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding their social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow persons to continue to work and pay PRSI pension contributions beyond pension age to gain eligibility for an old...
- Pension Provisions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the situation exists whereby a spouse, who has not worked up sufficient credits in their own right, is entitled to be...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail were instructed to complete a review of rail fare structures by end 2004; if so, the outcome of this review; and if he will make a...
- Property Damage
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport the person responsible for damage to private property caused by the vibration of overflights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39786/05]
- Rail Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 29 November 2005, and his remarks that it is his policy that Irish Rail remains in the rail freight...
- Public Transport
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the granting of a licence to Dublin Bus to provide a new 7.50 a.m. service from Glen Easton in Leixlip, County Kildare to the city...
- Parking Facilities
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport the locations of the proposed park and ride facilities currently being considered for development in County Kildare. [39883/05]
- Air Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions which have taken place between his Department, Aer Rianta and Weston Aerodrome regarding the issue of air traffic control at...
- Rail Network
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated for 2006 to provide for the outlying design scheme for the Navan to Dublin rail line; the person or body to whom he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided in each case in the 2006 Estimates for all agencies under the auspices of his Department; and the number of staff...
- Departmental Staff
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of legal expertise that exists within his Department; the vacancies that currently exist and the proportion this represents of all legal...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to make overtaking a school bus an offence when it is stopped to drop off students. [40117/05]
- Light Rail Project
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport the timeframes and routes for the operation of a Luas link to Lucan and Clondalkin as indicated in the Transport 21 plan. [40118/05]
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Rail Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport the timeframes and routes for the operation of a Metro serving Liffey Valley shopping centre, Lucan and Clondalkin as indicated in the Transport 21...
- Public Transport
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport if the 20 buses announced as part of the Transport 21 plan were already ordered by Dublin Bus in the months preceding the announcement; and if any...
- Road Safety
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport when proposed regulations regarding window film grades are to be implemented; if so, the length of time this process will take; the specifics of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the community which covers an area in County Mayo; and if a supplementary grant will be approved to that group. [39721/05]
- Departmental Funding
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to provide funding for a new bridge at Achill Island, County Mayo; his views on whether all the Achill...
- Community Development
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if approval will be granted for funding to a community project in the name of a centre (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a statutory requirement on Údarás na Gaeltachta to receive a formal grant application form before...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in regard to the REP scheme payment; if this...
- Animal Diseases
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a compensation package for scrapie will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for payments has been brought to her attention (details supplied); if she will reconsider the rejection decision; and...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the difference between the deal Irish received in World Trade Organisations general negotiations compared with other countries; and if...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the persons who will be part of the negotiation team on the division of the sugar compensation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Food Safety
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take in view of the recent seizure by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland of illicit health marks at meat plants;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Child Care Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community run creches which are supported by his Department in the Kildare North constituency; and if he will...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role of the Director of Public Prosecutions; if it is in order for a Minister to usurp its functions; and the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views regarding random breath testing; and if he will make a statement on the issue raised by a group (details...
- Drug Seizures
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has established a dedicated drugs squad in County Mayo; the number of personnel exclusively dedicated to...
- Registration of Title
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for persons (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who were placed in padded cells in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; and the prisons where same took...
- Child Care Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application in the name of a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for funding for a creche facility will be...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 1055 of 29 September 2004, if he will report on the issue; his plans to introduce a Family Law...
- Registration of Title
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for processing land registry dealings on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Missing Persons
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, regarding the setting up and funding of a missing...
- Crime Levels
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in forwarding the information requested in Question No. 499 of 8 November 2005. [39845/05]
- Garda Deployment
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that with 2.6% of the population of the State, County Clare has 2.6% of the...
- Visa Applications
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 182 of 1 December 2005, the basis on which, including international evidence, he has reached the...
- Registration of Title
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request the Land Registry office to expedite a dealing (details supplied) in County Cork. [39899/05]
- Visa Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application has been refused to a person (details supplied). [39933/05]
- Youth Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda youth diversion projects in place; if he will provide a list of the existing schemes; the locations...
- Asylum Applications
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for refugee, asylum and citizenship status in the case of a person (details...
- Visa Applications
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa extension will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be reconsidered under...
- Refugee Status
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an up to date GNIB card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which he has studied the most recent documentation submitted in connection with an application for refugee...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of citizenship application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Crime Levels
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported assaults in north Kildare; the action proposed in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Deportation Orders
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the deportations of asylum seekers will be stopped where their human rights and lives are at risk. [39952/05]
- Gangland Killings
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to deal with gangland murder and the drugs crisis. [39953/05]
- Visa Applications
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a holiday visa appeal will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39956/05]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position for spouses of Irish citizens married for a number of years and living outside the State who wish to become...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he has failed to respond to requests to make public statements and press releases available to this Deputy at the...
- Visa Applications
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an Australian citizen residing here on a working visa can commence an approved third level course before the end of that...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the disparity in terms of students with learning and other disabilities attending schools in north and south west...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [39713/05]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 193 of 12 May 2005 if the inquiry established by her for the County Clare Vocational Educational Committee has...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be investigated. [39716/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the request for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if support will be given to the parents and...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to fund the development plans of the Institute of Technology, Tallaght; the details of same; and if she will make a statement...
- School Staffing
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department intends to make the necessary moneys available to upgrade the remaining one-teacher schools; if an additional adult...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a response will be furnished to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39819/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce physical education as an examination subject at leaving certificate level; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be approved for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on...
- Overseas Students
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 3 February 2005, the progress to date by the working group; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application will be approved with her primary building unit for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
- Psychological Service
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists working in Kildare national schools; and the number of schools in the county that have no...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved the stage three submission for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the negotiations on the acquisition of a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have been successful; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the tender report on a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a tender has been awarded; the cost...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 2 November 2005, there has been further progress with the application for approval...
- School Accommodation
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in view of the inadequacies in the capacity of the temporary school for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and in...
- School Staffing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person, who is employed as a full-time national teacher and who also teaches part-time with a vocational educational committee, is...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Resources
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the requirements in terms of accommodation, staff, remedial, resource or...
- School Staffing
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra teaching staff will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare based on class size and pupil numbers; and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio class size at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; her plans to increase same; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra teaching staff can or will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare based on the class size and number of...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when works will commence at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare following grant allocated to County Kildare Vocational...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to completion of school works at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if same is still on schedule to...
- School Accommodation
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself regarding the adequacy of the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare having...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the completion of a school extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to be in a position to bring the pupil-teacher ratio in all schools into line with the commitment entered into...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to have the quality and extent of school buildings up to the required standard in terms of extra space and facilities...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason home tuition has been dropped from persons (details supplied) in County Offaly without consultation; if and when home...
- Schools Provision
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of the secondary school sector in New Ross has been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40088/05]
- School Curriculum
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will work closely with the Health Service Executive in granting first aid classes to all senior students in primary schools and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has formally requested that support therapies be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under section 40 of...
- School Staffing
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to issue the necessary moneys in order that a second adult may be appointed to the 13 one-teacher schools where fewer...
- School Accommodation
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned. [40103/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a Gaelscoil in Clonakilty, County Cork. [40104/05]
- School Accommodation
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the totally unsatisfactory accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and the...
- School Staffing
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the 100 new teaching posts provided for the further education colleges are concessionary posts; if these posts will be...
- School Services Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide laboratory assistants or technicians to look after laboratories, order and prepare materials, store and maintain...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding streams available to tackle educational disadvantage and the number of primary schools availing of such funding in each...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a national school extended with the benefit of a devolved grant from her Department would be eligible for another such grant to...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to extend the contract for a private in the Defence Forces beyond the current 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Defence if consideration is being given to the granting of an additional medal to those who served in the FCA. [39909/05]
- Air Services
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Defence the position on issues raised by his Department in regard to Weston Aerodrome, Lucan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40133/05]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Archaeological Sites
Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will purchase lands currently for sale in the village of Tulsk, County Roscommon (details supplied); and...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department for sheltered housing units in County Wexford in 2004 and to date in...
- Animal Welfare
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of animals put down by the local authorities to date in 2005; the initiatives he intends to...
- Regional Road Network
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the advice or specifications given by his Department to the local authorities relating to the proportion of...
- EU Directives
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive name, directive reference number and number of cases where Ireland has been formally cautioned...
- Fire Stations
Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the project has gone out to tender;...
- Planning Issues
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when sanction to proceed will issue from his Department for the construction of a rural dwelling house...
- Housing Grants
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to grants, financial assistance to carry out necessary improvements, repairs to an old...
- Turbary Rights
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has plans to compensate persons who sold their bog lands before and without being aware of a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will release funds from the water services investment programme 2004 to Mayo County...
- Vehicle Registration
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 1085 of 12 April 2005, when the review of the vehicle registration certificate will...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times compulsory purchase orders have been used in the past 20 years to acquire sites for...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to the €18 million unspent on the disabled persons grant scheme nationally in 2004, if he has put...
- Local Authority Status
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 653 of 15 November 2005, the groups, including local government interests, with whom...
- Community Wardens
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to continue the pilot community warden service in Naas, County Kildare in 2006. [39870/05]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [39882/05]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the constraints of the cap on local authority staffing levels for local authorities in the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that having allocated a capital allocation sometime ago in respect...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a civic amenity centre will be opened in Drogheda; and the correspondence he has had with Louth local...
- Waste Disposal
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to a parliamentary question of 2 November 2005, the reason he decided to approve a public private...
- EU Directives
Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the EU habitats directive as it pertains to an area (details supplied): when it is...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a review has taken place of the delivery of social and affordable houses under Part V of the Planning and...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the appointment of a new tenant liaison officer, with appropriate salary and conditions, has been approved...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing units under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 which his Department...
- Turbary Rights
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive he will issue to local authorities particularly in counties Sligo and Leitrim in relation to the...
- Housing Estate Management
Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates will be included as a local government performance indicator; and...
- Noise Pollution
Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations which exist in relation to road noise pollution where residents are experiencing high levels...
- Local Authority Procedures
Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers that exist to investigate the procedures and practices in local authorities; the action that can be...
- Noise Pollution
Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that statutory responsibility is given to his Department, a local authority or the Irish...
- Waste Management
Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a special grant to allow cash strapped local authorities such as South Dublin County Council...
- Heritage Sites
Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all outstanding issues in relation to the ownership of the [i]Lusitania[/i] and the issue of licences under...
