Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of group broadband schemes currently in operation; the number of customers availing of the services;...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that electronic transmission, mobile phone and other...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to encourage the production of energy from biomass; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the impact of the ban on deep water gill nets that was introduced by the recent EU...
    • Communications Infrastructure
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to take an all-Ireland approach on the issue of communications; and the steps he has taken in this...
    • Energy Provision
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress in regard to the provision of the required electricity and gas interconnectors; and if he will make...
    • Postal Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent ending of the industrial dispute at An Post; his views on an early imposition of...
    • Energy Provision
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on the proposed new electricity interconnector across the Irish sea; the scale of...
    • Broadcasting Rights
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of the discussions that have taken place between him and sporting organisations with a view to...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason no appointment was made to the position of general operative at Killybegs harbour; if the investment...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile telephone masts in the country; the percentage that have shared services from different...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of investment to date in the digital hub with particular reference to such new investment; and...
    • Postal Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of his recent discussion with management, unions or staff in An Post; and if he will make a statement...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure the availability of state of the art telecommunications here with a view to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position on the European Commission's television without frontiers directive that advocates the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he intends to take at Council of Ministers and European Commission level to effect radical reform of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to appoint a replacement in view of the recent resignation of the chairperson of the RTE...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether Ireland will be in a position to meet with EU targets on the proportion of vehicle fuels to...
    • Television Services
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 12 October 2005 if the digital terrestrial pilot programme has been...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the final format of the renewable energy feed in tariff programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Corrib Gas Pipeline
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Corrib gas project will be refused permission to proceed further as configured presently in view of the...
    • Broadcasting Rights
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with the Ryder Cup promoters, television interests or other sporting authorities or...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the operation of the MANs broadband infrastructure; the targets and...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices or sub-post offices that have been closed down or downgraded in the past 12 months;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to promote clean energy technologies; the measures he has brought forward to support...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the delivery of broadband services here has not kept pace with original projections; his plans to...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has influenced policy direction in An Post with particular reference to retaining the...
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends taking in response to the fact that a company (details supplied) views that, for the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the companies, groups or interests with which he has had discussions in the context of the provision of...
    • Internet Provision
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the present administration of the .ie domain name after the introduction of the new .eu domain...
    • Television Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the availability of digital television throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the innovative grant schemes he intends introducing relating to biofuels, combined heat and power, biomass...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the occurrence of a red alert in the electricity system in August 2005 and the doubling of...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to bring Ireland's energy policy into line with best practice in other European countries; and if he...
    • Consultancy Report
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when consultants and solicitors (details supplied) will report on an implementation plan for the establishment...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which local loop unbundling has been achieved to date; the way in which same is likely to affect...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the serious concerns regarding the future viability of fish stocks and the sharp decline in...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which his Department intends ensuring that the development of new metropolitan area networks will...
    • Postal Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is his intention that Departments and agencies might use An Post for electronic monetary transmissions;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 16 November 2005 he has further examined the issue...
    • Energy Supply
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which Ireland is dependent on imports for energy supplies; his plans for the future in this...
    • Corrib Gas Pipeline
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with companies (details supplied) or other interests with a view to maximising the...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of broadband throughout the country with particular reference to the...
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to introduce single river management of salmon stocks in 2006 and a voluntary compensation scheme...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if measures will be brought forward to strengthen the regulation of premium rate telephone services; and if he...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects the separation of the transmission grid operations from the ESB to occur; if legislative changes...
    • Dispute Resolution
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on developments at his Department during 2005, including efforts to resolve long-standing...
    • Consultancy Report
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the Deloitte & Touche report on the future of the ESB will be published; the reason there has been such a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be made available through the fishery harbour development programme in 2006 for the development...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason certain functions of his Department including maritime transport, maritime safety and the coast guard...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the expenditure at present by the Government on promoting the development of renewable and alternative energy...
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which gill netting in waters deeper than 200 m, banned in Areas VI and VII, will be enforced. [2134/06]
    • Broadcasting Rights
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to extend the availability of RTE television and radio transmissions to other jurisdictions on a free...
    • Post Codes
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce postcodes; if the consultation process has concluded; if he has received a report on the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to bring Ireland into line with best international practice in regard to the provision and...
    • Energy Provision
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps taken or likely to be taken to put in place sufficient gas and electricity interconnections,...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the contingency plans he has put in place if there are power shortages; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the TACs and quotas agreed at the December 2005 EU Fisheries Council; the...
    • Television Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a date has been set for the switching off of analogue television; his estimate of the likely cost to...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed in the past three years; the locations of same; the number downgraded or...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the electronic communications (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; if a limited...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to encourage or otherwise influence the provision of adequate oil or gas storage facilities in the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if urgent measures for reform of the regulatory system of the telecommunications sector will be brought forward...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options in respect of the provision of radio and television services throughout the country in the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on proposed consultations with stakeholders involved in inland fisheries during 2006; his plans for...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 231: To ask the Taoiseach the number of private households with more than two persons per room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1254/06]
    • Limistéirí Gaeltachta
      Question 232: To ask the Taoiseach an ndéarfaidh sé cén líon daoine a bhí ina gcónaí i ngach ceantar Gaeltachta sa bhliain 1990, 1995, 2000 agus 2005; cén méid daoine a labhair Gaeilge...
    • Marriage Statistics
      Question 233: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who were married in civil ceremonies at the registry office in Cork in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. [2304/06]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 234: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1183/06]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 236: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the talks and recent development to move the peace process forward in Northern Ireland. [1243/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 238: To ask the Taoiseach the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced under such contracts and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Taoiseach the non-Civil Service advisers employed by his Department; the salary scale for each of these persons; the working hours for each such employee; the special...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 240: To ask the Taoiseach the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases regarding the issue by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 241: To ask the Taoiseach the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was calculated; and if he...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 242: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 243: To ask the Taoiseach the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he has received such...
    • Foreign Trade
      Question 244: To ask the Taoiseach the Fair Trade products imported here each year since 2000; the volume and value of same; the percentage of such products in relation to total imports in each...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 245: To ask the Taoiseach the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Violence against Women
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to establish a national funding framework for services which deal with violence against women. [40299/05]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the State had a statutory function that would allow it to inspect the Morning Star mother and baby unit, as opposed to...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures a person (details supplied) in County Cork has to follow to obtain a birth certificate. [40375/05]
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure an adequate supply of speech and language therapists; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Mental Health Act 2001 and the way it affects the operational ability of the Garda Síochána; and if she...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government has decided when the Stardust survivors and their relatives will receive counselling (details supplied)....
    • Experiments on Animals
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if statistics are maintained for the number of animals used here for live experimentation purposes; and if so, the number...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if members of the Muslim community here, many of whom have acquired Irish citizenship, are exempt from registration of...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the further measures which have been undertaken to protect human health and safety in view of the spread of avian flu in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the time in Irish history when the Government passed a Disability Act which claims to protect and develop...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2367/06]
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 261: 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...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has to wait at least one year to receive a referral to a pain...
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if speech and language services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if the services on the northside of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the consideration she has given to banning the sale of magic mushrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childhood Development Initiative
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent initiative launched by the Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght West, A...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting times in each Health Service Executive area for methadone treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support the Department is giving to the Health Service Executive to establish a secure unit with therapeutic...
    • Domestic Abuse
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to develop further refuge space and increased emergency accommodation for women and children who...
    • Residential Institutions
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Department began inspecting the Morning Star mother and baby unit. [40301/05]
    • Foetal Health
      Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has information regarding foetal alcohol effects and the possible link to ADHD; her views on the level of...
    • Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be offered through the Health Service Executive to the early services programme at a school (details...
    • Children in Care
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal rights planned for children who are in informal family arranged foster care; if she will ensure that the best...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason thousands of persons are failing to avail of the benefit for long-term illness; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given the maximum support and assistance. [40353/05]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the moneys paid in respect of the Safe Home programme in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have been furnished...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Hospitals Trust Board exists; if so, the purpose and functions of the board; the members of same; the annual...
    • Health Services
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 November 2005, the action plans that are in place to improve hygiene in Our...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if surveys have taken place into the prevalence of MRSA in private nursing homes, geriatric hospitals or other institutions...
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 15 December 2005, if she will make a statement on the provision of chiropody...
    • Asthma Treatments
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no trials of the Buteyko breathing method are being carried out here; the assistance her Department could offer...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of a medical card in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim respectively on 1 January 2006; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date the Health Service Executive has made in discussions with Drogheda United FC and the GAA regarding the...
    • Regional Health Fora
      Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership and composition of the regional health fora; the dates set for their first meetings; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [1047/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children , further to previous parliamentary questions and the further refusal issued by the Health Service Executive on...
    • Health Services
      Question 307: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to previous parliamentary questions in 2004, if the appropriate level of home help hours will be applied in the...
    • Hospital Inquiry Report
      Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Lourdes Hospital inquiry report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1081/06]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when windows will be replaced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the scheme of housing aid for the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures under which the Ombudsman for Children was appointed; if the filling of vacancies in her Department was...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the managers, assistant managers, programme managers and each section manager of the Health Service Executive southern...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to expectant mothers in early pregnancy units in each of the hospitals in the midland areas; the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 314: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if EU Directive 2005/28/EC will be implemented before 29 January 2006; if the directive will not be implemented by 29...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the redevelopment of Crumlin Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the views of the...
    • Anti-Smoking Measures
      Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on anti-smoking measures, staff and media campaigns while the number of cigarettes sold here in...
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 319: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation with the appointment of a chief pharmacist. [1181/06]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public appointments currently vacant and yet to be made by her Department. [1186/06]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made for subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to publish the Madden report; and if same can be made available to the Parents for Justice group prior...
    • Health Services
      Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is on a waiting list for two years; and if they will be placed in a safe...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent Health Service Executive statement that elective public and private admissions to Dublin hospitals...
    • Health Services
      Question 328: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if anger management counselling is available to suitable patients in health services here as an alternative to these...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 330: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to include the cost of general practitioners for carrying out Warfarin blood tests in the GMS scheme; her views...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 331: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses that have resigned their posts over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 282 of 8 November 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 342: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the budget increase for care of older persons and the development of the nursing home subvention, what the new...
    • Health Services
      Question 343: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services or treatment available in Kilkenny for persons addicted to the use of heroin; if the case of a person (details...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 344: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in providing a Kryton chair as recommended by the occupational therapist from the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 345: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help hours have been cut for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with an indication that the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 346: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Ennis General Hospital development committee receives a reply from Professor Drumm, chief...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 347: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her meeting victims of the MRSA superbug and their relatives, her plans to tackle this deadly virus; and if she...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 348: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which has been spent in 2005 in each county on aids and appliances for the visually impaired and the...
    • Public Health Issues
      Question 349: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received correspondence from the Dublin county coroner pointing out a possible cluster of CJD cases...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 350: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 296 of 25 October 2005, the steps she will take to ensure that east Clare has a 24-hour ambulance...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 351: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the assessment of a person for nursing home subvention in relation to the value of their residence;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 352: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a limit on the appointment of whole-time equivalent health staff as home help assistants in the various Health...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support the children's hospital in Temple Street in its efforts to develop services on the north side of...
    • Medical Research
      Question 354: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on stem cell research; the position taken by Ireland at EU level on this issue; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 355: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when cervical screening will be rolled out nationally; when quarterly cervical smear clinics will be re-instated for...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 357: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital projects and their costs awaiting approval from the Health Service Executive and her Department at Portiuncula...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 358: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the medical and paramedical appointments awaiting approval by the Health Service Executive and her Department at...
    • Health Services
      Question 359: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop rheumatology services in the west of Ireland and in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim in 2006; if she is...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 361: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in relation to the immediate need in 2006 for 1,763 residential places and 1,759 respite services...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 362: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children not to downgrade Ennis General Hospital, particularly with regard to the accident and emergency service; and if the 103,000...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the voluntary and community organisations given national lottery grants under heading B7 of her Department's vote in 2005;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 364: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current Government policy regarding indefinite duration contracts for persons working within the Health Service; and...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 365: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government policy regarding agencies which receive State funding through the Health Service Executive that do not...
    • Health Services
      Question 366: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the discontinuation of the mobile clinic for older persons in Maynooth; and if this decision will be...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 368: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a position (details supplied) in Letterkenny General Hospital will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 369: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the introduction of a booze bus in London to reduce the level of ambulances required to be used specifically...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 370: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person who is a medical card holder has to pay for a medical certificate for a driving test; and if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is aware of the fact that very often the Health Service Executive gives inadequate notice of appointments for child...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide a clear legal framework for a repayments...
    • Health Services
      Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 387 of 5 October 2004 and 290 of 26 October 2005, the reason the persons were refused treatment...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in considering an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of persons...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the information contained in a reply from the Health Service Executive to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question regarding the provision and staffing of a special unit in the south east to...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of private patients transported in inter-hospital transfers by the Health Service Executive ambulances in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the need for funding at the weight management clinic at St. Colmcille's Hospital will be addressed; and if she will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Mayo will be replaced; the stage of the process; if this vacancy...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised works will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1463/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an ultrasound scan. [1468/06]
    • Children in Care
      Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the needs of vulnerable unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, such as the issues set out in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made in recruiting maternity staff following senior nursing staff travelling to India on a recruitment...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 389: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds spent by her Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports...
    • Health Services
      Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the surplus of estimated revenue to the Exchequer, further funding will be made available for speech and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given a neurology appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [1569/06]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children where the new office of the Minister with responsibility for children is to be located; the resources (details supplied) to...
    • Health Services
      Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was transferred from a hospital; the efforts which are being made to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will, as part of her health strategy priorities for 2006, give effect to a policy which would enable the Scarriff...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of dermatologists employed by the Health Service Executive nationally and in each region; the number of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 400: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the Budget Statement of 8 December 2005 in respect of the development of the nursing home subvention scheme,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a hip operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1684/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1685/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the commencement date for the refurbishment of the acute medical and surgical units at Monaghan General Hospital; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 405: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging a hip replacement for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the case...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who have retired from a former health board are not issued with P45s; if this is standard practice; and...
    • Hospital Funding
      Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the criteria used for the recent allocation of finance to hospitals on the grounds of efficiency; and if she...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provision which is available to waive or otherwise dispose of maintenance fees of €748, €136 and €557 for a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason doses of vitamin B12 for injection have recently been removed from the list of products covered by a medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the Health Service Executive will cover the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions submitted to her in 2005 and the number referred to other bodies such as the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has requested an ear, nose and throat appointment...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the continuing delays in getting the long-promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital under way, she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to broaden the assessment criteria for orthodontic treatment where the assessment is carried out at primary...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to the outpatient clinic of ear, nose and throat. [1795/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 420: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with respite care; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money collected by her Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005;...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the justification for the reported €711,432 fine in January 2006 and for the €1 million fine in 2005 against James...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 423: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy to deal with bullying in her Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 424: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bonuses that were paid to her staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in...
    • Health Services
      Question 425: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when she expects services will be available to children suffering from dyspraxia; if the required resources to meet...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the budget for suicide prevention in 2006. [2080/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 428: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the budget for her Department including the budget for the Health Service Executive which is allocated to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 429: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital wards which have been closed in 2005 and to date in 2006; and the number of beds which have been...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the scheme of free influenza vaccines for people working in the poultry industry has been implemented as part of the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the paramedic grade in the ambulance service will be rolled out to the Health Service Executive western area; her...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 433: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 434: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the helicopter emergency medical service will be introduced to persons here in view of the continuing loss of life and...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 436: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the short-listing, fee negotiations, interviews and completion date are available for the BreastCheck extension; the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 437: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the long-awaited care for the elderly home in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; her views on whether this is an...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 438: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans in relation to the Hanly report; if same will be implemented; if same will be withdrawn; the reason for the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 439: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a second child psychiatrist will be appointed to the Health Service Executive western area; if her attention has been...
    • Children in Care
      Question 440: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied minors who arrived here in each of the past five years; the care arrangements for these...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 442: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of screening and the technology in use in hospitals to pre-identify the MRSA virus. [2165/06]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 443: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if advice and assistance are available to parents contemplating the adoption of children; and if she will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 444: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 445: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure the provision of the medical assessment unit at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 446: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the redevelopment of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24; her proposals for new services to be provided...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 447: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions proposed in respect of the Madden report; the contacts with Parents for Justice in the matter; and if she will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 448: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bodies under the aegis of her Department which have not provided her with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 449: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount owed to the accident and emergency departments here since 2000; and the amount of revenue taken in by accident...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 450: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to change the drugs payment scheme to reflect 52 weeks in the calendar year rather than the 12 monthly calendar...
    • General Register Office
      Question 451: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the public will be able to avail of the opportunity of conducting a civil marriage in places other than a registry...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 452: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the introduction of the new €1,000 annual payment for children under six announced by the Minister for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 453: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding has been made available to Beaumont Hospital to allow for the extension of the cochlear implant programme to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 454: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having a bed made available at a hospital in Dublin for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 455: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to introduce regulations similar to SI 798 of 2005, with particular reference to timescales for answering...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 456: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties with diabetes care for children in Cork University Hospital where the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 461: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Ennis General Hospital will be given immediate space and provision for staffing for the CT scanner donated by charitable...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 462: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the year in which she envisages the Ennis General Hospital development central plan being completed and operational; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 464: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which was given in County Mayo by the Health Service Executive for the personal assistant service in 2005; and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 465: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who need the use of renal clinics in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny; when the new renal unit in Kilkenny...
    • Hospital Admissions
      Question 466: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to St. James's Hospital, Dublin,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 467: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist's report relative to an application made under the DPG scheme for a person (details supplied)...
    • Health Services
      Question 468: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the delivery of health services into the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 471: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of allegations of bullying made in her Department and in the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 472: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will renew a medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 473: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that voluntary providers of ambulance services at public events, such as football matches etc., have a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 474: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been further progress in arriving at the costings requested under Question No. 140 of 15 December 2005. [2403/06]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 475: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 243 of 8 November 2005. [2417/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 476: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no response has issued to Question No. 143 of 15 December 2005. [2418/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 477: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a programme for the provision of State nursing homes throughout the country similar to the one built in 2002 in...
    • Health Services
      Question 478: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not issued in relation to Question No. 145 of 15 December 2005; and if her attention has been...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 480: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that staffing levels for speech and language therapists in County Kildare...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 481: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the decision taken to refuse a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 482: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial thresholds pertaining to the provision of home help to elderly persons in the various Health Service...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 485: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the staff audit, which she announced in September 2005, for the phase 2B project at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 486: 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...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 487: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding received by Naas General Hospital for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Hygiene
      Question 489: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of the various hygiene audits in respect of hospital and other residential institutions since her...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 490: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nursing home subvention will be reviewed or increased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 491: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the new role the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has with regard to Monaghan General Hospital; if he has direct...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 493: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the public bodies and agencies within her Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to Ashford Garda barracks, County Wicklow, which was severely damaged by fire in May 2003; if he intends to refurbish this...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Finance if the application for primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be further assessed; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Finance if EU Directive 2004/17/EC will be implemented before 31 January 2006; if the directive will not be implemented by 31 January 2006 the reason Ireland...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Finance if all outstanding issues that are holding up the final approval for a new Garda station for Wexford have been resolved; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a group (details supplied) regarding the implication of the decision to introduce a new €10,000...
    • Retirement Age
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in bringing forward the introduction of an entitlement for people to choose to work beyond the current age of retirement in...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 500: 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...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on foot of an appeal application to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, under the disabled drivers disabled...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report which was sent from his Department in January or February 1993 to a consultant psychiatrist regarding a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Finance when 50 Revenue jobs will be decentralised to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/05]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Finance the price paid for the premises purchased to house the taxi regulator; if rent has been paid on these premises; the amount of rent which has been...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a site for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40309/05]
    • Tax Code
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the issuing of payment cards for subcontractors to the main contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40358/05]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of seizures of illegal drugs by his Department in 2005; the estimated value of each seizure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the progress to date with regard to decentralisation of civil servants to Drogheda, County Louth. [1017/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason blind persons are not covered under the disabled passengers VRT and VAT refund scheme 1994; the recommendation made by the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's investigation branch is investigating illegal activities for example non-payment of VAT and PAYE and so on at premises (details...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason members of the public have not been able to contact the Revenue Commissioners' Border-midland-western office by telephone since the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Finance when Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, opened to visitors; the number of visitors to the house each year since then; and the publicity...
    • EU Directives
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Finance if the part of EU Directive 2005/19/EC due for implementation by 1 January 2006 was implemented before 1 January 2006 the reason Ireland did not meet...
    • Mortgage Loans
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's attention has been drawn to the practice by certain financial institutions of frontloading interest payments on mortgage loans;...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1144/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Finance the name in tabular format of each of the 53 decentralisation locations proposed in budget 2004; the number of staff earmarked for each location in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans on introducing exemptions to include full-time farmers over 35 years of age from paying stamp duty when the farm is transferred from...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Finance if a sketch scheme for the erection of a Garda area headquarters at Castleisland, County Kerry, has been submitted to the Department of Justice,...
    • Price Reductions
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures which are being introduced to ensure that the halving of excise duty on kerosene and other home heating oils in budget 2006 is being...
    • State Property
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Finance the purchase and resale arrangements in relation to a hotel (details supplied) in County Cork; the purchase price paid by the State and associated...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet a club (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the action which is to be taken arising from the flooding of their pitch on a constant...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason €700 million given to different Departments in budget 2005 was not spent when other needy groups are short of funds. [1387/06]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage at which Ireland's application to join the Asian Development Bank is; the steps that need to be taken in order to complete the application;...
    • Veterinary Offices
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works intend to make temporary office space available for the Leitrim district veterinary office; when it is planned to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a file (details supplied) is withheld by inland Revenue; the requirements for same to be released to a person; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Finance the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced under such...
    • Performance Management and Development System
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the performance management and development system has been implemented and developed in his Department; if he will provide a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a new Revenue practice, which proposes to exclude single farm payments from the scope of tax exemptions available...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Finance when work on a project (details supplied) in County Cork will commence. [1688/06]
    • Tourism Revenue
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the diversion of €4.36 million in funding earmarked for tourism in the west to other projects in 2005; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the gap in income [i]per capita[/i] between the BMW region and the south and east region stands at...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable, the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by his Department in pension payments to former employees of each Department for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Finance the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Parliament has set up a special committee of inquiry into the near collapse of a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in County Donegal which are eligible to pay corporation tax. [1882/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding received for inheritance tax and gift tax for the years 1997 to 2005 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/06]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Finance the lobby groups he has met from 8 December 2005 up to and including 23 January 2006, seeking to make changes to measures he announced in budget...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Finance the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases regarding the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Finance the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the home improvement rebate is being withheld in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing the annual duty charge on credit cards, debit cards and ATM cards as an incentive to encourage people to carry our more...
    • Corporate Procurement Plan
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 8 November 2005 the position with regard to the renovation and refurbishment of the living quarters of a...
    • Public Contracts
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Finance if concern has been expressed to him by the Construction Industry Federation concerning his proposals for fixed price contracts; if he has had...
    • Tax Code
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available in respect of certain health expenses incurred by kidney patients who have to travel to and from hospital for dialysis,...
    • Revenue Contact Numbers
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Finance the dates in the past six months when the Revenue PAYE telephone No. 1890 33 34 25 has not been manned for a whole or part of a day. [2273/06]
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SSIAs maturing in each of the months from and including May 2006 until the conclusion of the scheme; his estimate of the amounts held...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Finance the bodies under the aegis of his Department that have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he has...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Finance the eligibility criteria for disabled drivers for a refund of vehicle registration tax. [2318/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the home carer's tax credit in each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 19 October 2005, if the toxicology report has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions received to date in connection with the public consultation process for the new Leixlip Garda station in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Finance when planning permission will be sought for the repairs to the roof of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and when tenders will be sought...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have completed its examination of the Leixlip flood relief study; and if funding will be provided for the required...
    • State Property
      Question 569: 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. [2411/06]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of earthquakes and tsunamis in Europe, with widespread implications for many European countries,...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent appointment of Mr. Barry McSweeney to the role of research co-ordinator in his...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that broadband, mobile telephony, electronic transmissions and call...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the National Salmon Commission is legally permitted to consider the cost and nature of compensatory measures...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under his Department's group broadband scheme, an application...
    • Dublin Bay Project
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's report on the environmental impact statement, submitted by the Dublin Port Company with its...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he proposes to take to ensure that the Ryder Cup at the K Club in summer 2006 will be shown on free...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1158/06]
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to provide funding for coast protection works at Helvick, the Cunnigar, Bunmahon, Ballyvoile,...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the tonnage of fish under all categories and species landed in ports here for each of the past five years; the...
    • Fishing Licences
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to introduce licences for lobster fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1432/06]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to ensure that v-notch and under-sized lobsters are not illegally taken; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, by 20 November 2005 the application of a County Wexford scallop fisherman (details supplied) under the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he proposes to take on national broadband strategy following the most recent survey by EUROSTAT which...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been presented with the review of current policy and strategy for the management of Ireland's coarse...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there is such a low roll-out of broadband services for rural villages in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, noting the arrangement whereby Venezuela agreed to provide oil at cheaper prices for some categories of...
    • Salary Deductions
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid;...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason mobile telephone service to customers here ranks among the worst and most expensive in Europe; and if...
    • Corrib Gas Pipeline
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the resolution of outstanding matters relating to the Corrib gas field; when he...
    • Energy Provision
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress in regard to the provision of the required electricity and gas interconnectors; and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his targets in respect of the provision of broadband or other high speed electronic technology; and if he will...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to extend the availability of RTE television and radio transmissions to other jurisdictions on a free...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure the availability of state of the art telecommunications here with a view to...
    • Energy Provision
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of gas or electricity interconnectors, north south and east west; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which local loop unbundling has been achieved to date; the way in which same is likely to affect...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for the development of public and private broadcasting, radio and television in the future; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the availability of digital television throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Rights
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with the Ryder Cup promoters, television interests or other sporting authorities or...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of broadband throughout the country with particular reference to the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is his intention that Departments might use An Post for electronic monetary transmissions; and if he will...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which Ireland is dependent on imports for energy supplies; his plans for the future in this...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for the future in respect of the digital hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2011/06]
    • Energy Resources
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps which have been taken or are likely to be taken to put in place sufficient gas and electricity...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed in the past three years; the location of same; the number downgraded or...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to royalties likely to emanate from further, future or existing oil or gas finds; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied regarding adequacy of his plans to encourage alternative energy production with particular...
    • Postal Services
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress which has taken place in relation to the future development of An Post and the postal services with...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the Deloitte and Touche report on the energy sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projected electricity production from wind, bio-mass, waste or other renewables in the next 20 years; the...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to introduce legislative requirements in regard to subtitling throughout the broadcasting...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which his future plans are expected to reduce emissions in line with Kyoto; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had further discussions with the ESB, Iarnród Éireann or other agencies with a view to improving or...
    • Marina Development
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of a marina at Killybegs, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of broadband coverage here at present; the timescale envisaged for completion of the broadband...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is an obligation on Eircom to provide telephone service to applicants within a reasonable time of...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the changes envisaged in relation to fishing catchment areas, which will arise as a result of the proposed...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to promote angling here with particular reference to rod fishermen and the need to maximise the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland has not yet signed and ratified the 1990 UN International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the call for a public inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) on 12 February 1989 as recommended by a former...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made to date on the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking a presidential pardon from the Government...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the slaughter of 22 campesinos in Colombia on 4 and 5 December 2005 will be raised; and the links of these paramilitaries to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the countries in which his Department has outsourced the processing of Irish visas to private companies; the names of the private companies...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland received a request to grant political asylum to two ethnic Uighurs (details supplied) whose detention at the US prison facility at...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application for dual citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if they will be given the maximum support....
    • Irish Soldiers Memorial
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will provide the necessary funding for the proposed headstone at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in memory of the Irish...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1146/06]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens abroad to whom his Department has forwarded moneys to allow them to pay court imposed bonds since 1997; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of visa applications for travel to Ireland received from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela for each year since 2000; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department currently on leave undertaking full-time study paid for by his Department; the number who are...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced under...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts being made to assist the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan. [2258/06]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if all financial support for the Ethiopian Government will be withdrawn in view of the human rights abuses that are being carried out by and...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if he will...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if national lottery funding will be provided for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/05]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1166/06]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the maximum support and advice will be given on funding and grants to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if support will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a formal application has been placed with his Department on the potential development of a sports centre in Carrigaline, County...
    • Tax Code
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable,...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases...
    • Civil Service Remuneration
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the bonuses paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount paid; the way in which this was calculated; and if he...
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his dealings with South Dublin County Council in respect of the need for the completion of the Shamrock Rovers municipal stadium at...
    • Olympic Games
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the contact he has had with the London Olympics team to discuss the question of facilities being offered here; the action he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if discussions will be held with South Dublin County Council regarding the possibility of upgrading a club (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Naas, County Kildare. [2414/06]
    • National Sports Stadium
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to expenditure to date and future plans for the proposed national stadium at Abbotstown; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Policy
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views and policy in regard to an opera-music festival for Dublin along the lines of the Anna Livia Festival; if he has a...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status concerning an application made for a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a...
    • Job Creation
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he proposes to showcase Enniscorthy as a suitable base for new business at forthcoming trade meetings he will be...
    • Job Losses
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not allowed the weekly ceiling rate of €600 for a redundancy...
    • Work Permits
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the work permit will be extended to two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1055/06]
    • Job Losses
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in the private sector in County Wicklow in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. [1062/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if EU Directive 2001/84/EC was implemented before 1 January 2006; if the directive was not implemented by 1 January 2006 the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in 2005 by the economic development agencies in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Company Registration
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Companies Office has refused a company name (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of public appointments made by his Department 1997. [1154/06]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to strengthen legislation to implement the Seveso 2 directive into Irish law. [1175/06]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the arrangements which have been made regarding the appointment of a chief scientific adviser. [1177/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department on leave undertaking full-time study paid for by his Department; the number who are...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the death of a person (details supplied) in a road accident on the N59 at Murrivagh, County Mayo, on 22 December...
    • Job Protection
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government policy on indefinite duration contracts; and the measures which can be put in place to offer greater job...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government policy on agencies which receive State funding but do not accept decisions of the Rights Commissioners, the...
    • Metrology Service
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the last date on which the metrology service carried out an inspection at each meat export plant; it this complies with the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the recent job losses at a company (details supplied) in County Louth; and if there was...
    • Job Creation
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses and new jobs created by job creation agencies in County Louth by location in the county for each...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports...
    • Job Creation
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people who were working in a company (details supplied) in County Mayo on 12 January 2006; and when he expects...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created with the assistance of the IDA in County Mayo in 2005; the breakdown of the jobs lost in County...
    • Work Permits
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work permit application for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the permit; and...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created with the assistance of Enterprise Ireland in County Mayo in 2005; the breakdown of the jobs lost...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the unconstitutionality of random drug testing for drivers also applies to similar drug testing of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1745/06]
    • Science and Technology Advisers
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the former Government chief science advisor advised the Government on the subject of the incineration of waste; and if...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost per job of jobs created by the IDA in 2004 and 2005. [1776/06]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost per job of jobs created by city and county enterprise boards in 2004 and 2005. [1777/06]
    • Job Creation
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost per job of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in 2004 and 2005. [1778/06]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in the Cork and Kerry areas arising from the operation of pyramid...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the recommendations of an expert advisory group established in 2004 to examine the issue of bullying have not...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bonuses paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money paid; the way in which this was...
    • Work Permits
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, as stated on his Department's website, the work permits section will renew all work permits whose terms of issue were...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Disability Act which claims to protect and develop services for people with disabilities; if he is aware...
    • Public Procurement Policy
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each...
    • Work Permits
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to a United States citizen who wishes to work here; if this person can apply for a work permit or...
    • Job Creation
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost and created in 2005 and to date in 2006 in County Mayo. [2360/06]
    • Company Closures
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money owed to the unsecured creditors at a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when same will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow since 1 January 2006; the outcome of these...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the decision to refuse a diet supplement to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be reviewed. [1097/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the regulations in regard to the changes in maternity benefit announced in budget 2006; his views on applying the new arrangements...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if 1953 was chosen arbitrarily by the then Minister in 1973 as a cut-off point for the payment of old age pensions; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to a person who has decided to leave work to start up their own business; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the proposals included in the review of urban and district school meals schemes, including the transition to the school food...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if legislation will be amended to allow entitlement to the household benefits package in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the options under consideration for a more family friendly child payment which would overcome the low take-up of family income...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the problems that can arise where persons with an intellectual disability inherit money when...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of public appointments made by his Department 1997. [1156/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1314/06]
    • Family Support Services
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the threshold for family income supplement by an extra €35 a week in order to assist low paid workers;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if consideration was given in the preparation of budget 2006 to the extension of half rate carer's allowance to persons who are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused the carer's allowance. [1543/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the national pensions review report from the Pensions Board; when the details will be published; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time involved in processing an application for the carer's allowance (details supplied); if additional staff...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department determines the irregular income of artists and musicians in assessing entitlement to social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Fund
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will qualify for the back to education allowance scheme. [1881/06]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not qualify for the disability benefit; and if their UK contributions...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will...
    • Publication of Reports
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the regulations governing the payment of the reduced rate of contributory old age pension to those self employed persons who did...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress being made in relation to bringing forward the introduction of an entitlement for people to choose to work beyond the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making the back to education allowance available to all lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the staff vacancies that exist in his Department; the areas where these vacancies occur; his plans to fill such vacancies; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that only 40% of occupational pension schemes that reported to the Pensions Board in 2005 failed to meet the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the Freedom of Information legislation; and if...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to introduce random breath testing for motorists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40208/05]
    • Port Development
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of land leases in Dublin Port; if these leases hamper the effective use of port lands; if Dublin Port has made proposals to his...
    • Road Network
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in the provision of funding by each Department for the Drogheda Northern Cross Route (details supplied); the nature of...
    • Transport Policy
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Transport if officials from his Department have carried out cost-benefit analyses on all the projects set out for development under the Transport 21 plan;...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on changing policy in relation to disabled parking discs in order to include people with an intellectual disability such as people with...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 30 of 15 June 2005, if the review of the coast guard volunteer service has been completed; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress to date in relation to decentralisation of civil servants to Drogheda, County Louth. [1017/06]
    • Aviation Policy
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Transport if, following the delay in the concluding of negotiations between the EU and US on a new aviation agreement, he will reconsider his decision not to...
    • Road Safety
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on introducing a public awareness campaign to promote good driving behaviour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a report from Dublin Bus regarding the fitting of security cameras to its fleet; the number of buses in the fleet which have the...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the driver tester is not permitted to discuss the details of the test with the applicant at the end of the process in relation to the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Transport if the necessary legislation to allow the introduction of the new temporary speed limits which are required at central locations throughout the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 322 of 6 December 2005, if the extension of 1,000 ft to Cork Airport runway 17/35 in 1989 was notified to Cork County...
    • Rail Network
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for the development of the Navan railway line; and when funding for the development of the line will become available for the...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress being made on the introduction of issuing reminder notification in the renewal of driving licences; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Transport the type of investigation or inquiry put in train where there is a fatal road traffic accident; the role of his Department, the National Roads...
    • Driving Test Centres
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Transport if Drogheda will be designated as a driving test centre in view of the very significant growth in population in south Louth-east Meath; and if he...
    • Road Network
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to whether the construction work on the Dublin Port tunnel is completed; if not, the reason therefor; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will be contributing to the essential repairs to Balbriggan and Skerries Harbours now that his Department has finalised the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1162/06]
    • Aer Lingus
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has fulfilled his commitment to review the holding company concept proposed by ICTU as a solution to Aer Lingus ownership; the outcome of...
    • Rail Accidents
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of derailments that have taken place to date on the Luas line; if their cause has been identified; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in relation to the formation of a Dublin transport authority; when the board of this body will be appointed; when...
    • Road Network
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost estimate for the completion of the national roads improvement programme as set out in the national development plan; when the programme...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that the cement silos at Horgan's Quay are relocated to the Iarnród Éireann facility at North Esk, County Cork....
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to seek the retention of the 12 day derogation for rest periods for drivers of tourist coaches (details supplied); if his attention has...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Transport the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced under such...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Transport if a post project review, as recommended by the Department of Finance guidelines on capital projects, has been undertaken in relation to the two...
    • State Airports
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will be honouring the commitment made by his predecessor, Deputy Brennan, that Cork and Shannon airports will not begin independent...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria for renewal of driving licences; and the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose general practitioner has...
    • Public Transport
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the Dublin Transport Office advisory committee has not been reconstituted in view of the fact that it last met in May 2003, that Dublin...
    • Rail Services
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport rail service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1763/06]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on allowing motor bikes to use bus lanes as a means of helping motor bike safety, and also of utilising the existing space that is there...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable, the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if this has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases regarding the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Transport the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was...
    • National Safety Council
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget for the National Safety Council for 2006. [2083/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a driver testing facility for rigid lorries is to be discontinued at Loughrea, County Galway; the further reason the testing of drivers...
    • Rail Services
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding freight services in Ballina, County Mayo which were cancelled in the middle of 2005 and were supposed to re-start under new...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Transport the figures on the number of drivers with provisional licences; the number of drivers awaiting a driving test nationally; and the waiting times for...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years between 2000 and 2005; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for Transport the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he has...
    • Drug Testing
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Transport further to information provided at the Joint Committee on Transport on 2 November 2005, the number of positive tests for drugs conducted by the...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations, including SI references, made under section 82 of the Road Traffic Act 1961. [2296/06]
    • National Car Test
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Transport the national car test first-time pass rate and retest pass rate by vehicle make and model for each year for which figures are available; and if he...
    • Commencement Orders
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Transport the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which his...
    • Road Safety
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Transport the membership of the high level group on road safety; the number of meetings of this group held in the past three years; the way in which the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in respect of the proposed Eurovignette directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2301/06]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person with a full US driving licence for 13 years and without endorsements is only allowed to drive in Ireland if the person applies...
    • Rail Network
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided in 2006 to commence the Kildare route project. [2405/06]
    • Rail Services
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 15 December 2005 if Iarnród Éireann has been requested to outsource the work whereby the completion...
    • Public Transport
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the Dublin Bus review of its network; and if he will sanction the purchase of additional buses as promised under Transport 21....
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding available in 2006 for park and ride facilities in County Kildare; and the details of proposals he has received. [2427/06]
    • Air Services
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures in place to ensure that people with disabilities are not prevented from travelling as passengers on commercial airlines to and from...
    • Transport Plans
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans submitted by Dublin Bus to his Department regarding the quality bus corridor on the Nangor Road, Clondalkin; when this plan will be...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Transport the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Services Programme
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the regulations that apply to social economy scheme workers where their work responsibilities are outsourced; and if...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if three more closing dates will be created per annum for submissions of applications for security grants for the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if approval will be given for a farm electrification grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1751/06]
    • Youth Services
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether due to the increased capital development in community facilities there is a need for a strategic...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided for Cahir community alert, for the provision of panic buttons and security aids for...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the current round of emerging needs fund as per the criteria agreed in early 2005 will be implemented; if a...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the money allocated for housing for the disabled from dormant accounts will be allocated; if local...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of public appointments made by his Department since 2002. [1168/06]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to fund voluntary organisations providing frontline services for the Irish community living in Britain...
    • Rural Development
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to produce a strategic plan in regard to the disbursement of the allocation of €500 million rural...
    • Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge
      Question 915: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé torthaí scéim labhairt na Gaeilge don scoilbhliain 2003-04, 2004-05 i leith gach Gaeltachta sa tír...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a grant will be approved for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1548/06]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when CLÁR funding will be provided to Mayo County Council (details supplied). [1552/06]
    • Regional Development
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated in 2005 to a group (details supplied); the projects which were grant-aided; the costs which were...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to introduce legislation pertaining to Údarás na Gaeltachta to amend the situation which currently exists...
    • Health Services
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be awarded to case number 96426 (details supplied) to enable this group to supply a meals on wheels...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is any incentive available to assist a person wishing to build a home on an off-shore island in County Mayo...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005;...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and...
    • Drugs Treatment Programme
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions in place to deal with the problem of cocaine in the Tallaght region; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Publication of Reports
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided her with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of...
    • Fuel Production
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Departments of Finance, Agriculture and Food, Enterprise, Trade and Employment and...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the Freedom of Information...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of an application for entitlement under the national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • EU Directives
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the differences between the best practice environmental standards as set out in the rural environment...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [40198/05]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if bogland at Kilbride, County Sligo is under the ownership of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received the single farm payment; when payment will be made; and if she...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 946: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all rams identified in 2005 with scrapie and categorised as 4 or 5 were slaughtered out; the numbers affected; and if she will make a...
    • National Genotyping Programme
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the need for an extensive national genotype programme and the non-availability of category 1 and 2 breeding stock; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if issues relating to the single farm payment have been resolved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if EU Directive 2004/41/EC was implemented before 1 January 2006; if the directive was not implemented by 1 January 2006 the reason...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the single payment scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of public appointments made by her Department or her predecessors since 1997. [1152/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the penalty imposed on a 2005 suckler cow grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed. [1205/06]
    • EU Directives
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason small pig producers who do not require an integrated pollution, prevention and control licence do not have a 20-month...
    • Sugar Industry Reform
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when compensation will be paid to a company (details supplied) in County Carlow arising from closure of the sugar factory at Carlow; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of single payment and area based compensation will be made to a person (details supplied). [1251/06]
    • Fur Farming
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has witnessed the recent video filmed by a group (details supplied) on killing practices at fur farming operations; and the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [1384/06]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of her Department's request to the EU Commission for approval to increase the rate of pension for existing participants of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the benefits of more extensive broadleaf tree planting particularly in terms of the quantity of carbon dioxide which can be...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to provide a temporary office for the district veterinary office in County Leitrim in view of her announcement in 2005;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for a reduction in the rate of a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if full payment will...
    • Consultancy Reports
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funds spent by her Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the single farm payment. [1545/06]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to assist the small milk suppliers who got out of milk and have no entitlements to the single farm payment scheme; if...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a plot of land will be resurveyed by the Irish Land Commission as the absence of the map for the land is causing serious delay to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [1597/06]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to compel pork producers to provide country of origin information for their produce and to instigate a public awareness...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for extra suckler quota from national reserve for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Irish Horse Board
      Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, given that a person with a stud-book is required to hold a valid licence, the Irish Horse Board has such a licence when it is in...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1014: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce country of origin food labelling within the catering trade; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of money collected by her Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in processing a single payment application for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the policy to deal with bullying in her Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the bonuses that were paid to her staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason there has been a delay...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a registration form will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1945/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in having the EU single payment issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1946/06]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the further measures which have been undertaken to protect the future of the poultry industry here in view of the spread of avian flu...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment under the single payment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the bodies under the aegis of her Department which have not provided her with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1044: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received a single farm payment cheque at a rate which is significantly less...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1048: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding on-farm grants, such as rates of grant, criteria, thresholds and so on from 1 January 2006. [2394/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment due on 1 December 2005 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the new grant structures will be available to farmers for necessary farm buildings and slurry storage; if same will be available...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the public bodies and agencies within her Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if she...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Maternity Leave
      Question 1056: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the extension of maternity leave has not come immediately into effect; and if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason non-nationals are asked to reapply for entry and exit visas even when entitled to remain here; the further...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role his office will take in youth justice; his plans to further act on the report on the youth justice review; the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that the stay has been lifted with regards to the application to the Land Registry office for a...
    • Re-interment of Volunteers
      Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to have a person (details supplied) re-interred in their home parish; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with his European colleagues with a view to introducing legislative regulations to deter...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to deal in an interdepartmental manner with the issue of anti-social behaviour that is manifesting itself in many...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1067: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if access to residency will be made available after two years whether on visa or work permit and family reunification for...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an updated reply as promised to Question No. 489 of 8 November 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists awarded penalty points for breaking the temporary speed limit on the section of the M1 where the...
    • Ministerial Statements
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the constitutional right of a person to due process in the justice system here. [40255/05]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 1075: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the missing persons helpline launched by him in 2002 and funded by his Department was forced to cease operating...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 1077: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are developments concerning the provision of funding for a new child care centre at Rathkeale, County Limerick....
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that there are adequate resources and services to respond to the high rates of violence...
    • Garda Ombudsman Commission
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the ombudsman commission will be established; when the commission will start work; if the commission will consider...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when payments of €19.10 to an adult and €9.60 for a child made to asylum seekers in receipt of direct provision were...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a member of the Garda Síochána is permitted to also be a member of the Defence Forces Reserve; if not, the reason for...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) will not be deported. [40355/05]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if further funding will be provided for a group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application to register title (details supplied) in County Cork by Cork City Council which was sent to the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has sought or received clarification in respect of the doubts expressed by the Garda Technical Bureau regarding an...
    • Parental Leave
      Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase adoptive leave for parents (details supplied). [40388/05]
    • Land Registry
      Question 1093: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if two arbitrators will be appointed at the ground rent section of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been completely ignored by the Government since the first module of the Morris...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to serious allegations with regard to fraud in the ESB; and his views on the information...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Registrar of Titles has placed a stay on the processing of all...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application to remain here for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if efforts can be made to...
    • Stardust Inquiry
      Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to new evidence regarding the Stardust fire tragedy in Artane on St. Valentine's Day February...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána are investigating illegal activities in a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if there is an...
    • Road Safety
      Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras here which are currently inoperative; the location of same; the length of time they have been...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to review the criminal and civil justice system to ensure that it adequately prevents, investigates and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa application from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has been received in his Department; the position...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if EU Directive 2003/109/EC was implemented before 23 January 2006; if the directive was not implemented by 23 January 2006...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his Department currently on leave undertaking full-time study paid for by his Department; the number...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increase in vandalism and intimidation around the Ropewalk Mews area of Ringsend;...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1150/06]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Garda Síochána intelligence is keeping files on serving Members of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of citizenships that have been granted to non-nationals married to Irish citizens in 2005. [1172/06]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to re-establish the crime diversion project, known as the BAY project in Ballymun, Dublin 11; when same will take...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application for residency on the basis of an Irish born child of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 was detained and charged; and the legal position regarding a person not...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if the maximum support will be given. [1226/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [1245/06]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration he has given to the recommendations of the auctioneering and estate agency review group; if he intends to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has applied for...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who form part of the traffic corps; the increase in number of the corps for 2006; and if he will make...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the spouse of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 was refused a visa; and if the maximum support and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the laws preventing cycling on footpaths are being implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he intends to take to outlaw the practice of gazumping in regard to property sales. [1369/06]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 1129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the damage being caused to family life as result of prison officers, formerly employed...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions he has taken and proposes to take in regard to the activities and responsibilities of the persons referred to...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of overtime hours allocated to each Garda division for the recognised Christmas period for each of the past five...
    • Proscribed Organisations
      Question 1134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the IRA is still a proscribed organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/06]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) on 22 November 2005; the steps he will take to address...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason that personal items were not returned to a person (details supplied); and if the issue of compensation will be...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 1140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 496 of 8 November 2005, if the matter has been clarified; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a closed circuit television system will be installed in Kilkenny city; the status of the project; and if he will make...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 521 of 22 March 2005 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the deportation...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times he has been contacted directly by a person (details supplied) in connection with Garda activity...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the taxpayer here of the ongoing Garda operations in the Rossport-Ballinaboy area in north Mayo; his views on...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing in the Land Registry will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1461/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a residency application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Reserve Force
      Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the new Garda reserve force; the role and functions of same; the areas in which members will be...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 1151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas in which prison officers are being compelled to do overtime; the number who are being so compelled; the number of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made regarding holiday visa applications lodged in October 2005 by persons (details supplied);...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1547/06]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who were stationed in County Mayo for each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 6 December 2005, if the Land Registry will expedite an application for a...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to each station in the Dublin metropolitan region at year end in each of 1997, 2002 and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to Pearse Street Garda station on 1 January 2006; the number engaged in local policing...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 1160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing a new Garda sub-station at a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [1691/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if section 5 of the Arbitration Act 1980 will be reviewed as under the present legislation there is not recourse to the...
    • Electoral Register
      Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the way in which juries are assembled in view of the unreliability of the electoral register; if he has...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to close the publicly owned asylum accommodation units at Ballymullen Barracks, Atlas House and Johnston...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if deportation orders will be reviewed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1764/06]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who are awaiting a decision on leave to remain here as per 31 December 2005. [1770/06]
    • Criminal Records
      Question 1168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to put a limit on the length of time the record of a criminal conviction in the District Court is held in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be granted residency to remain here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by accused persons while out on bail for 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will provide...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the commission of crimes or breaches of the law here are factors taken into account in determining whether to grant...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 6 December 2005, if the Land Registry will expedite an application for a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 1176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of savings in spending on prison officers' overtime which has been directly reinvested in rehabilitation...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 1178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process by which community groups which were recently grant-aided for closed circuit television systems will utilise...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons charged in 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the possession of crack cocaine in the State, Dublin city and the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the liaison between the Garda Síochána and the Refugee Applications Commissioner regarding applicants who are charged...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 1182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons (details supplied) charged with serious offences in 2005 where the Garda Síochána objected to bail...
    • Garda Training
      Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda recruits enlisted for training between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2006; when the various groups were...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding...
    • Staff Remuneration
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish-born child...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the possible persecution and deprivation of human rights or life threatening situation...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position arising from reply to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 24 November 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Sex Offenders Register
      Question 1191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to introduce an all-Ireland sex offenders register in conjunction with Northern Ireland authorities; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [2229/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statistical information his Department keeps on applicants for visitors visas. [2230/06]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he...
    • Vetting Procedures
      Question 1195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the British authorities have given a reason for their decision to cancel the service formerly provided for the Garda...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 1196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the decision to move asylum seeking people from the town of Kiltimagh to Ballyhaunis and Sligo will be reconsidered in...
    • Car Compounds
      Question 1197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location and capacity of each Garda car-pound in each Garda division; and in each case if same are full or the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be made on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) on the basis of their marriage to...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 1200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take following his recent meeting with the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda Síochána will be more visible on the streets of our towns and villages given the prevalence of public...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of bullying in his Department and in the Garda Síochána; if subsequent investigations can confirm the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if guidelines have been issued to the Garda Commissioner regarding the deployment of additional gardaí; and if he will...
    • Departmental Website
      Question 1205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the commencement of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004 on 1 January 2005 when an updated leaflet...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 1206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures for Kildare for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2530/06]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase Garda numbers in the Kildare area; if so, the timeframe of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrest and conviction rates for Kildare for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount the Government spend each year for security in moving money and cash around the country, and the details of the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 1211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the Freedom of Information...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40331/05]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the decentralisation programme to Mullingar; if progress has been made in regard to the sourcing of a suitable...
    • Special Educational Needs.
      Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that the advertised post for a temporary teacher required for a special school in County Mayo from 1 September 2005 was...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 1215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a statement which a person (details supplied) sent to her Department at the end of March 1988...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that statements made by members of her Department over the period 1992 to 1996 regarding representations...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the disparity between students with learning and other disabilities attending post-primary schools in north and south...
    • Gaelscoileanna Statistics
      Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of every gaelscoil in the 26 Counties, she will provide the name and address, the approximate size, the date on which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the continued delays in the purchasing of the site off Oscar Traynor Road, Dublin 5, earmarked for a gaelscoil (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Clare together with a lap top...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all of the 20 one-teacher schools will have a second person working in the school on health and safety grounds; and if she will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the review of her Department's policy towards persons holding non-vocational postgraduate degrees in law seeking...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions which have taken place involving officials of her Department and officials of the South Eastern Health Board and...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the work of the Kildare Community and Education Partnership; if her Department will assist with the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the health and safety issue in the other 13 one-teacher schools; if the necessary moneys will be sanctioned...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for recognition as a national primary school by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in processing an application first made in 2002 for a higher education grant by a person (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed extension for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40253/05]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the campaign by former residents of the Morning Star mother and baby unit to be included on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the higher education grant has not been approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal can be included in the small school initiative programme for 2005-06; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for an extra classroom in September 2006;...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 1240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the staffing arrangements for learning support teachers and resource teacher positions available to two schools (details supplied) in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a situation whereby a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a third level grant will be investigated. [40374/05]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an assessment of the needs of a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been carried out; her views on the shortcomings...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to expand education facilities in existing primary and post primary schools in County Louth, in view of the significant...
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 1247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money allocated to each of the institutes of technology in 2005 to cover recurrent expenditure; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are no places for 29 children with autism on the northside of Dublin. [1030/06]
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 1256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in Sligo which run the stay safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1039/06]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the intended use for a sports hall (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if the site of this building is required for the new school and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lowest tender available for construction of the additional classroom approved for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Admissions
      Question 1261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin can be admitted to third level education; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in her Department currently on leave undertaking full-time study paid for by her Department; the number...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding recent changes in relation to the teaching of children with mild learning difficulties and the new general...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 1264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of public appointments made by her Department or her predecessors since 1997. [1160/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of progress regarding the provision of new primary school development in Passage West, County Cork. [1178/06]
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 1267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of progress regarding the provision of a new primary school development in Rochestown, County Cork. [1179/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new classroom, resource room and library will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly to alleviate the...
    • School Transport
      Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if school transport will be granted; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for funding relative to a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to acquire a site for a college (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if she has satisfied herself regarding...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application with her Department from Leitrim vocational educational committee for post-primary education in...
    • School Transport
      Question 1274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 203 of 21 October 2003, 113 of 6 November 2003 and 257 of 4 February 2004, if a bus service...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether physical education comprises an essential part of the school curriculum; the progress which has been made in the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a meeting between the National Educational Psychological Service and the Health Service Executive, midlands area will take place...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the construction of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if contracts have been accepted;...
    • School Transport
      Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with alternative school transport; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the review of one-teacher schools with fewer than 12 pupils enrolled on 30 September 2004 with particular...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tenders will be invited for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1464/06]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a higher education course will be sanctioned by her department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status and progress of a building project (details supplied); the steps which are required to expedite the project; the resources...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements she intends to put in place to allow the new sports halls at schools (details supplied) to be used by the local...
    • Youth Services
      Question 1287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if €25,000 has been allocated to Rathmines Information and Community Services Centre Limited; her views on whether that is adequate...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the student capacity of the new National Maritime College; the number of personnel from the Naval Service which can be accommodated at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the educational requirements and supports required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have been assessed by her...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds spent by her Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will authorise the requested increase to the grant for an additional classroom for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Management
      Question 1294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the continuing delay in the formulation of a fully representative board of management for schools (details supplied) in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her policy regarding the further development of the CABS education system for children in the autistic spectrum (details supplied)....
    • School Staffing
      Question 1297: 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 the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the process to allocate the necessary major capital funding to facilitate requirements at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has taken place in the matter of clarification of site and premises of a new school at Kill, County Kildare...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has taken place in regard to the provision of the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to improve the pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in line with best practice elsewhere;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra teaching staff will be appointed having particular regard to local demographics at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios into line with commitments entered into at the 2002 general election at primary and second...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1326: 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...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which school places and facilities at primary and second level exist in Clane, County Kildare to meet requirements; the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when roof repairs will be completed at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made by the National Council for Special Education in respect of an application by a project (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the quality and extent of school buildings will be brought up to the required standard in terms of extra space and...
    • School Transport
      Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school bus pass will be issued to two students attending a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made within her Department regarding the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied)...
    • School Transport
      Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the contents of a report (details supplied) when a decision will be taken regarding same; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a company, details supplied, has been requested by her Department to participate in the public service transfer network; its...
    • School Transport
      Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having school bus transport provided for a first year student (details supplied) in County Cork. [1689/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation of a six year old child who only has 12.5 special needs assistances and limited resources; if a full-time special needs...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the functionality of the management information system installed in all...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when a decision will be made on a request to enter into a temporary letting agreement for the lands required for a school...
    • School Transport
      Question 1348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school transport route will be reviewed for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1727/06]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to an application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Language Exemptions
      Question 1350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students within the education system exempted from the study of English; the number of such students exempted on the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for a physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the project is...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a technical inspection of both existing primary school sites and buildings has being undertaken by her Department at Lixnaw, County...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [1801/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money collected by her Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the delays in students receiving their maintenance grants from third level colleges; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the building project of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when this project will gain approval...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the building project of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when this project will gain approval...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, noting the major difficulty with school places for primary schools that existed in Mullingar in 2005, remedial action has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if one-to-one tuition will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1884/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 1365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a school bus travelling to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick on...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy to deal with bullying in her Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the bonuses that were paid to her staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant application will be pursued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1942/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for additional facilities for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [2084/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made with regard to a group (details supplied) in County Armagh; the range of services that will be provided initially...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for refurbishment works; when a decision...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in providing for the development of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) if the site has been acquired; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to proposals by her Department to re-develop a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if budgetary provision...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 1376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of a primary school for Tyrellstown, Dublin 15, and Educate Together, currently occupying...
    • Public Service Procurement
      Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals for the management of the new physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken in schools to promote healthy eating habits among children; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 1380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of woodwork teachers due to the building boom; if in particular her attention has...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the bodies under the aegis of her Department which have not provided her with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval of an application for major capital funding from the management authority of a college (details supplied) in County...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [2335/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the costings relative to the rent of a third pre-fab at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the introduction of the Youth Work Act 2001; her plans for roll out of more services for young people in 2006; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists working in Kildare national schools; the number of schools which have no direct service in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if stage three submission in relation to the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been approved;...
    • School Placement
      Question 1400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for approval for a Gaelcholáiste in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she last visited a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if an announcement regarding approval for a physical education...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 1406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the public bodies and agencies within her Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 1407: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 29 November 2005, if the Snow report in question at paragraph 5.3 unequivocally acknowledges that at...
    • Army Deafness Claims
      Question 1408: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Meath qualifies under Army deafness compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40312/05]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 1409: To ask the Minister for Defence if a member of the Reserve Defence Forces is permitted to also be a member of the Garda Síochána; if not, the reason same; and if he will make a...
    • Service Medals
      Question 1410: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the recent ending of an Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúl and an Slua Muirí as distinct elements of the Defence Forces, consideration will be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1411: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not being paid while they are out of work; and if a sick leave payment will be granted....
    • Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
      Question 1412: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is having their pension abated by €258.08 per month; and if he will ensure that the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 1413: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1164/06]
    • Military Intelligence
      Question 1415: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to military intelligence keeping files on serving Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the number of such...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 1417: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding his investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) in the Congo and the circumstances. [1355/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1418: To ask the Minister for Defence the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports produced under such...
    • Superannuation Payments
      Question 1419: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and where applicable, the...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 1420: To ask the Minister for Defence the Department lands that were disposed of from 1 January 2005 to 10 January 2006; the way in which these lands were disposed of and to whom; the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1421: To ask the Minister for Defence the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding law cases regarding the...
    • Departmental Remuneration
      Question 1422: To ask the Minister for Defence the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in which this was...
    • Service Medals
      Question 1423: To ask the Minister for Defence the Government's views on providing service medals to persons who joined the Army in 1922 and served for a number of years; if such an initiative...
    • Defence Forces Procurement
      Question 1424: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1425: To ask the Minister for Defence the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each body from whom he has...
    • Cash in Transit
      Question 1426: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount the Government spends each year for security in moving money and cash around the country, and the details of the costs for each of the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 1427: To ask the Minister for Defence the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Debt Collection
      Question 1428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will convey his view to the Chief State Solicitor's office that the Government does not wish the...
    • Environmental Protection
      Question 1430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Article 10 of Council Framework Decision 2003/80/JHA of 27 January 2003 on the protection of the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 1431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to establish a special court to settle compensation claims on compulsory purchase order land for...
    • National Heritage Areas
      Question 1432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ongoing obligations of landowners in national heritage areas. [1517/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the decentralisation of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will respond to a request for funding or assistance relative to a project (details...
    • Marine Conservation
      Question 1435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the obligations on his Department to designate marine special areas of conservation under Natura 2000; if his...
    • Water Quality
      Question 1436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report on phthalate contamination of waters here; if so, the action he will take on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a former local authority tenant who owns a house cannot partake in a scheme that would allow them to cash...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage scheme project in Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Safety Zones
      Question 1441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, regarding his Department's proposed guidelines on public safety zones at State airports, he intends to...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      Question 1442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the threshold of 25,000 tonnes per annum for an EIS for waste transfer stations was set; the threshold...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed sewage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Mayo. [40251/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the categories of items on which proceeds from the disposal of assets such as land can be spent by local...
    • Safe Home Programme
      Question 1445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys paid in respect of the safe home programme in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions Ireland has invoked Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into...
    • Fire Service
      Question 1451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the State has been requested by the EU or other EU member states to participate in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme operated by local authorities will be reviewed (details supplied). [40384/05]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to allow refurbishment works to begin on the Fingal Arts Centre in Rush,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme in Athea, County Limerick will be funded for refurbishment. [1045/06]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 in view of the difficulties...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if EU Directive 2002/91/EC was implemented before 4 January 2006; if the directive was not implemented by 4...
    • Boundary Alterations
      Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request to extend the Cork City boundary. [1139/06]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings that have occurred between him and officials and representatives of a company (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1148/06]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consolidate the legislation on housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/06]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings built by local authorities and the private sector in the 1990s and for each year...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 17 November 2005 (details supplied) if his Department has...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Ministerial orders he has issued in relation to Ballinacarrow sewerage treatment scheme, County Sligo;...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the illustrated summary of the Ardfert Cathedral excavations will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the limited companies which received funding in 2005 from the environment fund. [1443/06]
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the projected reduction in spending from the environment fund will affect, in percentage...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if departmental approval has been given to a local authority for works (details supplied); the funding...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the...
    • Planning Applications
      Question 1482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a letter (details supplied) sent to him has not been replied to; when the letter was received in...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on taking initiatives to extend voting rights in Dáil elections to EU citizens of other member...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding his Department intends to put towards the Ennis water filtration project; if the amount...
    • Development Charges
      Question 1485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount levied in development charges in the various local authorities in the year 2000; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has envisaged the setting of regulations limiting the scale of quarrying in any given area. [1774/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the date plans were...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the reason so much farm plastic has not been collected from farms here despite farmers having paid a...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 1492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if grant aid is available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1941/06]
    • Performance Awards
      Question 1495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of what was paid in each county and each county council in 2005 in relation to performance...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of tonnes of discarded wood that potentially could be recycled as fuel which is being discarded in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the fines imposed on Ireland for non-compliance with EU directives in his area of responsibility since...
    • Public Procurement Policy
      Question 1500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consider changes in electoral boundaries in respect of the next local elections; the schedule...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a scheme to provide waivers to senior citizens and low income families in local authority areas where...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure the amount of funding from his Department being made available to each local authority is...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the operation of the national disabled persons housing and essential repairs grant scheme as it applies to...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 1509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided for the new fire station in Tallow County Waterford in 2006; and if he will make...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has approved Kerry County Council's preliminary report for stage two of the Castleisland...
    • Town Councils
      Question 1513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow, by order, the establishment...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval has been given to the contract documents for the lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [2426/06]
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cap on local authority staff numbers (details supplied); if this matter will be discussed...
    • Hazardous Beaches
      Question 1517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a national policy with consistent guidelines exists on the management of dangerous beaches; if not, his...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number employed by each local authority in 2005; the category under which they were employed; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a regional water scheme has been approved (details supplied) in County Cork; and if so, if the contract...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the building survey his Department carried out in 2004. [2527/06]
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 1521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in line with the commitment given by his predecessor to the Houses of the Oireachtas during passage of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to approve and fund Kildare County Council's plans to upgrade the sewerage treatment plant...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 1523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of...

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