Written answers

Thursday, 2 February 2006

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 25 January 2006, when the payments referred to were last increased; and if he...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by those on bail and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/06]
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether his failure to ensure the reinvestment of savings in spending on prison officers' overtime directly into...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his views of female genital mutilation as a cultural issue rather than a human rights issue; and the further...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the NDA report (details supplied) that people with disabilities suffer significant inequality compared to people...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason possession of small quantities of cannabis was removed from the list of offences which will be covered by the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to revoke the deportation order against a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Airports
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had or intends to have discussions with the Garda Commissioner regarding inspecting planes at Shannon Airport. [3531/06]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the search conducted by members of the Garda Síochána, without a search warrant, of the...
    • Garda Systems
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the proposed new automatic number plate recognition system reported in a newspaper (details supplied) of 31...
    • Road Safety
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in terms of promoting road safety and in reducing road deaths and injuries, his views on the situation whereby the duties...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of outstanding applications by parents of Irish born children which remain to be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Reserve Force
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the 24 hours' training in the law and the Garda Síochána procedures are adequate for his proposed Garda reserve force in...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in the application for repatriation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Firearms Regulation
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the crime statistics 2005, a firearms amnesty system will be introduced in order to remove illegally held...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take in view of reports that at least a quarter of all Garda stations are in need of full or...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken and will take to get Cloverhill Prison's educational facility up and running; and the discussions he...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the helpline for missing persons was established; the operation of the helpline; when he intends to establish the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will provide separate detention facilities for 16 and 17 year old boys and girls who are committed to custody by the...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an obvious escalation in serious and often fatal gun crime; if extra resources will be...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who are serving sentences for sexual offences; the number who are attending counselling or treatment;...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that a prisoner in Limerick Prison (details supplied) is receiving appropriate psychiatric care...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the residency application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Civil Partnership
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timetable for the introduction of his proposed legislative change to allow for civil partnership arrangements for...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason information promised in relation to the numbers and allocation of the Garda Síochána by December 2005 has not...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which his plan for civilianisation in the Garda Síochána has progressed; and the timescale for the full...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department funds the community policing forum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3559/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that the villages of Laytown, Bettystown and Mornington have a combined population of 8,000 people...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether to transfer part of the Mountjoy Prison site to the Mater Hospital when same ceases to be a prison; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the residency application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of interview rooms in Wexford town Garda station that contained audio-visual equipment on 10 October 2002; and if...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take in view of recent lobbying on the part of a peace commissioner (details supplied) of elective...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in the internal Garda inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); when the report...
    • EU Directives
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position on the EU data retention directive recently passed by the European Parliament; if he intends to take a legal...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the long-promised Coroners Court Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3508/06]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if DNA samples still have to be sent abroad for analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3554/06]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which he has made in implementing the new Garda Síochána Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives within the competency of his Department that remain to be transposed into law; and if he will...
    • Youth Diversion Projects
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to an application supported by the community and the Garda Síochána in respect of a Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied) in their application for renewal of their residency status which...
    • Law Reform Commission
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the request for information that was sent to the Law Reform Commission to deal with the concept of good Samaritan...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting ten years for his application for asylum to be finalised; and if he...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time Operation Anvil is in existence; the number of Garda overtime hours involved; the cost of the operation to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the crime statistics 2005 released by his Department on 26 January 2006 show an alarming growth in the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the irregularities in the reporting of a fatal accident involving a person (details supplied); the further...
    • Garda Accommodation
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of accommodating recruit gardaí in local private accommodation in the Templemore area for 2005; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the calls by the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of Dublin to regularise the status of asylum seekers who...
    • Paternity Leave
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the recent findings of the survey of work-life balance (details supplied), his views on the fact that 86.1% of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-nationals who applied to join the Garda Síochána in the recent recruitment drive; the number whose...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who on changing from invalidity pension to the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if confirmation will be given to correspondence (details supplied) which outlines deep concern regarding the plight of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is unable to qualify for home care grant; and if she will make a...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent of dental fluorosis here; her views on whether fluoridation of the public water supplies is a cause or the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the maximum nursing home subvention rate payable in each of the Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will be issued to correspondence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same ; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the outstanding matters in a case (details supplied); and if this dispute will be resolved. [3664/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's views on providing the necessary financial support for a group (details supplied) to erect a new centre...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person undergoing a knee operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in a hospital in Galway is entitled to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the ratio of speech and language therapists per 1,000 of the population; the comparison of this ratio with that prevailing...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting hip replacement surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3694/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding orthodontic service provision in the Health Service Executive regions; the waiting lists for...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the scale of nursing home subventions; her views on whether same are adequate; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts vacant in public and private hospitals at the end of 2005; the steps being taken to address the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the report of the review group on psychological services within the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when nursing home subvention will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in coming to an agreement with chiropodists in order that patients with medical cards are not charged for...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received complaints regarding the prevalence of MRSA in private nursing homes, geriatric hospitals or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the establishment of a multi-disciplinary team to serve the needs of students of a special class...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown in the costings for the planning relocation of Temple Street Children's Hospital to the Mater site which the...
    • Health Services
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children that have a form of disability and are on a waiting list for assessment and diagnosis in County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be published allowing persons in long-term foster care to opt to become adopted by their long-term...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions on which she has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media...
  • Department of Finance
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 9 November 2005, the position regarding the progress of providing decentralisation to Carrickmacross...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the performance levels for 2005 of the current equity investments of the national pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3684/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance when all the arrangements for the provision of the proposed new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare will be completed with a view to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other non-established...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's view on the possibility of multinational companies controlling huge energy production resources...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in publishing the wind energy strategy document. [3658/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 2 November 2005 the position regarding the progress being made...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a project (details supplied) will be forwarded for consideration for CLÁR funding to the Department of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, prior to making the decision to advance the funds necessary to facilitate the payment of a bond as detailed in Parliamentary Question No....
    • Passport Applications
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath can receive an Irish passport; the way in which he should proceed in order...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the legal basis allowing prisoners to be transported via the State's territory by a third country; if the Government authorised this kind of...
    • Security Issues
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government knows of or has been passively or actively involved in the carrying out of abductions by foreign secret services on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other...
    • Prisoner Status
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise with the Bulgarian Government the case of a person (details supplied) who qualifies for Irish citizenship through two Irish...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Obair offices in County Mayo; if same will remain as independent bodies or if they will be taken over...
    • Employment Rights Legislation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in relation to bringing forward the introduction of an entitlement for people to choose to work...
    • Work Permits
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation in relation to the renewal of working permits for non-Irish nationals; his views on the non-renewal of persons...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the appeal officers who attended on behalf of his Department in relation to an oral hearing that was held for a person (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Question No. 742 of 28 September 2005 if this report has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending free travel passes to deserted wives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3681/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or...
  • Department of Transport
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made to date in 2006 with regard to decentralisation for Mitchelstown, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aviation Safety
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will extend beyond the Chicago Convention regulations pertaining to non-commercial air traffic for code 1A aerodromes in congested areas such...
    • Air Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the air traffic safety restrictions which will be enforced at Weston Aerodrome during the Ryder Cup; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driving Licences
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of provisional licences issued by each local authority in each of the past three years with a further breakdown by postal district in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty point categories that will not yet incur points after the extension of the penalty points system in April 2006. [3775/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other...
    • Road Network
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to his announcement on 27 January 2006 on the introduction of barrier-free tolling on the M50, the outcome of recent talks between the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if consideration is being given to the establishment of a national awards scheme for recognition of notable...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Avian Influenza
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has discussed with her EU counterparts the various precautionary measures undertaken by the EU member states to prevent the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if arrangements for...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the application by BASF to grow genetically modified potatoes at Summerhill, County Meath; and the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the flawed research data furnished by Teagasc in support of fertiliser restrictions and maximum legal limits in the nitrates action...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3793/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of occasions on which she has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single payment will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3792/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Maternity Leave
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to amend the commencement date for the extension of maternity leave, which would bring same into line...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there have been judicial investigations into cases of extraordinary rendition; if so, the results to date in 2006. [3734/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a new Garda station will be provided for Kilfinane, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Joyriding Offences
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding has been provided to community based initiatives to tackle joy-riding; if initiatives which involve engaging...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason incorrect information was given by the Land Registry Office in response to a parliamentary question. [3634/06]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to deal with noisy neighbours when the Garda Síochána refuse to intervene; and if he will work with the...
    • Garda Powers
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers of the Garda Síochána and others to check for papers of persons who are non-nationals here; the protocols which...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a family reunification application for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual budget for the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the number of permanent and temporary members of the tribunal; the...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a progress report will be provided on the work of the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency; and if he will make...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason and the length of time prison officers have been used to guard the site at Thornton Hall. [3729/06]
    • Age Identification Cards
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress whereby young people reaching their 18th birthday can obtain age identification cards; if his attention has...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Questions Nos. 1112 and 1113 of 25 January 2006, when, to whom and the reason the Garda authorities make comments...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which his Department is dealing with the case of a person, details supplied. [3746/06]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if serious issues of bullying and harassment have been identified at Castlerea Prison; the reason no action has been taken...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take with the Land Registry office regarding an application, details supplied; and if same will be...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the case of a person, details supplied, will be reviewed in view of the clear evidence of violence if deported with their...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status or procedure to be followed to achieve same in the case of a person, details supplied, in County Meath;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to combat the rising crime rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3754/06]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he proposes to tackle the increase in headline crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/06]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the strength of the Garda force has increased since he took up office; and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of crimes committed by prisoners while on bail; the action he proposes to take...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to increase the strength of the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare in line with the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if family reunification will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review of an application for naturalisation will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the fixed charge processing system commenced full operation in each of the Garda divisions in which it currently...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale involved in having an extension carried out to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a group (details supplied) has not been included in the institutions for redress in view of the fact that the Department of...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 309 of 15 December 2005, the reason officials of her Department have not been in touch with the person in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the proximity of a school (details supplied) to the widened N7 and of the resulting concerns...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the information on service requirements which has been forwarded to the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the provision of a second level school for the Laytown, Mornington and Bettystown areas in County Meath; and if she will...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that a significant number of children are at risk from drug misuse here, the reason the dedicated service for...
    • School Transport
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is provided with transport to their school; if...
    • Course Compliance
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 268 of 23 March 2004, at which time her predecessor stated that a further reply would issue, the reason no...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who left the education system with no formal qualifications in the most recent year for which statistics are...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a chairperson will be appointed to the Grangegorman Development Agency. [3720/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision will be made on an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [3726/06]
    • Ionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge
      Question 210: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén toradh go sonrach atá ar na cainteanna (féach freagra an Aire dar dáta 8 Samhain 2005) a tharla idir a hoifigigh agus oifigigh...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure the repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford are carried out to prevent further...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of occasions on which she has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other...
    • School Staffing
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers, at both primary and secondary level, currently suspended from teaching; if this information will be provided...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount which has been awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 1969 in respect of ground rent on land held at...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals, media advisers or other non-established...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the strategies in place to deal with noisy neighbours; the way in which people deal with this issue; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the implications and serious negative impact of the application of the nitrates regulations, he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions on which he has sought advice from public relations consultancy firms or individuals,...